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After 107 Liquidations, Andrew Tate Is Back With Big Bitcoin Bet

BitcoinAug 4

The recent price uptick in the cryptocurrency market has given some traders, including Andrew Tate, wings. Despite his rather unsuccessful history with futures trading, the British-American social media personality and businessman has opened another major long, according to data shared by Lookonchain. The analysts at the monitoring resource have counted 107 times in which Tate has been liquidated in the past. His new bitcoin long position is for 57.36 $BTC, worth around $3.76 million. However, the potential liquidation price is close by, at $65,216. The cryptocurrency currently trades around $65,500, and if it dips by just $300, Tate would need…

What Happens to Your Attendance NFTs?

NFTAug 4

POAP, the proof-of-attendance protocol known for issuing digital badges to event participants, is shutting down its service, according to a report from The Block. The project had previously announced in March that it would halt new services and maintain only its existing system. The decision marks the end of a notable experiment in the $NFT space, where POAP tokens became a popular way to commemorate conference attendance, virtual meetups, and community events. Background and Timeline POAP, which stands for Proof of Attendance Protocol, gained traction during the crypto and $NFT boom of 2021–2022. The protocol allowed event organizers to mint…

5 Crypto Mistakes Costing Indians Lakhs Every Year

RegulationAug 4

Unlike in most of the world, Indian crypto traders face unique challenges due to government laws and a highly restrictive tax environment. As such, it’s easy to make a mistake or two if you’re not informed about all the crypto happenings in the country. However, some are costlier than others, and any Indian crypto trader should pay special attention to the following mistakes. Ignoring India’s Crypto Tax Rules This is likely the biggest mistake one can make, as since 2022, India has imposed a 30% tax on any profits made from virtual digital assets (VDAs), which include cryptocurrencies. Additionally, a…

A tiny cluster of Solana bots unlocked a 3x trading advantage by routing through one proprietary protocol

AltcoinsAug 4

New research into automated trading on Solana found a nearly threefold difference in positive wrapped SOL outcomes inside one small group of bots. Transactions that invoked HumidiFi, which the paper classifies as a proprietary automated market maker, recorded a positive WSOL balance change about 62.3% of the time. Other transactions in the same 12-address group did so at a 21.01% rate. The comparison covered 244,733 HumidiFi-invoking transactions, including 152,502 with a positive WSOL balance change, and 218,678 other transactions, including 45,949 with a positive change. The rate ratio was about 2.97. The edge appeared in one narrow cluster The ASE…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov internationally wanted, Russia’s FSB says

LegalAug 4

Russian authorities have placed Telegram founder Pavel Durov on an international wanted list as they escalate a criminal case accusing him of facilitating terrorist activity. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had charged Durov with facilitating terrorist activity and issued an international warrant for his arrest, local news agency Interfax reported. The FSB alleged that Telegram failed to remove channels, chats and bots that Ukrainian intelligence services, terrorist groups and extremist organizations used to coordinate attacks, recruit operatives and conduct cyber fraud. The development follows reports in February that Russian authorities had opened a criminal case…

Kalshi Was Warned of Spotify Manipulation Before Settling $3.3M Market

ExchangesAug 4

Kalshi Settled a $3.3M Spotify Market Minutes After a Fraud Warning Kalshi was warned that streaming data underlying one of its Spotify prediction markets appeared to be manipulated before the exchange settled more than $3.3 million in contracts, according to correspondence published Sunday by trader Caleb Davies. The June market asked which artists would reach No. 1 on Spotify’s daily U.S. chart and recorded $3,320,917 in trading volume. Davies lost $4,500 on the settlement, published the exchange himself as a bylined opinion piece, and is identified as “The Whistleblower” in a Netflix documentary on prediction markets. The underlying manipulation was…

BTC Bulls Face $72K Breakout Test

BitcoinAug 4

Bitcoin is trading at a decisive point, with analysts watching whether $BTC can hold short-term support and break through resistance near $72,000. More Crypto Online says the latest pullback has not confirmed a major top, while Don points to $72,583 as the level Bitcoin must reclaim to shift momentum back in favor of bulls. Bitcoin's latest pullback has not confirmed a major top, according to crypto analyst More Crypto Online. In a post on X, the analyst said $BTC's decline from this week's high remains a three-wave move, suggesting the correction may be temporary rather than the start of a…

ValueQube Taps X-Agent to Build AI-Readable DeFi Asset Infrastructure

DeFiAug 4

ValueQube, a popular Web3 financial infrastructure entity, has partnered with X-Agent, a well-known no-code AI agent network. The partnership endeavors to advance AI integration into RWA and DeFi ecosystems. As ValueQube mentioned in its announcement, the partnership attempts to merge the protected AI execution functionalities of X-Agent with its next-gen qAsset model to enhance the way intuitive AI agents comprehend and then interact with advanced blockchain-based assets. Thus, by using AI-readable and structured account certificates, the move attempts to deliver intuitive agents with transparent financial context rather than plain execution commands. 🤝 Partnership Announcement ValueQube is partnering with @XAgent_official, a…

StonkBrokers NFT on Robinhood hits $12.6K in 2 weeks: Can momentum hold?

NFTAug 4

StonkBrokers $NFT on Robinhood Chain surged by more than 368% in the past month, two weeks after launch. In the past 24 hours, the price of the $NFT collection has increased by 13.7%, trading at around $12.42K. Robinhood Chain has been the most used Ethereum [ETH] layer 2 (L2) since making its debut. Will the momentum in the chain be enough to sustain the $NFT’s early traction? StonkBrokers $NFT hits peak floor price in a month StonkBrokers $NFT launched at around $50 but is now trading above $12.6K, making it the sixth largest $NFT by market cap. It is only…

Tokenized stocks market cap gains to record $2.3B

RegulationAug 4

The global market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion on Wednesday, as more investors sought exposure to blockchain-based equity products. The Ethereum network boasted the largest market share, at 34%, followed by BNB Chain with 30% and the Solana network with 23%, data aggregator Token Terminal shared in a Wednesday X post. The largest increase came from Kraken exchange’s xStocks, which accounted for $507 million worth of tokenized stocks and Binance’s bStocks, with $334 million. Ondo Finance remained the largest tokenized stock issuer with $955 million in onchain equities, according to Token Terminal data. More crypto…