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Uniswap Labs has hiked the fee it charges for token swaps that utilize its interface by .1% for all trades, excluding certain stablecoin and wrapping transactions, on its mainnet and supported Layer 2 networks.
Quick Take Bitcoin’s next halving event, when the miners’ block subsidy reward gets cut in half, is now just one week away, according to The Block’s halving countdown. The estimated time remaining would see Bitcoin’s fourth halving arrive on April 20, with the block subsidy dropping from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.
Quick Take By filing the interlocutory appeal, Coinbase is claiming substantial grounds for differences of opinion, according to a person familiar. In its motion, the exchange will be appealing the issue of whether the SEC has authority over digital asset transactions as investment contracts.
Cryptocurrency liquidations hit $468.2 million between about 2:00 p.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. ET on April 12.Total crypto liquidations in the past 24 hours reached $858.15 million among 270,018 traders, crypto liquidations tracker CoinGlass finds.
Quick Take The case involved the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract, said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams. Shakeeb Ahmed, 34, told the court on Friday that he had lost his way, according to Inner City Press.
VeChain and Neo seen as proxy bets on Hong Kong becoming Asia’s first city to approve bitcoin and ether ETFs, analysts said.
Quick Take First edition of Trump Digital Trading Card NFTs have experienced a massive slump in sales activity, with trading volumes plunging by 99% during the last 30 days.
Hong Kong regulators are expected to greenlight spot ETFs for both bitcoin and ether as early as Monday, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Quick Take Framework Ventures and the Abu Dhabi branch of Brevan Howard Digital co-led Berachain’s $100 million Series B round. Other participants include Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Samsung Next, Laser Digital from Nomura Group, Hashkey Capital, Nomad Capital and others.
Bitcoin halving is not priced in despite traders attempting to position themselves ahead of the event, an analyst said.
