Lido Considers Using Its ARB Airdrop to Boost Activity on Arbitrum
A new proposal would see Lido accept its $1.2 million in ARB tokens and reward them to liquidity providers in wrapped staked ether pools.
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Rocket Pool Made It Cheaper to Stake ETH Through Its Platform Following Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
On Monday, the decentralized Ethereum-based staking protocol deployed Atlas granted users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator.
Crypto Companies May Use a Supreme Court Doctrine to Push Back Against SEC: Lawyer
Crypto firms are using the major questions doctrine as a way to fend off regulators, Jason Gottlieb, a partner at Morrison Cohen LLP, said.
Ethereum Unstaking Requests Now Face About a 17-Day Wait
The queue stood at 14 days late last week, but it’s lengthened as more exit requests piled in from validators on the blockchain. Also, staked ether deposits outpace withdrawals for the first time since last week’s Shanghai upgrade.
Trump Drops Second Series of Digital Trading Card Collection
Earlier this month, the floor price on the original Trump Trading Card collection pumped after the news of his indictment, but the new Series 2 release has sent the first collection’s price downward.
FTX Reboot Plan Attracts Interest From VC Firm Tribe Capital: Report
The collapsed exchange's creditors are working with the company "to evaluate all options to reboot or sell the FTX exchanges."
BNY Mellon CEO Says the Bank Is Going 'Incredibly Slow' on Crypto
Bank of New York Mellon (BK) said it doesn’t consider itself a crypto bank and will continue to move slowly investing in the space during its first quarter earnings call on Tuesday.
Decentralized Wireless Project Helium Begins Move to Solana Blockchain
The change aims to make Helium faster and cheaper to operate.
Crypto Exchange Zipmex Files for Two-Month Moratorium Extension
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has filed for a two-month extension to its moratorium agreement to the Singapore court, according to an announcement.
LI.FI and InsurAce Pitch Protection for Moving Crypto Between Blockchains
LI.FI partnered with risk cover protocol InsurAce to provide protection for users who are bridging their cryptoassets from one blockchain to another.
Intel Discontinues Bitcoin Mining Chip Series
The chip-making heavyweight's first customers for bitcoin mining ICs were Argo Blockchain, Hive Blockchain, Block and Griid Infrastructure.
Safemoon Hacker Strikes Deal With Developers to Return $7.1M
A hacker that exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Safemoon has agreed to return 80% of the stolen funds valued at $7.1 million, according to on-chain data.
Bitcoin’s 'Store-of-Value' Narrative Is Real but Not a Price Mover
Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle.
Payments Firm Nuvei’s Ties With FTX Questioned in Spruce Point Capital Report
Nuvei (NVEI) shares could face as much as 50% long-term downside in part thanks to its connection with fallen crypto exchange FTX, said Spruce Point Capital Management in a report released on Tuesday morning.
PancakeSwap Leaders Propose Cutting CAKE Token Inflation Target to 3%-5%
The significant change to CAKE's tokenomics would move PancakeSwap's native token toward a deflationary model.
How OFAC’s Tornado Cash Sanctions Violate U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights
In filing a “friend of the court” brief, the Blockchain Association argues that financial privacy is fundamental – even in the digital realm.
Bitcoin Financial Services Firm Unchained Capital Raises $60M
The Series B fundraise comes about five months after the company cut 15% of its staff amid the pressures of crypto winter.
Lukso Genesis Validator Smart Contract to Go Live on 4/20 at '4:20'
The Lukso initial validators will vote on token supply of LYX and how much the Lukso Foundation can hold.
Developers Stay Resilient Through Harsh Crypto Winter, Report Says
According to Alchemy’s Q1 2023 Developer Report, Ethereum SDK installations reached an average of 1.9 million installs per week – a 47% year-over-year increase.
Decentralized App Sweat Economy Introduces 1-Person, 1-Vote Governance System
The move-to-earn project aims to introduce what it says is a fairer system ahead of a vote to guide the protocol's spending of 100 million SWEAT tokens.
Congressional Republicans Criticize SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Crypto Approach Ahead of Hearing
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter criticizing Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler and his repeated entreaties to crypto companies to "come in and register" moments before a congressional hearing…
Blockdaemon Sets Sights on Large Institutions with New Wallet App
Blockdaemon Wallet aims to help institutions and crypto custodians live up to the “not your keys, not your crypto” adage.
New AI Chatbot Plugs Into Your Crypto Wallet
Solana-based DeFi lender marginFi has a new chatbot called Omni.
Cubist Launches Bank-Grade Ethereum Key Management Service
Cubist also announced that Web3 staking provider Ankr is its first key management customer.
Crypto Exchange Luno to Withdraw From Singapore
Luno has informed the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that it is withdrawing its license application.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $30K as Alts Heat Up
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 18, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
UAE Securities Regulator to Start Accepting License Applications From Crypto Firms
The regime applies to all companies seeking to provide services in the country, unless already licensed in financial free zones in the United Arab Emirates.
Gala Games to Airdrop Version 2 Tokens in May
The new tokens are said to bring more value to the Gala ecosystem, such as games built on the network.