The roots of an hour-long surge were difficult to pinpoint, according to one analyst, but investors have recently been more optimistic about the crypto’s prospects following last month’s banking crisis.
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Ethereum Unstaking Requests Now Face About a 17-Day Wait
The queue stood at 14 days late last week, but it’s lengthened as more exit requests piled in from validators on the blockchain. Also, staked ether deposits outpace withdrawals for the first time since last week’s Shanghai upgrade.
Winklevoss Twins Lent Their Crypto Platform Gemini $100M: Bloomberg
The brothers had tried to get outside investment, Bloomberg said.
MonkeDAO Plans to Buy Rights to Popular Solana Monkey Business NFT Collection for $2M
MonkeDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization formed by owners of the Solana Monkey Business NFT project, will purchase all intellectual property rights to the collection from its current owner HadesDAO.
U.S. Treasury Warns DeFi Is Used by North Korea, Scammers to Launder Dirty Money
The department's first analysis of illicit finance risks associated with DeFi recommends the U.S. look at enhancements to its existing anti-money laundering regime.
The Future of Web3 Animation
In a CoinDesk interview, Colin Brady, chief creative officer at AMGI Studios, talks about how Web3 and AI will change movie-making, and why big studios fail to adopt new technologies.
M11 Credit Resumes Crypto Lending on Maple Finance After FTX-Spurred Pause
The firm introduced an upgraded credit underwriting process and appointed a new head of credit. The developments came after M11 Credit suffered $36 million of loan defaults on lending protocol Maple Finance following FTX’s November collapse.
Sotheby's Relaunches Glitch Digital Art Sale After Representation Backlash
The "Glitch: Beyond Binary" art sale is a reboot of last month's "Glitch-ism" auction and features a more diverse roster of artists.
BNY Mellon CEO Says the Bank Is Going 'Incredibly Slow' on Crypto
Robin Vince said the lender won't be as aggressive as other banks have been in trying to gain crypto deposits.
Japan Approves Web3 White Paper to Promote Industry Growth in the Country
The document proposes more tax reforms, clearer accounting standards and a DAO law.