On August 16, 2023, the Shiba Inu meme coin enthusiasts celebrated the unveiling of the second-layer (L2) blockchain, Shibarium. This platform is designed to bolster decentralized app growth while tackling Ethereum’s scalability and transaction fee challenges. Yet, even amidst the celebrations, SHIB, the project’s native cryptocurrency, slid over 8% against the U.S. dollar, mirroring the…
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Silvergate is losing its CEO Alan Lane and two other top executives as part of an ongoing wind-down of the once crypto-friendly bank. Silvergate CEO Alan Lane and two other key executives are set to depart from their positions amid a wind-down of the once crypto-friendly bank. Lane and the firm’s chief legal officer John…
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A multiyear review of Litecoin futures open interest reveals a unique trend that has significantly impacted the LTC price in the past. With less than two weeks until Litecoin’s halving, when the miner’s block subsidy will be cut in half, traders are questioning whether the additional scarcity effect will be enough to sustain the LTC…
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In a volatile twist, the cryptocurrency market experienced a 0.82% decrease in value within the last day, descending to $1.2 trillion. This transpired as bitcoin (BTC) faced unstable conditions, dropping below the crucial $30K mark on Tuesday. Crypto Market in Flux Throughout this chaotic 24-hour period, leveraged digital asset traders observed a colossal liquidation of…
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According to a July 4, 2023 press release from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, Denmark’s Saxo Bank has been instructed to liquidate its holdings of cryptocurrency assets. The financial regulator maintains that Saxo Bank’s portfolio of crypto assets falls “outside the legal business area of financial institutions” and is in violation of the country’s Financial…
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Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital has won court approval to self-liquidate assets and start repaying customers a portion of their frozen funds. On Wednesday, US Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles approved Voyager’s liquidation plan at a court hearing in Manhattan months after deals to sell the crypto lender to FTX or Binance.US fell apart. … Read More: Voyager Digital…
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Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital has announced plans to self-liquidate its assets and shut down operations after deals to sell itself to FTX or Binance.US fell apart. In a Friday filing, lawyers of the company revealed that Voyager customers will now recover 36% of their crypto holdings, lower than the 72-73% estimated recovery rate they would…
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On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto tokens, such as 7,460 wrapped ether and 64 wrapped bitcoin. While the Mechanisms Behind…
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According to a court document filed on March 31, 2023, regarding the sentencing of James Zhong, who stole over 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace, the U.S. government plans to liquidate 41,490 bitcoin “over the course of this calendar year.” U.S. Government Discloses Strategy for Selling Confiscated Bitcoin The U.S. government, one of the…
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General Bytes experienced a security incident on March 17 and 18 that enabled a hacker to remotely access the master service interface and send funds from hot wallets, according to the company and sources. The breach forced a majority of U.S.-based crypto automated teller machine (ATM) operators to temporarily shut down. The hacker was able…
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