Month: June 2022

US Banking Watchdog Says Crypto Turmoil Reinforces Cautious Approach

“There are some vulnerabilities and risks in that space that do warrant a cautious and careful approach,” Hsu told reporters on a call about his agency’s Semiannual Risk Perspective (released Thursday), which again highlighted digital assets as a space that could pose dangers to lenders in the U.S. The agency has been closely watching what’s been going on in the sector, including the sudden collapse of TerraUSD, officials said. Source

Coinbase to track off-exchange transactions from Dutch customers

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In a new blog post published Thursday, Coinbase says that starting Monday, all of its customers in the Netherlands will need to complete new Know Your Customer, or KYC, requirements when transferring digital assets to wallet addresses that are not based on the exchange. This includes providing the recipient’s full name, the purpose of the transfer and the recipient’s complete residential address. Transfers between Coinbase accounts are not affected by the new rule.  The exchange noted that the change will only impact Coinbase users in the Netherlands, and is being…

Bitcoin Recovery Slows Down As Whale Inflows Remain Elevated

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The latest recovery rally in the price of Bitcoin has now slowed down as on-chain data shows signs of dumping from whales. Bitcoin Exchange Whale Ratio Continues To Be At High Values As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, BTC whales are sending their coins to exchanges at the moment. The “exchange whale ratio” is an indicator that measures the ratio between the sum of the top ten transactions to exchanges and the total Bitcoin exchange inflows. In simpler terms, this metric tells us how the whale…

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The community-centered approach to Web3 — Aave founder and CEO

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Aave (AAVE) founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said the firm was continuing to develop its decentralized social media platform, with Web3 potentially changing the way many view ownership. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Collision conference in Toronto on Thursday, Kulechov said Web3 — a buzzword often thrown around, which generally describes the next evolution of an internet based on blockchain technology — could impact how people use social media in much the same way cryptocurrency changed perceptions on finance. The Aave CEO remarked how developers had adapted protocols to handle custody,…

Voyager Digital cuts withdrawal amount as 3AC contagion ripples through DeFi and CeFi

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The Singapore-based crypto venture firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC) failed to meet its financial obligations on June 15 and this caused severe impairments among centralized lending providers like Babel Finance and staking providers like Celsius. On June 22, Voyager Digital, a New York-based digital assets lending and yield company listed on the Toronto Stock exchange, saw its shares drop nearly 60% after revealing a $655 million exposure to Three Arrows Capital. Voyager offers crypto trading and staking and had about $5.8 billion of assets on its platform in March, according to…