Category: Cryptocurrency News

Following a spell of TradFi breakthroughs, all-time highs, and intense optimism in the crypto industry, selling pressure across most major cryptocurrencies are slowly beginning to ease, with trading volumes submitting to more tenable growth levels. Amidst this growth, one category-defying group of tokens has witnessed persistent success regardless of the current market backdrop: memecoins. Known […]

I'm looking to sell some of my ETH, and it's split pretty evenly between these. Should I focus on getting rid of one other the others, or should I just sell them all evenly? My concern about the staking pool is that I'm self-hosting, and honestly I don't even know how to get everything out.…
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Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego has urged his followers to buy Bitcoin. Elon Musk, currently the world’s wealthiest individual, could be surpassed by Bitcoin’s anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. In Nigeria, artist Davido faced backlash after allegedly scamming investors by pocketing $474,000 from his meme coin sale. Some Russian companies are resorting to cryptocurrencies like USDT […]

The decentralized social network Friend.tech has unveiled plans to move from Coinbase’s Layer 2 blockchain Base to its proprietary network, Friendchain. This development will come as part of the platform’s collaboration with Conduit, a crypto infrastructure service provider. When Will The New Friend.tech Blockchain Launch? In a June 8th post on X, web3 social platform Friend.tech revealed its plans to create a new blockchain dubbed “Friendchain,” winding down its partnership with the Coinbase-incubated Base network. According to the announcement, Friendchain is a proprietary blockchain that will utilize the recently launched FRIEND token as a fully transferable gas token. Related Reading: Is A Bitcoin Crash Below $50,000 Still Possible? Crypto Analyst Shares The Possibilities Although the decentralized platform’s team didn’t disclose a timeline for the network migration, the announcement did say that users will be kept abreast of relevant information “over the coming months.” It can be deduced from Friend.tech’s message that the Friendchain mainnet migration could take months. We’re pleased to be working with @conduitxyz on Friendchain, our own blockchain that uses $FRIEND as a fully transferable gas token. We’ll keep you up-to-date with all the info you need over the coming months as we build out this exciting new chapter. pic.twitter.com/HRa26vfFEX — friend.tech (@friendtech) June 8, 2024 However, this development isn’t exactly a surprise, considering that the Friend.tech co-founder Racer had publicly expressed the desire to move the decentralized social platform off Base in late May. In a now-inaccessible post on X, Racer said about Friend.tech team’s shaky relationship with Base: Farcaster investors went apeshit smearing us when we launched because they misunderstood what we were doing. Pushed it really hard on their team and users and the relationship has been downhill since then with us getting ostracized from anything that is for the ‘Base community. Following its launch in August 2023, Friend.tech was quick to establish itself as one of the top decentralized applications (dApps) on the Base network. However, the social platform has seen user interest and engagement cool off in recent months. FRIEND Rallies 17% After New Blockchain Announcement After Racer hinted at a possible exit from Base, the value of the FRIEND token plunged by 20%. This somewhat compounded the unfavorable sentiment around the token after ITS largely “unsuccessful” airdrop in May. Related Reading: Dogecoin Price Prediction: Analyst Forecasts Meteoric 21,700% Rise To $17, Here’s When This time around, though, the latest confirmation of “Friendchain” had a rather positive impact on the price of FRIEND. According to data from CoinGecko, the cryptocurrency jumped more than 17% following the recent announcement, reaching $1 at some point. As of this writing, the FRIEND token is valued at $0.93, reflecting an 8% price increase in the past day. However, this latest price spike has not been enough to wipe the token’s loss on the weekly timeframe. Featured image from Fortune, chart from TradingView

The Cardano blockchain co-founder, Charles Hoskinson, has expressed frustration over what he perceives as a disconnect between the public perception of Cardano—shaped by influencers and media—and the project’s actual progress and fundamentals. Hoskinson highlighted technological advancements such as Hydra, the development of partner chains, and many community events as some of Cardano’s achievements. Despite these […]

I tried Uniswap recently. Aside from the clunky UI on both the website and android app (I don't have iOS device), the 0.25% trading fee is just too high to compete with centralized exchanges. I get it, LP need to be paid. But isn't lower fees for higher volume a much better strategy? At current…
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“You are either building capitalism or planned socialism,” said Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy, pointing the finger at Vitalik Buterin, Hayden Adams, and the wider Ethereum community.

Initially introduced in March, the proposal gained official approval on June 7, with a majority of over 75% of votes in favor.

According to a report by data analytics company IntoTheBlock, the volume of high-risk loans on the prominent Aave Protocol is reaching high levels as general loan volume in the DeFi space records multi-year highs. This development is believed to stem from investors exploring various investment strategies in a bid to maximize profits in a highly anticipated crypto bull run. Related Reading: Aave Joins Binance’s BNB Chain Ecosystem – Here’s How Users Benefit Aave’s High-Risk Loans 5% Short Of Liquidation Threshold In its weekly newsletter on June 8, IntoTheBlock highlights that DeFi loans are currently estimated at  $11 billion representing the peak value seen in the last two years. As the largest lending protocol, Aave accounts for over 50% of these figures with its users having borrowed about $6 billion.  Notably, $1 billion of this debt is categorized as high-risk loans which are placed against volatile collateral. Currently, these loans present substantial risk, with the values of their collateral asset within 5% of their set liquidation threshold. For context, the margin call level or liquidation threshold is a predetermined point at which an asset’s value falls to a level where the lender or broker requires the borrower to add more collateral to maintain the loan or position. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the automatic liquidation of such collateral.   When collateral assets hover around this critical threshold as with the high-risk loans on Aave, any minor dip may lead to widespread liquidations. This normally results in the loss of such assets for the borrower. However, in certain conditions where a rapid price decline occurs, the borrower may incur additional losses which may be transferred to their account balance on the lending platform.  Furthermore, liquidations from these high-risk loans may exacerbate market volatility, which may result in more price loss, leading to more liquidations in a downward spiral. In addition, many assets getting liquidated at once can create liquidity crunches which can prevent the Aave protocol from operating smoothly. Related Reading: Curve Founder Michael Egorov Clears Aave Loan, Reduces Total Debt To $42.7 Million AAVE Price Overview Meanwhile, AAVE has declined by 5.30% in the last day after facing serious resistance at the $98.20 price zone. The DeFi token is currently valued at $92.30 after an overall negative performance in the past week resulting in an 11.53% price loss. However, according to price prediction site Coincodex, the general sentiment around AAVE remains positive. The team at Coincodex backs AAVE to make a remarkable comeback hitting a price point of $303.87 in the next one month. Featured image from LinkedIn, chart from Tradingview