#Ethereum on-chain fees tell a story of protocol evolution, as DEXs overtake CEXs.

Phase 1: Exchange based trading, alongside retail led ICO mania dominates gas fees.

Phase 2: Trading activity slows in the bear whilst smart contract experimentation continues.

Phase 3: DeFi + DEXs + mass CEX withdrawals dominate gas fees with Exchange related gas fees falling to only ~5% dominance.

#glassnode

#Bitcoin is displacing gold as an inflation hedge

Purpose ETF now holds over $1bn worth of Bitcoin.

Tether total market cap hits $45 billion

Multi-asset digital investment products saw inflows of $8m last week, largest since late February

Coinbase reference price set at $250 per share ahead of Nasdaq debut — link

As google searches for Ethereum decline, BNB and NFT gain popularity.

Retail interest in the crypto market increases as new Twitter following of crypto exchanges nears all-time-high.

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OpenEthereum ETH nodes out of consensus at block 12244295 after Berlin activation — link

$SXP/BTC breakout and retest confirmed. Now UP ONLY.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/y9LoAVWT/

Bitcoin plunge to $51k liquidates $7.8 billion worth of positions.

According to bybt.com, in the past 24h over 1 million traders got liquidated with nearly $10 billion worth of positions across exchanges.

CZ is going to burn a huge amount of #BNB at some point.

EASY dumping hard ...

Seems there are some big issues going on, probably a hack

⁠Bitcoin traders are eyeing these price levels as BTC rebounds from weekend crash

Bitcoin is recovering and traders are pinpointing $57,000 and $60,300 as the key short-term price levels to watch.

https://ct.com/9jpo

$ONT may follow $NEO

The amount of Tether launched on Tron (USDT_TRX) is catching up to the amount of Tether launched on Ethereum (USDT_ETH).

USDT_ETH appears to be used for relatively large transfers, while USDT_TRX is typically used for smaller transactions — link

Former top bank regulator Brian Brooks will become the new CEO of Binance U.S. — link