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2024-05-16 21:27:24 QCP expects current momentum to push the bitcoin price back to all-time highs

QCP Capital today stated that it expects the price of bitcoin to ride back to the highs of $74,000 after the latest Consumer Price Index print in the United States saw risk assets surge yesterday. "We expect bullish momentum here that could take us back to the highs of 74k," the institutional-focused firm wrote in the Telegram channel QCP Broadcast, citing buy-side demand.

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2024-05-16 09:32:13 DOJ charges 2 people over $25 million ETH theft via MEV exploit

The DOJ arrested and charged two individuals on May 15 over an alleged $25 million MEV exploit that occurred on the Ethereum blockchain. The defendants’ plan involved several steps focused on Ethereum’s maximal extractable value (MEV) — particularly the MEV-Boost software many Ethereum validators use to optimize transactions as searchers seek profitable arbitration opportunities using MEV bots.

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2024-05-15 19:09:58 Filing shows SEC potentially considering ETH a security in likely ETF denials, analysts say

Van Buren Capital General Partner Scott Johnsson unearthed Tuesday an overlooked detail in a March filing, resurfacing the suggestion that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may consider ether a security ahead of expected spot exchange-traded fund denials this month. “The obvious purpose is to potentially deny on the basis that these spot filings are improperly filed as commodity-based trust shares and do not qualify if they are holding a security,” Johnsson added.

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2024-05-14 20:44:56 Ether options traders eye calls above $3,600 for June expiry

The term structure of open interest in ether options reveals a concentration of calls expiring at the end of June, comprising over 617,000 contracts with a notional value exceeding $1.8 billion, according to Deribit data. The significant number of call contracts and their substantial notional value could reflect confidence in ether's potential to appreciate by the end-of-June expiry date.

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2024-05-14 09:34:58 Bitcoin miners poised to offload BTC as mining revenue plunges: Kaiko data

A bitcoin selloff likely looms large as the token’s miners face pressure to offload their holdings amid a steep revenue drop-off, crypto research and analytics firm Kaiko’s data shows. Bitcoin miners largely rely on two revenue streams: mining rewards and transaction fees. April’s halving event, the long-ago coded reduction in mining rewards to 3.125 BTC from 6.25 BTC, posed a unique headwind for miners trying to cover their overhead.

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2024-05-13 20:59:58 Founder of dYdX steps down as CEO of firm behind decentralized exchange

Antonio Juliano, founder and CEO of dYdX Trading Inc., the developer behind the decentralized derivatives exchange dYdX, has stepped down as CEO, citing personal and professional reasons. “The change wasn’t sudden to the internal team, employees, or stakeholders. It had been in discussion," a spokesperson told The Block.

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2024-05-12 20:59:58 Franklin Templeton CEO says all ETFs and mutual funds will be on blockchain

Jenny Johnson, the president and CEO of Franklin Templeton, a financial firm with $1.6 trillion in assets under management, recently reiterated her pro-blockchain stance during an interview with Bloomberg anchor David Westland during the 27th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference in California. Among the hot topics discussed by the two, Johnson had plenty to say on tokenization and generative artificial intelligence.

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2024-05-11 20:34:58 DOJ Said to Snub Sullivan & Cromwell, Appoint Competitor to Coveted Binance Monitorship: Bloomberg

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has chosen a London-based consulting firm for a coveted three-year monitorship of Binance, according to a Friday report from Bloomberg citing anonymous sources. DOJ earlier this year, the crypto exchange agreed to pay $4.3 billion in fines and appoint an independent compliance monitor. The firm’s CEO and co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao also agreed to step down as part of the agreement, and was sentenced to four months in prison.

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2024-05-11 09:41:24 Ethereum transaction fees hit record low as Layer-2 networks siphon activity

The average transaction fee on Ethereum has reached record lows as more activity moves to the Layer-2 (L2) networks on the chain. According to Ultrasound.money data, the average gas has dropped to 4.81 Gwei — the lowest level since the network completed the Merge event in 2022. Market observers attributed this decline to increasing activity on L2 networks following the completion of the Dencun upgrade. The Dencun upgrade significantly reduced fees for L2 networks, making transacting on the base layer less attractive.

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2024-05-10 21:29:01 Bitcoin Advocate Says ASIC Devices’ Inflexibility Makes AI Involvement Unlikely for Bitcoin Miners

According to Joe Downie, the chief marketing officer at Nicehash, bitcoin miners struggling to stay afloat after the halving are unlikely to support or become involved with artificial intelligence (AI). This is because their application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners now “only allow for mining on one algorithm.” Furthermore, Downie argued that bitcoin mining devices are not “designed for flexibility,” and hence, they cannot be used to support AI infrastructure.

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