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In brief Ethereum’s price swings are dictated by a cycle of extreme greed and panic in funding rates, according to analysts. They argue that the market is under stress, sustained by leverage rather than real spot demand. Breaking the volatile cycle requires a reset in derivatives positioning and new spot buying, analysts told Decrypt. Ethereum…
In brief Senator Chris Murphy (D-CO) has alleged that Binance helped facilitate Trump’s “corrupt crypto coin” and UAE deals in exchange for a presidential pardon of founder Changpeng Zhao. Binance listed Trump’s USD1 stablecoin on Tuesday, one week after Zhao’s pardon, prompting Murphy to call the White House a “24/7 corruption machine.” Democrats, including Maxine…
In brief The Fed’s end of quantitative tightening places Bitcoin at a critical liquidity juncture. Aside from short-term volatility, the crypto market is unlikely to repeat the post-Fed pivot scenario of 2019 amid higher interest rates and institutional demand, Decrypt was told. A favorable macro and geopolitical outlook could extend the bull run, analysts say.…
In brief Sam Bankman-Fried’s X account has shared a document in his defense. It claims that the bankrupt crypto exchange was never actually insolvent. FTT would be worth $22 billion today if FTX and Alameda survived, it adds. An account once used by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, posted…
In brief The New York court issued a provisional order under Section 1519 directing Circle to maintain the freeze on three Ethereum wallets. A related class action by U.S. investors seeking the same funds has been paused pending the Chapter 15 review. The case will determine whether Singapore’s liquidation of Multichain qualifies for formal recognition…
In brief Prediction market users are reflecting market uncertainty with swaying predictions on crypto price movements. Bears have taken control in the market that asks for Bitcoin’s next stop—$100,000 or $120,000. Users on Myriad think BNB’s market cap will outrank XRP next week. Uncertainty in the crypto market has led to a tighter price range…
In brief Ethereum developers have officially scheduled the Fusaka upgrade for December 3, following a successful final testnet this week. The update introduces PeerDAS, a new data-sampling method expected to make layer-2 transactions dramatically faster and cheaper by expanding blob space in each block. Vitalik Buterin has called PeerDAS “the key to layer-2 scaling,” framing…
In brief Bitcoin dropped more than 6% during Q3, a more tepid performance than in the previous quarter. On Monday, Strategy announced a $43 million Bitcoin purchase for its treasury, its largest in a month. Co-founder Michael Saylor has remained upbeat about Bitcoin, despite its price drop this month. Leading Bitcoin treasury Strategy (MSTR) generated…
In brief BNB and XRP are currently pulling back, with just a $500 million separating them in market cap. Traders on the Myriad prediction market are split, giving BNB a slight edge over XRP at 55%. Here’s what the charts say. After weeks of trading in parallel, the gap for cryptocurrency’s fourth-largest spot by market…
In brief Coinbase disclosed $1.9 billion in Q3 revenue. The exchange notched $433 million in Q3 profit Transaction revenue rose on a sequential basis, Coinbase said. Coinbase reported $1.9 billion in third-quarter revenue on Thursday, a 26% increase quarter-over-quarter that slightly surpassed Wall Street forecasts.Analysts expected the San Francisco-based crypto exchange to disclose $1.8 billion…
