The United States equities markets rallied sharply on June 2 even though the nonfarm payrolls in May rose 339,000, blowing past economists’ expectations of a 190,000 increase. A few analysts pointed out that the market was possibly encouraged by the slower growth rate of hourly earnings which was slightly below estimates and an uptick in
Month: June 2023
Developers have recently published an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) introducing a new way to use nonfungible tokens (NFTs). With this system, all NFTs can have a smart contract account, allowing them to store other NFTs or crypto tokens. Cointelegraph spoke with Future Primitive’s Jayden Windle and Benny Giang, the authors of EIP-6551, to explain the
Lawmakers with the United States House Financial Services Committee and House Agriculture Committee have released a draft discussion offering certain crypto assets a pathway to being labeled digital commodities. According to a discussion draft published on June 2, lawmakers proposed “establishing a functional framework” aimed at providing regulatory clarity for crypto firms in the United
XRP has resumed its bullish trend after Ripple locked 900 million tokens in escrow. This new development has triggered a rapid shift in the momentum of the cryptocurrency, which is now one of the best performers in the last week. Ripple Moves 900 Million Tokens Back To Escrow On June 1, Ripple carried out one
Bitcoin (BTC) “consolidation” could end by July, new research predicts as optimism over a BTC price breakout returns. In its latest market update on June 2, trading firm QCP Capital revealed a bullish bias on both Bitcoin and largest altcoin Ether (ETH). QCP Capital: Bitcoin consolidation “played out perfectly” Bitcoin price has been ranging between
The number of staked Ether (ETH) in May reached a new all-time high of 2.96 million ETH, or approximately 2.46% of the total ETH supply. The amount of staked ETH in May does not include withdrawals and is more than twice as big as the second-highest staked amount of ETH registered in February 2022. Monthly
Christy Goldsmith Romero, a commissioner with the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has commented on a proposal amending the government body’s Risk Management Program with respect to digital assets. In a June 1 notice, the CFTC said it would be opening a proposed rule change for amendments to its risk management requirements applicable
Tether-issued USDT (USDT) stablecoin broke past a new all-time-high market cap of over $83 billion as it continues its stablecoin market dominance. The new ATH market cap for the USDT stablecoin comes in a year when other stablecoin issuers are struggling to remain afloat due to regulatory ire. The same was pointed out by cryptocurrency
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced near multiple support trend lines into June 2 as market indecision remained in force. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView Traders bet on $27,500 BTC price ceiling Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting lows of $26,519 on Bitstamp after the daily close. The pair showed little
The Bitcoin network is home to a variety of data that can offer investors, academics and fans useful insights. However, those without significant IT abilities might find it difficult to obtain this data. The good news is that anyone may explore Bitcoin network data without having substantial technical knowledge thanks to the user-friendly tools, platforms
Circle recently announced plans for a June 8 launch of a new native version of its USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin on the Arbitrum network. 1/ Circle is launching USDC natively on @Arbitrum on June 8th! Keep scrolling or read the blog to learn more about this launch and how to migrate liquidity from “bridged USDC”
Venture capital firm the Digital Currency Group (DCG) and its CEO Barry Silbert have requested to consolidate two class-action lawsuits over alleged losses during the crypto winter. In a letter sent to United States District Judge Stefan Underhill in Connecticut, the defendants argued that both cases “arise from the same facts, present overlapping legal issues
Crypto Twitter has been flooded with warnings from users, after the Twitter account of Mita Murati, the chief technology officer of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, was seemingly hacked — promoting a “scam” cryptocurrency airdrop. On June 2, Murati’s account tweeted what appears to be a phishing link promising an airdrop of a purported ERC-20 token OPENAI
As the summer season arrives, an unexpected heatwave is gripping financial markets. This heat is coming in the form of the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which has been on a remarkable uptrend since late April, reaching levels unseen since early March’s banking crisis when the dollar wrecking ball wreaked havoc on asset prices. This surge
A team of researchers from universities in Australia and the United States, working in collaboration with quantum technology company BTQ, recently published research proposing a novel proof-of-work (PoW) scheme for blockchain consensus that relies on quantum computing techniques to validate consensus. Our new paper on using NISQ-era quantum sampling problems in proof-of-work blockchain consensus algorithms.
A proposal to enable protocol fees for the Uniswap (UNI) decentralized exchange failed on June 1, potentially allowing liquidity providers to continue to earn all revenue from swaps, according to the proposal’s official webpage. It narrowly missed being passed, with 45.32% of votes going to the “no fee” camp and 42.34% voting to charge liquidity
