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2024-04-14 10:28:46 Ethereum's Pectra upgrade to bring smart contract functionality to wallets as experts debate EIP-3074

After a wait of nearly four years since its initial proposal, Ethereum developers have set their sights on including EIP-3074 in Ethereum's next upgrade, nicknamed Pectra, which is expected later this year. This enables functionality like approving a large batch of transactions all at once, paying gas in different ERC20 tokens, enhanced security or account recovery, and more. However, the upgrade is still a step away from full account abstraction, as the delegated wallet cannot initiate transactions.

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2024-04-13 19:17:03 Bitcoin’s halving countdown continues with one week to go

Bitcoin’s next halving event is now just one week or approximately 1,000 blocks away, according to The Block’s Bitcoin Halving Countdown page. The estimated countdown is based on Bitcoin's average block generation time of 10 minutes, setting a potential date of April 20 at around 9 a.m. UTC (5 a.m. ET), to reach the next halving block height of 840,000, as things stand. Bitcoin’s next halving event will see the subsidy reward for miners on the network drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per block.

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2024-04-10 10:13:20 Binance Has Matured Since DOJ $4.3B Settlement: CEO Richard Teng

Teng said Binance is now looking at sustainability and more compliance; hence the company’s focus on building a robust compliance program. Richard Teng, CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, believes the trading giant is past the cultural issues after it settled criminal charges from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) with a $4.3 billion fine. During an interview with CNBC, Teng said Binance had moved past the early stage of its development, where there were no clear rules, and it had to operate in a certain way to stay relevant.

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2024-04-09 22:07:54 Ether outperforms bitcoin and sustains rally, amid surge in short liquidations

Ether has maintained its rally while outperforming bitcoin as market volatility prompts a surge in short liquidations. Ether short positions bore the brunt of market volatility damage as the digital asset rose above the $3,600 mark on Monday. According to Coinglass data, there were over $27 million in ether short liquidations in the past 24 hours. In the wider cryptocurrency market, there have been over $204 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours.

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2024-04-09 10:59:52 Toncoin (TON) Hits ATH Flipping Cardano for Top Ten Spot

Toncoin hit an all-time high of $6.50 on April 9, following a monumental 20% gain on the day, outperforming every other crypto asset in the top 50. The big move has enabled it to flip Cardano (ADA) and take the tenth spot with a market cap of $22.4 billion. Cardano, which is still languishing more than 80% down from its 2021 peak, has been dumped out of the top ten despite a 4% daily gain to top $0.61. Moreover, the social messaging platform Telegram-native asset has made more than 150% since the beginning of March, according to CoinGecko.

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2024-04-08 21:59:53 Investor fervor for Bitcoin ETFs cools despite $646 million weekly surge in crypto funds

Crypto-related investment products continued their upward trajectory, recording inflows of $646 million within the past week, according to CoinShares‘ weekly report. Trading volume for crypto investment products declined last week, dwindling to $17.4 billion from the $43 billion recorded in the first week of March. This suggests a potential moderation in investor interest in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) after weeks of consecutive hype.

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2024-04-08 11:29:53 Cathie Wood calls on US regulators to emulate Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency policies

ARK Invest CEO and chief investment officer Cathie Wood is urging the U.S. to follow Hong Kong’s example in regulating cryptocurrencies. Wood expressed the sentiment in a dialogue at the latest edition of the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, where she spoke on several key topics shaping the future of the blockchain and crypto industries. Wood acknowledged Hong Kong’s rapid development compared to the U.S., particularly in terms of policy leadership and support for innovative technology and entrepreneurship.

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2024-04-07 20:55:01 Ethereum and Polygon Attract Majority of New Users: Flipside Report

Ethereum and its Layer 2 scaling solution, Polygon, attracted the most new users by far in the first quarter of 2024. The latest report by Flipside revealed that these two blockchain platforms have garnered the most cumulative new users among observed EVM chains since the beginning of the year. Polygon boasted 12.3 million new users, and Ethereum had 13.4 million – roughly 70% of new users this year across all observed chains as of March 27. Next up was Arbitrum, recording the most new users (4.7 million) during the same period.

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2024-04-07 10:04:54 Coinbase cleared in lawsuit over crypto transactions

Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has achieved a significant victory in an ongoing lawsuit. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled in favor of Coinbase, confirming that the secondary sales of cryptocurrencies on its platform do not violate the Securities Exchange Act. The court’s decision affects a nationwide group of people who traded tokens on Coinbase from Oct. 8, 2019, to March 11, 2022. At the heart of the dispute was whether Coinbase’s traded cryptocurrencies met the criteria for securities.

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2024-04-06 20:33:42 Bitcoin's Path to Halving — Anticipated Increase in Difficulty Sets Stage

In April, bitcoin (BTC) miners face two significant events: the upcoming difficulty adjustment and the subsequent halving. During the last adjustment on March 28, at block height 836,640, the difficulty decreased by a modest 0.98%. However, this reduction may be erased in the next adjustment, which is projected to increase by anywhere from 1.2% to 2.16%. The upcoming difficulty adjustment is anticipated to happen at block height 838,656, providing miners with 1,344 blocks to mine until block 840,000.

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