The former chief executive of BitMEX Arthur Hayes is launching a new grant program for developers to enhance Bitcoin’s “resilience, scalability, and privacy characteristics.” Arthur Hayes, a co-founder and former head of crypto exchange BitMEX and the chief investment officer at Maelstrom, has announced a new grant program to support blockchain developers in their efforts
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The Ethereum (ETH) supply on exchanges has reached its 34-month highs as the asset’s price surpasses the $3,500 mark. ETH is up by 2.3% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $3,490 at the time of writing. The second-largest cryptocurrency — with a $419 billion market cap — briefly touched an intraday high
Three Roaring Kitty-inspired meme coins marked double-digit price increases over the past day. Amid a slight rise in the overall meme coin market cap, CoinMarketCap (CMC) data shows that GME, KITTY, and ROAR also surged over 10%. The three tokens appear to have benefited from their affiliations with GameStop trader Keith Gill despite the fact
Malware software-as-a-service Angel Drainer, linked to over $25 million in thefts, has reportedly shut down after its developers were potentially identified. Angel Drainer, a drainer-as-a-service program, has allegedly suspended its operations just two hours after cybersecurity researchers at Match Systems said they were able to de-anonymize members of the malware. 🚨 Deanonymization of Angel Drainer
Analysts from H.C. Wainwright believe the market’s positive reaction to crypto suggests increased confidence in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s election prospects. This confidence comes because Trump is known for his pro-crypto stance, particularly his support for Bitcoin (BTC) mining in the U.S. Following a failed assassination attempt on Trump during a campaign rally in
A failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania seems to have bettered Donald Trump’s chances of winning the winter elections, at least in the eyes of betters. Polymarket bettors wager that Republican candidate Donald Trump has a 71% chance of winning this year’s U.S. presidential election and beat sitting Joe Biden in November. On Monday, Joe Biden’s odds
Bitcoin’s start to the week saw it climb above $63,000, but analysts at Bitfinex warn that the market may be facing a retrace as the week progresses. BTC is up 5% over the past 24 hours and by 13% over the past week. These gains have come amid a confluence of factors, including German government’s
Sen. J.D. Vance, Ohio Republican and “Hillbilly Elegy” author, has been announced as former President Donald Trump’s running mate for the 2024 election. Vance’s selection comes amid his push to reform digital asset regulation, which has garnered support from the crypto industry. Vance and crypto legislation Vance is a popular choice among crypto enthusiasts, given
A recent report reveals a significant forking in investor sentiment between Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC). Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, published its latest Crypto Derivatives Analytics Report in collaboration with BlockScholes. According to that report, market trends and trading signals across spot trading volume, futures, options, and perpetual contracts show
SparkDEX, a friendly fork of the QuickSwap decentralized exchange, will deploy its DeFi Hub featuring an automated market maker (AMM) and perps protocol on Flare. In an announcement on Monday, Flare announced that SparkDEX has decided to launch its DeFi hub on the data-focused layer 1 blockchain, leveraging its data protocols to offer decentralized data