Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by $1,500 in minutes on May 11 as the latest United States inflation data delivered mixed sentiment on the economic outlook. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin puts in fresh 10-month lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD diving from $31,500 to abruptly pierce $30,000 support as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures…
In what will surely be a historic week in stablecoin history, Terra’s LUNA, the currency that backs its dollar-pegged stablecoin UST, has slid beneath a dollar at the time of writing. No, we haven’t got our wires crossed. Terra’s LUNA – the formerly market-leading digital currency that was worth just over $119 in April – is trading at $0.85 at…
Bancor, an early decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, announced that its much-anticipated protocol update, Bancor 3, is now out of beta and has launched on mainnet, bringing with it a host of new features and improvements. According to the team, the main goal of Bancor 3 is to create sustainable on-chain liquidity for token projects. The idea is to give participants…
MARA, a pan-African crypto exchange, announced its launch today, alongside a $23 million raise from backers including Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, (FTX) and Distributed Global. The exchange also announced that it has struck a deal to become the official crypto partner of the Central African Republic, which last month became the second country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as…
East Africa is set to welcome a new cryptocurrency exchange backed by a formidable list of industry heavyweights looking to tap into a continent full of potential users. Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Huobi Ventures and other prominent venture capital firms and angel investors have contributed $23 million to launch MARA. The exchange will initially operate in Kenya and Nigeria, offering…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to hire more people to focus on digital assets, raising the number of personnel charged with safeguarding investors in cryptocurrency markets by almost twofold. The SEC’s Cyber Unit, which comprises the Crypto Assets and Cyber team, is expected to hire 20 new people for 50 dedicated roles as reported by…
Bancor, the first decentralized finance protocol to introduce liquidity pools, has come out with a new liquidity solution with the launch of its v3, called Bancor 3. Bancor 3 went live with a promise to offer protection against impairment loss to liquidity providers. The new architectural changes promise to bring sustainable on-chain liquidity and make decentralized finance (DeFi) staking simpler…
Following a fall below $30,000 on Tuesday, BTC marginally rebounded, as prices began to consolidate above support. ETH was also higher in today’s hump-day session, climbing above $2,400 in the process. Bitcoin Bitcoin’s bleeding somewhat eased on Wednesday, as a marginal rebound pushed the price above $30,000. Prices were trading below this level on Tuesday, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency…
Avalanche (AVAX) is paying the price for being one of the collateral assets that maintain Terra’s native stablecoin TerraUSD’s (UST) peg with the U.S. dollar. Major AVAX dump ahead? AVAX’s price dropped about 30% to reach $32.50 on May 11, its lowest level since September 2021. Its massive intraday decline coincided with UST dropping to as low as 23 cents,…
President Vladimir Putin has approved amendments to his own decree requiring Russian citizens running for office to declare their property abroad. The updated regulation lists cryptocurrencies among the assets that candidates should report to the state. President Putin Requires Russian Officials to Reveal Crypto Asset Purchases in Foreign Countries Candidates for government offices in Russia are now expected to provide…
