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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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- 03:55JPMorgan Chase: SOL and XRP ETP are expected to attract nearly 15 billion USD in net inflowsAccording to estimates from JPMorgan, XRP and SOL exchange-traded products (ETPs) could attract close to $15 billion in net inflows. Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, stated that this forecast takes into account the market capitalization of BTC and ETH and the performance of ETP flows. BTC ETPs reached an asset management scale of $108 billion in their first year of trading, accounting for 6% of Bitcoin’s total market capitalization of $1.8 trillion. Similarly, ETH ETPs accumulated $12 billion in assets within six months, representing 3% of its market capitalization of $395 billion. Based on these adoption rates as a benchmark, the inflows for SOL ETPs could range between $3 billion and $6 billion, while XRP ETPs could see inflows between $4 billion and $8 billion. According to a recent report by CoinShares, the AUM (Assets Under Management) of SOL ETPs is approaching $1.6 billion, and XRP ETPs have an AUM of $910 million. In 2024, net flows for both are projected to reach $438 million for SOL and $69 million for XRP.
- 03:53Pundi AI announces $FX will be renamed to $PUNDIAI, undergoing a 100:1 token reductionAccording to the official announcement from Pundi AI, $FX tokens will be renamed as $PUNDIAI during the week of February 10, 2025, and a token supply reduction of 100:1 will take place. • On-chain upgrade: Users holding Pundi AIFX Omnilayer's $FX tokens will automatically complete the upgrade. Staked tokens will continue to generate rewards. • Base and Ethereum networks: The upgrade needs to be completed manually or through bridging back to Pundi AIFX Omnilayer for automatic upgrading. • Centralized exchanges: Exchanges participating in the upgrade will automatically convert tokens. Specific timing is subject to exchange announcements. Users have three years to complete the upgrade. After upgrading, $PUNDIAI tokens are not locked up and won't cause new token dilution. Platforms supporting staking of $PUNDIAI include MarginX and Baklava Space.
- 03:42The US spot Ethereum ETF had a net outflow of 39.52 million USD yesterdayAccording to Trader T's monitoring, the net outflow of the US spot Ethereum ETF was $39.52 million yesterday.