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Lummis-Gillibrand bill is finally here

[ad_1] One can hardly name a document more long-hoped-for as the crypto bill, co-sponsored by United States Senators Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, was for the crypto community. And, it’s finally here. Last week, Lummis and Gillibrand introduced a 69-page bill in the U.S. Senate. What’s inside? The projects of study on the environmental impact of digital assets and advisory committee on innovation, a tax structure,
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BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, LEO, AVAX

[ad_1] The United States equities markets extended their decline to start the week on June 13. The S&P 500 hit a new year-to-date low and dipped into bear market territory, falling more than 20% from its all-time high made on Jan. 4. The cryptocurrency markets are tracking the equities markets lower and the selling pressure further intensified due to the rumored liquidity crisis of major lending platform Celsius and traders possibly
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Floor price of popular NFT collections collapse due to bear market

[ad_1] It appears there is no respite anywhere in the crypto realm in the face of Monday's extraordinary market sell-off. Based on data from NFT Price Floor, the floor prices for Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and CryptoPunks, two of the most popular nonfungible token, or NFT, collections on the market, have fallen to 74 ETH ($92,223) and 48 ETH ($69,473), respectively. In comparison, pieces in the BAYC collection had an
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Avaxfi, a Defi Lending Platform, Secures VC Funding From Zen Capital

[ad_1] Zen Capital is a crypto venture capital fund company that has quietly built a portfolio of promising companies. This crypto venture capital fund is led by a team of entrepreneurs and technologists who believe that the power of decentralized technology can change the world. One of the company's goals is to work with blockchain entrepreneurs looking to build cryptocurrency platforms that will be relevant for years. Zen capital is
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Bitcoin derivatives data shows no ‘bottom’ in sight as traders avoid leveraged long positions

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) lost the $28,000 support on June 12 following worsening macroeconomic conditions. The United States Treasury 2-year note yield closed on June 10 at 3.10%, its highest level since December 2007. This shows that traders are demanding higher rates to hold their debt instruments and expect inflation to remain a persistent challenge.Louis S. Barnes, a senior loan officer at Cherry Creek, stated that as the United States reported
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The Proof of Stake (POS) Era About to Begin as Ethereum Merge Successfully Debuts on Ropsten

[ad_1] On Wednesday July the 8th, Ethereum took the biggest step towards bringing itself closer to activating the proof-of-stake (PoS) network by successfully deploying the Merge on the Ropsten testnet. The Merge is one of the crucial components of the consensus layer upgrade, known previously as “Ethereum 2.0.” The Merge is going to allow Ethereum’s PoW (proof-of-work) to combine with the PoS beacon chain. With this successfully done on Ropsten,
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Crypto crash wreaking havoc on DeFi protocols, CEXs

[ad_1] On Monday, a heavy cryptocurrency sell-off in the markets caused significant ripples for projects and entities alike. On popular decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol Aave (AAVE), utilization rates have fallen across nearly all stablecoin borrowings. Most notably, borrowings for Binance USD (BUSD) now stand at a mere 30% compared to a high of 80% back in May. The utilization rate is the ratio of borrowed to deposited funds. Since
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Ethereum price flash crashes to $950 on Uniswap as whale dumps 93K ETH

[ad_1] Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) fell to as low as $950 on Uniswap—a decentralized crypto exchange— this June 13, about 20% lower than its spot rate across other exchanges.ETH/USD hourly price chart. Source: UniswapOver $130M ETH sold in six hoursThe incident happened at around 3:00 am UTC after a whale dumped 65,000 ETH for multiple "stablecoins," including USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Dai (DAI).A piece of evidence noted
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Bitcoin analysts are watching these BTC price levels as key trendline looms

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at its lowest since mid-December 2020 on June 13, but the bottom could be anywhere.As the weekend sell-off intensifies, BTC/USD has now broken below its realized price for the first time since March 2020, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirms.Bitcoin clings to realized priceAt around $23,400, the realized price — the average price at which each BTC last moved — is acting as the
ANALYSIS

Can the Optimism blockchain win the battle of the rollups?

[ad_1] Ethereum is plagued with criticisms of its less than optimal scaling capabilities and high gas prices. There have been talks about increasing the scaling capacity of the Ethereum mainnet for a while now. However, the Ethereum ecosystem needs a solution for scaling right now, and if Ethereum is not able to give these new applications a platform with enough scaling capabilities, they can seek alternatives like the BNB Chain or