Bitcoin-related investment products appear to have lost some of their sheen among crypto investors, recording its first week of outflows since Blackrock filed for spot Bitcoin ETF in June. According to a July 24 report by CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, Bitcoin (BTC) investment products saw outflows of $13 million for the week ending July
Month: July 2023
The Connext cross-chain bridging protocol has announced a new token standard to reduce losses from bridge hacks. According to a July 24 announcement, the new “xERC-20” standard allows token issuers to maintain a list of official bridges and control how many tokens can be minted by each. In addition to Connext, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform
Last week was marked by two new legislative initiatives for the crypto industry in the United States. Senator Jack Reed sponsored a bipartisan bill that would tighten Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and sanctions requirements for decentralized finance (DeFi). The bill would subject DeFi operations to the same requirements as “other
Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the “privacy-preserving digital identity (World ID)” project founded by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, soared after listing on major crypto exchanges on July 24. At the time of writing, WLD trades at $2.22, reflecting a 33% gain on the day. Despite criticism from nearly every corner of the crypto sector,
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), addressed the XRP case and the recent verdict. A U.S. court ruled that the token is not a security, granting a win for payment company Ripple. Related Reading: Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Takes On SEC, Calls Them A ‘Bully’ In Wake Of XRP Ruling The
Bitcoin (BTC) whale buying and selling in 2023 is mostly from speculative investors, new data reveals. In the latest edition of its weekly newsletter, “The Week On-Chain,” analytics firm Glassnode shows that contrary to popular belief, opportunistic entities are the most active whales. The birth of the Bitcoin “short-term holder” whale Since BTC price action
Celsius was one of the top lenders in the crypto ecosystem during the bull market in 2021. At its peak, it served 1.7 million customers and managed $25 billion in assets. All that came crashing down in June 2022 amid major flaws in the company’s working structure. The bear market in 2022, especially the Terra
Worldcoin (WLD), a project partly created by OpenAI CEO Sam Alman, launched the token that will be used within the project’s ecosystem on July 24. The project has continuously split opinions from within the crypto space up to Silicon Valley, with some praising the project’s ambition to some calling it “creepy” and “dystopian.” Despite these
A dormant Bitcoin (BTC) wallet holding over 1,037 Bitcoin — worth $31 million at current prices — has suddenly awoken after an 11-year slumber, transferring out its entire stash. The 1037 BTC was transferred amid a Bitcoin price of $29,956 and took effect at block height 799701 — approximately 10:51 am UTC on July 22, according to
The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (FSC), Patrick McHenry, announced a markup of a few legislations, three aimed at providing regulatory clarity for the digital asset ecosystem — cryptocurrencies, blockchain development and stablecoin payments. The Committee on Financial Services will meet on July 26 to markup H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology
San Francisco’s Federal Reserve Bank is seeking a crypto architect for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, reveals an Indeed job posting. According to the role description, the employee will work on CBDC research and development. The position is full-time and hybrid, with an annual salary starting at $134,900, requiring candidates to have “knowledge of
Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to rise above the overhead resistance at $31,000 but a minor positive is that the bulls have not allowed the price to dive below the $29,500 support. This suggests that a catalyst may be needed for the price to break out from its range. On the macroeconomic front, the Federal Reserve’s
The recent ruling in favor of XRP has dispelled any negative regulatory challenges it had been facing, resulting in a head-turning rally over nearly 100% in 24 hours. Enough people are now paying attention to Ripple’s cryptocurrency, that it’s starting to pull capital from Bitcoin and Ethereum. And according to the charts of the three
Bitcoin (BTC) threatened fresh downside over the weekend as markets geared up for the July 23 candle close. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView $19,000-$23,000 “still on the cards” for Bitcoin Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed acting below $30,000, now set as intraday resistance. July 22 saw a brief dip to $29,640 before
Terraform Labs faces a “big hill to climb” as the progress of its various projects in development are constantly being impeded by frequent accusations, according to Terra’s new interim CEO Chris Amani. During a July 20 Twitter Spaces, titled A Terra Community Talk, Amani joined several Terra employees to discuss the challenges ahead for Terra
Conic Finance, a liquidity pool balancing platform for the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve, has suffered an exploit on the Ethereum omnipool. Conic Finance has been exploited for $3.26 million in Ether (ETH), the Web3 risk-alert source Beosin Alert reported on July 21. Nearly the entire amount of stolen cryptocurrency was sent to a new
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