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Ethereum Validator Count Surpasses 500,000 Ahead of Upcoming Shanghai Hard Fork

Ethereum Validator Count Surpasses 500,000 Ahead of Upcoming Shanghai Hard ForkAccording to statistics, the number of Ethereum network validators on the Beacon chain exceeded 500,000 as of Jan. 12, 2023. The validator milestone comes as Ethereum core developers prepare for the Shanghai hard fork. Five days ago, Ethereum core developers launched a developer network environment called “devnet 2” for the upcoming upgrade. Ethereum Developers Launch […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Onchain Researchers Discover $63M in Ethereum From Harmony Bridge Attack Moved, Hackers Attempt to Launder Funds on Major Exchanges

Onchain Researchers Discover M in Ethereum From Harmony Bridge Attack Moved, Hackers Attempt to Launder Funds on Major ExchangesOn Jan. 15, 2023, onchain researchers discovered that funds stolen during the Harmony bridge attack had been moved. The suspected thieves, who are allegedly associated with the North Korean hacking syndicate Lazarus Group, moved 41,000 ethereum, worth $63.2 million at current exchange rates. Onchain Researchers Track Stolen Ethereum From Harmony Bridge Attack and Help Major […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count 

Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, Ethereum processed 1.10 million onchain transactions, while combined transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism reached 1.32 million for the same day. Rise of […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Accused of Moving $684K in Crypto Assets While Under House Arrest

Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Accused of Moving 4K in Crypto Assets While Under House ArrestAccording to an analyst on Dec. 29, 2022, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), may have cashed out $684,000 in crypto assets while under house arrest. If the funds were spent by SBF, it goes against the court’s release conditions that note the former FTX executive is not allowed to spend more than […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity

Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious EntityOn Dec. 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been swapped for other tokens. Reports show the hacker known as the ‘FTX Accounts Drainer,’ traded large sums of ERC20 tokens for digital assets like tether, ethereum, and bitcoin. Funds Tied to Sam […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Stats Show Ethereum Transaction Fees Have Remained Under $5 During the Last 175 Days

Stats Show Ethereum Transaction Fees Have Remained Under  During the Last 175 DaysFees tied to the Ethereum network have been under the $5 region per transaction during the last 175 days, according to statistics. Metrics show that on Dec. 10, 2022, the average ethereum transfer is around 0.0023 ether or $2.87 while the median-sized gas fee is around 0.00097 ether or $1.23 per transfer. Ethereum gas metrics […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same Owner

Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same OwnerLast year and during the first half of 2022, speculators assumed the third-largest bitcoin address was a ‘mysterious whale,’ even though the wallet had shown strong characteristics of being a cryptocurrency exchange. The address known as “1P5ZED” has since been replaced by another address, after the wallet started to transfer its entire bitcoin balance in […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Addresses That Sat Idle for Years Transferred 1,221 Bitcoins Worth $20M Over the Last 4 Days

Addresses That Sat Idle for Years Transferred 1,221 Bitcoins Worth M Over the Last 4 DaysDuring the last seven days, bitcoin’s price has remained above the $16K region following the aftermath of FTX’s collapse. Since then, a number of ‘sleeping bitcoins’ that sat idle for five to nine years have been moving during the last four days. Bitcoins that were worth far less back then are being transferred for the […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

FTX debacle sees Nansen take stock of major exchange onchain holdings

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen has released an overview of major cryptocurrency exchanges’ onchain asset holdings and portfolios in the wake of FTX’s collapse.

The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has put industry peers under the microscope with calls for transparent accounts of token holdings and assets under management.

Major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance, Huobi, OKX and Crypto.com have made efforts to share details of their assets and portfolios to assuage the wider space. This comes after investor confidence has been shaken, with users across the ecosystem moving Bitcoin (BTC) and other tokens off exchanges to avoid potential contagion from the FTX fallout.

Blockchain analytics platform Nansen provides industry insights and is known for its wallet labeling features that track addresses across multiple blockchains. In a series of Tweets posted on Nov. 15, Nansen listed seven major exchanges, their relevant portfolios and explanatory statements of accounts.

Related: Bitfinex CTO releases proof of reserves amid FTX bankruptcy fiasco

The assets and net worth of the exchanges is the sum of holdings in wallet addresses provided by the firms on blockchains that Nansen monitors. The analytics platform also notes that the figures are not an “exhaustive or complete statement of the actual assets/reserves held.”

The exchanges accounted for include Binance, Crypto.com, OKX, KuCoin, Deribit, Bitfinex and Huobi.

Binance, widely regarded as the largest global exchange by transaction volume, holds around $64.3 billion worth of assets across the Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRON and BNB blockchains. This eclipses the other exchanges by a substantial amount.

Bitfinex has the second largest asset holdings in reserve of the seven exchanges according to data provided by the company. $8.23 billion of assets are held across the Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, TRON, Solana, Acala, Avalanche, Cosmos, Fantom, Near, Terra and Terra Classic blockchains.

Huobi's assets amount to a traced $3.3 billion across eight different chains. OKX reportedly holds $5.84 billion in cryptocurrency assets across the Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, TRON and Avalanche blockchains. 

Crypto.com holds an estimated $2.36 billion in assets across seven chains. KuCoin addresses account for $2.65 billion in assets on eight different blockchains and Deribit holds around $1.46 billion worth of assets on the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana blockchains.

Nansen co-founder and CEO Alex Svanevik told Cointelegraph that the firm is planning to publish preliminary findings on the FTX situation this week. Nansen previously unpacked onchain findings after the cataclysmic collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022.

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

Zksync Devs Plan to Launch Layer 3 Scaling Solution Called ‘Opportunity’ in Q1 2023

Zksync Devs Plan to Launch Layer 3 Scaling Solution Called ‘Opportunity’ in Q1 2023Matter Labs, the team behind the Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling protocol Zksync, revealed the developers plan to launch a layer three (L3) proof of concept called “Opportunity” in the first quarter of 2023. The team says that the prototype of L3 will be built on top of L2 and developers and Zksync users can […]

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion