June 8: * Total spot trading volume at $2.14 billion, the 30-day average is $2.88 billion. * Total futures notional at $592.6 million. * The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin (-0.5%), Ethereum (-3.2%), Tether (0%), Cardano (+1.4), and USDC (0%). * Good returns from Kusama (+9.3%), Ren (+7.2%), and Curve Dao (+6.4%). The […]

PayPal’s custodian of crypto funds, itBit, traded over $2.1 billion worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and PAX in May, according to data provided by analytics tool Nomics. Owned by Paxos, itBit is a crypto exchange that provides liquidity for PayPal, a US company operating an online payments system that entered into the crypto […]

CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz has called for a crackdown on unregulated DeFi derivatives platforms. Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes DeFi derivatives platforms may contravene the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Speaking as part of a June 8 keynote address dubbed “Climate Change and Decentralized Finance: New Challenges for […]

Coinbase CSO says ‘good ol’ fashioned police work’ landed the FBI the private keys. Coinbase’s Chief Security Officer has refuted suggestions the U.S. crypto exchange was involved in any seizure of crypto assets related to recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. CSO Philip Martin took to Twitter on June 8 to explain the firm’s involvement, or […]

Six East African states are reportedly set to explore the possibility of using central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as an alternative to their shared payment system. The six countries, which are all members of the East Africa Community (EAC) trading bloc, are hoping this alternative will create a pathway that leads to the attainment of […]

The number of Ethereum (ETH) transfers has dwindled hitting a 1-month low of 24,471.607, as acknowledged by on-chain metrics provider Glassnode. (Read More)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he “pretty much” agrees with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin about a collaboration between Dogecoin and Ethereum. Buterin said: “if we can have a secure Doge-to-Ethereum bridge. That would be amazing.” Vitalik Buterin Talks About Dogecoin and Ethereum Bridge, Elon Musk Agrees Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin talked about a potential collaboration […]

Goldman Sachs has backed a Series A $28 million funding round for Blockdaemon, and invested $5 million in the blockchain infrastructure firm. Goldman Sachs has backed a $28 million Series A funding round for blockchain infrastructure firm Blockdaemon. The funding was led by Greenspring Associates and included participation from crypto lending firm BlockFi, and crypto-asset […]

Dfinity founder Dominic Williams has criticized Ethereum’s emerging ecosystem of layer-two solutions for exposing users to counterparty security risks. Dominic Williams, the founder of Dfinity and its Internet Computer, has slammed the scaling solutions put forward by Polkadot and Ethereum for offering a disjointed user experience. The self-described “blockchain maximalist” criticized Ethereum’s burgeoning ecosystem of […]

Most of the top 100 tokens are red today. But despite the market uncertainty, it’s business as usual for Cardano (ADA). Github activity data puts the number five token as the most active of all projects. Also, with the Fund4 Project Catalyst (PC) vote opening next Tuesday, ADA holders will have the opportunity to shape […]