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Digital asset manager Monochrome has received regulatory approval from the Australian securities watchdog to offer spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to an official announcement, Monochrome is one of the first asset management firms to secure an Australian financial services license (AFSL) from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) for crypto-related ETFs. Monochrome Bitcoin ETF The firm noted that the products, dubbed the Monochrome...

In his latest blog post, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes broke down how he expects Ethereum traders to react before and after the merge. Based on the technicals of the upgrade, he suspects that Ethereum will rally after a successful transition in September, similarly to how Bitcoin rallies during its periodic halving cycles.  The Theory of Reflexivity In an article titled “ETH-flexive,” Hayes centers his bullish thesis around George Soros’s “theory of reflexivity.” The theory...

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains skyrocketed in July as the project witnessed the largest monthly rise in revenue. The total number of registrations has surpassed the whopping two million barrier. Ethereum Name Service, most popularly known as ENS, describes itself as a web3-friendly, decentralized protocol that links complex strings of alphanumeric machine-generated characters to human-friendly names. The not-for-profit naming system is powered by the Ethereum blockchain,...

The CEO of institutional crypto brokerage firm Genesis Global Trading, Michael Moro, will step down from his leadership position while the company is planning to cut off 20% of its workforce. According to Bloomberg, on Wednesday (August 17, 2022), Genesis announced that Maro will leave his position as CEO, in line with the company’s leadership shuffle. In the meantime, Derar Islim, chief operating officer, will take over as interim CEO, pending a permanent replacement....

Community-driven protocol Antelope has forked and rebranded the EOSIO 2.0 codebase through a coalition of four EOSIO protocol-based blockchains led by the EOS Network Foundation. The coalition, established in January, consists of EOS, Telos, WAX, and UX Network. Each chain will share Antelope’s underlying blockchain codebase while working together to accelerate the development of the core protocol. EOSIO Coalition Unveils Antelope According to a press release shared with...

Japan’s SBI Remit will use RippleNet Technology to enable instant money transfers between Japan and Thailand. The new partnership also brings Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) on board, Ripple said in a PR on Tuesday. Japan-Thai Remittance Service As part of the arrangement, both SBI Remit and SCB will use Ripple’s enterprise blockchain solution RippleNet to process real-time remittance services. Right now, Thai recipients use local agents to retrieve cash sent by their...

Celsius Network’s latest court filings depicted a grim forecast for the crippled crypto lender. The documents revealed that the actual debt currently stands at $2.85 billion, as against their bankruptcy filing claims of a $1.2 billion deficit. The firm is expected to run out of cash by October as per the filing with the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York. By then, Celsius would hit negative liquidity of approximately $34 million. Celsius...

Coinbase – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States – will temporarily suspend Ethereum-based deposits and withdrawals during September’s “merge” upgrade.  The exchange posted a blog post on Tuesday explaining what to expect from both Coinbase and Ethereum following the network’s long-awaited transformation.  Ensuring a Smooth Transition Per Coinbase’s announcement, the suspension – which will impact all on-chain ETH and ERC-20 token movements – is to ensure...

Compound Labs has announced the first smart contract deployments for Compound III, which will create a USDC market on Ethereum.  The contracts await activation by Compound governance but are now open to review by the community.  According to the latest update from Compound’s protocol development log, the deployment brings Compound III “just a governance proposal away from being live.” One of the smart contracts involved is a ‘configurator’, which will allow Compound to set...

A week after suspending its services, the crypto lending platform Hodlnaut filed for an application to be placed under judicial management with the Singapore High Court. Under judicial management, the financially distressed crypto lender will be able to “rehabilitate its business.” As such, an independent officer of the Court will be appointed in place of Hodlnaut’s directors to oversee the company. This process is also expected to offer some respite as it provides a...