In less than a month, despite a downturn in cryptocurrency markets, over 680,000 ethereum (ETH) has been added to liquid staking derivatives protocols. Lido Finance, the leading liquid staking platform, experienced a supply increase of 5.94%, surging from 7.91 million to 8.38 million ETH since July 29. Ether Held in Liquid Staking Jumps From 10.65…
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Terraform Labs appointed a new chief executive officer following Do Kwon’s resignation on March 31, 2023. In a Wall Street Journal interview, the interim CEO, Chris Amani, discussed his team’s “vision” for rescuing the beleaguered blockchain project. Terraform Labs Finds New Leadership, Attorneys Seek to Dismiss SEC Case Following Ripple Decision Chris Amani, Terraform Labs’…
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On June 1, 2023, the stablecoin issuer Tether exceeded the dollar-linked token USDT’s previous all-time market capitalization record of $83.2 billion, which was set in May 2022. In the last 186 days, USDT’s market value has surged by 27.15% from the low of $65.43 billion reached at the end of November 2022. Tether Market Cap…
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The collapse of FTX led to a similar exodus from centralized exchanges, as users worried they may lose access to funds during crises. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank saw investors loading their bags with USD Coin (USDC), along with an exodus of funds from centralized exchanges (CEXs) to decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Outflows from centralized exchanges…
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Members of the crypto community have been discussing the number of bitcoins that have been bridged over to the Avalanche network, which is now larger than the total value locked on the Lightning Network. At the time of writing, there are 5,493 bitcoins circulating on the Avalanche blockchain, while the Lightning Network holds 5,248 bitcoins.…
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As crypto markets continue to slide in value, concerns about the algorithmic stablecoin terrausd (UST) losing its $1 parity have swelled in recent times. Two days ago on May 7, 2022, UST dipped down to $0.985 per unit against tether (USDT), and the stablecoin’s price drop invoked a great deal of speculation concerning UST losing…
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The new decree that makes official the recently announced Venezuelan minimum monthly wage rise has been revealed in the Official Gazette, with no mention of its supposed peg to the petro, the national cryptocurrency. The law published mentions that the wage will be 130 VES, using the national fiat currency as a unit of account,…
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Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, announced an increase in the minimum wage of workers in the country linked to the petro. In the II Workers’ Congress, Maduro revealed that the new value of the salary would be half a petro, the national cryptocurrency, which is now worth close to $59. This constitutes an increase of…
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The recent movements in the treasury of Terra, a decentralized financial payment network, which is now burning more than $4 billion worth of LUNA due to a governance proposal, have seemingly made the price of the asset rise to all-time high (ATH) levels. This rise has been also accompanied by new proposals to further cement…
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