- Top ApolloX Gainer: WAVESUSDT (+81.72%)
- Top ApolloX Loser: LOKAUSDT (-21.77%)
Crypto QuickSnap
Waves Protocol ($WAVES) saw its price pump 90% over the last 7 days after announcing its “DeFi Revival Plan”, a response to two incidents in April which left many Waves users with heavy losses and a loss of confidence in the project. Meanwhile, League of Kingdoms Arena ($LOKA) is suffering losses from the bearish market, which usually see decreased participation in play-to-earn games.
Market Analysis
This week, bitcoin price saw volatile price action as it experienced two brief rallies to above $30k before falling to the $29.5k - $30k price levels for the rest of the week. Open interest dropped more than $562 million and funding rates turned from positive to negative as traders assume more bearish price action. More than $336 million long positions were liquidated on June 1 alone when bitcoin fell from $31k to $29k price levels. For short traders, close to $169 million short positions were liquidated on May 30 and June 2 during the brief price spikes.
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Investment Talk
- South Korea is ramping up crypto investigations and regulations. It announced the Digital Assets Committee, launched an investigation and met with Asia-Pacific financial authorities. (Learn more)
- A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report found that roughly 70% of $1 billion lost to crypto scammers since 2021 was Bitcoin. The median individual loss reported was about $2,600, but that figure for victims in their 70s was nearly $12,000. (Learn more)
- Kenya is looking to become Africa’s first Bitcoin mining hub by inviting Bitcoin mining companies to use surplus geothermal energy to power their operations. (Learn more)
Projects
- The Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord server was hacked on Saturday, with the attacker making off with 200 ETH ($360,000) worth of NFTs, according to Yuga Labs. (Learn more)
- Move-to-earn Stepn was hit with a number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks this weekend, the third such occurrence in the last few months. (Learn more)
- A new proposal by the ApeCoin DAO to stay on Ethereum has gained overwhelming community support, with 99.65% of votes in favor and 0.35% of votes against currently. (Learn more)
Web3.0
- Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of Binance, will launch a new $500 million fund focused on Web3 and blockchain technologies. (Learn more)
- Fast food chain Chipotle has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments in their US restaurants Flexa, a digital payments platform. 98 digital currencies including bitcoin and ether are supported. (Learn more)
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