Bitcoin (BTC) has spent almost a month at or near $30,000, but this is no coincidence, new analysis claims. In one of its Quicktake market updates on July 17, on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant highlighted three key factors keeping BTC price action in the same place. Bitcoin speculators in the driving seat Bitcoin has rebuffed any
A United States-based crypto mining company, Marathon Digital, heads to court, as its shareholders allege that CEO Fred Thiel, alongside other top executives, committed a breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment and waste of corporate assets. A shareholder complaint against Fred Thiel and nine other Marathon executives was filed in the United States District Court
An environment of healthy competition is being fostered between the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem’s top development firms building zkEVMs to scale the network, according to one of Polygon’s co-founders. Jordi Baylina, technical lead of Polygon Hermez zkEVM, spoke to Cointelegraph ahead of the start of EthCC in France. With builders from across the Ethereum ecosystem converging
Bankrupt cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius has requested the court to grant relief in the motion related to the distribution of funds from its sale of the self-custody platform GK8. The Celsius Network’s debtors on July 17 submitted a filing stating that its Series B holders have agreed on a settlement to distribute $25 million from
Three months after Faruk Fatih Özer — the founder and former CEO of Thodex — was detained in Türkiye, he received a prison sentence of seven months and 15 days for failing to submit documents requested during the trial. Thodex was once one of the biggest crypto exchanges in Türkiye before it suddenly shut down
Despite several high-profile cryptocurrency implosions, the number of people working in the industry has soared over the past four years. According to findings by the crypto research startup K33, the number of crypto-related employees has surged nearly 160% since 2019. In a report titled “The Emerging Crypto Industry,” K33 estimated that the total headcount of
Caroline Pham, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, believes the path to United States crypto regulatory clarity has been laid out following Ripple’s partial victory. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on July 17, Commissioner Pham said recent big court decisions regarding the classification of crypto assets will eventually lead to regulatory clarity. “You know, last
Gary Gensler, the chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, believes staff at its agency could benefit from greater use of artificial intelligence. During a July 17 speech before the National Press Club, where he later broke his silence about the recent Ripple court ruling, Gensler listed several potential use cases of AI that could
While most crypto market watchers remain focused on Bitcoin’s ongoing struggle with $31,000, Ethereum recently closed above the psychologically important $2000 level for the first time in weeks. Now poised to close lower for four straight days, let’s take an evidence-based approach and determine whether four consecutive days lower for Ether is historically bullish or
Crypto firms and influencers may need to start slapping disclaimers on crypto memes to stay compliant with advertising laws in the United Kingdom, according to a new proposed guidance from the country’s financial regulator. On July 17, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a proposed guidance on social media financial promotions which targets promotional memes
The development firm behind the Chainlink protocol and its native LINK token has gone live with its cross-chain protocol, aimed at providing interoperability between traditional financial firms and both public and private blockchains. In a July 17 post on the Chainlink blog, Chainlink Labs’ Chief Product Officer Kemal El Moujahid announced that its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol
Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, said she remains bullish over Coinbase in light of Ripple’s partial victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13. While Wood noted the ruling wasn’t in outright favor of Ripple, she lauded the outcome as “by and large, very positive for [crypto] exchanges.”
The recent ruling in favor of XRP has dispelled any negative regulatory challenges it had been facing, resulting in a head-turning rally over nearly 100% in 24 hours. Enough people are now paying attention to Ripple’s cryptocurrency, that it’s starting to pull capital from Bitcoin and Ethereum. And according to the charts of the three
XRP and the crypto market have been experiencing sideways price action over today’s trading session but remain in the green after last week’s events. While Bitcoin and Ethereum barely saw profits, the altcoins sector bloomed and seems poised to gain further. As of this writing, XRP trades at $0.75 after recording a rally that propelled
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), addressed the XRP case and the recent verdict. A U.S. court ruled that the token is not a security, granting a win for payment company Ripple. Related Reading: Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Takes On SEC, Calls Them A ‘Bully’ In Wake Of XRP Ruling The
Decentralized Web 3 cross-chain router allegedly under control of one-man Imagine a system where all your money is controlled by one man and his family and when there is cause for concern, the propaganda machine immediately goes ‘brrr’ to put on a facade that everything is just fine despite some alarming withdrawls. Sounds more like
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has commented publicly about the last week’s ruling on the agency’s suit against Ripple. Gensler gave a talk on artificial intelligence at the National Press Club on July 17 and was asked about the ruling during the questions and answers afterward. Does the ruling affect his stance
Multiple pieces of data point to the Bitcoin price falling below $29,000 in the short term. Yes, you read that right. Let’s investigate the main issues contributing to the current downside in the Bitcoin price. Bitcoin (BTC) encountered difficulties breaking above $31,800 on July 13, resulting in a 6.3% correction down to $29,700 on July
Following Ripple’s recent legal win against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the crypto community is abuzz with speculation about possible appeals and their potential impact on XRP investors. On July 13, Judge Analisa Torres ruled that XRP is not a security, dismissing the SEC’s longstanding allegations that Ripple had conducted an unregistered securities
Given the current push for crypto regulation, the industry breathed a sigh of relief on July 13 as Ripple Labs scored a partial victory in its legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dating back to 2020. Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New