On May 13, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had fined crypto brokerage firm Falcon Labs Ltd. approximately $ 1.7 million. The fines are penalties for the firm’s illegal facilitation of U.S. residents’ access to digital asset derivative exchanges. The commission has urged digital asset intermediaries in similar situations to report their activities …
Similar to Bitcoin’s onchain fees, the cost of transacting on the Ethereum network has recently seen a significant decline. Over the previous 68 days, since March 5, 2024, Ethereum’s network fees have fallen by 93.7%, from $ 30.33 per transfer to $ 1.91 per transaction. Declining Ethereum Fees: A 68-Day Overview Transacting on …
In the first quarter of 2024, spot trading volumes of the top ten centralized exchanges (cex) topped $ 4.29 trillion, a 95.3% increase from the previous quarter. Despite facing legal challenges Binance remained the largest cex platform with a market share of 50%. The top crypto asset manager Grayscale’s converted GBTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) …
Onchain data indicates that a single custodian now manages the coinbase addresses for at least nine prominent mining pools, which collectively account for 47% of Bitcoin’s total hashrate. The analysis shows that substantial miners’ rewards from pools like F2pool, Antpool, Binance Pool, and Braiins are being funneled to this particular custodian. Onchain Data Reveals Single […]
Recent market data highlights that spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States experienced a net outflow of $ 223.8 million on April 8, while Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) saw a substantial outflow of $ 303 million. GBTC Continues to Face Steep Outflows As of yesterday, GBTC possessed 325,686.78 BTC, but as …