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With Ethereum’s long-awaited Shapella upgrade just around the corner, it seems very few network users plan to put the protocol change to immediate use.  Data from IntoTheBlock shows that just 0.6% of Ethereum validators are planning to withdraw their stake after the hard fork.  As tweeted by the market intelligence provider on Tuesday, just 3,614 out of 562,717 Ethereum validators had chosen to withdraw their stake as of April 10.  Meanwhile, the upgrade rolls out at block...

XRP is one of the handful of crypto-assets that has outperformed Bitcoin in the latest market-wide rally. Traders are placing their bets on a potential victory for the blockchain firm Ripple’s multi-year legal battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with a ruling expected in April. In the past two weeks alone, XRP was up by 40%. XRP’s Retail-Driven Rally According to the latest report by Kaiko, XRP trading activity has been heavily concentrated on...

Former presidential candidate and political commentator Tulsi Gabbard is taking a stand against the Biden administration’s plans to develop a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the United States.  The ex-congresswoman argued on Sunday that CBDCs will be used as tools of mass financial surveillance that “undermine our autonomy and freedom.”  Standing Against a Cashless Society In a tweet released over the weekend, Gabbard said that the federal government has already begun...

With the much-awaited Shapella (Shanghai) upgrade just hours away, the value of staked Ethereum with unrealized losses has decreased significantly. But it is the largest stakers who have suffered the greatest losses. Unrealized Losses on Ethereum Beacon Chain According to Glassnode, the net unrealized loss on the Ethereum Beacon Chain now stands at $4.7 billion, after falling by 71% from the peak of $16 billion following the collapse of Terra Luna ecosystem tokens. During the...

MicroStrategy’s massive bitcoin investment has finally generated some paper profits for the business intelligence giant after the asset spiked above $30,000 for the first time since June 2022. The firm started its accumulation spree in the summer of 2020, spending around $4.17 billion to purchase a stash of 140,000 BTC. At the moment of writing these lines, the investment is finally in the green, at least on paper. Finally in the Green Bitcoin’s recent price surge beyond the...

Hackers drained almost $13 million worth of digital assets from the South Korean cryptocurrency platform GDAC. This is the latest in a string of setbacks the industry went through. The Latest Victim The exchange’s team notified its users on April 9 that hackers exploited the Gdac Hot Wallet and transferred a significant amount of cryptocurrencies to an unidentified wallet.  They stole over 60 BTC, 350.5 ETH, 10,000,000 WEMIX, and 220,000 USDT (which accounted for around 23%...

Crypto market intelligence platform Santiment suggested that the number of bitcoin investors turning into long-term holders have been spiking recently. In addition, Glassnode determined that more than 50% of all BTC in circulation has not moved in the past two years. Almost 45 Million HODLers As analyzed by Santiment, the total amount of individuals and entities holding bitcoin for the long run has soared to almost 45 million, and the numbers have been rising at the fastest...

Over the years, the Cardano ecosystem has come under significant criticism for continued delays and network updates. But ADA whales remain unfettered. In fact, the top whales have been amassing ADA even as the token struggled to break above the crucial resistance mark of $0.40. More Gains for ADA? According to on-chain data shared by crypto analyst and trader Ali Martinez, ADA whales are on an accumulation spree over the past two weeks. During this period, this cohort of...

Terraport Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Terra Classic network, has lost over $2 million worth of digital assets through an exploit on its liquidity wallet. According to an announcement from the project’s official Twitter handle on April 10, the Terraport team is still investigating the hack and trying to secure the protocol. Announcement: A breach was detected in the Terraport Liquidity wallet this morning. The Terraport team is currently...

Binance notified about an issue affecting its Future users as only USD-Margined contracts were impacted. Nevertheless, the largest crypto exchange quickly outlined that the issue had been solved, and all operations are back to normal. Binance Futures announced fully resuming trading activity for USD-Margined contracts just minutes after the issue. According to Binance CEO CZ, the crypto exchange is seeing several issues with Futures UM Rest service/API, which have affected...