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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Remains Resilient Near $26.5K, Despite Ongoing Binance, Coinbase Fallout
9.6.2023
ALSO: Valkyrie's chief investment officer expects the U.S. central bank to suspend its nearly year-long diet of interest rate increases. That might please digital and other asset markets, but Steven McClurg said that the monetary dovishness is unlikely to continue later this year
Optimism Says Ether Now Treated as Native Cryptocurrency Alongside OP Token
8.6.2023
Representatives of the layer-2 network atop Ethereum confirmed the change in the treatment of ETH after CoinDesk observed a $550 million transfer in blockchain data. The change occurred in conjunction with Optimism's “Bedrock” upgrade this week
DeFi Protocol Curve Finance Now Lets Users Mint crvUSD for Staked Ether
8.6.2023
The governance proposal for the crvUSD minting was passed early on Thursday
Bitcoin Traders Shrug Off U.S. SEC's Action Against Binance, Coinbase
8.6.2023
Implied volatility metrics show no signs of panic after the SEC's filed lawsuits against the two cryptocurrency exchanges
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Falls Below $26.5K as Crypto Market Fades Amid Coinbase, Binance Angst
8.6.2023
ALSO: Stablecoin balances may provide additional insight into price direction
Bitcoin, Ether Trade at Premiums on Binance.US as Investors Flee Following SEC Actions
7.6.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was seeking to freeze assets on Binance.US after suing the exchange and its global sister-entity Binance, CoinDesk reported Tuesday
Cboe Receives CFTC Approval to Launch Leveraged Crypto Derivatives
7.6.2023
Crypto exchange and clearinghouse Cboe Digital will be able to offer margined bitcoin and ether futures contracts with the approval of the U.S. derivatives markets regulator. This will allow its clients to trade cryptocurrency futures with less collateralized capital upfront. Cboe Wins Regulatory...
First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin Regain $27K? ‘No One Is Surprised by Gensler’s Actions,’ Crypto CEO Says
7.6.2023
ALSO: Why Binance's alleged co-mingling of assets isn't the same as FTX's alleged co-mingling of assets
Crypto Prices Rising Again After Regulatory FUD: Bitcoin, Ethereum & Meme Coins Bounce After Escaping SEC Wrath
6.6.2023
Despite a new round of regulatory FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in wake of their just-announced lawsuit against Coinbase, crypto prices are rising again.
Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and a number of meme coins like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba...
First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin Fall to $25.4K? SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Rocks Crypto Markets
6.6.2023
ALSO: Lido’s stETH token has become the seventh largest token by market cap, right ahead of Cardano and just behind XRP, according to data from CoinGecko. What's behind its ascent?
Crypto Prices crashing after SEC Sues Binance, These Presales Still Pumping – Here's Why
5.6.2023
Cryptocurrency markets just experienced a big intraday drop in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealing that it has sued Binance, its US subsidiary Binance.US and the exchange’s founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ).
Bitcoin (BTC) was last trading close to 5% lower on the day...
Ethereum Validator Activation Queue Grows: 90,000+ Validators Waiting in Line
5.6.2023
Ethereum faces congestion for validators to enter and begin staking in the protocol. According to data from Wenmerge, an information dashboard, more than 90,000 validators are waiting to provide protocol validation services on Ethereum. This means a validator entering the queue today must wait more...
Atomic Wallet Users Hacked for $35M Worth of Bitcoin, Ether, Tether and Other Tokens
5.6.2023
Atomic Wallet said Monday that “less than 1%” of its monthly active users were impacted in the weekend breach
First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin's Price Hold Above $27K Over the Weekend? Two Analysts Expect Continued Resilience
5.6.2023
ALSO: The bitcoin options put/call ratio across exchanges has sunk to 0.47, suggesting that fewer investors are seeking downside protection against price declines than they had prior to the passage of a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling
Celsius Network's $800 Million Ether Staking Strategy Change Stretches Ethereum Validator Queue – Here's What You Need to Know
4.6.2023
Now-defunct crypto lender Celsius Network has caused a stir with changes in its ETH staking strategy, exacerbating the already elongated queue to activate new validators on the Ethereum network.
Over a period of two days, Celsius transferred ETH into staking contracts after redeeming nearly $813...
Coinbase Expands Futures Offering, Unveils ‘Institutional-Sized’ Bitcoin and Ether Contracts
4.6.2023
On June 1, Coinbase revealed its plans to extend bitcoin and ether futures contracts to institutional investors through its derivatives exchange. The firm mentioned that the Coinbase Bitcoin (BTI) and Ether (ETI) futures contracts would be accessible via third-party institutional futures commission...
Crypto Lender Celsius’ $800M Ether Staking Shake-Up Stretches Ethereum Validator Queue to 44 Days
3.6.2023
The embattled crypto lender’s ETH staking maneuver could potentially lengthen the waiting time to activate new validators in the Ethereum network to 44 days, one observer noted
Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Rise? BTC Hovers Over $27K as Investors Shrug Off Hot Jobs Data
2.6.2023
Ether and other major cryptos spent much of the day in positive territory
Coinbase Derivatives Exchange to Launch Bitcoin and Ether Futures for Institutions
2.6.2023
Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, a CFTC-regulated derivatives trading platform, is launching institutional Bitcoin and Ether futures contract trading.
According to a June 1 announcement, this offering will commence on June 5, enabling institutional investors to manage risk and target attractive...
Best Crypto to Buy Now 2 June – The Sandbox, Injective, The Graph
2.6.2023
Cryptocurrency markets are choppy in wake of a mixed US labor market report that saw a beat on the headline non-farm payrolls number (i.e. the number of jobs added in May), but also a larger than expected rise in the unemployment rate and a slowdown in the MoM pace of average hourly earnings...