💵 Polkadot's financial report for the first half of the year showed that the company spent $87 million (11 million DOT), with $37 million allocated to marketing. At the current spending rate, the funds will last for another two years.
The community criticized the company for such extravagance.
What's interesting and important for the crypto community in the second month of summer:
➡️ July 10 — Dash halving (planned date). ➡️ July 11 — Release of the Consumer Price Index and inflation data in the US. ➡️ July 12 — Sentencing of Alexander Vinnik in the BTC-e case. ➡️ July 14 — Seventh anniversary of Binance's founding. ➡️ July 29 — Sentencing of Avraham Eisenberg, participant in the 2022 Mango Markets attack. ➡️ July 30 — Ninth anniversary of Ethereum's creation. ➡️ July 31 — US Federal Reserve meeting on the key interest rate.
➡️ Also in July — commencement of compensation payments in the Mt.Gox case (exact date unknown).
➡️ The launch of the ETH ETF, which many expected on July, will likely be postponed. The SEC returned the S-1 forms for amendments. Corrections must be made by July 8, and the actual launch of the instruments will likely happen even later.
🔼 Looking at the Bitcoin price chart throughout its history, typically after a red June comes a green July. On average, the price has increased by 18%.
When a crypto project enters the market, the circulating supply of its tokens is limited: the team, various levels of investors, employees, etc., do not have tokens on hand to avoid creating additional pressure on the coin's price.
According to the schedule defined in the project's tokenomics, these participants start receiving tokens and can sell them on the market. This process is called token unlocking.
Shorting after an unlock is an old but always relevant way to make some profit.
In the United States, a bill proposing to pay income taxes in Bitcoin will be considered.
A bill has been introduced in the US Congress that would allow federal income taxes to be paid in Bitcoin. It is authored by Republican Matt Gaetz.
✔️ If passed, the bill would require US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to approve corresponding amendments to federal legislation. The initiative also effectively opens the door for using cryptocurrencies to pay other fees and taxes. $BTC
Negotiations between asset managers and regulators are nearing the final stage.
📌It is known that the process of amending securities offering documents has progressed to resolving "minor" issues. The statement noted that these documents must be approved before the ETF launch.
✔️Previously, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler mentioned that the agency's review of plans to launch Ethereum ETFs is proceeding smoothly.
🛍 It is worth noting that on the Polymarket platform, the likelihood of approving such
It's almost the only blockchain platform that has come close to Ethereum in terms of popularity, trading volume, app ecosystem, recognition, user base, and other metrics.
✔️ Recently, one company has applied to create a Solana ETF: VanEck.
They believe SOL is as much a digital commodity as BTC or ETH and plan to launch a spot ETF without futures, unlike previous BTC and ETH ETFs.
So far, we have:
📌 Bitcoin Spot ETF: approved and launched earlier this year 📌 Ethereum Spot ETF: approved and
Solv Protocol x Binance Web3 Wallet (Recommend Airdrop)
💎 Total prize: 150,000 $SOLV ➡️ At 0.15% of the total supply, if the Mcap when listed is $1.5B then the price of 1 SOLV = 10$ ~ Means a prize of around $1.5 million
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Step By Step Tutorial 1️⃣ Set up your Binance web3 wallet 2️⃣ Prepare BTCB & BNB to your wallet 3️⃣ Deposit 0.0001 BTB to SOLV Protocol
4️⃣ Open the Solv protocrol promotional banner, send details there
How to get BTCB 1️⃣ Buy BTC on the Binance spot market, then send it to the Binance webe wallet, using the Binance smart chain network
2️⃣ After that BTC will automatically become BTCB
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✔️ SOLV PROTOCOL INFO:
Solv Protocol is a Crypto yield protocol supported by decentralized finance.
Solv is backed by Binance Labs, NOMURA Group, Mirana, Blockchain Capital, and more.
Solv has achieved a TVL of over $122 million, delivering high-quality results to over 35,000 users.
A prominent figure in the Russian crypto world, named Valeria Fedyakina (known as Bitmama), swindled more than $150 million (Rp. 2.2 trillion).
Reportedly, several years ago, Valeria began to actively engage with local companies and individuals in the crypto-fiat exchange business. While building a relationship of trust and friendship, he launched his own money exchange business and then offered crypto investments with returns of up to 1% for three days. He quickly became one of the most influential and trusted figures in the local crypto scene. However, a few days ago, his website stopped working, and he stopped responding to all communications.
The amount of $150 million (Rp. 2.2 trillion) stolen is a preliminary estimate because most of Valeria's clients are businessmen and criminals involved in money laundering. As a result, not all of them reported their losses but it is known that the minimum investment amount received was $1 million (Rp. 15 billion).
Most likely none of the defrauded users will report the case to the police. Instead, they are now trying to unite the victims and find alternative solutions to this problem.
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) requires higher standards for the recording and delisting of coins. NYDFS asked virtual currency companies registered in the state to submit new coin listing and delisting policies. After receiving approval, the company can self-certify its listing without seeking approval from the NYDFS. However, the company must still provide written notice to the NYDFS before using the coins and must keep the regulator informed of all coins offered or used.
The new framework calls for crypto companies to design their coin listing policies in three areas: ⚫ Governance for the coin listing process ⚫ Coin risk assessment ⚫ Procedure for monitoring coins
Adult content service Onlyfans has allocated Part of its working capital to buy $19.9 million worth of ETH.
According to their financial statements the investment has suffered an impairment loss of around $8.5 million as of November 30, 2022, so the Ethereum amount is currently worth $11.4 million.
Avalanche To Unlock 9.54 Million AVAX, Worth $103M On August 26
This week, on August 26, Token Unlocks has shown that Avalanche will be unlocking 9.54 million AVAX.
This accounts for about 2.77% of the total supply, which equates to approximately $103 million.
The allocation breakdown is as follows: 2.25 million for strategic partners, 1.67 million for foundations, 4.5 million for teams, and 1.13 million for airdrops.
As of now, the current price of AVAX is $10.81 and the 24-hour trading volume is about $80 million.
Ethereum Price Saw Key Technical Correction, But 100 SMA Is Still Strong
Ethereum price is attempting a recovery wave above the $1,620 level against the US Dollar.
ETH could start a fresh decline if it stays below the 100 hourly SMA.Ethereum is struggling to recover above the $1,690 and $1,700 levels.
The price is trading below $1,700 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line with resistance near $1,670 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).
The pair could resume its decline if it stays below
Ripple Now In Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Panel XRP Rally Ahead?
Ripple, the company behind popular cryptocurrency XRP, has been announced as an official partner of a key subgroup under a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) committee. This could be a massive development in the company’s pursuit to create a crypto ecosystem between central banks around the world.
Ripple Named As Key BIS Committee PartnerThis announcement comes at a time when the altcoin is back to being in bullish space thanks to the recently delivered Summary Judgment in the Ripple laws
Mastercard has initiated a program of working with several blockchain and payment technology providers, including Ripple, ConsenSys, and Fireblocks, to explore and promote CBDC.