π€ Cowen Digital has hired a new leader for its operations in Europe and Asia.
theblock.com
theblock.com
π Metallica is issuing a crypto scam warning ahead of the release of the new 72 Seasons album.
cointelegraph.com
cointelegraph.com
π Decentralan will host the 2nd Metaverse Fashion Week next March.
voguebusiness.com
voguebusiness.com
Vogue Business
Metaverse Fashion Week to return next year
The second iteration in late March will bridge Decentraland with other virtual worlds, with a focus on digital-physical crossovers and more support for brands.
π° Gridless raises $2 million in funding round led by Stillmark, Block.
bitcoinmagazine.com
bitcoinmagazine.com
β The cryptocurrency mining industry in Texas has gone into decline, and some companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. bloomberg.com
π₯³ Total liquidation in the last 24 hours was $49.54M. 18,612 traders were liquidated. The largest one-time liquidation order occurred on Bitmex-XBTM23 for $1.15M
π Starbucks Loyalty Platform and Starbucks Odyssey NFT Community to Launch Beta on December 8th Luckytrader.com
π Binance NFT Marketplace to Launch Ape NFT Staking Program on December 12 binancezh.top
π₯π Samsung Asset Management and three other asset management companies apply to launch ETFs that track crypto futures in Hong Kong asia.nikkei.com
π° Gate has created a $100 million industry liquidity support fund for all market makers and other institutional clients
π€ CryptoAttack π¬π§
π³ Whales: - Kit 0x8fd5 brought out 5k $WBTC (~$85M) from MakerDAO. - Keith 0xd275 stripped off $16.65K $WETH (~$21M) with AaveV2 and borrowed $32.50K $WETH (~$41M) from AaveV2 and transferred $49,150 ETH (~$62M) to Bitfinex. ~20 million $USDT were translatedβ¦
π΅οΈββοΈ "Nexo" address 0x8fd5 withdrew another 5k WBTC (~$85M) from MakerDAO and transferred those 2 batches of 5k WBTC to Wintermute
π Total trading volume on decentralized derivatives exchanges reached $478 billion in the last 10 months
π Storj decentralized cloud storage platform supports zkSync 2.0 and EIP-4844. storj.io
π Former Alameda CEO's margin position on his personal FTX account was $1.3 billion negative in May. news.bitcoin.com
πββοΈ A16z promotes former US CFTC Commissioner Quintenz to Head of Policy.
coindesk.com
coindesk.com
π₯³ Strike partners with Bitnob to facilitate cross-border payments to Africa/
cointelegraph.com
cointelegraph.com
π£ cz_binance: A list of incorrect narratives that I have seen recently:
"FTX was killed by xyz (i.e. a third party)"
No, FTX killed itself (and its users) because it stole billions of dollars of user funds. Period.
...
"FTX was killed by xyz (i.e. a third party)"
No, FTX killed itself (and its users) because it stole billions of dollars of user funds. Period.
...
π€ CryptoAttack π¬π§
π On December 30, a big 1INCH announcement. The quantity will be 222,187,500 1INCH, 14.813% of the total supply, or about $112 million.
ππ 1INCH: The unlock schedule is hardcoded into the smart contract with entitlements. The actual dates are first day of the month (January 1), not the last one.