The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), a world leader in derivatives, has seen open interest in Bitcoin futures approach $5.2 billion, just $200 million short of the record high set in late October 2021. According to statistics compiled by Coinglass, the open interest in Bitcoin futures offered by CME has increased
December 6, 2023 2 mins read
The total volume of crypto trading on Robinhood increased 75% month-on-month in November. On December 4th, Robinhood reported in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S SEC that the crypto notional trading volumes for November were over 75% higher than the levels seen in October 2023. Despite this activity, trading
December 5, 2023 1 min read
New data from Bybit Research suggests that institutional investors are suspicious about altcoins, have mixed feelings about ether, and are positive on bitcoin. Institutional investors almost doubled their Bitcoin (BTC) holdings in the first three quarters of 2023. Due to bullish market mood and the expectation that the U.S. SEC
December 4, 2023 1 min read
The number of victims for a crypto hacker who specializes in “address poisoning attacks” has risen to 21. Moreover, in the last week alone, they have stolen almost $2 million from Safe Wallet customers. About 10 Safe Wallets lost $2.05 million due to poisoning assaults that occurred between November 26
December 4, 2023 1 min read
The price of bitcoin has been rising sharply, and it is already approaching the $39,000 threshold. A major contributor to this gain is the recent Binance settlement. At first, the market experienced conflicting signals from the $4.3 billion settlement that Binance reached with the US DOJ. However, the market witnessed
December 2, 2023 2 mins read
A test version of FAssets has been successfully deployed on Flare’s Coston testnet by renowned blockchain research and development firm Flare Labs. Enabling DeFi and smart contracts for older tokens has reached a major milestone with this. Non-smart contract tokens like BTC, XRP, and DOGE may be utilized securely with smart
November 30, 2023 2 mins read
The purpose of this newly published research by Xueyan Tang is to investigate the use of deep learning in the identification of smart contract vulnerabilities. The research was co-authored by Yuying Du, Alan Lai, Ze Zhang and Lingzhi Shi. Blockchain technology relies heavily on smart contracts, which are critical to
November 30, 2023 5 mins read
The Philippines SEC has reported that crypto exchange Binance has been operating illegally in the country. On November 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines warned the public that Binance does not have the necessary authorization to sell or offer securities in the nation. In order to
November 29, 2023 2 mins read
Following data compiled by on-chain analytics company IntoTheBlock, the number of crypto addresses containing DOGE has now surpassed 5 million, marking a significant milestone. With a 1,000% increase in the last 10 days, the number of completed transactions on the network reached a new high, while the quantity of active
November 28, 2023 1 min read
According to Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, highly sophisticated AI might potentially overtake humans and become the next “apex species” if current trends continue. He did, however, say that the outcome would depend on the degree to which humans meddle in AI research and development. Buterin, who is considered by
November 28, 2023 2 mins read