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Digital asset investment products experienced a positive shift in sentiment during the last week of March, with inflows reaching $862 million, nearly recovering from the previous week’s record outflows of $931 million. Despite this encouraging rebound, CoinShares revealed that ETF activity appears to be slowing down. In fact, the latest data shows that the daily trading turnover now stands at $5.4 billion, representing a 36% decline from its peak three weeks ago. However,...

On April 3, 2024, ZachXBT revealed that Kyle raised alarm bells in his Discord server, claiming his wallets had fallen victim to a hack. The prominent blockchain investigator’s findings instead strongly suggested a deliberate transfer of funds rather than an external hack. Kyle Accused of Faking Hack While investigating an alleged hack involving a “social gamer,” Kyle, and a less-known NFT project called ‘NuddiesNFT,’ ZachXBT found a disturbing narrative of lies and...

Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, has selected the company that will spearhead the implementation of Bitcoin’s lightning network at the exchange. That partner is Lightspark – a lightning infrastructure provider led by PayPal co-founder David Marcus. Lightning Is Coming To Coinbase Per an announcement from Lightspark on Wednesday, their technology will give Coinbase customers access to “instant” and “cheaper” Bitcoin transfers and will lead to more...

Robert Kiyosaki, known for his advocacy of Bitcoin (BTC), gold, and silver, has revealed that he would acquire more BTC if the crypto asset’s value ever drops to $200, as American financial writer Harry Dent predicted. In a Tuesday tweet, Kiyosaki, the author of several financial books, including Rich Dad Poor Dad, said he hopes Dent’s prediction comes true, as such an occurrence would produce new multi-millionaires and possibly a few billionaires. Bitcoin to $200? Dent is...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has re-upped his post from 1.5 years ago on “Layer 3s”, saying that L3s won’t magically increase throughput. Still, they can reduce certain fixed costs associated with batch publishing and deposits or withdrawals. His statement comes amid concerns that Layer 3 networks are taking away from Ethereum’s value and security. L3 Doesn’t Magically Increase Throughput According to Buterin’s X post, there are alternative, potentially “lighter”...

The United States government may be selling more of its massive Bitcoin (BTC) stash, potentially piling more sell pressure onto the crypto market, according to blockchain data. On-chain sleuth ZachXBT noted on Tuesday that government controlled Bitcoin tied to Silk Road initiated a small transaction to Coinbase – the crypto exchange previously used by the government to sell its coins. Shortly afterwards, the government’s wallet transferred 1999 BTC to Coinbase Prime, worth...

On April 1, Juicebox’s content manager appeared to have announced that the Ethereum-based crowdfunding platform had secured a fake $69 million funding round supported by the crypto venture capital company Paradigm. However, it was later revealed to be an April Fools’ Day prank, causing JBX speculators to incur losses exceeding 20%. JuiceBox’s April Fools’ Day Joke The news broke through a post on X by pseudonymous account Briliegh.eth, which has since been made private. The...

The Bitcoin mining industry had its most lucrative month ever in March, pocketing over $2 billion for securing the leading crypto network. Data from Blockchain.com shows that miners, in aggregate, averaged $65.23 million per day over the 30 days ending March 31. Miners In Massive Profit The latest figure shatters the 30-day averages of the previous two months, which were just $48.31 million as of February 29, and $43.29 million as of January 31. Miner revenues are almost...

The digital asset markets expanded substantially over the first quarter of 2024, catalyzed by an end to the decade-long effort to introduce spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US. While Q1 was a turning point in many ways, Q2 kicked off on a turbulent note. Bitcoin’s plunge below $65K and the substantial decline in altcoins’ market caps is a concerning retracement as April unfolds. Despite this downturn, the crowd sentiment remains resilient. Crowd Confidence According to Santiment’s...

Ethereum (ETH) is losing a key support level against its larger crypto rival, Bitcoin (BTC), amid a broader crypto market selloff that began on Monday. Data from TradingView shows that 1 ETH is now worth less than 0.05 BTC, trading for 0.04961 BTC at writing time. The last time the ETH/BTC ratio traded so low was in January, after a brief crypto market selloff after Bitcoin ETFs went live. The last rare period at a similar ratio was when ETH skyrocketed in April 2021, after...