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Billionaire Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey plans to allocate more capital to the Bitcoin ecosystem after pledging $5 million to the network’s core developers through his grantmaking organization Start Small. The firm will distribute the funds to the Bitcoin development non-profit, Brink, over the next five years in $1 million annual installments.  According to its website, Brink exists to “support the Bitcoin developer community through funding, education, and mentoring.” ...

An analysis by crypto market data provider Kaiko revealed that USD Coin (USDC) is currently the most liquid stablecoin on centralized exchanges (CEXs), with approximately $38 million bids preventing a .1% price deviation of the asset. USDC’s liquidity is followed by that of Tether (USDT), Binance USD (BUSD), True USD (TUSD), and Dai (DAI). The data compiled by Kaiko includes the .1% bid-side depth across all markets that use USDC as a base asset. USDC – the Most Liquid on...

A new report by America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase revealed that the effect of Bitcoin halving events on the asset’s performance is still unclear as several exogenous factors play significant roles in the market’s behavior. While the halving is viewed positively because it is believed to enhance BTC’s prospective scarcity and support its supply-demand dynamics, getting a clear picture of the market’s reaction would require disentangling the effects of U.S....

Do Kwon, who was recently arrested in Montenegro after evading authorities for months, claimed that he had no idea the Costa Rican passport he was traveling with was fake. He admitted that he received the passport from an agency in Singapore. Ever since the catastrophic collapse of the Terra ecosystem a year ago, Do Kwon, the person behind the protocol, has been blamed by many for his role. Although he claimed he was not trying to escape from the authorities, his location was...

NFT data firm Mnemonic has secured a $6 million seed extension round led by Salesforce Ventures. Other participants of the fundraiser include Polygon Ventures, Orange DAO, FIN Capital, and FJ Labs. The latest capital infusion will be deployed to accelerate the product roadmap of Mnemonic amid rising demand for deeper on-chain insights by expanding the suite of APIs. Mnemonic’s CEO and Co-founder, Andrii Yasinetsky, revealed that the capital funds the company’s “ambitious...

After being sued for operating illegally in February 2023, CoinEx, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, has reached an agreement with the office of the New York Attorney General, which includes a payment of over $1.7 million and a ban from offering its services in New York. The recovered funds will go into penalties and refunds to New York investors. CoinEx to Refund Over $1 Million In a press release from the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office CoinEx agreed to...

Lux Vending – doing business as Bitcoin Depot – has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office of McLennan County, Texas, accusing it of unlawfully seizing $15,000 from a BTC automated teller machine (ATM). The authorities confiscated the amount to compensate an elderly victim who had become a victim of a cryptocurrency scam. Bitcoin Depot ‘Can Go to Hell’ According to local coverage, the whole drama started at the end of April when an 82-year-old Crawford woman...

The Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist order against crypto trading platform Abra and its Chief Executive Officer Bill Barhydt. The watchdog claimed that the company misled its customers and committed securities fraud by offering some of its products, such as Abra Earn. The regulator added that the firm has been “secretly transferring assets” to Binance, noting that the US SEC has recently targeted the world’s biggest crypto exchange. Insolvent...

One of the most popular on-chain crypto sleuths, going by the Twitter handle ZachXBT, said he was being sued for an article he posted last year. The researcher said he is not wealthy, unlike the person suing him, and needs the community’s support for his defense. That support has been quite impressive so far. ZachXBT took to Twitter yesterday evening to inform that he was being sued by “MachiBigBrother” for an article published a year ago. The story itself names Jeff Huang...

After several days of depressing price movements, bitcoin finally went on the offensive and shot up by almost $2,000 in the past 24 hours to register its highest price tag since June 8. Expectedly, this has resulted in millions of dollars worth of liquidations, with short positions representing almost 80%. Following the SEC’s lawsuits against the two largest crypto exchanges – Binance and Coinbase – as well as the CPI numbers from Wednesday and the Fed’s pivot from its...