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XRP price briefly loses support at $1.14 before buyers drive back strongly

XRP briefly broke below a closely watched support level on Sunday before buyers stepped in. The token fell to around $1.12 on some of the heaviest volume of the session, then bounced back towards $1.15 within hours, leaving traders focused less on the drop itself and more on whether the latest test of support signals […]

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Are perps swaps? A quick look at the CME suit: State of Crypto

CME claims the perps are damaging their long-dated futures products. The lawsuit alleges that the CFTC did not consider the consequences of approving perps, and that these products are actually “swaps” as defined by the Dodd-Frank Act, and not “futures.” Each concept is important for how the products themselves must be regulated and what requirements

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‘Toy Story 5’ burns Hollywood’s hottest summer since 2019

Hollywood is having its best summer since the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to permanently alter moviegoing habits, with “Toy Story 5” extending its hot streak over the weekend. The Disney-Pixar sequel was on pace to sell an estimated $312 million in tickets worldwide from Thursday through Sunday, according to Rentrak, which compiles box office data. It

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Ethereum’s biggest ‘sandwich’ bot drained $7.5 million in ironic exploitation

The setup was built over several weeks, with the attacker deploying dozens of fake token contracts and fake liquidity pools – a term for a pile of tokens locked on a decentralized exchange – that looked like profitable trades. Some mimicked well-known assets such as wrapped ether (WETH) and dollar-pegged stablecoins USDC and USDT. That

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AI makes crypto security cheaper, faster and harder to ignore

Urbelis said he believes artificial intelligence could eventually reshape the standard of care around smart contract development. Historically, teams could point to the cost and complexity of audits as a reason why certain reviews were not performed. That argument becomes more difficult when sophisticated security analysis is available on demand. “A pure AI report will

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A look at how falling Bitcoin prices, capital structure changes pushed STRC below $83 in just five weeks.

May 26: The company confirmed that it had used its cash reserve to fund the bond buyback. The transaction had reduced the fund to $871 million. The buyback reduced this reserve to about six months of STRC dividend coverage. The company had previously said the plan was to maintain around 24 months of dividend coverage.

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Schwab Will Join Prediction Markets Race With S&P 500 Event-Based Options: WSJ

Charles Schwab is working with Cboe Global Markets to launch a new type of options contract that will allow clients to make yes-or-no bets on the performance of the S&P 500, marking the brokerage’s first move into prediction markets, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The feature is expected to be rolled out to

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