SEC Appealing XRP Ruling Isn’t Moving Markets

PayPal’s move to issue a stablecoin is putting crypto legislation back in focus in Washington, D.C. Timothy Massad, former CFTC chairman and current director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, joined the conversation. tastycrypto head Ryan Grace shared his crypto markets outlook. And, The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget discussed the virtual world’s latest collaboration. Source

Mango Markets, Crypto Exchange Atop Solana Blockchain, Sees Legal Bills Swell a Year After Alleged $116M Heist

According to the website Realms, there’s about $89 million in the Mango DAO treasury, but most of that is denominated in MNGO tokens, and the market for those might not be liquid enough to sell them quickly and easily. Project insiders say that the main source of funding would likely come from a $15.3 million stash of dollar-linked stablecoins within the Mango Dao treasury, primarily denominated in USDC. Source

A Blessing For Bitcoin, Crypto Markets?

The looming prospect of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) action against Binance, the largest crypto exchange, may hold a silver lining for Bitcoin and the broader markets. Even if this sounds crazy at first, there are good arguments for it. Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a potential DOJ action against Binance, a threat that has cast a long shadow over the markets, leading to increased volatility and uncertainty among investors. Yesterday’s report by Semafor has rekindled the rumor, but also gave it a new perspective, hinting that…

Crypto Whales Send Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Worth of Bitcoin and Altcoins to Exchanges As Markets Pause

Crypto whales have suddenly come to life in the last 24 hours, with massive amounts of coins being sent to exchanges as markets start to show signs of possible weakness. Blockchain monitoring service Whale Alert has spotted numerous large entities sending large stacks of Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets to various crypto exchanges. Whale Alert spotted two transfers of Ethereum (ETH) worth over $40 million from unknown wallets to crypto exchange Coinbase, just hours apart, before another wallet was spotted sending $28 million in ETH to Gate.io. Hours later,…

Crypto Markets ‘Highly Dependent’ on Stablecoins Lacking Transparency, TrueUSD TUSD Poses Risk, Kaiko Says

The largest stablecoins have all endured periods of turmoil in the last few months. In February, New York state regulators ordered Paxos to halt minting Binance USD (BUSD), the third largest stablecoin at the time. Next month, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) temporarily froze a sizable portion of USDC’s cash reserves, which affected Maker’s DAI stablecoin. Last month, USDT endured sell pressure in a key stablecoin liquidity pool, spooking traders, and TUSD weathered the implosion of its custodial partner. Source

MetisDAO (METIS) recovers despite the market’s red u-turn

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied MetisDAO (METIS) has been stumbling since early May after the asset fell from the $30 mark. However, as the heat around the Poly Network exploit cools, the METIS price witnessed a notable rise. METIS, the native token of the Metis ecosystem, surged by 11.5% in the past 24 hours. The asset is trading at $17.3 at the time of writing despite the recent market-wide downturn.  METIS price – July 10 | Source: CoinMarketCap According to data…