Summary: Ethereum Foundation researcher Michael Neuder proposed increasing the validator balance cap from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. The idea being considered within the developer community would stem the growing active validator set size and optimize network efficiency. Increasing the limits of validator balances would also make room for auto-compounding of rewards, allowing validators to
Month: June 2023
On June 19, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” revealing that cryptocurrency investment products experienced outflows totaling $5.1 million last week. The outflows contributed to the continuation of a nine-week streak of outflows, resulting in a cumulative total of $423 million. Weekly crypto asset flows. Source: CoinShares The report
On June 19, Ethereum block explorer and analytics platform Etherscan launched a new tool, dubbed “Code Reader,” that utilizes artificial intelligence to retrieve and interpret the source code of a specific contract address. After user prompt input, Code Reader generates a response via OpenAI’s large language model (LLM), providing insight into the contract’s source code
Lawmakers in the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are moving forward with legislation that could help support the adoption of crypto in the country. In a meeting of the U.K. Parliament’s House of Lords on June 19, many members advocated for the passage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill —
Five years after Bill Hinman delivered his speech on cryptocurrencies, Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Ripple, Stuart Alderoty, has called for an investigation into the former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official’s actions. The call comes after the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple and the subsequent release of public emails and drafts of Hinman’s speech, which
The price of Cardano (ADA) is down over 3% on June 19 after dropping over 30% in the past two weeks. Is ADA price headed for its fourth red weekly candle in a row? No respite for Cardano price bulls On June 19, ADA price fell over 3% to daily lows of $0.257 as traders
Bitcoin (BTC) emerges from a hectic macro week to circle some classic trend lines near $26,000 — what could happen next? After some brutal tests of traders’ resolve over the past seven days, BTC price is still determined to hold familiar ground. Market participants are in “wait and see” mode as a lack of clear
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to withdraw from major markets amid the ongoing pushback from global regulators. Binance Markets Limited (BML), Binance’s United Kingdom-based subsidiary, has officially canceled registration with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). After deregistration, no Binance entity is authorized by the FCA to provide any services in the United Kingdom, the regulator
Twitter has suspended the account of the popular memecoin-linked artificial intelligence-powered bot “Explain This Bob” after Elon Musk alleged it was a “scam crypto account.” Musk alleged the account was a scam in a tweet on June 18 in areply to the bot, the account was seemingly suspended soon after. This sure looks like a
The bears lost an opportunity when they failed to sustain Bitcoin (BTC) below the $25,000 level this week. That may have attracted buying from the bulls who are attempting to start a recovery in Bitcoin and select altcoins. Additionally, BlackRock’s application to launch a Bitcoin spot price exchange-traded fund and the sustained strength in the
Ethereum users have been given another way to create nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and other digital assets on the blockchain with the launch of a new protocol. Launched on June 17 the protocol, dubbed “Ethscriptions,” is a nod to the Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals protocol — where assets are known as “inscriptions.” Ethscriptions was developed by music
Gaming on Macs to suck less Is Apple’s reign as the worst platform for gaming coming to an end? Amidst all the hype about their long-rumored VR/AR headset, slated for release in early 2024 (queueing outside the Apple Store starts in October), it’s not the only signal that Apple might finally be sorting out its
The cryptocurrency total market capitalization fell to $1.02 trillion on June 15, its lowest level in three months. But while the derivatives market’s resilience and end-of-week price gains amid uncertainty in stablecoins’ reserves provides hope for bulls, it might be too soon to celebrate. Crypto regulatory conditions deteriorate The past few week have seen a
Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the CEO of Binance, expressed his happiness and sense of relief as the prolonged dispute with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been successfully resolved. The SEC’s ongoing scrutiny had created a tense and uncertain period for the company, making the resolution a significant milestone. Nonetheless, as the regulatory
The release of the Hinman documents in the legal battle between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) caused a massive stir in the XRP and crypto community yesterday. The emails revealed that Bill Hinman, the former head of the Division of Corporation Finance Regulation, ignored the directive of other high-ranking SEC
Bitcoin (BTC) plans by BlackRock appear to have sparked a rally in the “OG” institutional BTC investment vehicle. Data from monitoring resource CoinGlass shows that on June 17, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) almost hit new 2023 highs. GBTC “premium” heads below -37% Bitcoin market sentiment showed a modest improvement late last week as news
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