Author: Chris Smith
Crypto Startups Raise More Than $100B Since May
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince the end of May 2014, over $100 billion has been raised for startups in the cryptocurrency industry.
Paradigm Plans to Launch Another Crypto Fund
Reading Time: < 1 minuteParadigm, a venture capital firm, recently announced the closure of a third fund for investing in early-stage crypto and blockchain projects.
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority Forces a Crypto Bank’s Bankruptcy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing an investigation by the Swiss financial regulator, FlowBank, an online Swiss bank, has been forced to declare bankruptcy due to its failure to meet required banking standards.
Paxos Plans to Cut 20% of its Staff
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStablecoin issuer Paxos has recently made the decision to lay off approximately 20% of its workforce, despite being in a strong financial position.
MoonPay Integrates Crypto Purchases Through PayPal for British and EU Customers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMoonPay has recently announced the addition of a new fiat on-ramp option for its customers in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Crypto.com Obtains a Crypto License in Ireland
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland has granted approval to Crypto.com to register as a virtual asset service provider, permitting the cryptocurrency exchange to conduct operations in the country.
Trump Wants Bitcoin to Be Mined in the US
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer US President Donald Trump showed his support for bitcoin mining during a meeting with several bitcoin miners at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday night.
Worldcoin Hires Coinbase’s Former Head of Communications
Reading Time: < 1 minuteElliott Suthers, former head of corporate communications at US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has been appointed as the head of communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Worldcoin.
Crypto Exchange Lykke Says It Was Hacked
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn June 4, Lykke cryptocurrency exchange was impacted by an exploit, resulting in the halt of all withdrawals.
Binance’s Users Reach 200M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBinance announced on June 8 that it had achieved 200 million users globally. No other exchange comes close to this number of users, although the reported figures are self-proclaimed.
Orbit Chain Hacker Transfers $48M Through Tornado Cash
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the last moments of 2023, Orbit Chain, a cross-chain bridge connected to the Klaytn ecosystem, was hacked and lost $81.5 million through multiple transactions.
Franklin Templeton to Launch an Altcoin-based Fund
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to anonymous sources, Franklin Templeton, a US company that offers spot Bitcoin ETFs, is considering launching a new crypto fund that would invest in tokens other than BTC and ETH.
Bitcoin ETFs Record Inflows of $488M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS-based Bitcoin ETFs received a combined inflow of $488.1 million on Wednesday.
US Appeals Court: SEC Exceeded its Authority with Fund Rule
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA recent decision by a United States appeals court has struck down a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that aimed to increase transparency in the hedge fund and private equity sectors.
Fidelity Executive: Investors Should Invest in BTC
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMatt Horne, the head of digital asset strategies at Fidelity Investments, emphasized the importance of allocating at least a small portion of one’s investment portfolio to Bitcoin, regardless of their stance on the decentralized currency.
Daily Inflows into Bitcoin ETFs Hit $887M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to initial data, the United States has witnessed the second-highest net inflow day for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with $886.6 million.
Bernstein: Spot Ethereum ETFs Approvals by SEC Not Politically Driven
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) surprisingly approved spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds last month, there were speculations that this was a result of a shift in political stance.
Daily Inflows into US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Reach $105M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs that were approved in the US in January have collectively attracted a total of $2.28 billion in inflows during this period, bringing the cumulative net inflows to $13.96 billion.
Hackers Steal $7M from Decentralized Exchange Velocore
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA hacker successfully used a vulnerability in the overflow logic of Velocore to manipulate a small withdrawal and turn it into a large deposit.
GameStop Shares Surge Overnight
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGameStop shares experienced a significant surge of over 19% in overnight trading after Keith Gill, also known as “Roaring Kitty,” revealed on Reddit that he holds $181.4 million worth of GME stock and call options.
JPMorgan: Spot Ethereum ETFs Will Have a Negative Impact on Market
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnalysts at JPMorgan do not anticipate that the launch of spot Ethereum ETFs will generate the same level of demand as the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs.
SEC Asks Ethereum ETF Issuers to Submit S-1 Form Drafts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe process of obtaining approval for Ethereum ETFs is well underway, with attention now turning to the S-1 forms.
Robinhood About to Finalize Settlement with GameStop
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobinhood is currently working towards reaching a settlement with investors who sued the company for halting the trading of certain meme stocks in 2021.
PayPal’s Stablecoin Expands to Solana
Reading Time: < 1 minutePayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, recently launched on Solana, introduces a new feature called “confidential transfers” that gives merchants the option to conceal transaction amounts for consumers while still adhering to regulations.
Bitnomial and Luxor Roll Out a Bitcoin Mining Derivatives Product
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLuxor Technology Corporation and Bitnomial Inc. have teamed up to launch a new Bitcoin mining derivative product on Bitnomial’s United States derivatives exchange.
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