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[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, August 12th, 2023] Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has committed 10 Million USD to Helio Protocol, a project combining over-collateralized lending of its native decentralized stablecoin, HAY, with staking-as-a-service (StaaS) and LSDfi infrastructure, with approximately combined 300 million USD in TVL, of which 260 million USD is parked under staked assets. This strategic funding round emphasizes Binance Labs’...

Bitcoin’s price performance continues to be rather underwhelming, with the asset remaining at essentially the same spot as yesterday at just over $29,000. Most altcoins are also quite stagnant today, with little-to-no movements from ETH, BNB, XRP, and others. Shiba Inu is the only exception from the larger caps. SHIB, APE, PEPE on the Rise Shiba Inu’s largest digital asset – SHIB – has been among the best performers lately, gaining double digits in the past week, as...

Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly sent to jail on Friday as US Judge Lewis Kaplan denied his lawyers’ request to delay detention. The former crypto mogul’s court date is set for October 2nd, and he could sit in a jail cell until then if the appeal is unsuccessful. CryptoPotato reported last month the allegations presented by the New York Times that SBF had tried to intimidate one of the key witnesses in his legal battle against US authorities – the former leader of Alameda...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed to postpone its decision on whether to approve or deny the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF for listing on BZX. This marks the agency’s first delay on the latest wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications, possibly indicating a similar short-term fate for rival applicants. Questions For the Public In its Friday letter, the SEC said it seeks public comment on BZX’s application, which would list the very first Bitcoin spot ETF on a...

The once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has reportedly agreed to pay $24 million in penalties to resolve its quarrel with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The agency has previously accused the platform of offering services to American clients without obtaining the necessary registration. The exchange shuttered its US operations and filed for bankruptcy protection shortly after the regulator targeted it. As reported by Bloomberg, Bittrex...

Argentina’s Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) disclosed that it is currently conducting an investigation on Worldcoin to determine whether it complies with security and privacy rules. The cryptocurrency project, which saw the light of day in July, sparked huge controversy due to its eye-scanning requirements. Other countries, including Kenya and Germany, have also raised concerns on the matter. Argentina Joining the Club The aforementioned agency said it will...

The initial response to Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain – Base – has been favorable so far. It has garnered substantial engagement in both DeFi operations and cross-chain bridge transactions. The daily active users on Base, for one, surpassed 100,000 for the first time. More importantly, the figure came just a day after the much-anticipated launch of the blockchain’s mainnet. Base was already live for testing by developers but launched for the public officially with more than...

Cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken dethroned its rival Coinbase to become the most liquid United States exchange for altcoins in July. According to a tweet by Dessislava Laneva, a research analyst at crypto data platform Kaiko, by the end of July, Kraken had claimed 47% of the market depth in the US for the top 10 altcoins. Kraken Claims Largest U.S. Market Depth for Altcoins As of January 2023, Kraken had only a 39% share of the market depth of altcoins, while Coinbase...

Tom Lee of Fundstrat fame is at it again. This time, he’s commenting in a recent interview that the price of bitcoin could reach a whopping $200,000 in the next few years, though he didn’t give a specific date this time around. Tom Lee: BTC is Going to $200K In the discussion, Lee said he’s been following Cathie Wood. Not long ago, the main madam behind Ark Invest said she thinks bitcoin could reach a price that surpasses the million-dollar mark in the next seven...

Evernode – a layer 2 smart contract solution built on top of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) – announced the first details of its airdrop intended to reach XRP holders. Such investors should provide a snapshot of their possessions by the beginning of September and must hold their tokens on-chain. The team behind the decentralized platform revealed that it will airdrop 5,160,960 Evers to eligible XRP holders. Investors will be required to send a snapshot of their stash (stored directly...