Category: Other Crypto News

White House App Sparks Privacy Fears Over Tracking and Data Collection

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A new app from the US government has sparked concerns among users and researchers over potential location-tracking features, security vulnerabilities and data collection. The White House launched the app on Friday as a way for users to get a “direct line to the White House,” including receiving breaking news alerts on major government announcements, watching livestreams and keeping up to date on “policy breakthroughs.” However, users on X have raised concerns about the permissions required to use the app, including access to the device’s location, shared storage and network activity,…

Ethereum Price in Danger of Dropping to $1.2K Next, Analyst Warns

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Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), may decline 40% to $1,200 in the coming weeks, according to a fractal setup shared by analyst Leshka.eth. Key takeaways: Ethereum setup flashes bull trap warning Ethereum’s $1,200 downside target comes from a Supertrend setup on the daily chart, where two earlier bullish flips failed and led to steep breakdowns. The Supertrend is a simple trend-following line plotted directly on the price chart. It changes color to show the current market direction: green when the trend is rising and red when the trend is falling.…

Polymarket Trader Profits $67K on UFC Fight Mix-Up

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A Polymarket trader turned $676 into $67,608 on Saturday by capitalizing on a rare mistake during a UFC heavyweight bout, where the wrong fighter was initially announced as the winner.  The trader, known as LlamaEnjoyer on Polymarket and Verrissimus on X, watched the live fight between Tyrell Fortune and Marcin Tybura and suspected that a mistake may have been made when UFC presenter Bruce Buffer announced Tybura as the winner. During that time, Polymarket shares for Fortune fell to one cent, and LlamaEnjoyer was able to place the $676 bet…

OKX Integrates Aave on Ethereum L2 X Layer

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OKX’s X Layer is the 21st blockchain to integrate Aave, which recently surpassed the $1 trillion mark in cumulative lending volume. Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol with $23.5 billion in total value locked, has launched on X Layer, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain launched by crypto trading platform OKX.  It marks a significant milestone for X Layer, a blockchain with just $25 million in total value locked, which launched in 2024. The integration would allow OKX Wallet and X Layer users to lend, borrow and earn yield without needing to…

Committee Hearing for Fed Chair Nominee is Expected Around Mid-April

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The Senate Banking Committee is reportedly planning to hold its hearing on the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair as soon as the week of April 13, according to a report from Punchbowl News citing two sources familiar with the matter. In a report on Sunday, Punchbowl’s sources said the hearing date is “fluid” and that the final deadline depends on Warsh submitting all of his paperwork to the banking committee. Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term is set to end on May 15, but he has previously…

User Transactions and Trading Volume Explode in Prediction Market Platforms

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Prediction market transactions have hit record highs in March, amid growing interest in political and geopolitical event contracts, improved accessibility and positive regulatory developments for the industry. According to prediction markets data tracked by Dune, the number of transactions for March is over 191 million so far, which is already a 2,838% increase compared to the same time last year.  Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs said in a report on Friday that the sector has grown significantly with Google Finance and mainstream media coverage of live odds.  “Prediction markets have…

Bitcoin Price Stalls Under $68,800, Resistance Caps Upside Again

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Bitcoin price failed to stay above $68,800 and declined further. BTC is now consolidating below $68,000 and might continue to move down. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from well above the $70,500 zone. The price is trading below $68,800 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $67,250 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might start another decline if it stays below the $68,000 and $68,800 levels. Bitcoin Price Extends Losses Bitcoin price…

Lido DAO Mulls $20M LDO Buyback to Boost Token Price

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Lido’s decentralized autonomous organization is considering a one-off $20 million buyback of its governance token to address so-called price dislocation, which is at “historically depressed levels” relative to Ether, according to the DAO.  The proposal, submitted Friday, seeks permission to swap 10,000 Lido Staked Ether (stETH) tokens, currently worth $20 million from the DAO’s treasury for Lido DAO (LDO), arguing that LDO is undervalued. “This is not a routine fluctuation. It represents one of the most significant dislocations between LDO’s market price and its underlying protocol fundamentals in the token’s…

WLD Slides To New Lows As World Foundation Offloads $65M

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A massive token unlock scheduled for late July could make things worse. Related Reading Thailand authorities raided an iris-scanning site tied to Sam Altman’s World project last October. That was trouble enough. Now the foundation behind the biometric identity platform is selling its own token at a fraction of what investors paid less than a year ago — and the market is not taking it well. World Foundation disclosed Saturday that its token issuance arm, World Assets, completed an over-the-counter sale of WLD tokens worth $65 million, spread across four…

Walmart’s OnePay Adds a Dozen New Cryptos to Nascent Superapp Offering

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OnePay, which is majority-owned by Walmart, has added more than a dozen crypto tokens to its offerings that the executive responsible for digital assets said “meet a high bar” that’s been set by the banking app’s customers. Since launching in January, offering Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on its its nascent crypto platform, OnePay on Thursday added SUI (SUI), Polygon (POL) and Arbitrum (ARB) just days after listing another 10 tokens, including Solana (SOL), , Cardano (ADA), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and PAX Gold (PAXG). “We plan on continuing to expand…