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- 🛑 Tron wants SEC case dismissed. Tron's legal team wants a judge to dismiss the SEC's case, which accuses them of illegal securities sales, fraud, and market manipulation.
- 💰 FTX payments by end of year. FTX isn't returning the full value of lost crypto to users, but they'll start redemptions to some users by the end of the year.
- 3️⃣ L3 Fever? Degen's L3 chain is taking off but not everyone is happy, with Polygon Labs CEO saying L3s "exist only to take value away from Ethereum."
📊 Culture, Catalysts & Coinbase. Memecoin DEGEN roared to life last month as Base Season accelerated, with holders bagging 4,000% returns during March. What catalysts propelled DEGEN to a unicorn valuation, and can this coin continue to run?
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $2.61T | ↘ 2.8% | ↘ 2.2% |
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BTC $69,641 | ↘ 1.7% | ↘ 1.8% |
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ETH $3,485 | ↘ 4.1% | ↘ 4.0% |
BROOKLYN, New York — Bankless co-owner David Hoffman has announced his resignation from Bankless, effective immediately, in order to take a full-time position at the Solana Foundation as its first “VP of Decentralization.”
“I just really want to help Solana decentralize,” said Hoffman in a tweet announcing his new role. “This goes beyond Nakamoto coefficients for me; this is about actually making a difference. Anybody with a data center should be able to run a Solana validator.”
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The Bitcoin ETF was a huge win for crypto. Will an Ethereum ETF be approved?
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