Bitcoin Tumbles to $26.9K on Hawkish Remarks by Federal Reserve’s Powell
The pause in rate hikes had been overwhelmingly expected by market participants, who will now begin focusing on the U.S. central bank’s next policy meeting in November.
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The Protocol: Ethereum Struggles With Sprawl as Optimism Airdrops $27M
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” – the shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network. But in some ways the largest smart-contract blockchain has become a victim of its own success: Staking is so popular that the number of network validators is mushrooming toward 1 million, introducing new concerns related to the sprawl. We discuss how Ethereum developers are addressing the issue with the EIP-7514 proposal.
MakerDAO’s MKR Nears 16-Month High as Whales Accumulate, Crypto Hedge Fund Sets Bullish Price Target
Maker (MKR), the governance token of decentralized finance (DeFi) lender MakerDAO, is nearing its highest price since last May, buoyed by rising protocol profits and large investors accumulating the token.
Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Warns It May Lay Off 62 Employees, Nevada Records Show
The company filed for bankruptcy in August.
Ether Drops to 14-Month Low Against Bitcoin as Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Whales Send $60M ETH to Exchanges
The recent decline in the ETH/BTC ratio continues a trend that began more than a year ago.
Bitcoin Hangs on Just Above $27K Ahead of Fed Rate Decision
The Fed on Wednesday is widely expected to hold rates steady, but investors will monitor new economic projections and Chairman Powell’s press conference for clues about the direction of future policy.
U.S. SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Chief Warns More Charges Coming to Exchanges, DeFi
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) isn’t done chasing down crypto exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects it sees as violating securities laws in the same vein as Coinbase Inc. (COIN) and Binance, said David Hirsch, head of the agency’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.
Binance’s Bitcoin Trading Volume Plunges 57% as Regulatory Pressure Mounts
As legal challenges against Binance mount, the average spot BTC trading volume on the platform has decreased 57% since Sep. 1
‘I Just Want to Keep Things Moving’: Judge Makes No Ruling in SEC-Binance Document Dispute
A U.S. judge declined to order Binance.US to make its executives more available for depositions, or for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to back down in its demands for more documents during a hearing Monday.
Bitcoin’s Crypto Market Dominance Rises to 50% and It Could Go Higher, Say Analysts
Hopes for a spot bitcoin ETF and the latest regulatory actions could prove a further catalyst.