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Markets

Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Likely to See 3%- 5% Price Swings on FOMC Rate Decision, Volmex's Data Suggests

These figures might be scary for equity or currency traders but do not represent a major deviation from the normal in the crypto market.

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Finance

Blockdaemon Acquires DeFi Connectivity Firm Expand to Bring Institutions to Web3

expand.network provides API access to DeFi, enabling connections to over 170 endpoints, including DEXs, bridges, lending protocols and oracles.

CEO Konstantin Richter (Blockdaemon)

Markets

Ether Jumps 7% as Bitcoin Traders Watch $80K Support Ahead of FOMC

Meanwhile, gold broke above $3,000 to new highs earlier Wednesday, leading to some eyeing an inverse correlation of the yellow metal with bitcoin.

BTC's bullish pattern. (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Provider Utila Raises $18M as Institutional Demand for Digital Asset Management Soars

The crypto infrastructure provider has processed $8 billion in transactions in a month, CEO Bentzi Rabi told CoinDesk in an interview.

Markets

Erdogan Rival's Arrest Sends Lira to Record Low, Bitcoin-TRY Volume Surging on Binance

Binance's BTC/TRY pair sees increased trading activity as the move sends the lira crashing.

Turkey flag. (kirill_makes_pics/Pixabay)

Policy

Digital Chamber Gets New Chief as Crypto Lobbyists Embrace Friendlier Washington

The Digital Chamber's founder and longtime CEO, Perianne Boring, is stepping into a board chairman role as Cody Carbone takes over the leadership.

Cody Carbone and Perianne Boring

Policy

The Man Who Stabbed CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Could Face Decade in Prison

The CEO of South Korea’s Haru Invest was stabbed in court during his fraud trial in August 2024.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Little Changed as Bank of Japan Keeps Interest Rate Steady

The BOJ decision to hold rates steady keeps Japanese bond yields in check, limiting pressure on bitcoin’s price.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda

Markets

Battered Bitcoin Looks to U.S. Fed for Support, Bank of America Predicts End of Quantitative Tightening

The expected end of quantitative tightening could bode well for BTC and other risk assets, but gains may be tempered by stagflationary adjustments in economic projections.

Battered BTC bulls pin hopes on the Fed. (JamesQube/Pixabay)

Markets

Raydium’s RAY Jumps 13% as DEX Reveals Own Token Issuance Platform

LaunchLab will offer three types of bonding curves that match demand and price for a token and will let third-party UIs set their fees.

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Policy

North Dakota Senate Passes Crypto ATM Bill to Create Licensing Regime

North Dakota House Bill 1447 mandates that virtual currency kiosk operators obtain money transmitter licenses, utilize blockchain analytics to detect fraud, and limit individual daily transactions to $2,000.

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Tech

Untangled Finance Brings Moody's Credit Scores On-Chain

A proof-of-concept demonstrated the feasibility of bringing Moody’s credit rating information into Untangled Finance’s risk oracle infrastructure.

Untangled Finance co-founders Quan Le (left) and Manrui Tang (right) (Untangled Finance)

Opinion

Crypto for Humans: Lessons from the Bybit Hack

The exploit showed that human failings, not technical glitches, are the most important factors in such incidents, says INSEAD's Ben Charoenwong.

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Opinion

How Funding Fragmentation Holds Ethereum Back

Blockchain-powered mechanisms like retroactive funding would incentivize building for impact and the long-term, says Meg Lister, General Manager at Gitcoin’s Grants Labs.

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Markets

Solana CME Futures Fell Short of BTC and ETH Debuts, but There's a Catch

When adjusted for asset market capitalization SOL's relative futures volume looks better, K33 Research noted.

Solana CME futures first-day activity compared to BTC and ETH debuts. (CME/K33 Research)