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[ad_1] Kraken announced on Aug. 18 that it had added support for PayPal’s stablecoin, also known as PayPal USD or PYUSD. The cryptocurrency exchange said that deposits and withdrawals of PYUSD are currently open and added that it will open trading on Aug. 21. Kraken said that PayPal’s stablecoin will initially be available on Kraken…

[ad_1] In an Aug. 17 meeting, Ethereum developers discussed developments around a new testnet — named ‘Holesky’ — that is set to launch on Sept. 15. Parithosh Jayanthi, DevOps at the Ethereum Foundation, said that developers tested 1.4 million validators on the Holesky testnet and were able to finalize the network. Jayanthi said this is…

[ad_1] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved to file an interlocutory appeal against Ripple on Aug. 18 as part of its ongoing case against the firm. Judge Analisa Torres in the Southern District of New York previously issued rulings on Ripple’s programmatic exchange sales of XRP and its distributions of XRP as payment…

[ad_1] Billionaire investor Mark Cuban criticized OpenSea’s decision to make royalties payment on non-fungible tokens (NFT) optional, describing it as a “HUGE MISTAKE” that would hurt the industry and diminish trust, according to an Aug. 18 tweet. NFT royalties On Aug. 17, OpenSea stated that it would stop enforcing creator royalty fees on secondary sales…

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[ad_1] The recent crypto market crash has led to double-digit losses of more than $55 million for an unknown crypto trader on Binance. Coinglass data showed that the trader traded Ethereum (ETH) against the embattled stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD). Per the data, the position was liquidated at $1,434, containing more than 38,000 ether tokens. The…

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[ad_1] Despite rumors,  there will be no decision today, Aug. 18, Grayscale’s lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over their denial of a spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) conversion, While some had hoped for a decision today, that idea was dispelled by Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst James Seyffart in an Aug. 18 tweet. The…

[ad_1] Ripple’s XRP lost more than $5 billion of its market capitalization after Thursday’s late-night market meltdown liquidated $1 billion from crypto traders. Data from CryptoSlate shows that XRP is among the top 10 losers for Aug. 18, plunging by more than 20% during the reporting period to as low as $0.473. This is the…

[ad_1] Tether’s USDT stablecoin value wobbled from its $1 peg amid the market carnage that wiped nearly $100 billion from the crypto market on Aug. 17. Typically, cryptocurrency traders resort to stablecoins as a hedge against the inherent market volatility within the industry. These assets are designed to consistently maintain their pegged value, irrespective of…