The US Republican Senator Thom Tillis has called for a new regulatory framework for the crypto industry, which would “create the most hospitable environment for digital assets to thrive.” During the Senate Banking Committee meeting on Tuesday, Tillis stressed “light” regulation to help curb illicit crypto financing. His remarks came after Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale…
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Traders use platforms like DEXScreener to find the top crypto gainers today. Source: DEXScreener’s X Account Following a bearish day of price action amongst blue-chip cryptocurrencies, traders looking to turn a quick profit are flocking in droves to the on-chain micro-cap markets as they hunt for top crypto gainers today. Bitcoin (BTC) fell back from…
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Solana developers have set their sights on April 15 as the implementation date for a fix to address the bug issue that recently led to a surge in transaction failures on the Solana network. The network experienced significant disruption, with over 75% of non-vote transactions failing. Per the team, an “implementation bug” in Solana’s use…
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A new class of meme coins, “culture coins”, centered around cultural values such as politics, lifestyle, and religion could achieve greater growth in this cycle than meme coins such as Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, according to Mechanism Capital co-founder Andrew Kang. Kang tweeted on April 7 that meme coins focusing on deeper cultural themes could…
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The dYdX community has voted to stake 20 million dYdX tokens, worth around $60 million at the time of publication, using Stride’s staking service for Cosmos blockchains. The decentralized exchange (DEX) platform dYdX allows users to trade perpetual futures contracts (aka perpetual contracts). In its most recent iteration (dYdX v4), it moved to launch its…
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Political campaigns in South Korea are leveraging the country’s prominent crypto market to attract voters ahead of the parliamentary election. Both major political parties, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party, have included crypto-related promises in their campaign platforms. The People Power Party has pledged to delay the implementation of a digital-asset…
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Crypto advocacy groups have come to the support of Roman Storm, the developer of Tornado Cash, in his ongoing legal battle. Storm, who was arrested in August and charged with three counts related to his role as a co-founder of the Ethereum privacy protocol, recently filed a motion to drop the charges against him. He argued that the government’s…
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Bankrupt crypto lending firm Genesis has converted approximately 36 million shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into Bitcoin as part of preparations to settle its debts with creditors. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, the company liquidated the GBTC shares on April 2, at a value of around $58.50 per share at that time. Notably,…
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Traders use platforms like DEXScreener to find the top crypto gainers today. Source: DEXScreener’s X Account As blue-chip cryptocurrencies nurse losses on a Friday that saw a further hawkish repricing of Fed rate cut expectations, investors looking for top crypto gainers today are turning to the highly illiquid and volatile on-chain markets for quick returns.…
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Best Crypto to Buy Today April 5 – NEAR Protocol, Toncoin, Bitcoin Cash / Source: Cryptonews As major crypto prices chop within weekly ranges as traders contend with more strong US economic data and fresh hawkish commentary from Fed policymakers which has had the combined effect of pushing markets to downsize bets on Fed rate…
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