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Boba said its users on BNB Chain are saving around 80% on transaction fees by using its network. Boba Network said today its Layer-2 scaling solution had achieved mass adoption on Binance’s BNB Chain, with its transaction volume more than quadrupling in April compared to the previous month. The network’s developers revealed that Boba processed 2,863,240 transactions throughout April, averaging around 100,000 per day. The network handled 585,818 transactions in March, up from just 99,362 in...

Despite the fall off of the US stock futures, there is no doubt that the fight against inflation is yielding a relatively positive fruit in the United States. The US stock futures are seeing a very concerning slump today following the release of the latest inflation figure for the month of April. According to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April increased by 0.4% when seasonally adjusted, and by 4.9% over the last 12...

Chicago Board Options Exchange parent Cboe has again filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF with the SEC despite being rejected in late January.  In a recent regulatory filing, Cboe Global Markets made its third attempt to list the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). On Tuesday, the Chicago Board Options Exchange parent company sought approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The latest regulatory filing reflects the Cboe’s struggle for a US Spot Bitcoin ETF. The SEC...

The exit of Jane Street and Jump Crypto will contribute to the liquidity crunch in the market segment and this outlook is unhealthy for the industry. Market-making firms Jane Street Group and Jump Crypto are retreating from crypto trading in the United States due to regulatory uncertainty in the country. According to a report from Bloomberg, people familiar with the situation stated that Jane Street is taking a step further by lowering its global cryptocurrency ambitions. On the other...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Tron price started a fresh increase from the $0.0670 level against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading near $0.0692 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.0694 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $29,000 pivot level against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $28,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $28,400 on the 4-hour chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from...

After pleading guilty earlier this year, former Coinbase Product Manager Ishan Wahi has been sentenced to 2 years in prison in a landmark case for insider trading with cryptocurrencies.  The sentence exceeds the 10-month prison sentence of Ishan’s brother – Nikhil Wahi – with whom he conspired for the crime.  Two Years for Crypto Insider Trading According to a report from Reuters, Ishan Wahi was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in a Manhattan Federal court on...

Coinbase has called for certain modifications to the proposed rule regarding registered investment advisers’ (RIA) obligations to hold client assets at qualified custodians. Even as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deemed Coinbase Custody as a “qualified custodian,” the crypto exchange believes the revised RIA rule makes “unwarranted assumptions about custodial practice.” Revisions Needed The chief legal officer of the San Francisco-based company,...

Galaxy Digital turned profitable in the first quarter of the year as the markets improved. Its founder and CEO, Michael Novogratz, revealed that the crypto financial services firm ended Q1 2023 with a liquidity position of $814 million. According to an official press release, Galaxy Digital reported $134 million in net income for the same period as compared to a net loss of $288 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The income was attributed to the gains on digital assets as...

Ordinal inscriptions are on fire. Users are continuously flooding the Bitcoin network with images, video games, and other content. There are now more than 5 million inscriptions. Over the past seven days, the total inscription count has more than doubled from 2.5 million. Ordinals Skyrocket According to data from Dune Analytics, text-based inscriptions, also known as the BRC-20 token standard, accounted for a vast majority of the Bitcoin ordinal inscription. At the time of...