Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested around 8 PM on Saturday at Le Bourget airport in France. Durov, a French-Russian national, was detained... Read more »
The European Union’s “fragmented regulatory structure” is stifling artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify CEO Danie Ek said in a joint statement published on Friday. The two tech... Read more »
The DeFi Education Fund and the Blockchain Association have submitted an amicus brief in support of a legal challenge against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). The brief... Read more »
Onchain Highlights DEFINITION: The number of unique accumulation addresses. Accumulation addresses are defined as addresses that have at least 2 incoming non-dust transfers and have never spent funds. Exchange addresses and addresses receiving... Read more »
The Chinese government announced the extradition of the mastermind behind a multi-billion-dollar crypto pyramid scheme from Thailand, according to an Aug. 23 statement. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security identified the suspect... Read more »
Vitalik Buterin said that the series of critical developments in Ethereum’s (ETH) ecosystem in recent months have made the network’s fundamentals “crazy strong.” Buterin made the statement in response to claims that... Read more »
Quick Take Juan Leon, Senior Investment Strategist at Bitwise Invest, highlights the growing influence of stablecoins in the US Treasury bill market. Currently, stablecoins hold approximately 1% of US Treasury bills, but... Read more »
Crypto companies have significantly increased their involvement in the US federal elections in 2024, contributing over $119 million so far, according to a Public Citizen report published on Aug. 21. The report... Read more »
Quick Take Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck, noted the institutional ownership in Bitcoin ETFs, reflecting the growing interest in these financial instruments. A breakdown of institutional ownership percentages... Read more »
Onchain Highlights DEFINITION: Bitcoin bull market corrections: drawdowns compared across previous cycles Bitcoin’s 2022+ cycle reveals a continuation of steep corrections, evidenced by multiple drawdowns exceeding 20% from peak values. This trend... Read more »
