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How crypto winter could slow the challenge to Ethereum

[ad_1] Given Ethereum’s dominance coupled with the current crypto bear market, it remains questionable if L1s will flourish. This was recently highlighted in a Chainalsys blog post entitled “New layer 1 blockchains are expanding the DeFi ecosystem, but no ETH killers yet.” Ethan McMahon, an economist at Chainalysis, told Cointelegraph that Chainalysis published this report to raise awareness for the current L1 ecosystem:While Ethereum allowed decentralized finance (DeFi) to flourish
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Self-custody is key during extreme market conditions: Here’s what experts say

[ad_1] The ongoing crisis of cryptocurrency lending and the associated crypto market decline once again confirms the importance of self-custody or the "true ownership" of crypto by its holder, according to several industry experts.In June, the cryptocurrency market capitalization plummeted below the $1 trillion mark, with Bitcoin (BTC) nearing its worst monthly losses since 2011. It remains to be seen whether crypto lending would survive the current crypto winter. Still,
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Deutsche Bank analysts see Bitcoin recovering to $28K by December

[ad_1] Analysts from Deutsche Bank forecast Bitcoin (BTC) rebounding to $28,000 by December 2022 as the cryptocurrency market continues to grapple with gloomy times.Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency markets have endured a tough six months, with the value of BTC, in particular, enduring its worst quarter in 10 years. Macroeconomic conditions around the world have played a role, with stagnating markets and fears of inflation driving conventional stock markets and
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Coinbase denies reports of selling customer data to the US government

[ad_1] Crypto exchange platform Coinbase denied reports alleging that the company is selling its customer information to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency that works under the country’s Department of Homeland Security. On Thursday, news that Coinbase has been providing geolocation data to the ICE has circulated online. Because of this, Twitter users like Solobase Mac were shocked and noted that they "didn't sign up for that."
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VanEck refiles with SEC for spot Bitcoin ETF

[ad_1] VanEck, one of the first firms in the world to ever file for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF), is not giving up on its plans to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States.The firm has refiled an application for a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Filed on June 24, VanEck’s latest Bitcoin ETF application comes months after the SEC rejected its