This Week in Coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum See First Week of Losses This Year
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt.Those hoping for a 2023 Bitcoin bull run will have to...
Ethereum
Kraken’s staking down, FTX post-bankruptcy hell, Binance news…
Top Stories This Week Kraken reaches $30M settlement with SEC over staking as IRS seeks user information Kraken has agreed...
BlackRock ETF? There’s a Token For That
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster)The integration of real-world assets, or RWAs, into the world of DeFi...
Jump Crypto unveils critical vulnerability on Binance’s BNB Chain
Web3 infrastructure firm Jump Crypto has discovered a vulnerability in the Binance BNB Beacon Chain, which would allow the mint...
Multichain DEXs are on the rise with new protocols enabling them
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their ability to offer users a high degree...
Vitalik Buterin Sent 99 ETH to Help Victims in Turkey and Syria
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin made a significant contribution to help with the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. On Feb....
Bullish Options, Banned Coins, Accused Marketplaces and 20 Crypto Jokes
This week in crypto, we found out that options markets were more bullish on bitcoin than ethereum, the bitcoin golden...
Major Paris Art Museum to Exhibit CryptoPunks, Autoglyphs NFTs
NFTs are coming to the epicenter of the Parisian art world. On Friday, Centre Pompidou—home to France’s National Museum of Modern...
Shopify launches suite of blockchain commerce tools for merchants
Crypto-friendly e-commerce giant Shopify has launched a suite of blockchain commerce tools to enhance the user experience of their web3-focused...
Bit2Me and Mastercard launch debit card with crypto cashback
The merger of Web2 and Web3 tools continues as crypto-backed debit cards become more mainstream. In an announcement on Feb. 10,...
Ethereum Instead of Bitcoin, says Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen – founding partner of the tech-focused VC giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) – is now more bullish on Ethereum...
‘Midnight Massacre:’ SEC Crackdown on Crypto Staking Services Prompts Speculation of Further Enforcement Actions – Regulation Bitcoin News
On Feb. 9, 2023, the cryptocurrency community learned of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crackdown on staking services....
Terra May Be at Risk Again—But This Time Is Different
The $60 billion implosion of the Terra ecosystem last May exposed cracks in the foundations of the crypto industry and...
Ethereum’s Shapella transition is “on the horizon”
The Ethereum Foundation team announced another milestone on the road to the Shanghai upgrade, with the Shapella fork on the...
Web3 community unites for Turkish–Syrian earthquake victims: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Binance upgrades Proof of Reserves verification to include zk-SNARKs
On Feb 10, Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced a major upgrade to its Proof of Reserves Verification system to include zk-SNARKs —...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as BTC Loses the $22,000 Level – Where is the Next Support?
The price of Bitcoin has been volatile over the last couple of weeks. After breaking through $23,000, the cryptocurrency has...
Ethereum price risks 20% correction amid SEC’s crackdown on crypto staking
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), saw its worst daily performance of the year as the United States Securities and Exchange...
Stablecoin issuer Paxos reportedly probed by New York regulators
Paxos Trust Company — the New York-based stablecoin issuer behind Binance USD (BUSD) and Paxos Dollar (USDP) — is reportedly being...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as BTC Falls Below $22,000 – Time to Buy the Dip?
Bitcoin has been on a steady decline for a while now. It was trading near $23,000 early today and has...
Find love in Paris Hilton’s metaverse, BTC CryptoPunks soar and more
Swiping right in the metaverseFamous New York socialite, Paris Hilton thinks the Metaverse may be the perfect place to find...
The Terra Blockchain Has Been Halted
Key Takeaways Terra validators have halted the blockchain in response to the ongoing LUNA and UST crisis. Due to UST...
