May 5, 2024

Crypt. August 18 results

Crypt. August 18 results

  • The developers have officially confirmed the date for the transition of Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) - September 15, 2022.
  • ETHPoW Project,opposing the transition of Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), froze the first batch of smart contracts - 85 addresses containing 1.4 million ETH are already blocked in the code of the future hard fork.
  • The stablecoin HUSD has problems - tonight the token rate on some sites collapsed to $0.92.
  • The SEC of the Canadian state of Ontario has introduced a restriction for local crypto exchanges - from now on, investors from some provinces will be able to invest no more than 30,000 CAD per year in altcoins.
  • South Korea will close access to foreign crypto exchanges, including KuCoin and Poloniex.
  • The collector bought the gold NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club 5383 for 777 ETH ($1.5 million) – on August 1, 2021, it was bought for $242,000, the profit from the transaction was approximately 682 ETH ($1.2 million).
  • Annual inflation in the EU in July amounted to 8.9%, maximums were recorded in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (~20%).
  • A major Australian gas station network has begun accepting crypto payments at all 175 points in the country.
  • The head of the SEC, Gary Gensler, said that 281 whistleblowers earned $1.3 billion (~$450,000 per person) under the special program.
  • PS: Bitcoin will soon test the local support level at $22,000, the breakdown of which opens the way to $19,000, if we fight back, we will go back to test $25,000.