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SEC Crackdown Spurs Robinhood to Review Its Crypto Operations
7.6.2023
Popular brokerage firm Robinhood is reconsidering its cryptocurrency offerings after the Securities and Exchange Commission took action against two major digital asset trading platforms earlier this week.
During a meeting focused on digital assets, Dan Gallagher, Robinhood's legal chief and...
Crypto Traders Suffer $320M Losses in Liquidations as SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Spurs Market Plunge
6.6.2023
Cryptocurrency prices nosedived Monday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the crypto exchange and its chief executive for multiple federal securities law violations
Bitcoin Spurs 5th Consecutive Week of Outflows at Crypto Investment Funds: CoinShares
22.5.2023
The outflows totalled $32 million last week, pushing total during the streak to $232 million
Bitcoin fee spike spurs shift to Lightning Network: Binance and Coinbase line up
9.5.2023
Binance announced plans to embrace the Lightning Network: which large crypto exchanges are Lightning ready, and which ones are yet to be struck?
Liquid Staking Platform Lido Surpasses 6M Ether Deposits as Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Inflows
4.5.2023
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade spurred deposit inflows to liquid staking protocols, including to the largest player Lido
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Institutional Investment Into Staking
21.4.2023
Largest staking platforms for institutional investors recorded three times more new deposits than last month, early data shows
Elon Musk Tweet Spurs 7% Aptos Price Surge
14.4.2023
Aptos (APT) surged by 7.4% on Friday after Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted “AI APT OTT!” before deleting it one hour later
ARB Token Airdrop: Anticipation Spurs IOU Markets for Arbitrum’s Native Cryptocurrency Asset
23.3.2023
A week ago, the Ethereum layer two scaling solution Arbitrum announced the launch of its native token called ARB, and since then IOU markets have launched giving some indication of how much the token may be worth. ARB claiming begins March 23 and when people get their coins on exchanges,...
Friendsies NFT Collection Deletes Twitter After 'Pause' Announcement Spurs Rug Pull Accusations
21.2.2023
Prominent NFT influencers such as generative artist Jen Stark and Rug Radio host Farokh were named as early promoters of the project, which raised millions from its initial drop
DYdX DeFi Grants Renewal Proposal Spurs Polarized Community Discussion
10.2.2023
Nearly 90% of voters favor the grants proposal, but many in the community pointed out controversial limitations
Long Traders Bear Brunt as Bitcoin, Ether Slide Spurs $220M in Liquidations
10.2.2023
Over 90% of all liquidated positions originated from traders betting on higher crypto prices
Healthcare, Selling Lemons, and the Price of Developer Experience
9.2.2023
Every now and then, a one blog post is published and it spurs a reaction or response in others that are, in turn, published as blogs posts, and a theme starts to emerge. That’s what happened this past week and …
Healthcare, Selling Lemons, and the Price of Developer Experience...
War Spurs Crypto Activity in Russia and Ukraine, Chainalysis Reports
15.10.2022
The deadly conflict that started with Russia’s assault on Ukraine has increased crypto-related activity in both countries, according to Chainalysis. Fiat inflation and sanctions pressure led to several spikes in transaction volumes this year, the blockchain forensics firm has found, while Eastern...
First Mover Asia: Dissecting Three Arrows Capital's Fall; Ethereum Merge Spurs Continued Market Gains
20.7.2022
Thanks to the transparency of court documents, the public knows how much the beleaguered crypto hedge fund owes different creditors; the second largest crypto by market cap has risen about 50% over the past week
Ukraine's Airdrop Tease Spurs Influx of Microdonations
3.3.2022
Thousands of small donations ranging from 0.0001 to 0.01 ETH are flooding the Ethereum blockchain
DOGE in Red While Elon Musk Spurs Starlink, SpaceX Speculations
14.2.2022
Elon Musk has long proved his capacity to unleash waves of speculations and trigger market uncertainty through often cryptic statements. Most recently, Tesla’s CEO encountered a chance to stir up the crypto market when asked by a Twitter user whether his spacecraft business SpaceX...
Bitfinex hack recovery spurs crypto community responses
9.2.2022
As the Bitfinex hack recovery ensued, crypto figures across social media shared their thoughts, raised questions and expressed disbelief
Metaverse Spurs USD 100M In Weekly Land Plot NFT Sales
2.12.2021
The demand for digital land in Meta (formerly Facebook)’s Metaverse are booming, with last week bringing USD 100m in non-fungible token (NFT) land sales, according to a recent report by dapp information provider DappRadar. The four leading virtual worlds, The Sandbox, Decentraland, CryptoVoxels...
China’s Crackdown Spurs Massive Onchain Transfers, Cold Wallets Move $3 Billion in Bitcoin and 800K Ether
26.9.2021
Following the latest statements from China’s central bank concerning cryptocurrencies and offshore crypto exchanges, massive amounts of funds have been moving onchain. On September 26, at approximately 1:00 a.m. (UTC) 72,999 BTC or $3.1 billion in bitcoin was dispersed to unknown wallets....
DraftKings Courts U.K.’s Entain With $22.4 Bln Offer as U.S. Sports Betting Spurs Deals
22.9.2021
Entain, U.K.’s gambling firm, said on Tuesday that DraftKings, the top fantasy sports betting company in the U.S., has offered them $22.4 billion for a takeover. Entain also claimed that an earlier approach by DraftKings was rejected when they were willing to pay 25 pounds per share. The fantasy...