Coinbase Says Bitcoin Liquidity on Exchange Unfazed After SEC’s Lawsuit Against Cumberland
Paris-based Kaiko pointed to a notable drop in 2% BTC market depth on Coinbase in a report early this week.
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Kalshi Research Finds ‘Widespread Evidence’ of Strong Republican Momentum in U.S. Elections
A note from Kalshi’s market research team suggests the prediction market – polls gap can be explained by Harris’ sliding popularity with key demographics.
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Gold Arrives on ‘Digital Gold’ as Bitcoin Gets Tokenized Version of the Metal
Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency, is often referred to as “digital gold,” but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol – essentially encoding ownership of the yellow metal into an NFT.
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Asian Private Wealth Managers Embrace Crypto, Some Foresee Bitcoin at $100K By Year-End
Digital assets have emerged as an alternative investment class for private wealth in Asia, with 76% of family offices and high-net-worth individuals investing in cryptocurrencies versus 58% in 2022.
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Nishad Singh’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Spare Him Prison, Say He Is an ‘Uncommonly Selfless Individual’
Singh will be sentenced for his role in the collapse of FTX on Oct. 30.
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Protocol Village: Conduit Launches New G2 Sequencer, Claiming 10x Improvement Over Existing Versions
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 17-23.
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Radiant Capital Loses $50M to Blockchain Exploit
Attackers appear to have obtained three out of 11 private keys needed to upgrade the protocol.
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The Protocol: Crypto Turns Up Nose at Trump Token Sale, ‘Gold Paper’
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pledge to support the crypto industry with favorable policies hasn’t translated to a robust reception for his token sale this week, with just a tiny fraction placed out of the targeted $300 million.
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Crypto VC Market ‘Tepid’ as Q3 Investments Declined 20%, Says Galaxy Digital
Scared away by the various crypto collapses in 2022, institutional allocators have yet to make a comeback.
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Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Should Serve 5 Years in Prison, DOJ Says
Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to stealing nearly 120,000 bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, and then conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlelkhan” Morgan, to launder a portion of the funds.