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[ad_1] Glassnode data analyzed by CryptoSlate showed significantly greater open interest calls for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Calls and puts refer to the buying and selling, respectively, of options. These derivative products give holders the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell the underlying asset at some future point for a predetermined price. This…

[ad_1] Defunct crypto exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) donated millions to charities. Now the firm’s new management is trying to recover the donations, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Jan. 8. John. J. Ray, currently heading FTX management, has said that it has been challenging to figure out the firm’s total…

[ad_1] Over the past few months, the US attorney’s office for the Western District of Washington has issued subpoenas to hedge funds that interacted with Binance. The Washington Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter. The report noted that the prosecutors had directed the investment firms to hand over their communication records with Binance.…

[ad_1] The cryptocurrency industry has experienced a significant downturn in recent months, leading to concerns about the future of the industry. However, John Woods, the CTO of the Algorand foundation, remains optimistic about the future of cryptocurrencies. According to Woods, the recent collapse of centralized exchanges has damaged consumer confidence and the price in the…

[ad_1] The podcast discusses the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry and its relationship with the centralized finance (CeFi) industry. The guest, Emile from XDEFI, mentions that the market has been difficult recently, with a number of major CeFi platforms collapsing. He also expresses concern about the risk of further collapses, citing the Genesis situation and the…

[ad_1] In this episode of the SlateCast, CryptoSlate’s Akiba spoke to Lachlan from Laybrys, the company behind the website mevwatch.info to discuss the issue of censorship on the Ethereum network, specifically in relation to Validators outsourcing their block production to MV boost relays, which have the ability to censor transactions. This has led to a…

[ad_1] U.S. authorities are seeking out victims of FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a web page published on Jan. 6. That page, created by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, invites members of the public to contact [email protected] The invitation is open to those who may…

[ad_1] An attacker used a crypto investor’s facial ID to unlock his wallet by force and transferred $4.1 million to his own address in China on Jan.1, as reported by local news outlets. The attacker located the investor in an on-site gathering hosted for crypto investors. After the event, the attacker followed the investor to…

[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have opened investigations into Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group (DCG) to examine its internal money transfers and loans, as reported by Bloomberg News. Prosecutors are looking into the transfers between the DCG, an embattled subsidiary of the company, who asked not…

[ad_1] Canadian Bitcoin mining firm, Hut 8 increased its Bitcoin holdings by 161 in December 2022 –  a decline of 32.35% from November’s 238 Bitcoins. Further, Hut 8 mined Bitcoin at an average of 5.2 Bitcoin/day in December – a fall from the November average of 7.9 Bitcoin/day. The firm’s total Bitcoin count on December…