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In recent years, Behnam's agency has routinely been held up in crypto circles as the preferred U.S. regulator. Industry insiders have suggested its handling of digital assets is much more reasonable than its sister agency, the Securities and ExchangeEnforcement Commission (SEC.) But while the CFTC's reach and staff may be
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BNB price avoided a major decline below $200 and recovered against the US Dollar. It climbed above $235 and now faces many
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In two weeks, the total value of assets locked in Solana-based DeFi protocols has declined from 12.03 million SOL to 10.23 million SOL, the lowest since April 2021, according to DefiLlama. TVL, though an imperfect measure, is widely tracked to gauge the usage of smart contracts. Source
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The reserves for stablecoin issuer Tether contained approximately 86% cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, according to a new attestation report from accounting firm BDO. This is the highest percentage of cash and cash equivalents that have ever made up Tether’s reserves.Tether today releases its attestation for Q3
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Signed off on by accounting firm BDO Italy, the attestation disclosed $86.4 billion of assets in reserves as of September 30 against $83.2 billion in liabilities. Those $86.4 billion in assets included about $72.6 billion exposure to U.S. Treasuries such as direct T-bill investments, repurchase agreements and deposits in money
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Although in the immediate aftermath of FTX there was a concern that Sam Bankman-Fried had made the case for decentralized exchanges (DEXs) – and those fears still resonate with some consumers – the data shows that centralized exchanges (CEXs) are very much alive and well. "I think there are advantages
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Polkadot’s Q3 2023 Treasury Report reveals a significant uptick in spending across research and development. Polkadot’s latest Q3 2023 Treasury Report has unveiled a significant, 61 percent increase in its spending, with heavy investments in Research and Development. This increased spending could be the potential reason behind recent layoff rumors that
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"According to the latest Bank of America Fund Manager Survey, the most crowded trade at the moment is still 'long big tech.' This has repercussions for the crypto market, not necessarily good ones," Noelle Acheson, author of the popular Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, said in Thursday's edition. Source
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“By intentionally limiting the supply of new bitcoin, the shortage caused by the halving can affect the price of bitcoin to potentially spur a bull run,” Galindo said, adding that there have been “three such runs on bitcoin since its inception, each lasting 12 to 18 months after the halving.” Source
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A steep collapse in the price of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) shouldn’t be seen as a sign of distress but rather a signal the technology is maturing, according to Web3 executives.“I wouldn’t say the NFT market has regressed,“ Decentraland Foundation executive director Yemel Jardi told Cryptox. “Rather, it’s maturing."Jardi’s comments come
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