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Ether Market Cap Adds Close to an Entire Solana Blockchain in a Single Day

SOL is often cited as a contender to replace ETH eventually. This week's market action shows how Herculean the task would be.

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Donald Trump-Themed Meme Coins Breed Crypto Millionaires as MAGA Token Surged

Analysis by Nansen shows that early TRUMP holders made an ROI of over 1,600% from the PoliFi token.

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Policymakers Are Back at Consensus 2024

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might approve spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the House of Representatives may vote in favor of a crypto market structure bill, the comp...

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Cboe Publishes Amended Spot Ether ETF Filings as Industry Renews Approval Hopes

Cboe, an exchange associated with five of the issuers of a potential spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), published its amended 19b-4 filings in response to feedback from regulators. The applicants ...

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Ether Rally Prompts Over $300 Million ETH Inflow to Crypto Exchanges: Nansen

The fast move likely signals short-term profit taking after ether's rapid 30% rally, one observer noted.

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How a Liquidity Protocol Marketer Mines Web3’s ‘Most Sacred Data’

Yakov Sychev is the CMO of cross-chain liquidity protocol Eywa. He is helping marketers understand user journeys between Web 2 and Web3.

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Trump Becomes First Major Party Candidate to Accept Crypto Donations

The likely GOP flag-bearer in the upcoming U.S. presidential election signaled his friendliness to crypto at a campaign fundraiser two weeks ago.

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Several U.S. House Democrats Petition Colleagues to Join Yes Side on Crypto Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives is on the verge of a vote on Wednesday that is widely expected to approve comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation with bipartisan support – a major milestone for the...

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CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger on Overzealous Crypto Regulation and the Need for Legislative Action

The commodities regulator has been clear about the dangers of regulating a burgeoning industry through enforcement actions.

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/05/21/cftc-commissioner-summer-mersinger-on-overzealous-crypto-regulation-and-the-need-for-legislative-action/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Biden Administration Is Easing Up on Crypto (a Vibes Analysis)

A wave of positive regulatory developments for crypto could be coincidence. Or they could be the Biden Administration reacting to Donald Trump’s recent embrace of the industry.

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Uniswap Labs Urges SEC to Drop Pending Enforcement Action in Wells Response

Uniswap Labs moved Tuesday to quash a looming regulatory battle over Ethereum's dominant decentralized crypto exchange, imploring the Securities and Exchange Commission in legal filings that its plann...

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Second Ethereum Foundation Researcher Acknowledges Advisory Deal Paid in EIGEN

The news set off a debate on the social-media platform X about whether advising the EigenFoundation might constitute a conflict of interest – given the flagged risks to Ethereum from restaking protoco...

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Farcaster, Blockchain-Based Social Media Startup, Raises $150M, Led by Paradigm

Dan Romero's Farcaster made waves earlier this year with the introduction of "Frames," a feature allowing apps to run within posts, so users don't have to click off to another site.

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/21/farcaster-blockchain-based-social-media-startup-raises-150m-led-by-paradigm/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes 'Buy and Burn'

Gala investor DWF Labs also said that it had purchased 28 million GALA tokens "to alleviate market selling pressures."

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