Weird PEPE Transfers Spook Investors and Prompt 12% Plunge
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Markets
Ether Whales Scooped Up $94M in ETH as Price Plunged to $1.6K
ETH fell to as low as $1,547 last Thursday, its lowest price since June.
Bitcoin Gives Up Gains, Slips Below $26K Ahead of Fed’s Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole
The Kansas City Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium is underway, and Powell will deliver his keynote address Friday morning.
Bitcoin Climbs 3% to $26.6K; SOL, NEAR, ADA Lead Crypto Market Gains
Despite today’s market-wide advance, the outlook for risk assets is pointing to softer prices for the next few weeks, one observer noted.
DAI Stablecoin Surpasses $5B Market Cap on Higher Yield, Lifting Spark Protocol
The recently-introduced Enhanced Dai Savings Rate reversed some of the token’s decline in market value.
Balancer Depositors Pull Nearly $100M in Crypto After Vulnerability Warning
Ethereum-based DeFi major Balancer learned of a “critical vulnerability” that imperils a slice of the protocol’s user-deposited crypto.
BNB Token Stumbles to 1-Year Low Amid Mounting Scrutiny Over Binance
BNB, formerly known as Binance Coin, dropped to as low as $204, lowest since late June 2022.
Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Taps Anchorage as Custody Provider
Crypto exchange EDX Markets, which is backed by Wall Street giants including Citadel Securities and Charles Schwab, tapped Anchorage Digital to provide custody for its clearinghouse business set to launch later this year.
Bitcoin Bulls Mull the Meaning of New Fed Messaging on Inflation and Interest Rates
Instruments tied to interest rates compete with Bitcoin for investor dollars.
Curve Crisis Averted, NFT Loans Protocol Now Votes on Next Steps
JPEG’d DAO voters are deciding how to account for a $1 million bounty.