Month: July 2023

Before we know it, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) are going to replace Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). The LST market is already worth approximately $17 billion, and it has grown continuously since Ethereum’s Merge. While LSTs are just beginning to hit their stride, their advantages over traditional ETH will soon become clear to liquidity providers […]

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are undergoing a stress test following a critical vulnerability was found on versions of Vyper programming language, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrencies on July 30. A number of pools using Vyper 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0 have been exploited due to a malfunctioning reentrancy lock, targeting […]

The meme token recorded astounding gains in 24 hours, reaching a market cap of $70 million. BALD, the newly-launched meme coin that went live on Base, a layer-2 chain created by Coinbase on Ethereum, skyrocketed within hours of its launch to jump to a market cap of $70 million. While the current price of Bald […]

Update (July 30, at 7:55 pm UTC): This article has been updated to provide more details about the exploit Several stable pools on Curve Finance using Vyper were exploited on July 30, with losses reaching over $47 million. According to Vyper, its 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0 versions are vulnerable to malfunctioning reentrancy locks.  “The investigation […]

Galaxy Digital’s founder Mike Novogratz shared what an ideal investment portfolio would look like for a young and high-risk tolerance investor during an interview with Bloomberg Wealth, saying that he’d invest in the Chinese giant Alibaba, silver, gold, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH). “If they were young and had a high-risk tolerance, I’d be buying […]

Optimism (OP) price surged more than 7% on Sunday to reach intraday highs of $1.61. the Ethereum layer-2 protocol unlocked 24 million OP tokens worth $38 million into circulation on July 30. OP price could flip to $1.89 if bulls remain in control in the short term. Optimism (OP) price surged more than 7% on […]

Bitcoin (BTC) further reduced volatility ahead of the July 30 weekly close as traders eyed an exciting long-term bull signal. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price makes weekend “slower than ever” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed sideways BTC price action over the weekend, with BTC/USD sticking in a tiny $150 range. […]

Ethereum is consolidating around the yearly highs $2,000 proves to be stiff resistance ETH/USD price action holds between a $1,000 range since May 2022 There is only one trading day left in July, and the cryptocurrency market is consolidating. That is particularly true of major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, as they both hover […]

Pro-XRP lawyer, John Deaton, has said that the actions taken by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the crypto industry are driven by a broader motive to safeguard corporate capitalism rather than prioritizing the protection of investors. Deaton highlighted what he views as an assault on cryptocurrencies, particularly in relation to the […]