Source: AdobeStock / Monkey Business This is your weekly digest of top crypto news from Cryptonews.com, followed by a collection of 20 hand-picked crypto jokes. __________ This week in crypto: unsurprisingly, ETF discussions. While Tuttle Capital Management filed for six new Bitcoin ETFs with the US SEC, two of the issuers released details on…
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Source: Adobe / Rafael Henrique Coinbase has revealed plans to offer crypto-linked derivatives in the European Union (EU) market. The company has reportedly told CNBC that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an unnamed holding company, which holds a MiFID II license. MiFID II, the EU’s updated regulation governing financial instruments, was revised in 2017 to…
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Source: Pixabay The US. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cited the Terraform Labs recent ruling during the Coinbase and Binance hearings strengthening its claim that the cryptocurrency exchanges went against the securities law. On 28 December, the SEC ruled that Terraform Labs tokens UST and LUNA should be deemed securities – citing that Terraform…
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Source: Adobe/Canva Now-defunct cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has revealed plans to unstake its Ethereum (ETH) holdings as part of its efforts to distribute assets to creditors. In a recent announcement made on X, Celsius Network shared that it intends to carry out a “significant” unstaking event within the next few days. “Celsius will unstake existing…
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Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools Blue chip cryptocurrency markets are recovering on Thursday following Wednesday spot Bitcoin ETF approval FUD/leverage flush out-fuelled pullback, with Bitcoin (BTC) last up more than 3% on the day and back above $44,000 and Ether (ETH) up around 3.5% and eyeing a retest of $2,300. Most other major altcoins,…
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Source: Adobe/nuclear_lily Bitcoin’s recent flash crash has sent shockwaves across the cryptocurrency market, impacting various gaming-related tokens. On Wednesday, Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, experienced a rapid decline of approximately 7%, prompting a domino effect that saw gaming tokens losing anywhere from 5% to 15% of their value. According to data from…
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Image Source: Unsplash Decentralized exchange dYdX has released a post-mortem report detailing the “targeted attack” it experienced on its v3 platform in November. The attack resulted in a $9 million loss from its insurance fund, which represented approximately 40% of its total holdings. In the report, dYdX stated that investigative efforts have successfully uncovered the identity of…
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Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools Blue chip cryptocurrency markets are mostly lower on Wednesday amid a fresh flushing out of leverage that may have been triggered by FUD relating to the imminent expected approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US, as well as potentially by macro headwinds as US stocks pull lower and…
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Source: Arbitrum Ethereum layer 2 network Arbitrum has recorded high transaction volumes at the start of the year as well as its total value locked (TVL) tapping $2.5 billion. On-chain data shows the firm’s bullish performance in the last week of 2023 and the early days of 2024 with surging transaction volumes and increased decentralized…
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Source: AdobeStock / Aleksandra Sova Layer 1 blockchain Solana (SOL) continues to make waves in the crypto community as it achieves several significant milestones. Over the past week, the network surpassed Ethereum (ETH) in 7-day stablecoin trading volume for the first time ever. According to data from Artemis, the value of stablecoin transfers on Solana…
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