Joseph Lubin’s cryptocurrency enterprise has undergone a recent personnel rearrangement, according to recent reports. In the last two years, Consensys has reduced its workforce by 38% amid institutional turmoil, legal battles, and macroeconomic setbacks. Further Restructuring Efforts According to Tuesday’s Bloomberg report, the company behind the MetaMask wallet will reduce its workforce by 7%, or 49…
The stablecoin behemoth is benefiting from the easing of crypto regulations in the world’s fourth-largest country by landmass. Despite numerous roadblocks, the company says its main priorities remain growth, expansion, and cooperation. The Road Ahead In a July 23rd interview with Bloomberg, the CEO of the company, Paolo Ardoino, shared his plans for broading within US…
Defunct crypto exchange FTX has announced that it will start distributing the next batch of creditor claims on September 30. This is after the bankruptcy court granted permission for it to reduce its disputed claims by $1.9 billion. Disputed Claims Reserve Slashed by $1.9B In a July 23 press release, FTX revealed that the next…
Ethereum (ETH) has surged by more than 50% in the past month, briefly touching $3,850. The recent FOMO-driven volume spike resulted in a 5.8% ETH-BTC movement. New data hints at a second bullish wave, even as the leading crypto asset has since retraced its steps and is currently hovering above $3,630. FOMO Spike Ethereum’s price…
The Solana blockchain is reportedly gearing up for another major scalability leap, with its block capacity poised to go from 60 million to 100 million Compute Units (CUs) under the SIMD-0286 upgrade first proposed in May. This 66% increase comes just a day after the network successfully raised its block limit to 60M CUs in…
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) holders on Binance are showing signs of strong holding behavior. This, however, contrasts with the profit-taking patterns seen on OKX. Behavioral Divergence Between Binance and OKX Users According to new data shared by CryptoQuant, as Bitcoin traded near $120,000 this week, OKX’s realized price on user deposit addresses has jumped…
First time in over a year, Ethereum spot trading volume is greater than Bitcoin’s, reported CryptoQuant on Wednesday. Last week, ETH spot trading hit $25.7 billion compared to $24.4 billion for Bitcoin, it added, noting that this pushed the ETH/BTC spot volume ratio above 1 for the first time since June 2024. “Investors are rotating…
Most altcoins have headed south over the past several hours, and the second-largest is no exception. XRP, which was among the top performers until yesterday evening, has plunged by double-digits to a new weekly low. As such, it has caused substantial losses to over-leveraged traders, even more than BTC. XRPUSD. Source: TradingView What goes up,…
The US Justice Department has dropped its criminal investigation into Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell. The investigation was launched in 2023 and did not focus on Powell’s crypto dealings. Instead, it centered on allegations from the Verge Center for the Arts – a nonprofit he founded – that he had hacked its accounts and blocked email…
The manufacturing firm has turned to the asset, adopting the treasury model, citing steep financial losses. It has joined the rising list of Japanese companies adopting this strategy, contributing to the billions of dollars already invested in bitcoin within the country. Changing Strategies Kitabo Co., Ltd, a company that engages in the production and sale…