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USDC Trading Dominates Record Day for DeFi Exchanges Uniswap, Curve
13.3.2023
Decentralized exchanges worked exactly as intended as traders rushed to exchange USDC for wrapped ether and other tokens
Silicon Valley Bank Failure Highlights Dangers of Fractional-Reserve Banking
12.3.2023
After the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a great deal of Americans are starting to realize the dangers of fractional-reserve banking. Reports show that SVB suffered a significant bank run after customers attempted to withdraw $42 billion from the bank on Thursday. The following is a look...
Nigerian Central Bank Unveils Open Banking Guidelines
12.3.2023
The Nigerian central bank recently said it had issued operational guidelines for open banking in Nigeria which are expected to enhance efficiency and access to financial services. According to the central bank, some of the guidelines’ objectives include ensuring “consistency and security...
Traders Bet on USD Coin Rebound as USDC Falls to 90 Cents
11.3.2023
Some $4 million in USDC futures were liquidated in the past 24 hours, Coinglass data shows
DeFi Protocol Curve’s $500M Stablecoin Pool Hammered as Traders Flee USDC
10.3.2023
Curve's 3pool is supposed to have equal parts USDC, DAI and USDT. The trio are becoming imbalanced amid fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse
Crypto Wallets Withdraw $902M USDC From Centralized Exchanges in Past 24 Hours Amid SVB, Silvergate Shutdowns
10.3.2023
$11.4 billion of USDC reserves are held in the form of cash at Reserve Banks, which include the two members of the Federal Reserve System
On-Chain Liquidations Beckon as Ether Slumps to 2-Month Low
10.3.2023
Several on-chain positions are at risk of being liquidated following ether's plunge to a two-month low of $1,373
DeFi Protocol Tender.fi Hacker Returns $1.6M Following Chainlink Oracle Glitch
10.3.2023
A white hat hacker that targeted DeFi protocol Tender.fi has returned $1.6 million that was stolen on Tuesday, receiving a 62.15 ether ($85,000) bug bounty instead
'CryptoGPT' Twitter accounts spring up as hashtag trends on Twitter
10.3.2023
Dozens of Twitter accounts have emerged on Twitter claiming to be related to "CryptoGPT."
Bitcoin price falls to a multi-month low, but data points to a possible short-term bounce
10.3.2023
BTC and altcoin prices succumbed to this week’s negative newsflow, but sentiment analysis and on-chain data point to the possibility of a short-term bounce
Voyager Continues Liquidating Crypto Assets for Circle’s USDC Stablecoin
9.3.2023
Amid its ongoing bankruptcy case, Voyager has liquidated more than $80 million since March 8, according to on-chain data sourced from Arkham Intelligence
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Dumps Altcoins Worth 220ETH That Have 'No Moral Value'
9.3.2023
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin liquidated a portion of his altcoin holdings this week before going on to say that the tokens sold had "no cultural or moral value."
Aave Advances Plan to Nix Borrowing, Lending of Binance’s BUSD Stablecoin
9.3.2023
Crypto borrowing and lending platform Aave is moving closer to offboarding Binance's troubled stablecoin BUSD
ESG Analyst Daniel Batten Reveals Dynamic Charts Showing Bitcoin’s 52.6% Sustainable Energy Use
9.3.2023
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analyst Daniel Batten said Tuesday that the computational backbone of the Bitcoin network now uses 52.6% sustainable energy. Batten and onchain analyst Willy Woo created Dynamic Bitcoin ESG Charts to showcase the protocol’s progress. Contrary...
Nansen Rolls Out Query Product Offering Historical Data to Curate Datasets
9.3.2023
The new product aims to help firms perform faster on-chain data analyses using unique data from Nansen’s expansive database
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin’s Address Sells Trillions of Airdropped Tokens, Causes Illiquid Coin Prices to Plummet
8.3.2023
On March 7, onchain observers noticed that Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, had allegedly sold billions and trillions of airdropped ERC20 tokens, resulting in a gain of an estimated $700,000 in value. The market liquidity of the airdropped tokens was shallow, and the relatively unknown...
Embattled Crypto Lender Celsius Allocates $25M for Withdrawals, Burns $500M in WBTC
8.3.2023
Celsius Network established a crypto wallet with $25 million of crypto assets for the lender’s custody account holders to withdraw, Arkham Intelligence said in a report. Eligible customers have withdrawn some $17.7 million of crypto assets, the firm’s chief executive said in a Wednesday court...
Stargate Finance Token Down 8% on Coinbase Delisting
8.3.2023
The token underlying cross-chain bridge protocol Stargate Finance (STG) will be delisted by Coinbase (COIN), STG has slumped by 8.04% in the past 24-hours
Three Arrows-Backed Crypto Liquidity Protocol Rook Surges 23%
8.3.2023
Liquidity protocol Rook has experienced a surge in activity with its token rising by 23% on speculation that Three Arrows Capital founders Zhu Su and Kyle Davies have completed a fundraise for the bankruptcy-claims exchange
Curve Yield Farmers Rush to Deploy $60M on Newly Launched Conic Finance, Capture 21% APY on USD Coin
8.3.2023
Conic is the latest player in the game to offer unlocked yield rewards from the prominent DeFi protocol Curve to users