New York Attorney General Letitia James has massively expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group (DCG) for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of investors in its relationship with Genesis and Gemini Earn. In an amended filing with the Supreme Court of New York on Friday, the AG accused both firms – alongside DCG CEO Barry...Read More
On-chain analysis by market intelligence platform CryptoQuant has found that selling pressure from Bitcoin miners has eased and remained low despite a significant decline in transaction fees. According to the firm’s latest weekly report, Bitcoin sold daily by miners currently sits around 300 BTC, significantly down from the companies’ 800 BTC daily sales in November...Read More
The SlowMist Security team revealed receiving numerous reports of theft. Upon investigation, they found that a significant portion of these thefts were facilitated by deceptive comments under tweets from well-known projects. As such, approximately 80% of comments under tweets from such projects were identified as phishing scam accounts. SlowMist Exposes Phishing Tactics SlowMist also observed...Read More
The cryptocurrency market experienced losses of $1.9 billion in 2023 due to hacks, marking a substantial 93.6% decrease from the previous year. While this appears to be a positive trend, further examination reveals a bleaker outlook, with the frequency and sophistication of attacks on the rise, according to blockchain security auditor Hacken. 2023 Sees Onslaught...Read More
Binance, the world’s largest crypto trading platform, has announced the launch of a marketplace for inscription tokens to facilitate the buying, selling, and minting of a wide range of such assets. According to a press release seen by CryptoPotato, the Binance Inscriptions Marketplace leverages the application programming interface (API) of UniSat, a Bitcoin inscriptions market...Read More
A recently released study by Bitget focusing on the upcoming Bitcoin halving event indicated a positive outlook as market conditions continue to recover. With the Bitcoin halving scheduled for April 2024, investors across the world are carefully analyzing its potential impact on their investment decisions. The research involved a diverse array of contributors hailing from...Read More
Colin Murphy – an associate of Canada’s notorious “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski – was sentenced to 5 months in prison on Friday for contempt of court in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Superior Court Justice Hugh O’Connell found Murphy in contempt for refusing to surrender his iPhone and for deleting its data when a search warrant...Read More
Stablecoin issuer Tether experienced a “record-breaking” net profit surge, amounting to $2.85 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023. Around $1 billion of this profit stemmed from net operating gains, largely derived from interests in the US Treasury, with the remainder mainly coming from the appreciation of gold and Bitcoin reserves. Notably, there was a...Read More
The Indian crypto industry is seeking parity, urging fair regulations against foreign exchanges exploiting regulatory gaps amidst dwindling market share for local exchanges while investors face legal uncertainties. With unstable banking ties hindering operations, the sector is currently grappling with hurdles. However, India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, refrained from providing any updates on the regulation...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission made history in mid-January when it finally approved nearly a dozen spot BTC ETFs to launch on local exchanges after a decade of delays and rejections. There was a big price run-up ahead of the approvals that resulted in a highly positive Q4 ’23 for BTC. However, the landscape...Read More
Bitcoin’s price actions in the past several days have been quite uneventful, with little to no movements after last week’s recovery from the sub-$40,000 dip. However, data from Santiment shows that some of the largest investors have been using this moment to move sizeable portions of their holdings. 🐳 #Bitcoin is ranging between $41K and...Read More
The industry is bustling with the trading of the newly introduced spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, yet there’s no equivalent for Ethereum. However, Jag Kooner, Bitfinex’s Head of Derivatives, suggests that the approval of a Bitcoin ETF could impact the SEC’s view on an Ethereum ETF, likely influenced by Ether’s classification as a security...Read More
The Bitcoin network is rapidly evolving, and its on-chain fundamentals have changed completely compared to the last bull run in 2021. The two most important upgrades on the network – Taproot and SegWit – are seeing increased user adoption despite challenges in the market. According to an update by CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, Taproot...Read More
The primary focus continues to be on spot Bitcoin ETFs and Hong Kong players do not want to be left behind. Harvest Fund Management’s Hong Kong branch is the latest entity to apply for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with local regulators. This move aligns with Hong Kong’s preparations for its first wave of...Read More
Tether’s (USDT) circulating supply has long been a subject of intense speculation regarding its potential impact on the price of Bitcoin. Recent findings from CryptoQuant suggest a significant correlation between the supply of USDT and movements in Bitcoin’s price, particularly since the latter part of 2022. USDT Influx Fuels Bitcoin Surge The analysis indicated that...Read More
Ripple’s correction in January was a significant event because it enjoyed key support at the $0.62 level for the two months spanning November and December. Furthermore, over that time period, XRP charted a falling wedge pattern, often a technical indicator of a reversal to a bullish trend. All the major Ripple news over that time...Read More
Bitcoin is back above $42,000 after dropping below the $ 39,000 threshold earlier this week. The subsequent increased selling pressure on Bitcoin was alarming, but the overall sentiment appears to be bullish nonetheless. This was evidenced by Bitcoin accumulation wallets, which are now holding an impressive 1.7 million BTC, valued at $68 billion, according to...Read More
In the face of a rising tide of scams and exploits, even CertiK, a security firm that specializes in comprehensive security for blockchains, smart contracts, and Web3, is not immune. Scammers are targeting users by fraudulently latching on the company’s brand, which is dedicated to ensuring the security of digital assets and decentralized technologies. In...Read More
Analysts at market intelligence platform CryptoQuant have revealed that BTC’s price bottoming signal can not be triggered until unrealized profit margins for short-term holders reach -10%. According to the CryptoQuant Institutional Insights weekly crypto report, short-term holders’ profit margins have approached zero, and this has caused ease in selling pressure. However, the leading digital asset...Read More
Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork was a controversial upgrade that ignited fears of selling pressure. But the latest data tells a different story. In January 2024, Intotheblock’s data revealed the highest Ethereum staking rate, reaching approximately 30 million ETH staked, accompanied by a staking participation rate of over 24%. This milestone suggested a preference for staking...Read More
Ethereum continues to be the number one blockchain among crypto developers, with more than 70% of new contract codes first deployed on the network, according to the latest report by Electric Capital. Also, there has been a spread in the distribution of developers globally, with more crypto devs living outside North America, as opposed to...Read More
A recent study by CoinGecko reveals that over 50% of all cryptocurrencies listed on the platform since 2014 have met their demise. Of the 24,000+ cryptocurrencies listed on CoinGecko since 2014, 14,039 have been deemed ‘dead’ or ‘failed.’ Most Dead Coins Linked to 2020-2021 Bull Run The study, which analyzed the fate of these digital...Read More
Roughly a week after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first wave of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), BTC investor demand in the country has slumped. According to a weekly report from market intelligence platform CryptoQuant, the weak BTC demand from U.S. investors is evident in crypto exchange Coinbase’s premium turning...Read More
Crypto market analysis platform CoinGecko has provided a breakdown of the industry’s growth in 2023 amid optimism and anticipation about several events this year, including the recent approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the upcoming Bitcoin halving. According to the report, the market witnessed substantial growth in several areas, including decentralized finance (DeFi),...Read More
Increasing interest rates, regulatory actions, financial insolvencies, and instances of fraud have significantly contributed to shrinking the overall digital asset economy in the past year. The world’s second-largest stablecoin – USDC – wasn’t immune to these forces either. The total circulating supply has declined from approximately $45 billion to about $25 billion by the conclusion...Read More
El Salvador made history by becoming the first nation to embrace Bitcoin as a legal tender more than two years ago. Although the country’s financial outlook has seen positive developments, a recent study carried out by José Simeón Cañas Central American University unveiled a mixed sentiment regarding the correlation between the adoption of Bitcoin and...Read More
The latest TokenInsight report reveals that 2023 witnessed shifts in market share and trading volume among top exchanges, with Binance’s numbers decreasing from 54.2% to 48.7% while OKX’s and Bybit’s increasing by 4.3% and 2.2%, respectively. Binance, Upbit, and OKX occupy the top three positions in total annual trading volume, while Binance, OKX, and Bybit...Read More
Perhaps the most important development in terms of global validation for BTC in its 15-year-long history came last week when the US Securities and Exchange Commission finally greenlighted nearly a dozen spot Bitcoin ETFs to be traded on financial markets. These approvals were long-anticipated by the crypto community, as well as traditional investors, but they...Read More
Amidst a challenging backdrop where the crypto spot market witnessed its lowest activity levels in over four years, the downturn created a daunting scenario for centralized exchanges and market makers, exacerbated by the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX in November 2022. This incident had a profound impact on investor trust in centralized entities, casting a...Read More
1inch experienced a substantial surge in volumes and market dominance in the fourth quarter of last year amidst a broader market resurgence, According to Messari’s report, the popular DEX aggregator recorded over $30 billion in executed volume and a commanding 64% share of the Ethereum DEX aggregator market. The nearly doubled volume from external sources...Read More
