Month: August 2023

Curve DAO Price Recovery Post-Exploit: Realistic Scenario

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Curve DAO (CRV) has established itself as a prominent DeFi platform, renowned for providing ample liquidity, particularly for stablecoins. However, an unfortunate security breach occurred over the weekend, causing a significant decrease in both the total funds entrusted to Curve and the value of its native token, CRV, which serves as a means of transaction within the protocol.  According to a report from Bloomberg, this decline in CRV’s price has put the substantial sum of over $100 million in loans at risk of being liquidated, posing a serious challenge for Curve Finance’s…

Why Is The Bitcoin And Crypto Market Up Today?

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Bitcoin (BTC) saw a significant resurgence over the past few hours after hitting the lowest price since June 21 at $28,641 yesterday. At press time, BTC has experienced a 3.7% hike from its low. In fact, BTC even brushed past the $30,000 mark, indicating a substantial shift in market sentiment. So, the question begs. Why Is Bitcoin Up Today? “The entire short build-up of the past couple days just got wiped,” tweeted analyst Byzantine General. Data from Coinglass backs this claim and shows that BTC short positions amounting to $27.8…

Justin Sun, other crypto investors buy CRV token in attempt to help Curve Finance

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Following a recent exploit on the decentralized exchange, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov managed to find an answer to his loan dilemma. Thanks to support from a group of backers, including Justin Sun, the principal value of Egorov’s loan on Aave (AAVE) decreased from $63.3 million to $54.1 million. Providing support to the fallen  On July 30, Curve Finance faced a vulnerability linked to the Vyper programming language, resulting in an exploit that led hackers to…

As G20 President, India Makes Public its Presidency Note on Framing Global Crypto Rules

News of the existence of such a note first emerged ahead of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in India last month through Ajay Seth, a senior official of the Indian Finance Ministry. Later, at the post-event media briefing, without revealing details of the note, Seth said “(India) contributed its own note, it’s the presidency note in the sense that we originated that idea (and) several other countries contributed.” Source

Ethereum Denied Non-Security Status In Latest Court Battle Against SEC

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In a recent court ruling, Ethereum (ETH) was denied non-security status in a case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The court granted the SEC’s motion to dismiss the complaint for declaratory relief on whether Ethereum and the Ethereum Network are securities. While the ruling was a procedural one and not on the merits, it confirmed that there is no protection for Ethereum as a non-security.  Ethereum And Other Cryptocurrencies Left In Legal Limbo At this point in the US, only Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP are large-cap tokens…

Bitcoin Ordinals team launch non-profit to grow protocol development

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A non-profit organization dedicated to growing the development of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin (BTC) has been launched by the team behind the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol. The California-based nonprofit called the Open Ordinals Institute will bolster the Ordinals protocol by providing funding to the team’s core developers, which includes the project’s pseudonymous lead maintainer Raph. In total, four team members will serve on the board of the new nonprofit; Raph, Bitcoin-focused podcast host Erin Redwing an anonymous Ordinals developer known as Ordinally and Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor. The Ordinals protocol…

Federal judge dismisses Ripple ruling in Terra case

New York federal judge granted permission to the SEC to proceed with its case against Terraform Labs Pte and its founder, Do Kwon. Judge Rakoff’s decision involved rejecting the differentiation drawn in the Ripple case regarding public and institutional sales being the determining factor if the asset would be labeled as a security. Ripple ruling challenged Following the July 13 Ripple ruling, which was celebrated as a triumph for the cryptocurrency sector, numerous digital assets experienced a surge in value of over 70%. However, US District Judge Jed Rakoff’s recent decision,…