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Inflows to institutional crypto products have tagged a new all-time high of $14.9 billion for 2024 after jumping by $1 billion in a single week. However, the recent bullish momentum in the crypto markets paused amid wholesale transfers from Mt Gox. |
Ethereum loyalists and Bitcoin maxis are doing battle over ETH's prospects after the SEC approved spot Bitcoin ETFs. While Ethereum supporters anticipate all-time highs, Bitcoin backers claim BTC will reign supreme. |
The combined TVL of Layer 2 networks is posting new all-time highs, but analysts warn that the proliferation of L2s threatens to fragment liquidity. However, Uniswap and Across Protocol have joined forces to propose a new standard for cross-chain trading to overcome fragmentation. |
Plus, Gnosis Pay teams up with Visa to offer real-world payments, ENS plots a Layer 2 migration, Avara targets Aave Network deployment for 2025, and top AI projects schedule merger for June. |
And don't miss our deep dive into Donald Trump's crypto pivot. |
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Weekly ETF inflows surpass $1B Mt Gox transfers billions in crypto Ethereum and Bitcoin maxis do battle L2 TVL tags new highs Uniswap and Across target cross-chain swaps Gnosis Pay partners with Visa on card ENS announced L2 pivot Aave Network to launch next year ASI Alliance merger scheduled for June Trump seeks support from crypto community
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Bitcoin | $69,122 | -1.52 % | Ethereum | $3,742 | -1.32 % | Gold 1st Future | $2,389 | -1.34 % | S&P 500 | 5307.01 | -0.27 % | Arch Web3 | 2.36 | -2.69 % | Learn more about Arch Indices here. | |
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Check out our conversation with Ansem, a Solana-focused crypto influencer and analyst. Plus, watch our interview with Robert Viglione, co-founder of Horizen Labs, to discover how the project is driving down the costs associated with zero-knowledge proofs. |
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs enjoyed an inflow of $1 billion last week. The market action propelled inflows to institutional crypto products to a yearly high of $14.9 billion. |
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Crypto markets are retracing after enjoying a surge of bullish momentum amid the SEC abruptly approving spot Ether ETFs. The market action comes amid $9 billion worth of transfers from Mt Gox, the failed pioneering crypto exchange, ahead of its distributions to creditors later this year. |
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Ethereum and Bitcoin maxis are divided as to whether the recent spot Ether approvals will lead to ETH outperforming BTC. "Bitcoin will still win regardless against lesser assets like Ethereum because Bitcoin has compelling utility," said Terrence Yang, Managing Director at Swan Bitcoin.
"Ethereum is not just a crypto but a versatile platform for decentralized applications, smart contracts, and various decentralized finance projects," Ishita Pandey, a web3 influencer told The Defiant. |
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The combined TVL of Ethereum Layer 2s tagged a new all-time high of roughly $47 billion. However, the growing number of L2s has some analysts worried about the increasing fragmentation of liquidity within the Ethereum ecosystem. |
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| | | As Bitcoin enters its fully programmable era, layer 2 solutions are paving the way for countless new use cases for the world's most secure, decentralized, and widely adopted cryptocurrency. Builders are writing the next chapter for Bitcoin with Stacks, the leading Bitcoin Layer 2. While exchanges such as ALEX, Bitflow, and Velar provide decentralized ways to swap tokens and trade assets, other protocols like Zest and Hermetica bring lending, borrowing, and stablecoins to Bitcoin. Stacks is currently anticipating its largest upgrade to date: the Nakamoto Release, which is introducing Fast Blocks and Bitcoin Finality to Stacks. | Check out the top 8 DeFi apps on Stacks and learn how you can take advantage of these new use cases on Bitcoin. |
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Uniswap and Across Protocol have teamed up to propose a new standard for cross-chain swaps. ERC-7683 seeks to establish a "universal filler network" for both traders and liquidity providers. |
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Gnosis Pay has partnered with Visa to promote real-world payments powered by on-chain assets. Gnosis Pay's Visa debit card allows users to make payments at more than 130 million locations worldwide from their Safe smart accounts or on-chain spending accounts provided by third-party businesses. |
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Ethereum Name Service announced plans to deploy its forthcoming v2 iteration on Layer 2. The shift to L2 is intended to reduce transaction fees and costs associated with domain registrations and renewals. |
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Stani Kulechov, the founder of Avara, announced that both Aave v4 and the leading DeFi lender's bespoke Layer 2 are set to go live next year. "This is not a drill, Aave Network is planned to come after V4," Kulechov said. |
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Three leading web3 AI projects are scheduled to merge in two weeks time. Both the networks and native tokens of Ocean Protocol, Fetch AI, and SingularityNET are set to merge to create the ASI Alliance on June 13. |
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Donald Trump's abrupt pro-crypto pivot has grabbed the attention of the web3 community. Just three years ago, Trump described Bitcoin as a "scam," but now the Republican presidential nominee is pledging to ensure the United States is a hub of crypto innovation. |
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