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$7.2 billion worth of crypto will be unlocked in the first month of this year, potentially creating market volatility
Quick Take During a Bloomberg TV interview on Wednesday, SEC Chair Gary Gensler repeated his assertion that crypto is “rife with bad actors.” He also drew comparisons to former president Donald Trump-appointed Chair Jay Clayton.
Quick Take Pump.science’s longevity experiments on laboratory mice will involve giving the animal subjects potentially “life extending compounds” and then testing their physical endurance. Using video of the mice trying to stay on a rotating rod and provided data, people will be able to wager the mice’s performance on the Solana-based, prediction platform Hedgehog Markets.
Quick Take CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam made his last public speech on Wednesday at a Brookings Institution event in Washington, D.C., repeating his call for Congress to fill a gap in crypto regulation. Behnam said the legislation would take time, noting a new presidential administration and new makeup in Congress.
Quick Take The criminal trial of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has been tentatively scheduled for late January of next year. Kwon, who pleaded not guilty, could face up to 130 years in prison if convicted of the nine charges related to the collapse of his failed TerraUST stablecoin.
Quick Take The U.S. entities’ bitcoin reserves share over non-U.S. entities reached a ratio of 1.65 as of Jan. 6, according to CryptoQuant data. The share of bitcoin reserves held by U.S. entities soared between last September and December, during which Donald Trump was reelected as U.S. President.
- 21:53SIM swap attacks rampant, causing nearly $50 million in crypto asset lossesAccording to FBI statistics, there were over a thousand SIM swap attacks in 2023, resulting in nearly $50 million in losses. Scammers impersonate the phone owner to trick mobile carriers into swapping SIM cards, intercepting SMS verification codes to steal funds from crypto wallets. Notable cases include Iterative Capital co-founder Brandon Buchanan, who lost $450,000 worth of Bitcoin to such a scam. Experts recommend using app-based authenticators instead of SMS for two-factor authentication. High-risk users should set up a dedicated phone number for two-factor authentication and use different email addresses to register for various services. Institutions can adopt multi-signature wallets and blockchain risk control tools (such as Crystal Intelligence) to monitor transactions in real time and intercept anomalies, reducing the risk of asset theft.
- 21:13If Bitcoin Falls Below $106,000 (UTC+8), Total Long Liquidations on Major CEXs Will Reach $958 MillionBlockBeats News, July 4 — According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $106,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $958 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $110,000, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $685 million. BlockBeats note: The liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts pending liquidation or the precise value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually represent the relative significance, or intensity, of each liquidation cluster compared to adjacent clusters. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows the extent to which the underlying asset price will be affected when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that once the price hits that level, there will be a more intense reaction due to a wave of liquidity.
- 21:13In the past 4 hours, $35.47 million in liquidations occurred across the network, mainly affecting long positionsBlockBeats News, July 4—According to Coinglass data, liquidations across the entire network reached $35.4728 million in the past four hours, with short positions accounting for $6.6524 million and long positions for $28.8204 million.