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Polygon Leaps Towards Future With Successful Napoli Hard Fork
21.3.2024
Polygon’s Napoli hard fork, incorporating the RIP-7212 upgrade, marks a significant advancement in interoperability with mainstream tech by introducing support for the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm commonly used across the internet. The upgrade also aligns with Ethereum’s...
Fed boosts BTC price while BlackRock hints at $5 Trillion project
21.3.2024
On Thursday, the crypto market showed some life again with a double dose of positive news. Bitcoin, the biggest crypto in the market, gained 8% value and breached the $66,000 mark once again. The surge helped Ethereum (12%) and XRP (4%) also make a comeback. According to market experts,...
Vitalik Buterin Unveils ‘Rainbow Staking’ and a ‘Recovery Hard Fork’ at Ethtaipei
21.3.2024
During the Ethtaipei 2024 event in Taiwan, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin introduced “rainbow staking,” a new conceptual framework designed to allow protocol service providers to engage in a differentiated menu of protocol services. Rainbow staking aims to enhance the economic value...
How XRP sets the standard for crypto security?
21.3.2024
XRP is a type of cryptocurrency. It is necessary for the Ripple ecosystem to work. Ripple aims to change international payments by using XRP as an intermediate token to facilitate speedy and affordable transactions between financial institutions. Just like with physical currency, digital assets...
SEC Requests More Funding to Regulate Crypto Sector
21.3.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted its 2025 budget request, which will partly fund the securities watchdog’s efforts to regulate the crypto sector. “We’ve seen the Wild West of the crypto markets, rife with noncompliance,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler...
Economists Rally Behind Honduras in $10.8 Billion Legal Fight Over Crypto Island Project
21.3.2024
A group of 85 economists has supported the Honduran government’s decision to leave the World Bank’s arbitration body, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), amidst a legal conflict with the crypto island project Próspera Inc., which seeks $10.8 billion...
Uzbekistan Increases Monthly Fees for Crypto Market Participants
21.3.2024
Uzbekistan's National Agency for Prospective Projects (NAPP) has announced a new directive to raise the monthly fees for those involved in the cryptocurrency market within the country.
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Coinbase to Provide Key Infrastructure for Blackrock’s Tokenized Investment Fund
21.3.2024
Coinbase has been chosen as a key infrastructure provider for Blackrock’s newly unveiled tokenized investment fund, the crypto exchange has revealed. “This is the latest progression of our digital assets strategy,” said Blackrock’s head of digital assets. “We are focused...
Bitcoin Rallies Post-Fed Rate Announcement, Shorts Worth $151.69M Liquidated
21.3.2024
The valuation of bitcoin (BTC) tapped the $68,000 mark merely 17 hours following its dip to $60,760 per unit. Following the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) session, the entire crypto market has seen a 5.9% upturn, with bitcoin rising 6.8% versus the U.S. dollar. Crypto Market...
Ethereum Foundation Receives Confidential State Inquiry, Removes Warrant Canary Icon From Github Repo
20.3.2024
The Ethereum Foundation has reportedly received a “voluntary enquiry from a state authority,” according to a note added to the group’s Github page. State Actors Have Contacted the Ethereum Foundation; SEC Reportedly Investigating On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the crypto...
Fantom breaches $1 milestone, Poised for further growth
20.3.2024
FTM, Fantom’s native cryptocurrency, was briefly above the milestone of $1. It was seen exchanging hands at $1.04. While the token has retraced to ~$0.9, there is a possibility that it could rise as high as $1.25 or $1.68 by the end of 2024. The recent high comes against a rounding bottom...
Arbitrum Outpaces Ethereum in Daily Transactions Amidst L2 Networks’ Surge
20.3.2024
Recent statistics reveal that the layer two (L2) network Arbitrum has experienced a significant increase in daily transactions. On Tuesday, the network’s daily transactions even exceeded those on the Ethereum platform. Additionally, following Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, other L2 networks...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s 50-Year DOJ Sentence ‘Disturbing,’ Lawyers Say
20.3.2024
In a stunning and timely defense, the defense counsel of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, who the DOJ is prosecuting, angrily rejected the DOJ-drafted sentencing memo. The DOJ’s financial findings on Bankman-Fried have been labeled “worrying,” and the unfair portrayal...
Stablecoin Market Surpasses $150B, a First in 18 Months, After $980M Growth in 5 Days
20.3.2024
The stablecoin sector achieved a significant milestone on March 20, 2024, hitting the $150 billion mark as the dollar-anchored market continues its expansion. In the last five days, the stablecoin sphere expanded by $980 million, breaking past the latest threshold. Stablecoin Market Value Tops $150...
SEC holds Ethereum ETF approval until May despite staking additions
20.3.2024
The US SEC delayed the approval procedures of Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), affecting the approaches of investment firms, including Ark Invest, Hashdex, VanEck, and Grayscale, adding a staking component to the applications of the ETH ETF along with Fidelity. Both James Seyffart and Eric...
Is the crypto bull market over? Review of prevalent on-chain data
20.3.2024
The year has been amazing for the crypto market. From the Bitcoin ETF approval to the long crypto slump being over, 2024 has witnessed immense progress. However, now that Bitcoin has dropped to 62,895 dollars from 73,750 dollars, traders are wondering how to proceed. Is the crypto bull market over?...
Ondo Finance marks an uptick in ONDO following the launch of Global Markets
20.3.2024
Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Global Markets to expand tokenized asset offerings. This is a part of the mission to expand across multiple chains, having previously integrated with Solana, Sui, and Aptos blockchains. Members of the community have responded positively to this development, and so...
Support Mounts for Coinbase as Industry Leaders Call on SEC to Draft Clear Crypto Regulations
20.3.2024
Several supporters have joined Coinbase Inc. in its legal battle against the U.S. SEC to urge the agency to reconsider its stance on crafting specific regulations for the cryptocurrency industry.
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XRP primed for surge against Bitcoin, analysts predict
20.3.2024
Ripple and the US Securities & Exchange Commission are approaching some crucial court dates. While that is posed to mark an uptick in the price of XRP, there are other factors at play as well. For instance, there is speculation that the token may rise against BTC by 15-20%. A tentative timeline...
With 1 Month to Go, Bitcoin Halving Poised to Shift Mining Dynamics
20.3.2024
Per the most recent data, we are a month away, or precisely 30 days, from the fourth Bitcoin halving event. This significant milestone will cut the mining rewards from 6.25 bitcoins per block to 3.125 bitcoins per block after the halving. The summary below outlines the essentials to grasp...