SEC’s “hostile regulatory environment” benefits Coinbase

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan believes that recent regulatory scrutiny could play a role in Coinbase’s favor and benefit the company in facing the SEC. The U.S. SEC has recently issued a Wells notice to Robinhood Crypto, indicating a potential enforcement action for securities violations. This regulatory scrutiny is playing a significant role in shaping the competitive landscape among crypto exchanges, particularly benefiting Coinbase, according to Hougan. In a post on the social media platform X, Hougan argued that the stringent regulatory environment inadvertently creates a competitive advantage for…

The SEC Can’t Stop Suing Crypto Companies

“Congress should enact new legislation to avoid legal pitfalls, but it’s unclear to me whether they actually will,” Baumann added. Gensler, for his part, has stated directly that he doesn’t think crypto needs bespoke legislation or guidance, given his view that everything crypto, bar bitcoin, walks and talks like securities. Source

15 Years In: Bitcoin Blockchain Hits Major Transaction Milestone

As Bitcoin, the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency, records 15 years since its inception, its blockchain has also achieved a significant milestone. Bitcoin’s blockchain recently surpassed a major transaction benchmark, processing a total of 1 billion transactions on its network, marking a historic moment in the digital asset space. Bitcoin Transactions Exceed 1 Billion Since emerging in the financial landscape in 2009, when pseudonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the cryptocurrency’s white paper, Bitcoin has significantly reshaped the financial ecosystem, attracting millions of users who continually engage in decentralized transactions daily. …

Bitcoin Repeating Bull Cycle Trend From 8 Years Back: Analyst

Well-known cryptocurrency analyst and trader Rekt Capital has revealed an intriguing finding regarding Bitcoin’s price trend in a recent analysis. His ground-breaking prognosis reveals that the crypto asset is mirroring historical price action that took place during a bull cycle eight years ago. Similar Historical Price Tendency In Bitcoin Rekt Capital asserted that the way Bitcoin is reiterating a past price trend from a cycle 8 years ago is amazing. Given the magnitude of the 2016 bull cycle, BTC could be poised for significant growth in the upcoming months. During the…

All spot Bitcoin ETFs see inflows, analyst doubts dynamics will repeat

All 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows for the first time since the launch in January. According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, such dynamics were recorded on May 3. However, he expressed doubts that such dynamics would ever happen again. First time ever 1D flows all green, no red for the Bitcoin Bunch. Not going to spike the football like some did during the outflow period but will point out that over 95% of the ETF investors HOLD-ed during what was a pretty nasty and persistent downturn. Will same happen next… pic.twitter.com/3l3uwwmqGy…

Crypto Whale Spends $10.4 Million On PEPE, Do They Know Something You Don’t?

A crypto whale’s transaction involving the third-largest meme coin by market cap, PEPE, has drawn the crypto community’s attention. The magnitude of the transaction, coupled with some other whale transactions, suggests that it may be high time to pay more attention to PEPE.  Crypto Whale Spends $10.4 Million On PEPE On-chain analytics platform Spotonchain revealed a wallet (3eAaAC3C9) that had purchased 1.238 trillion PEPE from Binance at an average price of $0.000008424 ($10.4 million). This wallet then proceeded to withdraw the tokens in two transactions. On-chain data shows that the…