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Babel Finance Has Put a Halt to Withdrawals Due to a Lack of Liquidity

[ad_1] Babel Finance, a Hong Kong-based asset management firm and cryptocurrency lender, is the latest cryptocurrency lending provider to be hit hard by the current market. Babel Finance said on Friday that redemptions and withdrawals from its products would be temporarily halted due to "unusual liquidity challenges." According to a note on Babel Finance's website, "Recently, the crypto market has seen major fluctuations, and some institutions in the industry
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Ethereum price risks a drop below $1K if these key price metrics turn bearish

[ad_1] Ether (ETH) price is down 37.5% in the last 7 days and recent news reported that developers decided to postpone the network's migration to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. This upgrade is expected to end the dependency on proof-of-work (PoW) mining and the Merge scalability solution that has been pursued for the past 6 years.Competing smart contracts like BNB Token (BNB), Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) outperformed Ether by 13%
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Musk Could Possibly Turn Twitter Into a Crypto Payment Platform

[ad_1] Elon Musk, billionaire and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and new owner of Twitter, stated that integrating digital payments into Twitter "makes sense." Musk recently reached an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Despite considerable public skepticism about the deal's completion, it appears to be on schedule, and Musk's attendance at Thursday's conference indicates that he is committed to the purchase. During a virtual, all-hands-on-deck Twitter meeting,
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Bitcoin Funding Rates Continue to Drop While Open Interest Tells Another Story

[ad_1] Bitcoin’s funding rate has been negative over the last couple of weeks. Last week saw the funding rate exit the neutral territory even as bitcoin prices continued to plummet. This past week was a hard one for every crypto stakeholder, as most of the coins were in a bloodbath. Bitcoin crashed and touched the $20,000 level for the first time since December 2020. This market downturn led to panic
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US lawmakers urge EPA to consider the potential benefits of crypto mining

[ad_1] A group of 14 United States senators and House representatives have signed a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency extolling what they believe are the benefits of crypto mining.In a Thursday letter, many U.S. lawmakers including pro-Bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative Tom Emmer addressed EPA administrator Michael Regan, requesting the government agency analyze the potential impact of crypto mining in an effort to balance innovation with environmental concerns.
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XRP price technical breakdown boosts chances of a 40% drop by July

[ad_1] XRP price stares at potential losses in the coming weeks as it breaks out of a "descending triangle" pattern, with its bias skewed toward the downside.Major XRP breakdown underwayTo recap, XRP started forming the technical structure after reaching $1.98 in April 2021, its second-highest level to date. In doing so, the token trended lower inside a range defined by a falling resistance trendline and a horizontal support trendline.On May 16,
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Russia seems to be preparing to mine Bitcoin with flare gas

[ad_1] The Russian government continues establishing links with major players in the cryptocurrency mining industry despite staying skeptical about legalizing cryptocurrency trading and payments.Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom Neft has entered into a partnership with BitRiver, the largest crypto mining colocation services supplier in Russia providing hosting services for major crypto mining operations. Gazprom will provide BitRiver's partner data centers with electricity generated from the associated petroleum gas, the companies officially
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Three Arrows Capital weighs bailout as Kyle Davies breaks silence: Report

[ad_1] Crypto-focused hedge fund and venture capital firm Three Arrows Capital is considering the sale of remaining assets and even a bailout as it grapples with the prospect of insolvency in the wake of a violent collapse in digital asset markets. The firm, which also goes by 3AC, has hired legal and financial advisers to explore solutions for its investors and lenders, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Several options are