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Quick Take The number of DEX traders on Ethereum is down to 63,000, the lowest number of traders since February. This is an excerpt from The Block’s Data & Insights newsletter.
Quick Take CEO Keonne Rodriguez and Chief Technology Officer William Lonergan Hill were charged on Wednesday with operating the Samourai Wallet. Prosecutors say Samourai is an unlicensed money-transmitting business and was involved in over $2 billion in unlawful transactions.
Quick Take The bitcoin halving has historically viewed as a bullish signal. This year, predictions varied. For miners, the bulk of their earnings have been cut by 50% in one day. This is an excerpt from The Block’s Data & Insights newsletter.
Over $6.3 billion worth of bitcoin options and over $3 billion in ether options are set to expire on this Friday on Deribit.The bitcoin option put-call ratio is more skewed towards puts compared to ether’s put-call ratio ahead of the same expiry.
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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan has made five predictions ahead of Bitcoin’s next halving, estimated for April 2028.Hougan expects lower volatility, increased portfolio allocations and ETF flows, central bank involvement and a price target of at least $250,000 during the period.
Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas said BlackRock is “gaga” when it comes to its highly-successful spot bitcoin ETF.BlackRock’s spot bitcoin fund accounts for 24% of the firm’s total ETF flows globally, according to the analyst.