Is there any news about cryptocurrency recently?

[Chris]

CryptoQuant released a report saying that after Ethereum Shanghai upgrade, ETH pledge withdrawals may face lower selling pressure.
This is the news I caught today, do you have any different news to share and discuss?

Topic

[Chris]

Cyber Criminals Target Crypto Investors with New Malware

Hackers and cybercriminals have been targeting crypto investors with two new malware threats that scout the internet for unwary investors to steal their funds.

According to a recent report by anti-malware software Malwarebytes, two new cybersecurity threats, which include recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware and a GO variant of the Laplas Clipper malware, have been deployed in campaigns aimed at stealing cryptocurrency from victims.

[Chris]

Coinbase L2 Network Base Commemorative NFT Free casting has ended with a total of over 480,000 cast pieces

According to the official page, the Coinbase L2 network Base commemorating the NFT series Base,Introduced free casting has ended at 13:00 today, with a total of 485,090 pieces cast.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42r2

[Chris]

DeFi liquidity protocol Squid now supports Arbitrum.

Based on Axelar, Squid allows users to exchange tokens between the Arbitrum network and major EVM chains. Currently, Squid supports multiple networks including Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, BNB Chain, Fantom, Moonbeam, and Celo.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42r3

[Chris]

Ethereum Price Prediction as Bulls Hold ETH Above $1,500 – Here’s Where ETH is Heading Next

The Ethereum price is unchanged in the past 24 hours, with its move to $1,567 over the weekend meaning that it has fallen by 4% in a week and by 6% in the last 30 days. However, it remains up by 31% since the start of 2023, with its $1,550 support level holding strong in the past few days, suggesting that it won’t be returning to the lows of last year.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rd

[Chris]

According to Glassnode data, the number of ETH transactions (7-day MA) has reached a one-month low at 41,889.679.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42ra

[Chris]

The core contract of Ethereum Account abstract proposal ERC-4337 has been audited

On March 2nd, Yoav Weiss, a security researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, announced that the core contract of the new Ethereum account abstraction proposal ERC-4337 has passed an audit by Open Zeppelin and will be available on every Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible network, including Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Gnosis Chain. According to Weiss, new users will no longer need to learn the complex process of mnemonic phrases or setting up a wallet to enter the decentralized crypto world.

Account abstraction is a technique that reduces complexity and increases efficiency by omitting unnecessary details of the Ethereum account system (eliminating the need for EOAs and special handling for smart contract wallets). Weiss is one of the main authors of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4337, along with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and five other members. Weiss said, “Vitalik first proposed this concept 9 years ago, even before Ethereum was launched. It took us this long to get to this stage.” (Cointelegraph)

 

Source: https://ahf.pw/42r7

[Chris]

Covalent Integrates with Arbitrum Nova to Unlock Innovative Data Points for Developers

Covalent, a Web3 data provider trusted by a community of 40,000+ developers and powering data for 5,000+ applications, announced today an integration with Layer-2 blockchain Arbitrum Nova (“Nova”) to enhance its existing data offerings. Strengthening its position as the leading provider of deep, granular, and historic blockchain data, this collaboration will provide Covalent’s community of developers and analysts with a fresh wave of accurate, timely endpoints to support innovation.

With a heavy focus on scaling the Gamefi ecosystem – through groundbreaking partnerships with app-chains and subnets such as Avalanche’s DeFi Kingdoms and Crabada – Covalent’s work with Nova will improve data availability for developers building the next generation of gaming with blockchain technology. Nova is purpose-built to accelerate the development of Web3 social applications allowing Covalent users to build and analyze data in this developing space.

“Our mission is to support developers with unparalleled access to valuable data endpoints – which, in turn, helps scale the entire Web3 ecosystem and boost mass adoption,” said Ganesh Swami, CEO of Covalent. “Offering unique insights into gaming and decentralized social media is just one of the many ways we are building our data offerings and propelling innovation in the evolving blockchain space.”

Covalent’s data collection process ensures latency for the most up-to-date information retrieval, tremendous breadth spanning 90+ blockchains and alternative sources (app-chains, L2s, etc), and impressive depth – ensuring all data is analyzed from the genesis block and beyond. High-quality Web3 data and analytics remain in great demand by protocols, institutions, and dApp developers.

“When we launched Arbitrum Nova, we envisioned it as a supported environment where developers could create exceptional gaming and social dApps,” said David Bolger, Offchain Labs. “Working with a leader in the blockchain data space is helping our own ecosystem and will hopefully allow others to leverage our data points to build projects with true value and utility for users.”

To learn more about Covalent visit covalenthq.com or follow @Covalent_HQ on Twitter.

About Covalent

Covalent provides the industry-leading Unified API bringing visibility to billions of Web3 data points. Developers and analysts use Covalent to build exciting multi-chain applications like crypto wallets, NFT galleries, and investor dashboard tools utilizing data from 90+ blockchains. Covalent is trusted by a community of 40,000+ developers and powers data for 5,000+ applications, including 0x, Zerion, Rainbow Wallet, Rotki, Bitski, and many others.

About Arbitrum Nova

Arbitrum Nova is a leading Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution developed by Offchain Labs. An AnyTrust solution, Arbitrum Nova is ideal for gaming, metaverse, and socialfi projects, enabling near-instant confirmation and <$0.01 transactions with minimal trust assumptions. Co-launched with Reddit in August 2022, Arbitrum Nova is home for Reddit community token holders from r/Cryptocurrency and r/FortniteBR. Alongside the Reddit communities, there is a vibrant gaming ecosystem building with Nova being a perfect platform for web3 games such as Starfall Arena, Metagates, The Damned Pirate Society, Farcana and Rocket Monsters all having announced an integration recently.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rt

[Chris]

AI Artist Claire Silver to Show NFT Collection at Louvre

Silver has also been signed by global talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME) as its first AI artist.

Claire Silver, an artist who utilizes artificial intelligence across her non-fungible token (NFT) projects, is set to debut her new collection at the Louvre Museum in Paris later this month.

Her new collection, titled “can i tell you a secret,” is an “autobiographical series of 100 post-photography pieces created with AI,” Variety first reported. The Louvre exhibition begins on March 21 and will be facilitated by Superchief Gallery, a physical gallery space in New York and Los Angeles that exhibits NFTs.

In addition to her new collection debut, a one-of-one NFT artwork titled “Love in the 4th Turning” will exhibit at the Louvre. According to the piece’s description, its concept was based on the Strauss-Howe generational theory, which posits that “there is a recurring generational cycle of archetypes throughout history.” The piece is available on OpenSea, and at the time of writing, the top bid stands at 44.44 wrapped ether, or $68,677.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rs

[Chris]

PeckShieldAlert monitoring data shows that 49,000 BTC (worth $1 billion) from wallets related to the US government’s enforcement seizures have been transferred to Coinbase (about 9,800 BTC, worth $217 million), bc1qf2…fsv (30,000 BTC), and bc1qe7…rdg (9,000 BTC).

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rr

[Chris]

Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Sends $121M in Crypto to Exchanges, Sells Ether, Shiba Inu Holdings

Blockchain transaction data by Arkham Intelligence shows Voyager Digital transferred some $121 million of crypto assets to exchanges in February and received some $150 million in USDC stablecoins in the last four days, likely proceeds from sales.

Embattled crypto broker platform Voyager Digital has been selling off its cryptocurrency holdings at a fast rate, blockchain intelligence firm Arkham Intelligence tweeted.

Blockchain transaction data by Arkham shows that Voyager transferred at least some $54 million of cryptocurrencies to exchanges Coinbase and Binance.US in the past week, likely to sell the tokens. It transferred at least $24.7 million of ether (ETH), $12.2 million of shiba inu (SHIB) and $2.5 million of Chainlink’s LINK to exchanges through the last seven days, per Arkham’s data.

The crypto broker’s total deposits to exchanges amount to $121 million since the beginning of February.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rq

[Chris]

Upbit will launch tokens MASK and ACS

Upbit, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, will list tokens MASK and ACS, which will be available for trading in KRW and BTC markets, respectively. Trading is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM Beijing time today.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rk

[Chris]

SEC chairman: Nearly all types of crypto transactions, except for Bitcoin, already fall under SEC jurisdiction

Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated in an interview with New York Magazine in February that almost all types of cryptocurrency transactions, except for Bitcoin, are actually securities transactions under the jurisdiction of the SEC. This means that almost all types of cryptocurrency transactions are now under the jurisdiction of the SEC.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42ri

[Chris]

Cryptocurrency market volatility will increase in anticipation of further Fed rate hikes

According to Bitfinex Alpha report, the possibility of a US interest rate hike continues to hang over the market as there is more evidence of a renewed acceleration of inflation and strong consumer spending in February. As investors reassess expectations, the S&P 500 index lost half of its January gains last month. The bond market, which initially believed that the Federal Reserve would soon pause its rate hikes in January, has also changed its view on the interest rate. Although Bitfinex Alpha expects more rate hikes, the Fed’s tightening monetary policy since last year is beginning to have an impact on the economy. In the cryptocurrency market, Bitfinex Alpha expects volatility to increase in the short term. With a significant drop in Bitcoin and Ethereum prices over the weekend, the total market capitalization of the crypto market fell below the important $1 trillion mark. Futures markets continue to dominate the market dynamics, leading to larger-scale liquidations. Volatility seems to be set to continue.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rg

[Chris]

Amazon is officially entering the NFT space as the e-commerce giant explores new ways to shop.

On March 7th, The Big Whale reported that e-commerce giant Amazon is preparing to sell NFTs on its website, with approximately 15 series set to be offered upon release. The countdown for the launch of Amazon NFTs has begun. After several months of development and some delays, The Big Whale stated that Amazon NFTs will go live on April 24th.

Due to the collapse of FTX, the launch of the Amazon NFT market has been delayed twice in recent weeks, according to The Big Whale. April 24th now appears to be the confirmed date, barring any new unforeseen events.

 

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rf

[Chris]

NFT Trading Platform Coresky Raises $6M in Pre-Seed Round, Led by Payson Lee Private Foundation

On March 7th, Coresky, a community-driven NFT trading platform, announced that it has raised $6 million in a Pre-Seed round led by Payson Lee Private Foundation.

Coresky has designed a new business model that uses Launchpad economic incentives to drive NFT trading. Users who trade NFTs on the Coresky Marketplace can receive “Tickets” and then use them to extract NFTs from the primary market assets provided by Launchpad. Coresky will design a community membership system based on the user’s on-chain trading behavior, with each layer having its own Corecard identity. Different levels of Corecard will receive a different number of platform Tickets regularly.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42re

[Chris]

CryptoPunk #9682 went for 72.72 ETH, with the buyer funding it with more than 52,700 Goerli ETH

March 10, Etherscan data shows that CryptoPunk #9682 is trading at 72.72 ETH on Uniswap. The buyer converted 527,281 Goerli ETH (GETH) into ETH to finance the transaction.

As previously reported, in February of this year, LayerZero, a full-chain interoperability protocol, rolled out a test bridge, enabling the interchange of ETH on the main network and ETH on the Goerli test network. The bridge is designed to help developers acquire a sufficient number of ETH for the Goerli test network. Currently the deal is hosted on Uniswap and the community is welcome to join LP.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rM

[Chris]

Bitget has a deep partnership with data service provider AICoin

According to the official news, Bitget officially announced the deep cooperation with data service provider AICoin, Bitget contract order officially launched AICoin, users can connect to Bitget account through AICoin authorized order function. AICoin has professional K – line, K – line recovery, asset statistics, intelligent order and automatic arbitrage and other features.

Founded in 2018, Bitget provides professional services to more than 8 million users in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rJ

[Chris]

Bitfinex to go live Onomy Protocol (NOM)

According to the official announcement, Bitfinex will launch the innovative DeFi Protocol Onomy Protocol token NOM. Bitfinex will open the NOM top-up on March 13 and NOM trading will be available from March 15, with support for NOM/USD and NOM/USDT trading pairs.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rH

[Chris]

USDC Treasury minted 100 million USdcs and transferred them to Coinbase

Whale Alert data shows that at 12:05 PM today, the USDCTreasury minted 100 million USdcs, which were then transferred to Coinbase.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rG

[Chris]

The $500 million BTC and $360 million ETH options contracts expire today for delivery

Deribit data showed more than $500 million of BTC and $360 million of ETH options contracts were due to expire today. The price of BTC’s biggest pain point was $22,500; ETH’s maximum pain point price is $1,600.

 

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rF

[Chris]

OKX Web3 wallet has access to more than 50 public chains

According to the official Twitter, OKX Web3 wallet announced that it has completed Arbitrum Nova access, so far, OKX Web3 wallet has successfully accessed more than 50 heterogeneous chains, including EVM, UTXO, Cosmos, Tron, Solana and Move six ecosystems. In addition, after access to ETHW, Aptos and other popular public chains, OKX Web3 wallet will access FEVM on March 14.

Source: https://ahf.pw/42rD

[Author]

Replies