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TL;DR UNI surged 50% following a proposal for a fee reward mechanism for token holders. This rise contrasts with the broader market’s consolidation. UNI – the native token of Uniswap Protocol – skyrocketed by over 50% in minutes, reaching a nearly two-year high of approximately $11. UNI Price, Source: CoinGeckoThe increase happened shortly after the Uniswap Foundation (UF) proposed the creation of a fee mechanism that rewards UNI holders who have staked and delegated their...

A US judge has authorized FTX to offload its ownership in Anthropic, an AI startup potentially. The decision came after the failed exchange settled a dispute with a faction of its customers who objected to the sale. Court records show FTX’s intent to sell these shares as part of its supervised asset liquidation to reimburse customers affected by its 2022 downfall. Anthropic Stake Sale Approved FTX and its affiliated company, Alameda, injected $500 million into Anthropic in...

In 2023, Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in South Korea, collected millions of dollars from tax evaders by tracking their crypto assets on several centralized exchanges. According to a report by local media Yonhap News Agency, the Gyeonggi Tax Justice Department accrued 6.2 billion won ($4.67 million) in undeclared taxes from evaders by using a special electronic management system that tracked the delinquents’ virtual assets. Gyeonggi Collects $4.6M in...

Aave, the popular decentralized lending platform belonging to the company now known as Avara, will have to look for a new company to provide risk management services following its recently announced split with Gauntlet. The decision was announced by Gauntlet co-founder John Morrow on the AAVE forums yesterday evening. Running The Gauntlet According to Morrow, the relationship between his company and the Aave DAO that oversees the protocol has become strained due to...

Tech-focused venture giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has invested $100 million in the Ethereum-based EigenLayer, suggesting that VC funding in crypto may be on course for a revival. As reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, a16z was the sole backer of the funding round, which marks the largest investment ever received in EigenLayer by a wide margin. Restaking With EigenLayer, Explained The next largest investment in the platform was a $50 million raise in March during a funding...

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recently expressed skepticism regarding the prevailing notion of prioritizing simplicity in Layer 1 (L1) blockchains over Layer 2 (L2) solutions. Buterin disclosed that his confidence in simplifying L1s at the expense of more intricate L2s has diminished significantly over the past five years. Bug Risks in L2 Networks Buterin highlighted the dilemma of choosing between the risks associated with bugs in L1 and L2. He stated, “It’s...

Fairshake, a Super PAC supporting candidates favorable to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has garnered $4.9 million in funding, with contributions from billionaire brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. The Winklevoss twins, known for co-founding the Gemini exchange and their significant Bitcoin investments, were early backers of Fairshake. The initial investment dates back to December 18, 2023. As per the latest federal filings, the duo donated $2.45 million each....

On Feb. 20, the company’s CEO Brian Armstrong reported that Coinbase International Exchange continues to grow, hitting $1 billion in daily volume for the first time. The exchange, which is based in Bermuda, offers crypto perpetual futures trading to professional non-US traders. It was set up outside of the United States due to the ongoing war on crypto and legal battles. Armstrong added, “Would be great to see perpetual futures allowed in the U.S. market as well.” Coinbase...

Cardano (ADA) is a “shitcoin” without purpose that has no distinct advantage over competitors, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. “Who gives a fuck? Zero?” said Hayes when asked “What about Cardano?” in an interview with Coin Bureau published on Sunday. Cardano Is A Shitcoin, Says Hayes Continuing to describe the cryptocurrency – a top ten digital asset by market cap – Hayes did not mince words: “The first wannabe Ethereum, and probably the first one to go to be...

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of financial technology company Ripple Labs, has disclosed that the crypto solutions provider and developer of the Ripple payment protocol would welcome a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) for the network’s native token, XRP. Ripple to Welcome Spot XRP ETF Speaking on his thoughts about the current state of the crypto industry in a Bloomberg interview, Garlinghouse chipped in that creating multiple ETFs around different tokens is inevitable as they...