Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck, refuted previous assertions made by Bernstein that the US election would directly affect Bitcoin. Investors are taking notice of this counterargument, which downplays the impact of the 2024 US presidential election on the BTC surge. Sigel made an interesting observation on
September 9, 2024 2 mins read
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s largest exchange group, has chosen not to participate in a pilot cryptocurrency trading program. Even though the recent legislation allows digital currencies under the supervision of the Central Bank of Russia. This decision was confirmed by Nikolai Trunichkin, MOEX’s head of digital projects. While MOEX
September 9, 2024 2 mins read
Orbitt, a Solana project accelerator, has announced that Pump.Fun volume boosts are now supported by its market making service. In order to maximize the chances of project success, Orbitt MM will assist in raising the trading volume and awareness of Pump.Fun token launches. Orbitt MM’s Pump.Fun integration is scheduled to be live
September 9, 2024 2 mins read
LayerZero, a leading cross-chain protocol, recently made headlines with its successful airdrop of the native ZRO token. Unlike Starknet and ZKsync, LayerZero’s airdrop stood out for its strong anti-bot measures and focus on rewarding real users. Recently at the Korea Blockchain Week, LayerZero’s CEO, Bryan Pellegrino, explained that their airdrop
September 9, 2024 2 mins read
Friend.tech, the Web3 social media platform that once surged to prominence, experienced a dramatic downfall after its developers lost control of its smart contracts. On September 8, the team transferred ownership of its smart contracts to Ethereum’s null address. The action was done to prevent future changes to the platform’s
September 9, 2024 2 mins read
With the Chang hard fork completed, the long-awaited Conway era has begun on Cardano. With this crucial development, the network took a giant leap towards complete decentralization. One major change is the inclusion of the CIP-1694 governance model, which gives ADA holders more say in network decisions via active voting.
September 7, 2024 1 min read
Ethereum ETF Futures (EFUT) will be discontinued and liquidated by the prominent investment management company VanEck. The price of ETH, which was already experiencing a period of erratic trading due to a general market decline, has taken a huge hit. Among the many factors given by the ETF provider for
September 6, 2024 2 mins read
Mastercard has expanded its support for cryptocurrency by partnering with Mercuryo, a European crypto payments infrastructure provider, to launch a euro-denominated crypto debit card. This new card allows users to spend cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin directly from their self-custodial wallets at over 100M merchants worldwide who accept Mastercard. Self-custodial wallets give
September 5, 2024 2 mins read
Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and former presidential nominee, made waves last year by calling for mass deregulation of the cryptocurrency industry. He was the first Republican candidate to introduce a detailed crypto plan, aiming to reduce the federal workforce, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Recently on Wednesday,
September 5, 2024 2 mins read
Robinhood Crypto LLC, a subsidiary of Robinhood Markets, has reached a $3.9M settlement with California’s Justice Department. The settlement follows allegations that the platform prevented customers from crypto withdrawal from their accounts between 2018 and 2022, violating state laws. California Attorney General, Rob Bonta accused Robinhood of breaching state commodities
September 5, 2024 2 mins read