Project Mariana uses an automated market maker to reduce settlement risk and to create a liquidity pool in place of order books. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub published an interim report on Project Mariana, its collaboration with the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland, on the use of wholesale central bank...Continue Reading

Ethereum’s staking ratio continues to rise since the network upgrade in April. The volume of Ether staked keeps reaching new heights since the Shapella upgrade in April, crossing 23 million Ether locked in June.  According to data from analytics firm Nansen, a total of 23.3 million Ether (ETH) was staked as of June 27, amounting to $43.1...Continue Reading

The German foreign service created a dog-themed NFT collection in the form of a treasure hunt to recruit and test new cyber talent. In this week’s newsletter, read about the German foreign intelligence agency issuing a dog-themed nonfungible token (NFT) treasure hunt and check out the new NFT stamp collection from the autonomous territory of...Continue Reading

On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert discusses whether Bitcoin will ever be below $27,000 again. Have you missed your chance to purchase some sats at sub $30,000 levels? In the latest episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman analyzes some data to conclude whether Bitcoin (BTC) will...Continue Reading

The Israeli Ministries of Defense and Justice and a number of intelligence and enforcement agencies collaborated, Chainalysis also pitched in. Israel has seized crypto wallets containing millions of dollars intended to fund terror, the country’s National Bureau for Counter Terrorist Financing announced June 28. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant credited collaboration among the Israeli Defense and...Continue Reading

As a result of the judgment, the defendant is also now prohibited from engaging in any trading activities within markets regulated by the CFTC and is barred from registering with the regulatory body. On June 28th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the...Continue Reading

ARK Invest and 21Shares’ third application for a spot Bitcoin ETF now includes a surveillance sharing agreement. ARK Investment Management has amended its spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, making it similar to BlackRock’s recent filing.  The amendments include a surveillance sharing agreement with the Chicago Mercantile...Continue Reading

Illicit activities related to crypto increased across the sector in 2022 despite an overall market downturn. According to a report published by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs on June 28, a combined $7.8 billion was paid to cryptocurrency pyramid and Ponzi schemes worldwide in 2022. In addition, another $1.5 billion in crypto was alleged by...Continue Reading

There’s no room for slacking when it comes to monetary policy tightening, Powell says, as Bitcoin takes a breather from yearly highs. Bitcoin (BTC) staged another retest of $30,000 support on June 28 as the United States Federal Reserve stayed hawkish on inflation. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Powell on rate hikes: “More restriction coming”...Continue Reading

“DCA works,” wrote Binance CEO in response to the purchase. On June 28, software analytics firm MicroStrategy announced the corporate purchase of 12,333 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $347 million at the time of publication. After the transaction, the total balance of Bitcoin owned by MicroStrategy has increased to 152,333 ($4.52 billion) with an average purchase price...Continue Reading