SpiritSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Fantom, will no longer be shutting down its operations in September after it received a takeover offer from Power, another Fantom-based DeFi protocol. The proposed shutdown was a result of cross-chain protocol Multichain’s collapse, which had a significant impact on the Fantom ecosystem. On August 9, SpiritSwap announced on Discord that it is “winding […]

The launch of the Shibarium mainnet — a layer 2 scaling solution for the Ethereum network — appears to have gotten off to a rocky start, at least when it comes to the price of its related tokens.  Many Shiba Inu (SHIB) holders had held out hope for a sharp appreciation of SHIB, Shibarium’s governance token BONE, and the LEASH […]

Dogecoin is down over 10% and trading below the $0.070 resistance against the US Dollar. DOGE could extend losses if there is a move below $0.065. DOGE is currently trading in a bearish zone below $0.072 against the US dollar. The price is trading well below the $0.070 zone and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a […]

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) will surge past an eye-watering $150,000 by the end of 2024, as long as the current slew of United States spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are approved, according to investment research boutique Fundstrat. In an Aug. 16 interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Fundstrat’s managing partner and head of research Tom Lee predicted that a bundle of successful […]

The Ethereum price has been on a rather disappointing run for investors over the last month and this decline has seen it fall to the low $1,800s. As the onslaught continues, the question now is will Ethereum be able to cross the $2,000 resistance before the month runs out? ETH Open Interest On The Rise One interesting factor about the […]

Base, Coinbase’s new layer 2, has been fully operational for a week and has already seen an influx of bad actors. In the latest incident, crypto lender SwirlLend, formerly active on Base and Linea, has apparently carried out an exit scam, otherwise known as a rug pull.  PeckShield reported in a post on X (former Twitter) on Aug. 16 that […]

In this week’s newsletter, read about CBS Studios’ receiving approval for Star Trek NFT trademarks, check out how FC Barcelona acquired investment for its nonfungible token (NFT) initiative, and find out why NFT project y00ts is bridging to another network just months after its previous transfer. In other news, Canadian authorities are trying to create a repository for seized crypto […]

SpiritSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Fantom, will no longer shut its doors in September after having treasury funds stuck on troubled cross-chain protocol Multichain. In an Aug. 16 community vote, SpiritSwap users passed a resolution to transfer the project to Power, a fellow nonfungible token platform and DEX that is also based on Fantom. In consideration, Power will deploy […]

A federal judge overseeing the civil case between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Binance.US, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has ordered a motion for a protective order to go to a magistrate judge. In an Aug. 16 filing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said […]