The top 100 DeFi tokens showed signs of recovery after last week’s mayhem, and many of the these tokens registered double-digit gains. This past week, the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem tried gaining some momentum amid the bear market crash. Uniswap saw a trend reversal and overtook Ethereum regarding network fees paid. However, not all DeFi...Continue Reading

Despite the bear market in Bitcoin and altcoins, the industry’s builders continue to build for a brighter future. For all the gloom and doom in the cryptocurrency market these days, our industry continues to make inroads into mainstream tech. This week, I had the pleasure of attending the sold-out Collision Conference in Toronto, and crypto...Continue Reading

In an interview with The Financial Times, SEC chair Gary Gensler said he is working on a memorandum of understanding with the agency’s digital asset market co-regulator. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler is in talks with Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officials on a “memorandum of understanding” on the regulation...Continue Reading

Predicting a market bottom is pretty much impossible, but clever traders use options strategies like the Iron Condor setup to target a particular trading price range. Bitcoin hit a 2022 low at $17,580 on June 18 and many traders are hopeful that this was the bottom, but (BTC) has been unable to produce a daily...Continue Reading

Reportedly, ongoing talks followed BlockFi signing a term sheet with FTX to secure a $250 million revolving credit facility on Tuesday. Crypto exchange FTX is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in BlockFi after the company issued a $250 million credit to the lending firm. According to a Friday report from the Wall Street...Continue Reading

A handful of on-chain metrics suggest that Bitcoin could be close to bottoming, and if true, the eventual relief rally could induce sharp gains from altcoins. The United States equity markets and the cryptocurrency space are witnessing a relief rally this week. Supporting the rise in risky assets is the U.S. dollar index (DXY), which...Continue Reading

Once the bridge reopens on June 28, users will be able to withdraw one ETH for each one they possessed before the attack. Sky Mavis, the creator of the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, announced that it will reimburse victims of the Ronin bridge hack and reopen the bridge next week. In March, hackers stole more...Continue Reading

Ether has rebounded by nearly 40% in the last six days despite persistent “bull trap” risks Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), gained alongside riskier assets as investors assessed weak U.S. economic data and its potential to cool down rate hike fears. Ether mirrors risk-on recovery ETH’s price climbed up to 8.31% on June 24 to...Continue Reading

“We didn’t make money, but we definitely made new friends,” said Lavar Sanders, who originally purchased the Bitcoin in 2016. Joe Grand, a computer engineer and hardware hacker known by many for recovering crypto from hard-to-reach places, spent hours breaking into a phone only to find a fraction of a Bitcoin. In a YouTube video...Continue Reading

Is gold becoming inflationary? Can Bitcoin replace it as a store of value due to its scarcity and reliability? Are Uganda’s numbers implausible? Questions arise. These are fraught times for the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector, so it isn’t surprising that industry proponents might seize upon any promising news to help charge flagging markets. A Reuters...Continue Reading