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Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Wintermute has transferred its Optimism (OP) tokens to a Binance exchange wallet ahead of the upcoming unlock that’s scheduled to release $587 million worth of tokens into the market. On May 31, 386 million OP tokens will be unlocked for early contributors and investors. The amount of
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Early investors are likely sitting on significant gains and could choose to take profits, contributing to immense selling pressure. As such, immediately available liquidity on OP token pairs across decentralized and centralized exchanges is under $10 million – and a single sell order of $600,000 could dunk prices 2% further
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The 9.3 million tokens entering circulation on May 27 were worth roughly $130 million at press time. They’re set to go to the Avalanche Foundation, strategic partners and Ava Labs, as well as an airdrop, said Patrick Sutton, Avalanche’s communications chief. Source
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Unlocks are widely considered bearish catalysts. That's because holders benefiting from the unlock have the new ability to sell their coins, potentially adding to the supply in the market. It's common for early stage projects to lock tokens to prevent big holders, typically early investors or project team members, from
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Token unlocks are significant events that have the power to sway the market as participants react to the move. The addition of tokens to the market allows early investors, developers, or other holders to sell their assets while the price is still high – which contributes to selling pressure. Source
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Hype around nonfungible tokens (NFTs) has cooled down, however innovative use cases for these digital assets continue to appear on the scene. Particularly in the music industry, which has been fertile soil for use cases of emerging Web3 tools in recent years. On April 5th the DJ, producer and eco-warrior BLOND:ISH
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FTX Debtors and affiliate Alameda Research Ltd. have filed a lawsuit against Grayscale Investments, seeking injunctive relief to unlock $9 billion in value for shareholders of the Grayscale Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts. The debtors allege that “Grayscale has extracted over $1.3 billion in exorbitant management fees in violation of the
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In the lawsuit, FTX said that Grayscale has been charging exorbitant management fees. They noted that “Grayscale’s actions have resulted in the Trusts’ shares trading at approximately a 50% discount to Net Asset Value”. In the latest development bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is suing the world’s largest crypto asset manager Grayscale
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Token unlocks, which are usually considered bearish events, appear to be having little effect on the price of The Sandbox’s SAND token in the lead-up to releasing more supply. The project will be releasing 12% of the token’s supply, equivalent to around $273 million worth of SAND, to seed and
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Next month's 150 million token unlock has been reduced, with 83 million tokens allocated to investors being locked until December. Source
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