China’s Industrial Bank rewards digital yuan spending with carbon credits
Industrial Bank (CIB) introduces carbon credit rewards for digital yuan use, promoting green finance and expanding the e-CNY ecosystem.
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès Assures No Imminent Bitcoin Sale, “Everything Is Fine”
In a social media post, Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, provided a status update on the recent situation. He assured followers that “everything is fine with MtGox” and revealed that the trustee is currently moving coins to a different wallet in preparation for a distribution that is expected […]Trump Inquired if Bitcoin Could Aid in Solving the $35 Trillion US National Debt Problem
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Magazine and a cryptocurrency aide of the Trump campaign, revealed that the former president asked if Bitcoin could be leveraged to solve the U.S. national debt problem. During an X space on Sunday night, Bailey revealed that the first time he met Trump, he asked if Bitcoin could do anything […]Crypto Markets Spooked as Mt. Gox Moves Over $9B in Bitcoin
The price of bitcoin (BTC) fell sharply after Mt. Gox, the infamous cryptocurrency exchange that went bankrupt a decade ago, began moving billions worth of the cryptocurrency to a new wallet, Mt. Gox’s first bitcoin transfers in five years. So far the transactions total at least $9 billion worth of bitcoin. Bitcoin’s value dropped below […]Crypto Strategist Issues Solana Warning, Says SOL Gearing Up for a Meltdown – Here’s His Outlook
An analyst who continues to build a following with contrarian crypto calls believes that Solana (SOL) is one more rally away from witnessing a total meltdown. Pseudonymous analyst Credible tells his 395,200 followers on the social media platform X that he thinks Solana is in a distribution phase or a period when deep-pocketed investors in […]
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Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor States Spot Ether ETF Approval ‘May Be Better for Bitcoin’
Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Microstrategy, stated that the approval of several spot ether ETF proposals by the U.S. SEC might be good for Bitcoin. In “What Bitcoin Did,” Peter McCormack’s podcast, Saylor stated this approval gives rise to a crypto asset class, including several use cases like tokens, NFTs, and defi, with Bitcoin at […]Turkish Parliament Committee to Review Crypto Bill This Week
The Turkish parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee will discuss a draft law this week that would require crypto asset service providers to obtain licenses and register. This move aims to enhance Turkey’s compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. In 2021, FATF placed Turkey on its “grey list” due to inadequate oversight of […]Donald Trump’s Crypto Holdings Top $10 Million, Arkham Says
Former U.S. President and presidential candidate Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency holdings reached $10 million on Monday morning, according to crypto analytics firm Arkham’s onchain tool. The bulk of Trump’s holdings, $7.3 million, is in the TRUMP coin. Trump has pledged to support the crypto industry, promising to halt President Joe Biden’s anti-crypto initiatives and protect bitcoin. […]Grayscale’s Ethereum ETF could bleed $110M daily in first month: Kaiko
If Grayscale’s slated spot Ether ETF follows the same path as its Bitcoin one, there could be some short-term pressure on the price of ETH.
Grayscale’s yet-to-launch spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) could bleed an average of $110 million per day if it follows a similar pattern to its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust in the first month.
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) converted from a closed-end fund to an ETF on Jan. 11, which saw 23% of its assets under management at launch flow out in the first month — totaling $6.5 billion, Kaiko analysts wrote in a May 27 report.
ETHE has an AUM of $11 billion. If it has “a similar magnitude of outflows” as GBTC, “this would amount to $110 million of average daily outflows or 30% of ETH’s average daily volume on Coinbase,” according to Kaiko.
‘Yield-bearing stables’ are not money or stablecoins: Agora’s van Eck
Yield-bearing stablecoins are far more likely to be classed as security products in many countries and would restrict customer reach, argues the son of Jan van Eck.
Stablecoin issuers that offer a yield-bearing element to give holders passive income are missing the point of a stablecoin’s core mission, argues Nick van Eck, CEO of stablecoin issuer firm Agora.
Instead, these firms should focus on utility, liquidity and means of transaction in a way that reaches as many individuals and businesses as possible, the son of investment management maestro Jan van Eck explained in a May 27 Medium post.
Yield-bearing stablecoins have offered a new dimension for decentralized finance users looking to earn interest, but van Eck says such products will likely be classed as security products in many countries and, therefore, restrict customer reach.
Economist Henrik Zeberg Says Bitcoin Days Away From Next Big Move – Here’s His Price Target
Macro strategist Henrik Zeberg is predicting Bitcoin (BTC) will make a big move to the upside any day now. In a new interview on the Bloor Street Capital YouTube channel, Zeberg says Bitcoin could soar more than 64% from its current value by the third quarter of the year. “In January I said $110,000 to […]
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Analyst Predicts ‘Prolonged and Substantial Gold Bull Market’ — Eyes $7,000 Price
Adam Rozencwajg of Goehring and Rozencwajg, a fundamental research firm specializing in contrarian natural resource investments, forecasts a sustained bull market for gold, driven by increasing geopolitical tensions, central banks’ efforts to de-dollarize, and escalating inflation risks. He predicts that gold prices could reach $5,000 to $7,000 per ounce, supported by unprecedented central bank purchases, […]JPMorgan Doubts SEC Will Approve Solana or Other Crypto ETFs
Global investment bank JPMorgan has expressed doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve solana ETFs or any other spot crypto ETFs beyond bitcoin and ether. The decision by the SEC to approve ether ETFs “is already stretched given the ambiguity about whether ethereum should be classified as security or not,” said […]Bitcoin exchange-traded products now hold over 1 million BTC
The collective total held by all Bitcoin ETFs globally is now more than 1 million coins, currently worth almost $68 billion.
Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded products — investment vehicles that track the price or provide exposure to BTC — have surpassed 1 million in Bitcoin holdings globally.
Since spot Bitcoin ETFs first launched in the United States in mid-January, the 11 ETFs have sucked up 855,619 Bitcoin, accumulating an average of 6,200 BTC per day.
According to data shared by HODL15Capital, another 21 Bitcoin exchange-traded products — offered in Canada, Germany, Brazil and other countries — pushes the total number of Bitcoin held to 1,002,343 BTC, worth an estimated $68 billion.
Solana validators vote to keep full control of priority fees
Solana validators vote for a full allocation of priority fees to themselves, ending the 50/50 burn split and aiming to enhance network security.
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Russian Traffic to Global Crypto Exchanges Surges; Central Bank Warns of Western Sanctions Risk
The surge in Russian traffic to global cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the last two quarters has prompted officials to issue a warning about the risk of Western sanctions. According to a central bank study, Russian traffic to some of the largest crypto exchanges increased by 16.4%, reaching 104.6 million visits. Russian Share of Global Traffic […]Argentine Officials Met With Salvadoran Regulators to Discuss Bitcoin Adoption and Regulation
Argentine officials of the CNV, the country’s equivalent to the U.S. SEC, and Salvadoran officials of the CNAD, the National Commission for Digital Assets, met on May 23 to discuss bitcoin regulation and adoption issues. This meeting was the second between these two institutions and hints at a possible regulation agreement between the two countries. […]Bitcoin dips 2% as Mt. Gox wallets move over $7B to unknown wallet
Billions in Bitcoin reportedly belonging to collapsed crypto exchange Mt. Gox has moved to an unknown wallet.
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped 2% on May 28 after wallets labeled as belonging to the collapsed crypto exchange Mt. Gox moved 107,547 BTC worth nearly $7.3 billion to an unknown wallet — with more transactions coming in by the hour.
The move is ahead of the defunct crypto exchange’s plan to return BTC holdings to creditors before October.
Blockchain tracking X account Whale Alert posted the moves in May 28 X posts, noting six on-chain transactions of between 3,999 BTC and 32,499 BTC within hours.
‘Hacker’ identified in celebrity memecoin scams, says crypto sleuth Roxo
A person associated with Caitlyn Jenner’s JENNER coin launch rugged five other prominent figures, but not her, according to Roxo.
A member of the X crypto community who identifies as Roxo has suggested the identity of the “hacker” who compromised the X accounts of celebrity Caitlyn Jenner, rappers Soul Ja Boy and Rich The Kid, and adult-content models Kazumi and Ivana Knöll. Roxo, who appears to be an 18-year-old located in Miami with 17,100 followers, posted his solution to a mysterious wave of suspicious tweets posted over the weekend of May 25-26.
“She [Jenner] was never hacked, Her team was socially engineered by a guy named Sahil,” Roxo tweeted. Instead, he suggested, the other celebrities were rugged. Roxo reproduced a Telegram post of Sahil Arora and various pictures from his account, including one of him posing with Rich The Kid. Roxo also pointed out that the coins launched on pump.fun on behalf of Soul Ja Boy, Rich The Kid, Kazumi, and Knöll all connected to Arora’s wallet address.
Related: Memecoin launcher pump.fun claims ex-employee behind $1.9M exploit
GCR’s Hack Possibly Tied to Solana’s CAT Coin Team, Onchain Sleuth Zachxbt Reports
On May 26, the trader known as GCR was allegedly hacked, possibly by the team behind the Solana-based meme coin CAT, as suggested by onchain sleuth Zachxbt. Prior to the hack, an address linked to CAT’s team used funds from a manipulated token launch to open long positions in ORDI and ETHFI, accumulating over $30,000 […]
Mt. Gox moves $840 million in Bitcoin to new wallet
According to Arkham Intelligence, Mt. Gox has moved 12,240 BTC to a new wallet. The exchange plans to repay creditors before October 31.
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South Africa’s Regulator Tightens Rules for Crypto Asset Transfers via Latest Directive
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has proposed a directive regarding crypto asset transfers. This directive follows the licensing of 75 crypto asset service providers (CASPs) by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in South Africa. The FIC aims to tighten regulations by requiring CASPs to implement more detailed and stricter requirements for digital transactions. The directive’s […]Analyst Jason Pizzino Names Four Strong Altcoins in the Market Including Solana (SOL) and Pepe (PEPE)
Crypto analyst Jason Pizzino says he’s looking at four altcoins flashing signs of strength, which include Solana (SOL) and the memecoin Pepe (PEPE). In a new strategy session, Pizzino tells his 327,000 YouTube subscribers that alongside SOL and PEPE, derivatives platform Pendle (PENDLE) and decentralized GPU rendering blockchain Render (RNDR) have strong-looking market structures. According […]
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Shima Capital bets on WOJAK, TRUMP, and three other meme coins
Shima Capital’s recent foray into meme coin investments yields mixed results, with a notable gain in WOJAK amidst other losses.
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US Regulator Says Bank Will Pay $1,500,000 Settlement for Allegedly Overcharging and Deceiving Hundreds of Customers in Veterans’ Loan Scandal
A US regulator says it’s reached a $1.5 million settlement with a bank that caused “significant harm” to its customers. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) says Bank of England, based in England, Arkansas, deceived veterans into overpaying for services while not delivering the products they were entitled to. The regulator says one of the bank’s […]
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Uniswap Foundation Reveals Unaudited Summary Financials As Vote for New Fee Mechanism Approaches
The foundation behind crypto’s leading decentralized exchange (DEX) is disclosing its crypto assets as a governance vote for a new fee mechanism approaches. In a new blog post, the Uniswap Foundation has shared its 2024 first-quarter financials in a show of transparency with the Uniswap (UNI) token-holding community. “On March 31, 2024 we had $41.41 million […]
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Solana (SOL) price encounters resistance near $190 — Here is why
SOL price rallied 5% today, but on-chain data raises doubts about whether Solana can overcome the barrier at $190.
Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), experienced a 5% increase on May 27, trading up from $161 on May 26 to $171. This rise fueled investors’ hopes for continued growth, especially since SOL had reached $188.90 on May 21, just days earlier. A significant factor in SOL’s upward movement is a proposal designed to increase yields for validators rather than burning tokens, though network activity remains unchanged.
On May 27, Solana’s validators approved the SIMD-0096 proposal, which eliminates the 50% burn rate on priority transactions and sets it to 0%. Consequently, from epoch 621 onward, all transaction fees will be allocated to block producers. This shift aims to ensure validators are motivated to prioritize network security and efficiency over engaging in arbitrage strategies that involve transaction reordering or exclusion.
Maximal extractable value (MEV) refers to profits block producers make by determining the order of transaction processing on the blockchain. With each block containing a limited number of transactions, validators can choose which pending transactions to include, often to the detriment of regular users who might face poorer execution prices in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
Blockchain dev Sphere introduces bank-to-wallet Telegram extension
Sphere Labs, a blockchain developer focused on bringing stablecoins as a service to businesses, has announced a new bank-to-wallet Telegram extension.
Sphere Labs, a blockchain developer focused on facilitating stablecoin services for business clients, has announced a new fiat on-ramp and off-ramp designed to work within Telegram.
The bank-to-wallet extension will allow Telegram users to shift bank funds directly into their wallets and vice versa within the Telegram app for an advertised fee of 0.1% per transaction for early users.
The service will open to early users the week of May 27, and a full launch is expected later this year.
YouTube co-founder backs memecoin based on ‘first cat’ on platform
A cat video filmed 20 years ago by former YouTube chief technology officer Steve Chen is now the basis for a memecoin with a market capitalization of more than $20 million.
Steve Chen, co-founder and former chief technology officer of video-sharing platform YouTube, has been supporting a memecoin project based on one of the first cat videos uploaded to the website in 2005.
Speaking to Cointelegraph from Taiwan on May 27, Chen, who has an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion, said he had been devoting 80 to 100 hours a week to backing the memecoin Pajamas (PAJAMAS). Based on Chen’s “first-ever cat video uploaded to YouTube” in 2005, the project is available on the Solana blockchain.
“This is my cat, Pajamas, playing and dancing to the tune of Nick Drake,” said the video description, uploaded to YouTube on May 22, 2005.
Bitcoin stuck in accumulation range, but a breakout is near
Trader Rekt Capital forecasts an imminent Bitcoin breakout from its current $60K-$70K accumulation phase, with altcoins also set to rally.
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