This week, Bitcoin traders braced for a breakout as an important technical buy signal triggered and BTCUSD shot up over $30,000 temporarily. They came up short-handed, however, as the market took an immediate turn back down. Interestingly, the fakeout could have possibly been predicted by a divergence between two BTCUSD price charts. Why Price Patterns And Technical Signals Can Fail Price patterns are tough to trade in cryptocurrencies. Because so many eyes are on the same pattern meeting precise parameters, the market has a way of making people pay for…
Day: August 10, 2023
Metaverse Platform Sandbox Transferred Out 60M SAND Ahead of Monday’s $133M Token Unlock
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Argentine agency opens investigation into Worldcoin over biometric data
Authorities in Argentina have become the latest government officials to probe cryptocurrency project Worldcoin over privacy concerns. In an Aug. 8 announcement, Argentina’s Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) said it was investigating Worldcoin over its collection, storage and use of customer data to ensure it complies with security and privacy regulations. Worldcoin (WLD) launched its token project in July with the goal of verifying users through retinal scans, leading to concerns from many regarding privacy. “Citizens have the right, whenever personal data is provided, to have clear and…
SEC announces $24M settlement for case against Bittrex and its former CEO
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an agreement with crypto trading platform Bittrex and co-founder and former CEO William Shihara for operating an unregistered exchange. In an Aug. 10 notice, the SEC said Bittrex and Bittrex Global agreed to pay $14.4 million in disgorgement, $4 million in prejudgment interest, and $5.6 million in civil penalties to settle the legal dispute with the federal regulator. The agreement is still subject to court approval. “For years, Bittrex worked with token issuers to ‘scrub’ their online statements of any…
Here’s Why This Analyst Foresees Hedera (HBAR) Breaking Into The Crypto Top 10
Hedera popularly known as HBAR, has lately been drawing attention in the world of cryptocurrencies. An influencer from the crypto-sphere recently asserted that this digital currency is poised to cement its position among the top 10 in the industry. HBAR’s Position In The Upcoming Bull Market Classy Crypto, a crypto-focused YouTube channel, hosted a discussion where the anchoring influencer laid out his reasoning, foreseeing HBAR’s substantial ascent in the near future. According to the host of Classy Crypto, HBAR is not just positioned to rise but is also primed to…
Anthropic cracks open the black box to see how AI comes up with the stuff it says
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) research organization responsible for the Claude large language model (LLM), recently published landmark research into how and why AI chatbots choose to generate the outputs they do. At the heart of the team’s research lies the question of whether LLM systems such as Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard rely on “memorization” to generate outputs or if there’s a deeper relationship between training data, fine-tuning and what eventually gets outputted. On the other hand, individual influence queries show distinct influence patterns. The bottom and top…
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Reaches Settlement With SEC; Agrees to Pay $24M Fine
“Defendants agree that, as to Bittrex, the terms of the settlement reflected in this Consent and in the Judgment are subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court in the Bankruptcy Case and shall be treated as an allowed, unsecured claim under the terms of any Plan filed by Bittrex in the Bankruptcy Case,” the filing said. Source
Solana Leads Gains Among Top Coins, Is $30 Milestone Possible?
The price of Solana (SOL) has fluctuated a lot in the past week, like many other cryptocurrencies in the market. SOL is currently trading above $24, gaining 8.01% in its price in the past 7 days with over $376 million in trading volume in the past 24 hours. The coin’s movement has now sparked speculation among investors about the imminent breach of the $30 resistance threshold. Factors That Could Influence SOL’s Price Solana has seen significant growth in terms of its total value locked (TVL). According to Data from…
Aave DAO opens voting on proposals to reduce CRV exposure
The Aave community is seeking to reduce its protocol exposure to the Curve DAO token, with two proposals open for voting on Aug. 10. The move comes in an attempt to limit the risk posed to the lending protocol by the large borrowing position held by Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov. Curve DAO (CRV) is the native token of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve Finance. Egorov deposited over 30% of CRV’s total market capitalization as collateral to take out nearly $60 million in loans on Aave v2. However, Curve’s hack…
Digital Currency Group files motion to dismiss Gemini lawsuit, claiming it’s a PR campaign
Venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by cryptocurrency exchange Gemini which alleged fraud related to its Earn program. In an Aug. 10 filing with United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, lawyers for DCG and its CEO Barry Silbert alleged Gemini’s lawsuit filed in July was a “continuation of [a] public relations campaign” targeting the firm on social media with “personal, vicious, and false” claims. The filing echoed Gemini’s complaint, in which the crypto exchange said…