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In September 2022, Interchain Foundation, the team behind Cosmos’ development , introduced the Cosmos ATOM 2.0 whitepaper. The document proposed significant changes to Cosmos’s design, including a tokenomics upgrade to fund the Cosmos ecosystem development and reduce ATOM inflation. While the whitepaper launch acted as a bullish catalyst for ATOM price, the community vote to

Coil, a key entity in the XRP ecosystem and a company backed by millions of dollars from Ripple has surprisingly announced that it will cease operations. The company, led by CEO Stefan Thomas, used to provide one of three Unique Node Lists (UNLs) for the XRPL, alongside Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation. It is

Stablecoins have been under much scrutiny since the implosion of the third-largest stablecoin by market cap, TerraUSD (UST), in May 2022. The UST saga led to a lot of skepticism that caused consumers to question the safety of stablecoins.  In the seventh episode of Hashing It Out, Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw (GhCryptoGuy) interviews Paolo Ardoino,

The community is hopeful that XRP could be relisted on Coinbase following the success of attorney John E. Deaton who won what is believed to be regulatory clarity regarding secondary market sales of cryptocurrencies earlier this week. In the legal battle between blockchain-based content sharing and publishing platform LBRY and the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Bitcoin’s (BTC) bullish surge in January has helped the Nasdaq Crypto Index to register its third-highest monthly gain, with a 38% surge. The cryptocurrency market started the year bullish, defying major bearish market outlooks. Bitcoin and a number of altcoins touched new multi-month highs as inflation cooled off.  The Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI) recorded its

Attorney John E. Deaton scored a massively significant victory for the entire crypto industry, the XRP community as well as Ripple yesterday. As Bitcoinist reported, Deaton appeared as an amicus in the remedies hearing in the litigation between LBRY and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The attorney managed to elicit from the SEC,

Bitcoin (BTC) gained about 40% in January, its best finish in the first month of the year since 2013. The sharp rally caused a change in sentiment and the futures markets which saw backwardation in November and December started trading at a healthy contango in January, according to Glassnode. Coming out of a bear market

Even though the legal battle between Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was not heard yesterday, Ripple, XRP, and the entire crypto industry won an important partial victory in its fight against the SEC’s overreaching regulation by enforcement, thanks to attorney John E. Deaton. In yesterday’s appeal hearing, the SEC sought an affirmation

The Ripple Vs. SEC legal battle has been creating tension for XRP as the court sittings could end this year. The CEO of Ripple has been optimistic that the lawsuit could end earlier in 2023. However, the Ripple native token XRP has been trying to weather the storms of the case and the bearish crypto

In a piece of news that went undetected within the crypto community for a few days, the Southeastern European country of Montenegro has announced a partnership with Ripple. The country’s prime minister, Dr. Dritan Abazović tweeted about the pilot project with Ripple already on January 18, 2023. Via the social media platform, the Montenegrin Prime

Aptos’ APT reached a new all-time high of $20.39 after posting gains exceeding 400% since the start of 2023. While the rally could just be a pump-and-dump event due to the perception of weak fundamentals, increasing negative sentiment toward the token will likely fuel the prices in the short term. Let’s explore some of the

Although the XRP Ledger (XRP) is an open-source, public, and decentralized layer 1 blockchain run by a global community of developers, there has been a history of criticism for perceived centralization; the most high-profile case being the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accusing Ripple Labs of issuing an unregistered security. Critics cite the original distribution

Buying DAO tokens? That’s no longer risk-free: Courts might consider you a partner in the business and judge you liable for millions in hacked funds. Another legal trap may be found simply working for a DAO — and implementing community decisions that turn out to be illegal in some far-flung jurisdiction. With many DAO communities

According to a governance proposal passed on Jan. 23, decentralized exchange (DEX) SushiSwap will soon redirect 100% of the platform’s trading fees to its treasury for operations and maintenance for one year’s duration. The move came after CEO Jared Grey warned that the exchange “only has 1.5 years of treasury runway left,” even after slashing

In its predictions for 2023, the Ripple leadership team highlighted Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as one of the biggest trends, as Bitcoinist reported. To drive this agenda, Ripple continues to actively work with the private and public sectors. One country where Ripple is very active is the United Kingdom. On Thursday, January 26, James

Although he’s had a variety of jobs in the industry, including a stint as Arcane Asset’s chief investment officer, Eric Wall is probably best known for shitposting and arguing with people on Crypto Twitter. “Just like any other person, I’m scrolling my Twitter feed, and then you see people saying dumb shit that is incorrect,

Axie Infinity (AXS) has rallied 135% month-to-date to reach approximately $14 on Jan. 23, its highest level in two months. Nonetheless, the AXS/USD pair could suffer major losses in the coming weeks owing to a flurry of negative technical and fundamental indicators. Axie Infinity price prints “gravestone” doji The AXS price formed a “gravestone doji”

The XRP Ledger will see a new amendment go live today, without the explicit approval of Ripple (as always). The “CheckCashMakesTrustLine” amendment will be automatically activated on the XRP Ledger today with a majority of 27 out of 34 votes. The amendment will adjust the “checks” feature of the XRP Ledger that has been available

The legal battle between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received a slightly different schedule update yesterday, according to U.S. Attorney and former federal prosecutor James K. Filan via Twitter. In fact, as of today, no further deadlines are scheduled. All documents and all reply briefs have been submitted. “Everything is

Token Unlock, a platform that uses on-chain data to track vested tokens and inform users of upcoming unlock events, issued a 2022 annual report today showing the highest estimated locked value tokens per the current market price. The report shows 15 tokens (such as XRP, Filecoin, Optimism, Chainlink, BitDao, ApeCoin, STEPN, Hedera, Axie Infinity, dYdX,