Day: July 7, 2023

ETF approval may boost Bitcoin’s liquidity, but it won’t be a game changer — JPMorgan

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A possible approval of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) won’t be a game changer for crypto markets, although it might benefit the leading cryptocurrency, according to a report by JPMorgan managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou. Based in London, Panigirtzoglou is part of JPMorgan’s global market strategy team. He believes that a Bitcoin ETF in the United States would have a similar impact on markets to those seen in Canada in Europe, where spot Bitcoin ETFs have been around for some time. According to the report seen by Bloomberg, Bitcoin ETFs…

3AC Liquidator May Try to Claw Back About $1.2B From Digital Currency Group, BlockFi

A confidential July 7 report from Teneo, the liquidator, that CoinDesk reviewed referred to more than $1 billion of “prospective claims” against DCG and its Genesis lending subsidiary consisting of “both preference claims and claims which have resulted from issues around the perfection of loan and security documentation.” It also noted more than $220 million of “preferential payments” to BlockFi. Source

Binance and BNB Feel Strain of World’s Regulators Leaping Into Action

“If the allegations against Binance are true, they implicate very serious criminal and civil misconduct, including national-security related issues,” said Alex Zerden, a former U.S. Treasury Department official who is founder and CEO of advisory firm Capitol Peak Strategies. “And given the exchange’s global footprint, the investigation into Binance and these allegations would likely span multiple jurisdictions and require sustained cooperation among multiple jurisdictions.” Source

Sega Suspends Blockchain Gaming Initiatives, Game Over?

Japanese video game powerhouse Sega plans to withhold its biggest game franchises from third-party blockchain projects, as it cools interests in blockchain gaming, a Bloomberg report has revealed. This move comes after the underwhelming performance of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the waning excitement around blockchain-based games in recent months. Sega Rolls Back Blockchain Gaming Plans, COO Questions Technology  In an interview with Bloomberg, Sega’s co-Chief Operating Officer Shuji Utsumi revealed that the company would not be pursuing its blockchain gaming plans, at least for now. Healso mentioned that the firm…

$30B stolen from crypto ecosystem since 2012: Report

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From 2012 to the present, over $30 billion in crypto has been hacked in 1,101 documented incidents, a July 7 report from SlowMist has revealed. According to the blockchain security firm, the top five most common hacks are smart contract vulnerabilities, rug pulls, flash loan attacks, scams and private key leaks. The losses represent roughly 2.5% of the current market capitalization of cryptocurrencies. Out of total incidents, there were 118 exchange hacks, 217 Ethereum ecosystem hacks, 162 BNB Smart Chain ecosystem hacks, 119 EOS ecosystem hacks and 85 hacks related…

The Real Use Case for CBDCs: Dethroning the Dollar

It’s all part of Pozsar’s “Bretton Woods III” vision, where the dollar ultimately loses its hegemonic status over the next decade. Importantly, he sees a different outcome from that of the British pound’s loss of reserve status in the early 20th century, when the U.S. dollar simply supplanted it. Instead, he predicts a multi-currency world where no one currency is dominant, a result made possible because of CBDC clearing mechanisms, which negate the need for reserve currency intermediation. Negotiating counterparts will need to agree on which of their two currencies…

Threads is Libra and Meta All Over Again

It’s also unclear exactly how “portable” Threads user data will be in practical terms. Critics have often described Mastodon, another platform that uses the ActivityPub protocol, as extremely clunky and non-intuitive, with moving from one server to another a particular challenge. It would be in Meta’s hands, it seems, to build tools that would make it easy for users to leave Threads, but that doesn’t seem in its financial best interest. And Meta, a publicly traded company, doesn’t do things that aren’t in its financial best interest. Original Source LibraMetathreads…

Collectors Are Bored of Apes, Don’t Want to Pay Royalties

Royal pain: NFT creators are making less money from secondary sales than they have in two years, according to a report from data analytics platform Nansen. Royalty payments hit their peak in April 2022, reaching 28,000 ETH (nearly $76 million) for creators in one week. Meanwhile, June’s best week saw creators collectively earn 2,000 ETH, or about $3.8 million. As competition amongst NFT marketplaces has heated up, many of the most popular platforms changed their policies on enforcing royalty payments to stay afloat. Two of the largest NFT marketplaces, Blur…

Oracle Red Bull Racing Teams Up with Mysten Labs for Blockchain Engagement via Sui Platform

Sui has been selected to serve as the official blockchain partner for Oracle Red Bull Racing. Oracle Red Bull Racing Validator will be available on Sui thanks to the collaboration between the team and Mysten Labs. Mysten Labs, which was the project’s first contributor, will be in charge of managing and operating the validator. In order to enhance the Sui protocol, the Oracle Red Bull Racing Validator will take part in the process of reaching a consensus throughout the network. This will assist to guarantee that the blockchain is populated…