Pepecoin: Insider trading claims surface amid token theft
On-chain analyst Yazan reports insider selling of PEPE holdings, with around 400 billion PEPE sold, aligning with Pauly’s team exposure.
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Bitcoin velocity hits lows last seen before Q4 2020 BTC price breakout
Bitcoin investors sit on their hands at $26,000 — can a velocity rebound reproduce the kind of breakout seen three years ago?
SEC vs. Ripple: Pro-XRP lawyer urges Clayton, Hinman testimony
John Deaton points out that testimony from former SEC officials Bill Hinman and Jay Clayton during the SEC vs. Ripple Labs case would have categorized XRP as a non-security early on.
Hashdex joins race for spot Bitcoin ETF with unique strategy
Hashdex’s approach differs from recent filings as it won’t depend on the Coinbase surveillance sharing agreement, opting to acquire spot Bitcoin from physical exchanges within the CME market.
Rogue Pepecoin team members blamed for $16M PEPE multsig withdrawal
In an announcement to the PEPE community, it was claimed that three former members stole funds from the project and then handed over full control to the sole remaining member.
Crypto builders should 'give up' serving US customers for 5 to 10 years — dYdX founder
The founder of dYdZX argued that early-stage crypto projects can scale faster by ignoring U.S. customers, as they won't have to deal with the hassles of the U.S. regulatory climate.
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers push for temporary release, object to prosecutors' proposed deal
The U.S. Justice Department has produced “millions of pages of documents" related to SBF's criminal case, which his lawyers claimed was too much to access from jail before trial.
Crypto Biz: Coinbase-Circle re-alignment, Binance fiat hurdles, and USDC at Shopify
This week's Crypto Biz explores the latest on Binance's global on-ramps and off-ramps, Coinbase-Circle re-alignment, Shopify's take on USDC and China's blockchain data exchange.
Alleged former Worldcoin employee says they're in contact with authorities
The individual, whose Worldcoin employment could not be independently verified, claimed they witnessed “sloppy and/or illegal things” while working there prior to the token launch.
Robinhood accumulated $3B in Bitcoin in 3 months — What does this mean for markets?
Robinhood’s Bitcoin holdings could reshape the crypto landscape by supercharging the influence of retail investors and possibly creating new market risks.
Spanish central bank official talks about private payment services in era of digital euro
Banco de España Deputy Gov. Margarita Delgado voiced concern about financial stability issues but painted a rosy picture for nonbank financial service providers.
Price analysis 8/25: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, TON
Bitcoin and altcoins lose more ground after comments from the Federal Reserve suggest that the regime of interest rate hikes could continue into 2024.
Multichain $1.5B hack investigation, Shibarium eyes relaunch, Base, Optimism join hands: Finance Redefined
Top-100 DeFi tokens had another mixed week, with most of the tokens trading in a similar range as last week with minor price fluctuation.
Binance P2P removes sanctioned Russian banks from payments list
The crypto exchange removed its “yellow” and “green” codewords from its list of payment methods, which previously referred to sanctioned Russian banks.
Judge denies stakeholders request for representation in Celsius bankruptcy case
The judge also declined to declare CEL token “not a security,” despite related rulings in the SEC vs Ripple case.
PayPal's PYUSD struggles with early adoption — Nansen
PayPal's stablecoin debut raised hopes for broader adoption and an introduction of cryptocurrencies to the masses. Early adoption trends paint a different picture.
Donald Trump NFT prices spike following release of mugshot in Georgia criminal case
The former U.S. President returned to X for the first time since January 2021 to post his mugshot, which has now been thoroughly manipulated for memes by many users.
IRS releases draft of proposed reporting rules for digital asset brokers
House Financial Service Committee chair Patrick McHenry said the rules are part of “the Biden Administration’s ongoing attack on the digital asset ecosystem.”
Does high US consumer debt benefit Bitcoin price?
Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman breaks down consumer debt and why it might lead to a good outcome for BTC.
Hong Kong regulator eyes tokenization for bond market improvement: Report
The monetary authority in Hong Kong released a report on its study Project Evergreen which looked at the highs and lows of recent bond tokenization activity.
PEPE whale seizes dip opportunity, buys $529k worth of tokens
This transaction followed this same whale’s previous transactions on 5 June 2023 where he spent 280 Ethereum (worth $507,000) to acquire 500 billion PEPE.
Academia divided over ChatGPT’s left political bias claims
Academics are divided over research that claims that ChatGPT displays political biases in different jurisdictions.
Wen moon? Bitcoin halving cycle hints at Q4 as smart money 'buys the rumor'
Bitcoin miners and "smart money" are the investor cohorts to watch when it comes to late 2023 BTC price action, says Filbfilb.
NFT Collector: Giant Swan’s gothic VR dreamscapes… royalty nightmare on OpenSea
Melbourne NFT artist Giant Swan used to sit in his car crying because he didn’t fit in. Now he’s found his place as a gothic VR dream creator
Magnate Finance on Base rug-pulls users of $6.5M, as predicted by on-chain sleuth
Magnate Finance first deleted its Telegram channel and X account followed by taking down the website before pulling the plug on its TVL.
Vauld gets permission for board restructuring from the court
The Singapore-based crypto exchange has been in ongoing bankruptcy proceedings since August 2022.
Only 17% of Russians would agree to store more than $200 in CBDC
The most common hindrances cited include insufficient information about the technology (22%) and concerns about cybertheft and system failures (21%).
XRP whale moves 29 million tokens to Bitstamp amid price slide
Additional information suggests the possibility that this whale might be selling their XRP assets, as it had previously moved 14 million XRP to Bitso just a few hours earlier.
HashKey to start Bitcoin and Ether retail trading in Hong Kong from Aug. 28
HashKey, along with OSL, received a major license upgrade on Aug. 3 clearing their way to offer crypto trading services to retail customers.
P2P marketplaces need to become unstoppable, permissionless — Paxful co-founder
A new project aims to build a peer-to-peer marketplace to facilitate censorship-resistant, permissionless trading among Bitcoin users.