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Quick Take Crossover Markets CEO Brandon Mulvihill explains how his trading firm attempts to compress crypto trading fees.
Quick Take The former executive filed his notice of appeal on Thursday to Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried asked Judge Kaplan on Monday if their client could stay at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while his appeal process pans out.
Tool for Humanity’s World App, a Worldcoin-compatible wallet, has amassed more than 10 million total users since it roll out last year.
Quick Take Circle implemented smart contract support for BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) investors. The move provides an off-ramp for BUIDL holders, allowing them to transfer their shares to Circle for USDC.
Quick Take Chainlink has launched Transporter, an app for moving crypto tokens and messages between blockchains powered by its CCIP. The project also unveiled a new token transfer mechanism, enabling native ETH to be transferred cross-chain through WETH token pools.
Bitcoin’s price increased on Thursday as the ECB held interest rates steady.The FTSE and European stock indices fell alongside Wall Street as global markets pulled back.
Quick Take CF Benchmarks has launched its Bitcoin Volatility Index, facilitating the tracking and trading of future BTC price volatility.
Quick Take Galxe announced is launching its “Identity Protocol” on mainnet. The company’s said it aims to grant users additional control over their private data while offering them a chance to utilize “cross-domain pseudonymous identities” when engaging with different platforms and blockchains.
Quick Take The cross-chain auction protocol Mayan raised $3 million in seed funding. Borderless Capital and 6th Man Ventures co-led the round, with participation from Solana Ventures, Hash3, Big Brain Holdings, Arrington Capital and others.
Quick Take Crypto exchange Kraken is set to delist Monero for customers in Ireland and Belgium in June. The decision follows similar moves to delist privacy coins by Binance and OKX.
