The total daily transaction fees paid on the Solana blockchain, measured in U.S. dollars, have fallen to a level not observed since early May 2024. On Monday, daily transaction fees on Solana dropped to $639,000 — representing a 65% decrease from this month's peak of $1.83 million on August 8 and an 87% decline from the all-time high of $5.08 million on March 18, according to The Block's Data Dashboard.
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🇺🇸 SEC Charges Abra With Unregistered Sales of Crypto Asset Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed settled charges against Plutus Lending LLC, operating as Abra, for failing to register the offers and sales of its crypto asset lending product, Abra Earn. The SEC also accused Abra of operating as an unregistered investment company, further complicating the firm’s regulatory standing.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed settled charges against Plutus Lending LLC, operating as Abra, for failing to register the offers and sales of its crypto asset lending product, Abra Earn. The SEC also accused Abra of operating as an unregistered investment company, further complicating the firm’s regulatory standing.
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MakerDAO has rebranded to Sky and announced the names of its upcoming upgraded tokens, USDS and SKY, set for September 18. The release of the names follows its recent confirmation of upgrades to its token ecosystem. The rebranding is part of MakerDAO’s “Endgame Plan,” a vision laid out by co-founder Rune Christensen aimed at transforming the structure of the DAO to enhance DeFi’s growth, accessibility, and resilience.
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Nasdaq, in partnership with CF Benchmarks, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list and trade Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options (XBTX). Regulatory approval would enable investors to manage and hedge bitcoin positions using options that track the underlying asset through the CME CF Benchmarks Bitcoin Real-Time Index (BRTI). If approved, these bitcoin options would become the first cryptocurrency derivatives cleared by the U.S. Options Clearing Corporation (OCC).
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sees crypto airdrops as a promising initial use case for blockchain-based identity frameworks. In an Aug. 28 post on X, Buterin outlined the goals of airdrops as distributing tokens to genuine community members, rewarding project contributions, and ensuring fairness. He suggested that projects could leverage ZK-based identity, credential, and attestation frameworks to achieve these aims.
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📣 Crypto-friendly web startup Brave lays off 15% of its workforce
Brave Software has let go of 27 people, or about 15% of its workforce. This is the second round of layoffs for the web browser and search startup within the past year, according to a TechCrunch report. The privacy-focused internet company founded by Mozilla co-creator Brendan Eich has steadily grown since its founding in 2015. According to its latest transparency report, Brave counts nearly 80 million monthly active users, up from 65 million at the end of last year.
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Brave Software has let go of 27 people, or about 15% of its workforce. This is the second round of layoffs for the web browser and search startup within the past year, according to a TechCrunch report. The privacy-focused internet company founded by Mozilla co-creator Brendan Eich has steadily grown since its founding in 2015. According to its latest transparency report, Brave counts nearly 80 million monthly active users, up from 65 million at the end of last year.
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Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds in the U.S. reported daily net inflows of $5.84 million on Wednesday, ending a nine-day streak of outflows. The Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) recorded a daily net outflow of $3.81 million, countered by inflows of $8.4 million into BlackRock’s spot ether fund and $1.26 million into Fidelity’s FETH, SoSoValue data showed.
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Spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US registered $5.9 million in net inflows on Aug. 28 after nine consecutive days of outflows, based on Farside Investors data. Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) registered $3.8 million in outflows yesterday, the smallest amount of cash leaving the fund since the spot Ether ETFs debuted in the US on July 23.
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Bitcoin miners’ wallet balances have been on a steady decline since 2011, with the trend continuing into 2024. The first chart illustrates a significant reduction from an all-time high of over 2.5 million BTC in late 2011 to under 2 million BTC by mid-2024. This decline has been influenced by miners liquidating assets to cover operational costs, especially during periods of market volatility and post-halving events.
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The Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program (EFESP) allocated a total of roughly $8.5 million to support 98 projects, according to the foundation’s inaugural grants allocation report published on Aug. 30. Although the report breaks down the projects by type, recipient, and contact, it does not provide a detailed breakdown of how much each project received.
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Despite an eight-day streak of positive net inflows, U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds logged a red candle for the month of August, logging a total net outflow of about $94 million. That sum is well within the bounds of a single good or bad day though, according to data from SoSoValue. Spot bitcoin ETFs netted over $250 million on Aug. 23, the best day for the funds this month, while the funds lost $237 million on their worst day, Aug. 2.
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Throughout the FTX bankruptcy, many different avenues have been explored or proposed to maximize creditor recovery, from relaunching the FTX exchange in order to make money back for creditors to distributing claims as tokens in a new venture that can be traded. Some decentralized marketplaces such as Found.xyz and Figure Markets even launched support for tokenized FTX claims trading this summer, in a move that one crypto CEO called "one of the most crypto things" he's ever seen.
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Trading volumes on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges increased in August, extending the growth that began in July after hitting a multi-month low in June. The Block's Data Dashboard reveals that monthly spot market volumes across global cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase, reached $1.2 trillion in August, up from $1.12 trillion in July—a 6.6% increase. Binance captured the largest market share in August, with a trading volume of $448.45 billion.
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Blockchain security firm CertiK reported that crypto projects were exploited for a total of $310 million in August, the second-highest monthly total this year. The firm noted that $10.3 million of the stolen assets were recovered or returned, reducing the net loss to $300.6 million.
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WazirX has begun the second phase of its fiat currency withdrawal process ahead of schedule on Sept. 3. The process was originally slated to begin on Sept. 9 and comes as the exchange faces the aftermath of a major security breach that resulted in the theft of over $230 million in user assets. CEO Nishal Shetty shared the update on social media and said the exchange is continuing to do all it can to restore access to customer funds.
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Farside data shows that Bitcoin ETFs experienced a significant outflow of $287.8 million on Sept. 3, marking the largest outflow since May 1, when $563.7 million exited the market. Eight ETF issuers recorded outflows, highlighting a broad retreat from Bitcoin ETF investments. Among the hardest hit was Fidelity’s FBTC, which saw a $162.3 million outflow, and Grayscale’s GBTC, with $50.4 million leaving the fund. Bitwise’s BITB ETF lost $25.0 million, while ARK’s ARKB ETF experienced a $33.6 million outflow.
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🇳🇬 Nigerian court defers bail for ailing Binance executive to October
A Nigerian court has postponed the decision on the bail application for detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan until Oct. 9. Judge Emeka Nwite issued the ruling on Sept. 4 after hearing arguments from both Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, and the prosecuting counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, who opposed the bail request.
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A Nigerian court has postponed the decision on the bail application for detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan until Oct. 9. Judge Emeka Nwite issued the ruling on Sept. 4 after hearing arguments from both Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, and the prosecuting counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, who opposed the bail request.
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Ether has underperformed bitcoin by as much as 44% since the Ethereum blockchain's 'merge' to proof-of-stake almost two years ago, according to analysts. "Next week will mark two years since Ethereum switched to a proof-of-stake network, an upgrade known as The Merge. Since then, Ethereum has underperformed bitcoin by 44%," CryptoQuant analysts said.
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🇷🇺 Chainalysis says Russia’s crypto infrastructure aims to skirt Western sanctions
According to blockchain analytics provider Chainalysis, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is spearheading efforts to develop financial infrastructure that will enable the country to use cryptocurrencies for international trade and circumvent Western sanctions. Friday's Chainalysis policy and regulation report highlighted recent legislation passed by the Russian parliament that legalizes cryptocurrency mining and allows the use of cryptocurrencies for international payments.
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According to blockchain analytics provider Chainalysis, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is spearheading efforts to develop financial infrastructure that will enable the country to use cryptocurrencies for international trade and circumvent Western sanctions. Friday's Chainalysis policy and regulation report highlighted recent legislation passed by the Russian parliament that legalizes cryptocurrency mining and allows the use of cryptocurrencies for international payments.
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