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The recent attack that drained $197 million from Euler Finance was dubbed the biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack of 2023 so far. However, this may not hold for much longer as the hacker reportedly had a change of heart.On March 18, roughly 3,000 Ether (ETH) ($5.4 million) were returned to
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Volmex's Bitcoin implied volatility index (BVIV) and Ether implied volatility index (EVIV) measure the expected price turbulence over 30 days, derived from real-time crypto call and put options. The indices can be considered analogous to Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX index, which is also derived from the options market
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The NYAG sued KuCoin last week under state law, alleging that ether, post-Merge, is a security under the Ethereum blockchain’s proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. The NYAG also alleged that terraUSD (UST) and luna (LUNA) are securities, as well as KuCoin’s Earn platform. I’m not going to get into the last two
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USDC depegged over the weekend to 89 cents, and a Buterin-labeled wallet may have bought the dip. Source
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The Fed and the FDIC have assured depositors that they could withdraw money from Silicon Valley Bank thereby instilling some confidence among crypto investors. In the early trading hours on Monday, March 13, the broader cryptocurrency market made a strong comeback surging past $1 trillion levels once again. This surprise
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Binance tapped into its Industry Recovery Initiative funds to cover the move. Original Source
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Markets jumped amid respite from the U.S. government and USD Coin-issuer Circle. Source
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The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has insisted that ether is a commodity, not a security as claimed by the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The CFTC chief stressed that the derivatives watchdog would not have allowed ether futures products to be listed on
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Once there are "federal guidelines, rules, regulations and laws that may preempt state law, oftentimes you'll see things percolate up from the states and eventually make it before the [U.S. Supreme Court] to render the ultimate determination. And this is what we often see" in new and emerging asset classes
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On-chain liquidations occur when the value of collateral added by a user borrowing an asset slumps, and the user is then required to add more margin to avoid it being liquidated. Conversely, the user will also risk liquidation if the value of the borrowed asset rises beyond borrowing capacity. Source
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