Site Map - August 2023

DateNews
01-08-2023FTX bankruptcy administrators float reboot, LeetSweep halts trading on Coinbase’s Base platform
01-08-2023‘I just want to help’: Justin Sun scoops $2.9m worth of Curve founder’s governance tokens amid liquidation crisis
01-08-2023Curve founder joins critics in slamming security firm’s ‘very bad’ decision to live-tweet exploit
02-08-2023Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers deride ‘extremely thin’ DoJ motion, MicroStrategy bought $361.4m in Bitcoin Q2
02-08-2023Flashbots bags biggest funding round as crypto investments jump 30% — we ranked who won most in July
02-08-2023Curve Finance woes and BALD drama on Base dominate DeFi news week
02-08-2023Aave DAO governance dispute pits delegate bigwig against service provider Llama
03-08-2023Investors weigh Ethereum ETF flurry ahead of Coinbase and Block earnings
03-08-2023Why Circle can’t shake SVB hangover as market cap plunges to two-year low
03-08-2023French regulators race to get a jump on MiCA and make Paris Europe’s web3 hub
03-08-2023Hong Kong grants first two crypto exchange licences to HashKey Exchange and OSL
03-08-2023Bitcoin’s energy consumption is on par with tumble dryers globally, says KPMG
03-08-2023Developers seize on cheap Ethereum to drive 12-fold surge in new smart contracts
04-08-2023Block, Coinbase report earnings as original Bitfinex hacker is revealed in courtroom drama
04-08-2023Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong and Curve liquidity issues dominated the news this week
04-08-2023Aave, Abracadabra and Inverse Finance hustle to protect themselves against more Curve chaos
04-08-2023Why Binance’s Japan launch may see it actually lose users there
04-08-2023Exclusive: Polygon-backed D8X raises $1.5m with plan to bring DeFi to institutional crypto traders
05-08-2023Coinbase earnings flash warnings that market share may shrink further
05-08-2023Celsius founder Mashinsky to face civil fraud lawsuit, as Revolut plans to cease US operations
05-08-2023Macron stokes Paris crypto scene with tax breaks and clear rules, but will VCs remain wary?
05-08-2023Crypto firm sounds alarm on law that collects user IDs on $10,000 purchases
06-08-2023How Fireblocks onboards big banks like BNY Mellon and BNP Paribas into crypto
06-08-2023Musk’s X to fund legal bills if posters treated ‘unfairly’ by bosses, NFT artist royalty cuts roil market
07-08-2023Curve Finance seeks exploiter with $1.9m public bounty
07-08-2023Ex-SEC litigator on what the TerraForm Labs case means for XRP
07-08-2023Ark Invest’s Bitcoin ETF application awaits response as deadline nears
07-08-2023How North Korea’s Lazarus Group used a fake job offer to steal $37m from CoinsPaid
08-08-2023Why 150m Binance customers ignore regulatory woes and pile in anyway
08-08-2023Hong Kong regulators say crypto firms lie about submitting licence applications
08-08-2023Crypto prices flat ahead of Bitcoin ETF decision and US inflation data
08-08-2023ChainLight says ‘simple mistake’ derailed attempt to stop Curve hack
08-08-2023The Curve hack: The DeFi drama that just keeps on giving
09-08-2023Get ready. These seven bills may decide the future of crypto in the US
09-08-2023How PayPal’s stablecoin just changed the future of an asset in the crosshairs of lawmakers
09-08-2023Novogratz is hearing things, Fed shares oversight plans, and Bitcoin flirts with $30,000
09-08-2023Fed scrutiny on crypto banking is a gift to giants like BlackRock — and more oversight may be coming
09-08-2023Coinbase blockchain Base goes live on public mainnet and plans to ‘decentralise over time’
10-08-2023Arbitrum and Optimism raked in $5.5m last month from fees. But they’re not spending it
10-08-2023Pricey NFTs and not enough fun — here’s why the web3 gaming revival is fizzling out
10-08-2023SEC to appeal Ripple Labs decision: Trial slated for Q2 2024
10-08-2023SEC’s Ripple appeal has big consequences for Coinbase and Binance cases
10-08-2023Bitcoin price holds steady as US inflation inches higher in line with estimates
10-08-2023PancakeSwap deploys on Arbitrum as it expands beyond BNB Chain
11-08-2023The Roundup: Base jump, Binance user numbers, and North Korean hackers
11-08-2023Base frenzy fuels Coinbase revenue outlook amid rising fees and shrinking market share
11-08-2023Crypto markets muted ahead of Bitcoin ETF decision
11-08-2023Griff Green’s disclosure ‘mistake’ sparks heated debate among Optimism DAO
11-08-2023SBF went ‘right up to the line’ and got sent back to jail
12-08-2023How crypto scammers are embracing new AI technology
12-08-2023SEC delays ruling on Cathie Wood’s spot Bitcoin ETF, as senator and lobbyists seek dismissal of Coinbase case
12-08-2023The CFA now has crypto questions. See if you can get them right
12-08-2023Crypto lender Goldfinch faces bumpy road after motorbike company defaults on $5m loan
13-08-2023Sports fantasy platform backed by Lionel Messi develops NFT rules with French regulators
13-08-2023Jack Dorsey leads seed funding for Azteco Bitcoin gift cards, Grayscale chief rips SEC lawsuit policy
14-08-2023The Guidance: PayPal gives stablecoins big boost
14-08-2023Coinbase: Bitcoin is a ‘compelling’ investment in uncertain times
14-08-2023What is DefiLlama?
15-08-2023The Decentralised: Coinbase’s layer 2 launches and Goldfinch in trouble
15-08-2023Singapore imposes rules to make stablecoins ‘credible digital medium of exchange’
15-08-2023Ark Invest files for crypto ETFs, Grayscale discount narrows, and SEC-linked coins pop
16-08-2023Coinbase secures approval for futures trading as spot volumes fall to multi-year lows
16-08-2023Europe’s latest Bitcoin product falls flat on day one
16-08-2023Unibot makes changes to thwart private key thieves in $300m Telegram bot market
16-08-2023How to navigate DefiLlama
17-08-2023Aave stablecoin GHO struggles to hold dollar peg. ‘The focus on peg should come later,’ founder says
17-08-2023$2.5m trapped as Shiba Inu’s layer 2 grinds to a halt just hours after launch
17-08-2023Investors skittish following Fed’s latest interest rate signals, Bitcoin below $29,000
17-08-2023Coinbase and Binance crank up lobbying push as Congress prepares to debate crypto bills
18-08-2023The Roundup: Coinbase looks to futures and joins Binance in upping lobbying expenditure
18-08-2023Red flags in economy rattle Bitcoin investors as price tumbles 7%
18-08-2023Tether waves goodbye to Omni minting, but flags Bitcoin comeback
18-08-2023How arrival of Ethereum futures ETF may trigger ‘brutal fee competition’ between fund providers
19-08-2023Mark Cuban, Yuga Labs lambaste OpenSea over royalties policy as SEC looks to appeal Ripple ruling
19-08-2023Bitcoin casinos and burger joints selling Tether — how Hong Kong fell back in love with crypto
20-08-2023SBF wants out of jail except for weekends, as SEC seeks assistance from South Korea
20-08-2023Ethereum devs explain ‘zero-to-one moment’ that may let users run nodes on phones
21-08-2023The Guidance: How to stay on top of UK’s crypto agenda
21-08-2023Why crypto journalists must fact-check everything
21-08-2023Crypto markets in the red ahead of the Fed’s annual fishing trip
21-08-2023Maple Finance returns to Solana after weathering $36m loan default linked to FTX blowup
22-08-2023The Decentralised: Aave’s $0.97 stablecoin and Unibot ups its security
22-08-2023Wall Street’s Bitcoin land grab may push crypto firms ‘by the wayside,’ say finance veterans
22-08-2023Crypto markets on tenterhooks as decision looms in Grayscale vs. SEC
22-08-2023Meta adds crypto scams to the list of reasons people are threatening it with legal action
22-08-2023How to track crypto trading volumes
23-08-2023Why Croatia is the latest European Union state to craft crypto rules ahead of landmark MiCA law
23-08-2023Hong Kong’s new crypto rules may be a boon for retail investors and a challenge for platforms, says Lennix Lai at OKX
23-08-2023Crypto’s correlation to S&P 500 tightens as digital assets slide in rough week
23-08-2023Quantstamp launches flash loan attack vector detector for DeFi protocols
23-08-2023Curve founder’s bailout buyers almost underwater on 158m CRV purchase
24-08-2023Coinbase-funded lawsuit against Tornado Cash sanctions was ‘nigh impossible to win’
24-08-2023Crypto market lacks liquidity as investors flock to altcoins
24-08-2023R3 CEO says CBDCs are ‘not evil’ as Republicans clash in first primary debate
25-08-2023Israeli crypto exec fears 20% staff exodus as political upheaval lays bare cracks in startup nation image
25-08-2023The Roundup: Crypto’s correlation to equities jumps as markets dip
25-08-2023Wintermute CEO says pump-and-dump accusations are ‘flattering,’ talks Yearn Finance proposal
25-08-2023Capricious investors send crypto markets lower after a short-lived bounce
25-08-2023Hong Kong’s Project Evergreen paves way for tokenised capital markets despite challenges
25-08-2023Tornado Cash founders agonised over KYC almost a year before sanctions, prosecutors say
26-08-2023CoinShares CEO: We can beat the big firms on our own turf
26-08-2023US Treasury proposes new crypto tax regime as bankrupt FTX looks to protect remaining assets
26-08-2023dYdX grants trustee resigns amid DAO breach of trust uproar
27-08-2023Solana enjoys post-FTX ‘renaissance’ on back of network and DeFi upgrades
27-08-2023US crypto tax proposal pilloried by House Financial Services chair, Arsenal jersey NFT to be auctioned
28-08-2023Korean CBDC local story showed that reporters should do their own investigations
28-08-2023How to track liquidations
28-08-2023Magic Eden wants to drag NFTs from ‘ultra bear market’ with $1m creator fund
29-08-2023The Guidance: Crypto firms face the BlackRock Bitcoin land grab
29-08-2023The Decentralised: Tornado Cash storm, Solana’s signs of life
29-08-2023CME sees an increase in Ethereum futures volumes following ETF reports
29-08-2023Grayscale defeats SEC in court as ruling clears obstacle to Bitcoin ETF
29-08-2023Bitcoin soars, Coinbase stock pops after Grayscale vs SEC latest loss
30-08-2023What is LlamaSwap?
30-08-2023Bitcoin, Ethereum prices settle as investors digest Grayscale decision
30-08-2023High yields split MakerDAO community as Dai supply surges 25%
30-08-2023Grayscale victory over Feds spurs 11% surge in GBTC and hopes for Bitcoin ETF
30-08-2023Elon Musk scoops up licenses for crypto payments — but experts say don’t hold your breath
30-08-2023Uniswap passes first vote to expand its v2 DEX beyond Ethereum
31-08-2023Why ruling in obscure Uniswap case is latest blow to Gary Gensler’s clampdown on cryptocurrencies
31-08-2023Bitcoin popular with hedge funds but investors can’t resist GBTC
31-08-2023Aerodrome just outpaced all DeFi protocols on Coinbase’s Base with $170m of deposits