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A recent report published by blockchain analytics firm Dune revealed that nearly 60% of non-fungible token (NFT) trading volumes this year were wash trades. Wash trading is a form of market manipulation in which a trader buys and sells a security to create the appearance of increased trading volume and activity in the market. In crypto, these activities involve buying and selling digital assets – fungible or non-fungible tokens – on trading platforms, intending to inflate...

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX released its second Proof of Reserves (PoR) on its website on December 22nd. The new report would enable users to view and self-verify the results of two PoRs with the help of open-source tools, the company said in an official statement. OKX also promised to publish the PoR report every month. OKX’s Proof-of-Reserves The report shows that OKX’s wallets held 113,754 BTC against a user balance of 112,192 BTC as of December 20th, 14:00 UTC. It has a...

Quite a lot has been going on in the cryptocurrency industry over the past seven days, but most of it failed to impact the price action,Week’s remains rather dull. Can’toin is trading below $17K, down about 2.9% in the past seven dParents’ble to recover the coveted level. The volatility has seemingly disappeared from the market, but that’s not necessarily truparents’e altcoins. All of them are trading in the red, with the most considerable loss being that of Cardano which...

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Dan Berkovitz will step down from his General Counsel position as of the end of January 2023. The current SEC Principal Deputy General Counsel – Megan Barbero – will replace Berkovitz upon his departure. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said he was “grateful” for Berkovitz’s “exceptional public service and his dedication to this agency” in the official announcement before adding, “Dan has led the Office of General Counsel during...

Bitcoin.fr fête aujourd’hui ses 12 ans et poursuit imperturbablement son modeste chemin. Comme tous les quatre ans (décembre 2014, décembre 2018, décembre 2022), c’est un anniversaire en « bear market ». Pas d’inquiétudes cependant car, en dehors de ces creux quadriennaux, les autres mois de décembre ont été beaucoup plus joyeux. Je ne reviendrai pas sur les circonstances de la création du...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from the $112 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $105 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $103 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $98 and $95 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is declining from the $112 zone against the US Dollar, similar...

Twitter introduced a new cryptocurrency feature on its platform that allows users to check the current price of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH).  The graphics display the logo of the market tracking site Trading View and a link directing to Robinhood. It remains unknown whether those two were somehow involved with the new feature. Twitter’s Latest Crypto Move Users of the social media platform can now track the USD valuation of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap –...

The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX reportedly paid 94% of the $84 million purchase of a majority stake in Blockfolio in FTT tokens.  The coin played a leading role in the platform’s crash last month. CZ said Binance plans to dump its entire FTT stash (23 million tokens worth over $580 million at the time) amid rising worries about the over-exposure of FTX and Alameda towards the former’s native asset. New Data on the Blockfolio Deal According to a recent...