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Cathie Wood’s flagship ETF – the ARK Innovation Fund – performed better in January than in any other month since it launched in 2014.  This comes after a brutal down year for the fund, which focuses on long-term investment in disruptive technologies – including the crypto industry.  ARK Bounces Back In January, ARK registered a total gain of about 28%, with a 3.7% gain on Tuesday alone. Starting the month at roughly $30, it trades for $39.72 at writing time.  The gains are a...

Following another Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve agreed to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25%. Bitcoin did not react with its usual fervor to the news, continuing to trade slightly above $23,000.  The rate hike brings the Fed’s benchmark rate between 450 and 475 basis points – its highest level since late 2007. The 25-point raise was in line with market expectations, and milder than December’s 50-point hike.  Bitcoin...

Legal counsel representing Celsius’ Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors has refuted recent claims that submitted bids for the crypto lender’s assets were rejected. Last week, crypto journalist Tiffany Fong claimed she received documents detailing the bids on Celsius’ crypto assets, which “for the most part, abandoned.” According to Fong, Binance, Bank to the Future, Galaxy Digital, Cumberland DRW, and Novawulf had submitted their bidding proposals for Celsius’ assets,...

2022 can easily be considered the worst year when it comes to securing cryptocurrencies, as projects suffered a series of devastating hacks and exploits. According to the latest Chainalysis report shared with CryptoPotato, $3.8 billion was stolen from cryptocurrency businesses, with decentralized finance (DeFi) being the primary target. March and October saw huge spikes, with $732.4 million and $775.7 million, respectively. The latter went on to become the biggest single...

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tried to organize an in-person meeting with its current CEO John Ray weeks after being charged with fraud.  According to newly released emails filed by Federal prosecutors on Monday, Bankman-Fried said he wanted to be helpful to the asset recovery process where he could.  On December 30, he asked whether Ray’s team was responsible for draining assets from Alameda Research, which he’d read about in a media article.  “If this is your team moving...

Japan’s largest conglomerate – Toyota Motor Corporation – will sponsor the world’s first global Web3 hackathon. Polkadot’s leading parachain, Astar Network, has been roped in to make Web3 use cases for Toyota’s employees. According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the car giant is looking to embrace the Web3 space in a bid to improve the company’s operations. The latest online hackathon is expected to serve as an initial step in the process. Toyota –...

NFT marketplace SudoSwap said it debuted its native governance token called SUDO with an airdrop of coins to early supporters. The move comes amid a recent resurgence in NFT trading volume after a lull that was part of a broader downturn in crypto activity. SUDO Tokens to Be Airdropped to SudoSwap LPs SudoSwap announced the launch of its SUDO token on Monday, Jan. 30. The token release, updated earlier today, included an airdrop for early supporters of the project. The SUDO...

A cohort of the United States Senate is questioning crypto bank Silvergate about its knowledge of the FTX fraud, after finding responses to prior questioning “evasive” and “incomplete.” The senators suspect that Silvergate may have played a role in illegally transmitting FTX user funds to Alameda Research through the trading firm’s accounts with the bank.  Silvergate and FTX According to BNN Bloomberg, the senators sent a letter to Silvergate on Monday questioning the bank...

Celsius abandoned its promise of transparency from its start, according to former prosecutor Shoba Pillay who was appointed as an independent examiner by United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn. In a filing, Pillay stated that the bankrupt crypto firm conducted its business in a starkly different manner than how it marketed itself to its customers in every key respect. The report claimed that Celsius lacked a sufficient risk management function and was unable to track its...

UK’s Charity Commission announced inquiring into a charity called – Effective Ventures Foundation over its ties with FTX. According to the official press release, the charity reported its association with FTX as a serious incident because the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange was its “significant funder.” The non-ministerial department asserted that trustees submitted an RSI and sufficiently performed their duties and responsibilities. While trustees have not been involved in...