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Ether (ETH) gained 5.6% on Dec. 20 after testing the $1,150 support the previous day. Still, a bearish trend prevails, forming a three-week-long descending channel, a price action attributed to expectations of further U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.Ether/USD price index, 12-hour. Source: TradingViewJim Bianco, head of institutional research firm
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Auros Global, the troubled crypto trading firm and market maker, disclosed Tuesday that it was granted a “Provisional Liquidation” request last month from a court in the British Virgin Islands, as part of efforts to restructure outstanding debt to lenders. Source
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Kathleen Breitman, co-founder of the Luxembourg-based blockchain platform, discusses why the collapse of FTX is a “massive distraction” for the industry but has made it prime time for hiring developers. Source
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U.S. Senator Pat Toomey says illegal actions by crypto exchange FTX must be separated “from perfectly lawful and innovative cryptocurrencies.” Emphasizing that “The collapse of FTX is not an indictment of crypto,” he noted that “cryptocurrency cannot be stopped” and “the technology would simply migrate offshore” if Congress tried. Separating Illegal
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The fallout from the collapse of failed crypto exchange FTX is forcing Web3 brands, and projects previously focused on managing the public’s perception, to concentrate on fighting for their very legitimacy, Laura K. Inamedinova, a Web3 marketing expert, has said. Besides just trying to convince backers and investors, Inamedinova said
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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has attempted to put the FTX collapse into perspective — comparing peak weekly-realized losses in the wake of the exchange’s collapse compared to previous major crypto collapses in 2022.The Dec. 14 report found the depegging of Terra USD (UST) in May saw weekly-realized losses peak at $20.5
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Hardware wallets are becoming increasingly popular as a secure and user-friendly way to store digital currencies.In the wake of the collapse of FTX, cryptocurrency users are beginning to explore the use of hardware wallets to store and protect their crypto funds. The rising popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications is
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On Monday, court documents from lawyers involved with the FTX Trading LTD Chapter 11 bankruptcy case allege that the government of The Bahamas asked the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to mint new crypto tokens. The lawyers detailed that it was a “request for live, dynamic access that would
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The sudden failure of FTX has left many people questioning the impact this will have on the cryptocurrency ecosystem. For instance, it remains questionable whether or not crypto hotspots will continue to flourish or if there will be a decline in innovation. While it may be too soon to fully understand
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Disgraced FTX ex-CEO SBF was planning to blame everyone else except himself in a leaked testimony intended for a Congress hearing.Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reportedly planned to blame everyone, but himself, for FTX’s insolvency crisis and subsequent collapse. According to a leaked Congress testimony, the embattled former FTX CEO took aim at current CEO John Ray
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