Month: July 2023

Stablecoin dominance slides as market cap falls to near 2-year lows: CCData

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The market capitalization of stablecoins has hit the lowest level since August 2021 coming on the back of 16 consecutive months of decline, a new report says. Cryptocurrency analytics platform CCData released a report on July 20 saying the stablecoin market cap fell 0.82% from the start of the month until July 17, taking the sector’s market cap to $127 billion. Stablecoin market dominance took a slight fall and is currently at 10.3%, dropping from 10.5% in June. Our latest Stablecoins & CBDCs Report is now live! Key Highlights:✔️16-month fall…

FTX to clawback $71.5 million from Bankman-Fried’s NGO

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Lawyers of the defunct crypto exchange, FTX, now argue that founder Sam Bankman-Fried commingled customer funds for “personal aggrandizement” to garner influence for himself. FTX targets life science investments According to court documents filed by FTX attorneys on July 19, customer funds worth $71.5 million transferred to Sam Bankman-Fried’s Life Science-focused NGO qualifies as recoverable assets and should be clawed back. FTX lawyers wrote to a bankruptcy court that Bankman-Fried’s “sham non-profit organization” Latano and the FTX Foundation…

FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried and other former execs to claw back $1B

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FTX has sued former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and several other former key executives from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange to recover more than $1 billion in misappropriated funds.  A July 20 complaint filed in a United States Bankruptcy Court named former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, FTX co-founder Zixiao “Gary” Wang, former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh and Bankman-Fried as defendants.  In the lawsuit, FTX claimed the defendants breached their fiduciary duties by allegedly misappropriating customer funds on a “continuous basis to finance luxury condominiums, political and ‘charitable’ contributions, speculative investments and…

El Salvador’s international bonds offer 60% return in H1 2023

Despite last year’s economic challenges and policy turbulence, El Salvador’s international bonds have rebounded, offering a 60% return in 2023. El Salvador’s international bonds posted a 60% return in H1 2023 alone.  In July 2022, El Salvador had to handle tensions with Washington and the decreasing possibility of getting financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In addition, there was uncertainty surrounding the decision to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. As a result, the value of El Salvador’s bonds declined significantly, dropping to just 25% of their original worth. However,…

Bitcoin BTC Price Fear and Greed Index Sinks Into Neutral Territory, a Reflection of Investor Uncertainty

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Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, was recently trading at $29,809, down slightly over the past 24 hours. At one point during the day, BTC dipped perilously near a one-month low set earlier this week near $29,500. More than five weeks after spiking following multiple spot bitcoin ETF filings, bitcoin has been unable to escape the $30,000 to $31,000 range – at least for long. Original

US House Republican committees introduce joint digital assets bill

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A bill to create a regulatory framework for digital assets has been introduced by Republican members of the Agriculture and Financial Services Committees of the United States House, the result of several months of joint effort by the two committees. The 212-page bill — called the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act — was introduced on July 20. According to an accompanying explainer, it’s intended to address regulatory gaps by creating a framework for the “specific risks of different digital asset-related activities.” The bill gives the Commodity…

Meme Coins Are Anything but a Joke for Web3

Further, every massive gain comes at the expense of most people taking large losses. This is referred to as “bag holding,” where traders miss the optimal window to sell and are left holding a portfolio of devalued or, in most cases, worthless coins. This is where the term “PvP,” or player versus player, within the crypto community comes from. Source