The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed to postpone its decision on whether to approve or deny the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF for listing on BZX. This marks the agency’s first delay on the latest wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications, possibly indicating a similar short-term fate for rival applicants. Questions For the Public...Read More
The once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has reportedly agreed to pay $24 million in penalties to resolve its quarrel with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The agency has previously accused the platform of offering services to American clients without obtaining the necessary registration. The exchange shuttered its US operations and filed for bankruptcy...Read More
Argentina’s Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) disclosed that it is currently conducting an investigation on Worldcoin to determine whether it complies with security and privacy rules. The cryptocurrency project, which saw the light of day in July, sparked huge controversy due to its eye-scanning requirements. Other countries, including Kenya and Germany, have also...Read More
The initial response to Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain – Base – has been favorable so far. It has garnered substantial engagement in both DeFi operations and cross-chain bridge transactions. The daily active users on Base, for one, surpassed 100,000 for the first time. More importantly, the figure came just a day after the much-anticipated launch of...Read More
Cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken dethroned its rival Coinbase to become the most liquid United States exchange for altcoins in July. According to a tweet by Dessislava Laneva, a research analyst at crypto data platform Kaiko, by the end of July, Kraken had claimed 47% of the market depth in the US for the top 10...Read More
Evernode – a layer 2 smart contract solution built on top of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) – announced the first details of its airdrop intended to reach XRP holders. Such investors should provide a snapshot of their possessions by the beginning of September and must hold their tokens on-chain. The team behind the decentralized platform...Read More
Shiba Inu, often dubbed the “Doge killer,” experienced a long way in the last few weeks due to the much-anticipated launch of Shibarium. Over the past few weeks, Shiba Inu (SHIB) has been making waves, gaining the attention of traders. Though the meme coin market is witnessing turmoil these days, Shiba Inu is holding the...Read More
As BTC’s USD exchange rate settled Thursday from a Tuesday high above $30,000 to the mid-$29Ks, a Family Guy crypto meme started making the rounds on X.com: JUST IN – If You Had Invested $100 In #Bitcoin When Peter From ‘Family Guy’ Said “#Bitcoin” For The First Time, You’d Have $6,637.08 today a profit of...Read More
[Press Release – Austin, Texas, August 10th, 2023] The countdown to the first annual onXDC Live blockchain industry conference has begun. Taking center stage at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas on August 25-26, this event will attract a diverse audience of blockchain enthusiasts. The onXDC Live conference will host luminaries,...Read More
Filings for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have been pushed around for years with no success in the US so far. The Securities and Exchange Commission remains reluctant. Ideas for ETH ETFs have also been floating around but XRP? That’s something new, but apparently, there’s some sort of interest in it. The primary reason why cryptocurrency...Read More
In XRP pump and dump sessions, the outcry is based on the lawsuit. On this Crypto lawyer John Deaton has shared his thoughts on the SEC’s move to appeal the XRP lawsuit. He explains that the SEC wants to challenge parts of the court’s decision early, even before the main case ends. This could give...Read More
The native token of Ripple – XRP – has briefly skyrocketed to $50 on the popular cryptocurrency exchange Gemini hours after the latter allowed deposits with the asset. The development seemed to be a short-lived glitch as the coin quickly retraced to its current level of approximately $0.63. Several screenshots revealed that XRP spiked to...Read More
There is an increasing narrative among crypto market analysts that the next bull market and cycle peak could come as soon as Bitcoin halving. This follows months of consolidation where BTC has failed several times to break above $30K, and volumes and volatility have fallen to record lows. On Aug. 10, market analyst “CrediBULL Crypto”...Read More
