The crypto market has broadly retraced its momentary gains since the start of the week on Tuesday, though XRP has managed to retain some bullish momentum. Part of the reason is due to a major court ruling regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s lawsuit against Binance, which Ripple has now leveraged in its ongoing...Read More
Binance.US said that it is prepared to defend itself against the US Securities and Exchange Commission after a court ruled that the regulatory agency’s case against the crypto exchange could continue. In its official statement on X, the US arm of crypto giant Binance affirmed that the “fight continues.” Binance.US Slams SEC’s Enforcement Tactics The...Read More
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has chosen Coinbase Prime to securely store and trading of its “Class 1” digital assets. Coinbase Prime, a leading institutional platform offered by Coinbase, was selected following a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the USMS. “Class 1” Digital Assets The USMS assessed multiple solutions before opting for Coinbase based on...Read More
Over the last few weeks, bitcoin (BTC) has failed to benefit from a favorable macroeconomic climate that has triggered significant rallies in equities. Analysts attribute this to supply overhang stemming from prolonged selling by BTC investors and miners. However, the tide may soon change as selling pressure from Bitcoin miners is decreasing. According to the...Read More
Notable participants include Ethereal, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Delphi, Dao5, Nomad, and Primitive Ventures. Pantera Capital, Framework Ventures, and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund co-led the round. One of the main contributors to Sentient is Sandeep Nailwal – the founder of Polygon, who said: “The rapid advancement of AI has the potential to transform every aspect...Read More
Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of the blockchain platform Cardano, believes artificial intelligence (AI) models are losing their utility over time. In a Sunday tweet, Hoskinson said the reason is the alignment training that comes with AI censorship. AI Models Are Losing Utility AI censorship refers to the use of machine learning algorithms to automatically filter...Read More
Digital asset investment products experienced their third consecutive week of outflows amounting to $30 million, although last week showed a significant decrease. While outflows for Ethereum continued, investor sentiment surrounding Bitcoin appears to be slowly changing. According to the latest edition of CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report, most providers recorded minor inflows, but...Read More
According to data from Coingecko, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) native token has experienced significant price surges in recent days, gaining over 20% in value within the last 24 hours. These gains are driven by increasing excitement surrounding the upcoming ENSv2 upgrade, which aims to enhance the efficiency and scalability of the naming service. ENS...Read More
The German government has moved another stash of its seized Bitcoin to some of the world’s top crypto exchanges, stirring new fears of a possible liquidation of its Bitcoin reserves. Despite the latest transfers, it currently possesses Bitcoins worth around $2.82 billion. Germany’s Bitcoin Transfers Continues According to an update by Lookonchain, the German government...Read More
Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum co-founder, has announced new strategies to reduce the transaction confirmation times on the Ethereum network. Acknowledging the necessity for faster transaction speeds, he highlighted the need for latencies in the “hundreds of milliseconds or even less” for certain applications. New Strategies to Reduce Transaction Time In a June 30 blog post,...Read More
The Open Network and its native asset, Toncoin (TON) have gained tremendous traction among investors this year. This trend appears to be resilient despite the current market downturn. Over the past month, TON has recorded approximately 23% surge as it looks to reclaim its recently established peak above $8. As a result, this momentum has...Read More
On June 28, the American venture capitalist said that he wasn’t sure that BTC prices would go up that dramatically from here, in an interview with CNBC. The bearish outlook stems from his view that Bitcoin has yet to fulfill itself as a cypherpunk, crypto-anarchist, and libertarian financial freedom tool. He said that this vision...Read More
There is more to creating an airdrop campaign than most companies realize. Airdrops go beyond sharing free tokens with new users and getting word out for new crypto projects. They extend to aligning company goals with airdrop strategies and reaching a larger audience to keep them interested in a project. Thesis-driven crypto venture capital fund...Read More
The United States government has increased the reward offered for information on OneCoin co-founder Ruja Ignatova’s whereabouts to $5 million. According to an official release from the U.S. Department of State spokesperson in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria, anyone who brings information leading to the arrest or conviction of Ignatova, popularly known as...Read More
Marathon Digital Holdings, a global crypto-focused platform, announced that its mining operations for Kaspa have yielded approximately $15 million worth of KAS since they commenced last September. The company states that the decision to mine Kaspa was part of its strategy to diversify its mining operations. Marathon Mining Kapsa In the statement released on Wednesday,...Read More
Cryptoslam data indicates that the initially strong NFT market is now recording a downward momentum, having declined in critical metrics, including sales volumes, unique sellers, and buyers. The ongoing rough patch in Bitcoin markets has been blamed for the decline in NFT volume. NFT Volumes Downward Momentum According to data from Cryptoslam, the NFT market...Read More
Two men have been sentenced for manipulating the price of Hydrogen Technology’s cryptocurrency, HYDRO, and scheming to defraud investors. This case marks the first time a jury in a federal criminal trial has classified a cryptocurrency as a security and found that price manipulation of cryptocurrency constitutes securities fraud. $300M HYDRO Crypto Fraud Scheme Court...Read More
Losses from hacks and rug pulls in 2024 year-to-date amount to over $473 million across 108 incidents, according to Immunefi’s latest data. This marks a 20% decrease compared to the same period in 2023, which saw losses of more than $595 million. In May 2024, victims of hacks and fraud lost $52.4 million across 21...Read More
Analysts at market intelligence platform CryptoQuant have outlined on-chain metrics that could signal that the bitcoin (BTC) price has bottomed and cryptocurrencies are beginning to rally again. The latest weekly CryptoQuant report mentioned signals like higher bullish momentum, rising BTC demand, and faster stablecoin liquidity growth as the metrics to watch. Higher Bullish Momentum CryptoQuant’s...Read More
Free speech champions across the world celebrated earlier this week as Julian Assange – founder of WikiLeaks – was finally released from a UK prison after five years behind bars. During his more than decade-long legal battle to escape persecution from multiple national governments, Assange often leaned on crypto to drive global fundraising campaigns to...Read More
On June 25, the ECB published an update on its two-year preparation phase for the digital Euro CBDC that ends in October 2025. The central bank said that privacy and data protection are its top priorities, but there are a number of disturbing features to the currency that would result in the total opposite. On...Read More
Crypto market intelligence provider IntoTheBlock published a report on Thursday comparing the best risk-adjusted methods to earn yield in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). Despite the “nearly infinite number of composable strategies” the firm claims its most optimal to stick to “straightforward strategies,” that boil down to “only a handful of different primitives.” The...Read More
Amidst increased network activity and the price rally of its native token, TON, The Open Network ecosystem is seeing a surge in phishing attacks. Unassuming users’ TON wallets are being lured through airdrops and other deceptive methods by attackers. Telegram Users With Anonymous Numbers At Risk Yu Xian – the founder of blockchain security firm...Read More
Jesse Powell, the co-founder and chairman of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has donated $1 million in digital assets to the United States presidential campaign of the pro-crypto candidate Donald Trump. In a Friday tweet, Powell revealed that the donation was mainly in ether (ETH). The Kraken founder has now declared publicly his support for Trump...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Ethereum infrastructure provider Consensys on Wednesday for allegedly failing to register key services offered within its MetaMask software wallet. The SEC’s lawsuit comes two months after it issued a Wells notice to Consensys voicing the agency’s intent to sue regarding the popular Ethereum wallet, which its website...Read More
Yield App Ltd, a Seychelles-incorporated crypto investment platform, has announced the immediate suspension of all operations on its digital wealth platform, yield.app. This move comes as the company prepares to enter liquidation proceedings and aims to ensure fair and equal treatment for all users and stakeholders. Yield App Stops Operations The decision, effective today, was...Read More
T-Rex Group – a financial services company – has filed for a 2x leveraged MicroStrategy (MSTR) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. This financial vehicle is being deemed as potentially the most volatile ETF in the country. The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR platform reveals that the main aim of the...Read More
The highlight anticipated presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden did not feature any discussion about Bitcoin or crypto. This was notable given how much attention the industry has garnered this year. Despite this, experts believe that if Trump were re-elected, it could signal a shift toward more favorable regulatory conditions for the crypto...Read More
Bitcoin miners have been one of the key players causing market declines as they engaged in intense selling after the latest halving event which slashed the mining rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC earlier this year. However, the latest data suggest that the selling pressure from these entities has significantly decreased. Such a trend could...Read More
There will be no sharp correction following any potential interest rate cuts by the U.S. central bank in September or November. This is the prediction from analyst ‘RamenPanda’ who explained their thinking in a lengthy post on X on June 27. The analyst noted that during times of financial crisis, such as in 2008, the...Read More
