Cryptocurrency prices mostly consolidated on Thursday, ahead of upcoming GDP figures from the United States. Bitcoin remained close to the $17,000 level in today’s session, with the global market cap trading 0.01% lower as of writing. Ethereum was largely unchanged, as prices continued to trade above $1,200. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) continued to consolidate ahead of this afternoon’s third quarter GDP…
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In the newest update to the FTX saga, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX co-founder Gary Wang plead guilty to fraud charges and are currently helping with the investigation of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. As the news broke, crypto community members shared their thoughts on the new development. From wondering where customer funds went and ridiculing…
Paxful, a New York-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange, will drop Ethereum trading from its platform on Dec. 22. Ray Youssef, CEO of the company, cited different reasons for this decision, with increased centralization and the recent consensus mechanism pivot amongst them. Youssef also stated that tokens built on top of Ethereum have been primarily scams. P2P Exchange Paxful Drops…
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California financial regulators have ordered online crypto loans platform MyConstant to desist from offering some of its crypto-related products in the state. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) blocked the platform from conducting the sale of securities in the state, including its flagship lending platform and its interest-bearing accounts. The DFPI alleged in an action that MyConstant engaged…
According to Bloomberg, around 94% of the funds used to acquire the crypto trading app Blockfolio were denominated in FTT, the “exchange token” FTX created in 2019 that entitled its users to discounts on trading fees. FTX purchased a majority stake in Blockfolio in 2020 using what was described at the time as a mix of cash, crypto, and equity. Initial…
Amid the heated-up news steam about the FTX drama, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse tried to turn the public’s attention to another case regarding the misdeeds of traditional finance. A $3.7 billion fine for mismanagement for Wells Fargo bank occurred to be, in Garlinghouse’s words, “barely a blip on the radar.” Ripple CEO expressed his concern with the lack of public…
Bitcoin (BTC) price action may be “unsustainably high” as one metric hits its highest levels in seven months. Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that on Dec. 21, Bitcoin’s network value to transaction (NVT) signal reached levels not seen since April. Bitcoin activity may not support $17,000 BTC price Created by statistician Willy Woo, NVT essentially measures the ratio…
Stablecoins play a very critical role in the crypto economy today and despite the recent run-down in the broader market, stablecoin volumes continue to dominate most exchanges. According to Coinmetrics data, on-chain stablecoin settlements reached over $7 trillion in 2022 and are expected to end the year at around $8 trillion. While the largest card network, Visa, processes ~$12tn/yr. Peter…
