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Republican members of the US congressional committee responded to the SEC's recently proposed regulation on the definition of an  “exchange”. Some of the committee members think the adjustments do not favor decentralized outfits. Also, they expressed their concern that the changes could come back to haunt them. Asides concerns from the committee, several notable bodies have also raised objections against the draft. The US SEC’s Proposed Rule This time last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed an amendment regarding…

Earlier this week, Ethereum-based stablecoin project Beanstalk Farms suffered losses totaling $182 million after falling victim to a governance exploit. This is the second DeFi protocol to experience a breach in security since the start of this month. The attackers drained Beanstalk Farms of all its collateral funds and the token's price fell soon after. The BEAN stablecoin lost about 86% of its value which originally rested at $1. How did the Attack Occur? Behind the breach were 2 suspicious …

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein believes it's only a matter of time before a Bitcoin spot ETF gets permission in the United States. He recently claimed that there may be grounds for a lawsuit against the commission if they don’t. A Matter of ‘When’ Speaking with CNBC last week, Sonnenshein explained why a recent futures ETF approval spells optimism for an upcoming spot variant. The SEC greenlighted the  Teucrium Bitcoin Futures ETF earlier this month, which was filed under the Securities…

Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $1,890 trillion. Bitcoin is down by roughly 6% after a disappointing week. Ethereum lost almost 7% of its value over the past seven days. XRP increased by nearly 2% this past week. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector lost over $2.5 billion from the Total…

From the failure of the “Let’s Go Brandon” token to controversies around Will Smith Inu, meme coins are beginning to generate suspicious rep, despite their popularity. Spanning almost a decade of existence themselves, meme tokens have managed to carve out their own flourishing niche in the crypto industry. They are also most likely going to stay. Considering their cheap prices and popularity, some argue that meme tokens are a good entry point into crypto for newbies. But are they really?…

Nessa Risley has issued a class action lawsuit against Uniswap and its associates for illegally promoting and selling unregistered assets. Furthermore, the Uniswap user claims the decentralized exchange has no KYC process, hence resulting in massive fraud. Before the Suit Between May and July 2021, the plaintiff supposedly purchased several microcap altcoins worth around $10,000 on the DEX. Risley stated that traded on Uniswap for the first time in May, which resulted in significant losses. Other defendants in the complaint…

Binance is creating employment for El Salvadorian youths to remedy the rate of gang-related activity in the country.   According to the exchange’s CEO Chapeng Zhao, employment opportunities targeted at young Salvadoreans could keep them off the streets. In the past weeks, the country has had its share of gang incidents. A situation that was dire enough to keep pro-crypto President Nayib Bukele off the recent Bitcoin conference. Early this morning, Zhao revealed that Binance already recruited 7 new Salvadorean employees.…

US President Joe Biden has declared his plan to appoint Michael Barr as the new vice-chairman for Federal Reserve Supervision. According to the statement, Biden said that Michael possesses the essential experience required for the crucial position. Michael Barr is well-known for being part of the board of advisors for Ripple Labs, a distributed payment technology company. The nomination follows Sarah Raskin's withdrawal from the same position due to severe opposition in the Senate last month. Of late, the central…

Since peaking at nearly $48,000 in March, the price of the world’s largest digital currency Bitcoin has rested somewhere around $40,000. Recent massive outflows from exchanges could change this soon, according to analysts. $1.04B Worth of BTC Exits Centralized Exchanges The massive exodus of BTC has birthed speculations about when the bearish trend will end or if bullish price action could be in sight. Bitcoin is currently trading at $40,182,  however, its behavior from the past day seemingly reflects the…