The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released a report on the effect of sanctions on Tornado Cash, the crypto mixer blocklisted by the United States Treasury Department in 2022. Sanctions work, by and large, even in decentralized finance, the report concluded. The report’s findings also apply to Ethereum. The Ethereum network’s resistance to…

Stablecoin USDe has launched on the Solana network, according to an Aug. 7 announcement from its developer, Ethena Labs. Borrowers will be able to use Solana as collateral for USDe loans as soon as Ethena (ENA) token holders approve their use. USDe is also integrated with several Solana apps, including KaminoFinance, Orca, Drift, and Jito. USDe…

Of the 30 tokens listed by cryptocurrency exchange Binance in 2024, all but one are in the red—and most are down badly, according to a post by crypto researcher Coin98 Analytics on the X social media platform. The sole exception is Jupiter’s native token, JUP, which has risen 21.2% since listing on Jan. 31 and now has…

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework is gradually coming into effect in line with its planned implementation timeline. The initial set of regulations, which took effect on July 1, focused on stablecoins and their issuers. These clear guidelines have both cleaned out the market of players not able to meet regulatory requirements and created a favorable…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has just shared his vision for cross-chain interoperability between Ethereum layer-2 networks, which could vastly smoothen the experience within the Ethereum ecosystem. In an Aug. 6 X post, Buterin responded to a question on the most promising paths to addressing cross-layer-2 interoperability. The question followed Buterin’s Aug. 5 post stating, “I…

Jump Trading’s recent transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Ether has stirred debates and market speculations. This aggressive unloading of assets preceded a historic stock market crash in Japan on Aug. 5, where the Nikkei 225 index plummeted 12.4%, losing 4,451 points — its largest-ever drop in point terms. Jump Trading moved around $315 million…

According to public disclosures filed on Aug. 5, Capula Management, Europe’s fourth-largest hedge fund, invested nearly $500 million in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The hedge fund, which is based in the United Kingdom and manages upward of $30 billion in investor assets, holds shares in Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). According…

The United States Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded nearly $6 billion in trading volume amid market turmoil on Aug. 5. According to data from CoinGlass, spot Bitcoin ETFs registered a total daily volume of $5.24 billion on the day, with more than half coming from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). Spot Ether ETFs recorded $715.3 million in trading…

A Galaxy Research report has suggested that most Bitcoin layer-2 scaling networks, particularly “rollups,” may not be sustainable in the long term despite their popularity as a promising method to keep Bitcoin payments cheap, fast and decentralized. In the report published on Friday, Aug. 2, Galaxy analyst Gabe Parker highlighted the cost of posting data as a…

Solana, Cardano and other crypto assets have a slim chance of being approved as spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States and could have an even more difficult time attracting investors. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Katalin Tischhauser, head of investment research at Sygnum Bank, joined a recent string of commentators who expressed skepticism that other…