Cryptocurrency exchanges are adopting alternative strategies to conduct business in the face of tighter crypto regulatory environments worldwide. Signs are everywhere. Kraken is reportedly moving to offer securities trading in the United States and the United Kingdom to expand its reach and compete with popular apps like Robinhood, which offer both…
Polygon Labs announced on Sept. 29 that it has added Google Cloud to the decentralized group of validators powering its proof-of-stake Network. Polygon said in its statement that Google Cloud is now among more than 100 validators who secure the Polygon PoS Network, a network that originally operated under the…
The U.S. economy has been facing turbulent times lately, with the U.S. personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation index rising by a significant 3.5% over the past 12 months. Even when excluding the volatile food and energy sectors, it’s evident that the efforts made by the U.S. Federal Reserve to curb…
Gemini has confirmed it withdrew $282 million of its Earn users funds from the bankrupt crypto lender Genesis in August last year into its liquidity reserve, according to a Sept. 28 statement. The exchange made this statement in response to a New York Post report alleging that the crypto platform’s…
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The past week in DeFi was dominated by developments in some of the OG DeFi protocols, with Uniswap Foundation announcing plans to…
Quick Take Futures Open Interest plays a pivotal role in shaping market trends. Our recent data analysis reveals an intriguing correlation between rapid shifts in Futures Open Interest and deleveraging events, as well as liquidation cascades. These fluctuations, remarkably, can manifest on both the long and short sides of the…
Asset managers keep pursuing digital asset products, as Invesco and Galaxy Digital allegedly filed for a spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Sept. 29. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart disclosed the filing on X (formerly Twitter), even though the application hasn’t been uploaded to the SEC’s public database at…
In an unexpected turnaround, Valkyrie has announced that it will cease the purchase of Ethereum (ETH) futures contracts for its Bitcoin Strategy ETF until an amendment to the fund’s registration statement takes effect. This announcement arrived on the heels of Valkyrie’s initial endeavor into the Ethereum futures market, which has…
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to trade above $27,000 which is a positive sign. In the past few days, Bitcoin’s price held up above $26,000 in adverse conditions when the United States dollar index (DXY) was rising sharply and the S&P 500 index (SPX) was plunging. This suggests that selling dries…
Crypto projects lost nearly $889 million to hacks, phishing scams, and rug pulls during the third quarter, blockchain security firm Beosin revealed in its Global Web3 Security Report. According to the report, crypto investors lost $282.96 million to rug pulls across 81 incidents, while phishing schemes generated $66.15 million in…