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After 8 years dumping billions of XRP, Jed McCaleb’s stack runs out in weeks

[ad_1] Former Ripple Labs founder Jed McCaleb is nearing the end of his eight-year XRP dump marathon, with only 81.53 million XRP (worth $26.55 million), remaining in his wallet’s balance.According to Jed Balance, a website tracking his XRP holdings, McCaleb’s wallet name “tacostand” has been shedding an average of 4.06 million XRP over the last month but has ramped up daily transfers to 7.34 million XRP (worth $2.39 million), since
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Sandbox LAND on Polygon, ETH gain a tax loss and more…

[ad_1] Popular Ethereum-based Metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox has unveiled a bridge that enables users to transfer their virtual NFT LAND and native SAND tokens over to Layer-2 network Polygon (MATIC). While The Sandbox will live on Ethereum for the most part, the platform has emphasized that conducting SAND and LAND transactions on Polygon will result in lower gas fees, faster transaction speeds and greener interactions on the blockchain. The
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Cardano’s Vasil hard fork proposal submitted: Countdown commences

[ad_1] Cardano (ADA) blockchain developer Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) has submitted an update proposal to hard fork the Cardano testnet, kicking off the countdown for the network's Vasil mainnet upgrade.The Vasil upgrade is slated to bring “significant performance and capability upgrades” to the blockchain, with IOHK describing the fork as the “biggest and best upgrade to date” providing a higher throughput, improved script performance for developers and lower costs.One
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Grayscale launches legal challenge to Bitcoin spot ETF rejection

[ad_1] Grayscale Investments has launched a legal challenge against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after being denied its application to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).On June 29, it announced that its Senior Legal Strategist, former U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. had filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Verrelli
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Bitcoin clings to $20K as analysts warn of a long, bumpy ride for the foreseeable future

[ad_1] Bullish cryptocurrency traders hoping that the market was on a path higher received a dose of reality on June 29 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $20,000 again during intraday trading. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the top cryptocurrency fell under pressure in the early trading hours on June 29 with bears managing to drop BTC to a daily low of $19,857 before price was
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EU officials reach agreement on AML authority for supervising crypto firms

[ad_1] The European Council has reached an agreement to form an anti-money laundering body that will have the authority to supervise certain crypto asset service providers, or CASPs.In a Wednesday announcement, the council said it had agreed on a partial position of a proposal to launch a dedicated Anti-Money Laundering Authority, or AMLA. According to the regulatory body, the AML body will have the authority to supervise “high-risk and cross-border
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US govt delays enforcement of crypto broker reporting requirements: Report

[ad_1] The provision in the U.S. infrastructure bill signed into law in November, which will require financial institutions and crypto brokers to report additional information, could reportedly be delayed.According to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg, the United States Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service may not be willing to enforce crypto brokers collecting information on certain transactions starting in January 2023, citing people familiar with the matter. The