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Gary Gensler, the current chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), confirmed on Thursday that he will be stepping down from his role starting in January.  Gensler confirmed the news in an announcement on Twitter and a post to the SEC’s website, saying it had been an “honor of a lifetime” to “ensure that our capital markets remain the best in the world.” “I thank President Biden for entrusting me with this incredible responsibility,” Gensler added. “The...

Sui Network suffered a major disruption on November 21st after failing to produce blocks on its mainnet, which effectively brought the blockchain to a standstill. Following a two-hour downtime, the network resumed operations, once again processing transactions. Sui Network Restored After Downtime According to the official announcement by the team behind the Layer 1 network, the outage was caused by a bug in the transaction scheduling logic that led to validator crashes. “The...

Sky, the DeFi lending protocol that was formerly known as Maker, has rolled out its USDS stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. According to the official announcement, Sky said the launch positions USDS as “the first major DeFi-native stablecoin on Solana,” offering new avenues for borrowing, lending, and trading on the blockchain’s leading DeFi platforms. “Today’s launch marks the first step in Sky’s strategy to increase Solana’s DeFi liquidity and TVL. With pending governance...

In an effort to tackle electricity shortages, Russian officials disclosed plans to suspend cryptocurrency mining in several regions this winter. The ban will impact the Irkutsk region, portions of Buryatia, the Zabaikalsky region in Siberia, and six North Caucasus areas, including Chechnya and Dagestan. Mining will also be prohibited in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The mining suspension in Siberia will last from...

Bitcoin reached a new peak of $95,000 hours ago but was rejected and pushed south by over a grand within minutes. Although it has recovered some ground, many altcoins, especially from the meme coin niche, have plummeted hard, leaving over $400 million in liquidations on a daily scale. The specific dump is evident by the plunging meme coin market cap. While that of the entire crypto market has dropped by 2.3% over the past 24 hours to $3.2 trillion on CG, the meme coins have...

The Trump transition team is considering pro-crypto lawyer Teresa Goody Guillén as a potential SEC chair candidate, according to reports. Guillén is currently a partner at BakerHostetler and co-lead of its blockchain team. Last week, Gary Gensler released a statement that suggested he was leaving the agency, and the debate over his replacement has heated up. “As Trump searches for a pro-crypto SEC Chair, crypto prices will likely continue to rise,” predicted the Kobeissi...

Wrapped Bitcoin’s (wBTC) team has expressed surprise and disappointment at Coinbase’s decision to delist the token. In a statement shared on X, it urged the crypto exchange giant to reconsider this decision and continue supporting the trading of the token. The team said the token has positioned itself as a decentralized and transparent wrapped BTC product, supported by “innovative mechanisms and rigorous governance.” They even highlighted their adherence to custody processes,...

Leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave has achieved a remarkable milestone, hitting $10 billion in active loans. It marks a 300% rise in lending activity from the start of the year when the figure stood at $3.4 billion. DeFi Renaissance Data from the on-chain DeFi tracking platform Token Terminal shows that in the last 30 days, active loans on the platform increased by 16.4% to reach $10.04 billion. At the same time, its total value locked (TVL), which is the...

Ilya Lichtenstein, a 35-year-old programmer, was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in laundering Bitcoin stolen from the Bitfinex crypto exchange. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentence, marking a significant development in a case involving the theft of nearly 120,000 BTC, valued at $71.8 million in 2016 but worth over $4.5 billion by the time of his 2022 arrest. The Bitfinex Hack According to court documents, the 35-year-old was responsible...

Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s Head of Digital Research, has painted a promising future for Bitcoin going into 2025. According to him, the world’s largest cryptocurrency could reach successive all-time highs (ATH) over the next few quarters, potentially climbing as high as $180,000. Bitcoin’s Current Market Trajectory In a November 14 interview on CBNC, Sigel suggested that the push could come from current market dynamics, which show minimal technical resistance. Over the last few...