Trading
Analysis
Whales sell liquid staking tokens as Ethereum Shappella upgrade nears
Blockchain investigator Lookonchain reported that a whale — Blockchain Capital — profited over $2 million from selling liquid staking tokens.
Exchanges
Swiss court allows FTX to explore sales of European business
A Swiss court has appointed an unnamed administrator for FTX Europe AG, according to the press statement.
Tokenization
Aptos down 4% as 4.5M APT token unlock nears
Aptos has released a new proposal AIP-17 which makes transacting on the network cheaper by significantly increasing gas efficiency.
Crypto
CryptoSlate wMarket Update: Solana leads top 10 assets as BTC maintains $30k
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.
Banking
CZ says he expects more funds to move to Hong Kong
Hong Kong virtual bank ZA Bank said it provide crypto and fiat currency transfers and account services for virtual asset service providers.
DeFi
Hong Kong securities regulator eyes DeFi regulation
Hong Kong has made several recent pro-crypto moves that have attracted more crypto-related firms to the region.
Analysis
Bitcoin shrimps accumulated 35k BTC in the last 30 days
Bitcoin shrimps aggressive accumulation is the fourth fastest rate in the market's history and their total holdings is now past 1.3 million BTC.
DeFi
Crypto community criticizes Tether for blacklisting wallet that drained $20M from MEV bots
On-chain investigator ZachXBT believes Tether likely got a court order to blacklist the wallet.
Crypto
CryptoSlate wMarket Update: Bitcoin trades above $30,000 as Ethereum eyes $2k
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.
Regulation
SEC Investor Advisory Committee calls most crypto assets securities, urges ‘aggressive‘ action
Though several crypto stakeholders complained about the industry's lack of regulatory clarity, the SEC chair insists laws are sufficient.
Analysis
Bitcoin’s $30k price spike liquidates over $170M
Bitcoin rose by 6.4% in the last 24 hours to reach $30,000 for the first time in almost a year, according to CryptoSlate data.
Exchanges
MEXC working with Binance to freeze ‘illicit assets’ from Terra-based project hack
Terraport confirmed that its liquidity pool was exploited for an undisclosed sum earlier today.
