The US government transferred 58.742 BTC – worth nearly $4 million, to crypto exchange Coinbase on Monday. According to the latest data compiled by blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, the transfer came from an address labeled “US Government: Ryan Farace Seized Funds,” identified on the blockchain as 3B2jEBZi8fJWGEDrh6Pe7hDMaJ6iGfFtaU. These funds were confiscated three years ago...Read More
India has decided to uphold its existing crypto tax regulations for the 2024/25 fiscal year despite ongoing appeals from industry leaders for a reduction in the current rates. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed this decision during her budget presentation on Tuesday for the 2024/25 fiscal year. India’s Latest Budget Keeps 1% Crypto TDS India’s latest...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Taiwan, Taiwan, July 23rd, 2024] BNB Chain has announced the second iteration of BNB Incubation Alliance (BIA), set to take place on 26 July 2024 during Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville. This event aims to support and accelerate the growth of early-stage blockchain projects on BNB Chain. The vision of BIA is to...Read More
Bitcoin miners are in the green again following BTC’s massive recovery over the past week. On-chain data suggests miners’ BTC sales to upgrade machinery and sustain operations are ending. The Miner Sustainability metric, an indicator that evaluates the profitability of mining activities after accounting for the cost of hardware and operations, shows that this cohort...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Majuro, Marshall Islands, July 23rd, 2024] Multipool, a leading innovator in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, today announces a strategic investment from Kronos Research. This investment solidifies Kronos’s stance of on-chain order books being the future of the industry and marks a significant milestone in strategic cooperation between the two companies and...Read More
Hamilton Lane, a global investment firm with over $920 billion in assets under management, has taken a bold step into the world of blockchain. The firm is launching its Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE) on the Solana blockchain through a partnership with Libre, an institutional Web3 infrastructure provider. This move marks a significant milestone in...Read More
The Coinbase premium turned positive in early July after a period of concern following a dip in mid-May According to research from Kaiko, this could hint at a resurgence of institutional interest in Bitcoin. Renewed Institutional Interest The Coinbase premium, which measures the difference between hourly bitcoin prices on Coinbase’s BTC-USD pair and Binance’s BTC-USDT...Read More
The long-anticipated launch of spot Ethereum ETFs in the United States became a reality today as nine such financial vehicles went live for trading. The first 90 minutes were quite impactful, as the total volumes exceeded $360 million, according to data from Bloomberg’s ETF specialist – Eric Balchunas. Here’s where we at after 90 minutes....Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 23rd, 2024] Sui joins an exclusive list of AWS-integrated blockchains Sui Foundation, the organization dedicated to the advancement and adoption of the layer 1 blockchain of the same name, today announced the integration of Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Blockchain Node Runners on Sui, providing developers with a...Read More
Following weeks of adjustments to registration statements, several spot Ethereum ETFs have been approved and will start trading on Tuesday. Ether’s price has not experienced any significant changes so far. Kaiko suggests that in the coming days, the crypto asset will likely be “sensitive” to inflows from spot ETFs, especially given the tepid demand for...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, Florida, July 23rd, 2024] FLOKI, the cryptocurrency ecosystem, announced today that Valhalla, a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) spin on the classic Creature-Collection adventure, will be the Associate Sponsor for India’s Tour of Sri Lanka. This partnership will give Valhalla significant visibility through mid-wicket pitch mats, ground LED boards, backdrops,...Read More
A new listing – POPCATUSDT – the Solana Memecoin, will be available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading is expected to commence at 04:00 UTC on 24 July 2024. If you haven’t signed up for a BitMEX account yet, we’re currently offering up to $5,000 in BMEX Tokens for verified users-...Read More
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are back in favor among institutional investors this week, with Monday, July 22, registering the largest daily inflow since June 4. A whopping $533.6 million entered four of the eleven listed spot BTC ETFs in the United States, according to preliminary data from Farside Investors. There have now been 12 consecutive days...Read More
Jupiter Token JUP on Friday closed above the $1 resistance and, a territory that was lost back in 2nd week of June. Today, JUP experienced volume turbulence and lost the $1 region to drop to the current price of $0.96 with bearish momentum. JUP, the native asset of Jupiter, a Decentralized Exchange on the Solana...Read More
On 26 July 2024 at 04:00:05 UTC, BitMEX will update the Index Multipliers of basket indices. The Index Multipliers will be scaled based on the Conditional Index Multipliers below to ensure that the index price has the same value as the previous Index Multipliers. Please refer to the respective index pages for the actual Index...Read More
Ethereum prices dropped more than 3% from an intraday high of $3,540 on July 22 to a low of $3,425 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. They have recovered slightly since but analyst ‘Kaleo’ predicted that there is a “high likelihood we see some type of pullback after the spot ETF launches.” He predicted...Read More
On July 23, Hong Kong will launch Asia’s first Bitcoin futures inverse product, the CSOP Bitcoin Futures Daily (-1x) Inverse Product (7376.HK). This new exchange-traded fund (ETF) by China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd (CSOP) is designed to provide investors with an opportunity to profit from declines in Bitcoin’s price. Asia’s First Bitcoin Futures Inverse...Read More