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A wallet linked to Michael Egorov, the founder of decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker protocol Curve, has reduced its on-chain debt by repaying 1.35 million USDT of a loan on the decentralized lending platform, Aave. Egorov’s move comes as Curve’s native token (CRV), used as the loan’s collateral, significantly declined in the past week, reducing the loan’s health factor and increasing the liquidation risk. Egorov Returns 1.3M USDT to Aave Egorov started...

The President of Brazil – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, simply known as Lula – assigned the country’s central bank to supervise the local cryptocurrency sector. The legislation that comes into force on June 20 will give the financial institution jurisdiction to determine which firms can operate in the local market.  The bank will also cooperate with Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, or CVM) to oversee coins deemed as securities. ...

Apple has issued a warning to the decentralized social networking company, Damus with expulsion from the App Store if it does not remove a feature that enables Bitcoin payments. Damus, which is based on top of a decentralized social media protocol Nostr, was developed as a Twitter alternative and is backed by Jack Dorsey. Since its debut in February this year, the app has faced significant difficulties when trying to get listed in Apple’s global App Store due to its...

European crypto exchange Lama announced the launch of its Visa cards, enabling users to spend their crypto assets anywhere and convert them to fiat instantly. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the cards will benefit users in several ways, including a 2% bitcoin (BTC) cashback on all purchases for the highest plan. Lama Rolls Out Crypto Visa Cards The Visa cards have three subscription plans modified to meet users’ needs. The first, the Bronze card, is a free...

In a temporary respite for Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX was able to block the addition of new charges in his United States indictment. The ruling comes as the former exec sought an opportunity to make arguments in the country to drop a few existing charges against him. The court order is expected to delay the case in the US. According to a filing this week, the Bahamas Supreme Court Judge Loren Klein granted leave to...

The Federal Reserve opted not to raise its federal funds rate following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, breaking an uninterrupted streak of aggressive hikes dating back to March 2022.  Bitcoin reacted to the announcement with minimal volatility, staying rangebound between $25,800 and $26,000. Bitcoin traded for $26,000 minutes before the Fed’s announcement, before falling to $$25,756 moments afterward. It trades for $25,868 at press time.  The...

The indicator that displays the general sentiment toward bitcoin – the BTC Fear and Greed Index – dropped to “Fear” territory on June 13 and June 14. The last time the metric remained in that zone for two consecutive days was in the first half of March. One possible reason behind the trend’s change could be the shockwave the US SEC caused on the crypto market after filing lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. Bitcoin stood well above $27,000 last Monday but went through some...

Michael Saylor – Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy – believes the regulatory pressure coming from the US SEC could be a bullish factor for bitcoin’s price and increase its dominance above the other digital assets.  The American predicted that many altcoins will be deemed securities and exchanges will delist them. BTC will be among the few to be spared, whereas its market share dominance could spike to 80%, Saylor added.  Bitcoin is ‘Destined’ to Succeed One of the keenest...

Tether announced it will coordinate with a third-party exchange to conduct a chain swap as it wants to convert 750 million USDT from Tron to Ethereum ERC20. The total supply of USDT will not change during this process, as per the firm. A chain swap process entails moving cryptocurrencies from one blockchain to another, which enables traders to obtain access to the various blockchains that support the cryptocurrency they are holding. In general, it allows the use of their...

Leading Decentralized Exchange (DEX) protocol Uniswap announced its upgrade to Uniswap v4 on Tuesday, bringing a host of customizable features to the protocol.  The team also open-sourced the protocol’s draft code to invite anybody to build within its ecosystem.  Uniswap v4: What’s Inside? As shared by Uniswap Labs, the upgrade’s primary innovation is the inclusion of “hooks,” described as “contracts that run at various points of a pool action’s lifecycle.” In Uniswap, every...