The latest moves in crypto markets, in context By Lyllah Ledesma, CoinDesk reporter Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. |
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Welcome to a new week! Here's what you need to know today in crypto: |
- Curve, the stablecoin-focused DEX, witnessed an exploit over the weekend.
- The SEC asked Coinbase to delist every cryptocurrency except bitcoin before suing the exchange, Brian Armstrong told the FT
- Optimism's OP token surges on the back of Optimism-based chain Base seeing an increase in trading activity related to memecoins.
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CoinDesk Market Index (CMI): 1,277 −0.1%
Bitcoin (BTC): $29,383 +0.4%
Ether (ETC): $1,868 −0.3%
S&P 500 futures: 4,612.25 +0.1%
FTSE 100: 7,693.85 −0.0%
Treasury Yield 10 Years: 3.97% −0.0 |
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Curve, a stablecoin-focused decentralized exchange (DEX), was the victim of an exploit late Sunday according to a tweet from the project. Curve relies on smart contracts instead of middlemen to offer financial services such as stablecoin borrowing, trading and lending to users. Upwards of $100 million worth of cryptocurrency are at risk due to a "re-entrancy" bug in Vyper, a programming language used to power parts of the Curve system. Several stablecoin pools on the platform — used for pricing and liquidity on a number of different DeFi services — have been drained by hackers so far, though the amount was unclear at press time. BlockSec, a blockchain auditing firm, estimated total losses above $42 million in a preliminary analysis posted to Twitter. While CRV, the DEX's native token, was trading down 12% over the last 24 hours per Coinbase, it has interestingly surged 500% on South Korea-based digital assets exchange Bithumb. |
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Layer 2 chain Optimism's native token OP surged higher on Monday, gaining 9% on the day, outperforming the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which was roughly flat on the session. The advance for OP comes as Base – an Optimism-based Coinbase-built layer 2 scaling chain – has seen an increase in transaction activity related to meme coins, including BALD, a newly-launched meme coin on Base reaching a market cap of $85 million late on Sunday. The Optimism network also saw a spike in transaction volume last week after OpenAI's Worldcoin launched on the network. The gains in transaction volume for Optimism meant it surpassed its rival Arbitrum for the first time in six months, according to Dune Analytics. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked Coinbase (COIN) to stop trading in all cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin prior to suing the crypto exchange, CEO Brian Armstrong told the Financial Times. "We believe every asset other than bitcoin is a security," said the SEC, according to Armstrong, who added that the agency declined to disclose its reasoning behind that conclusion. "We really didn't have a choice at that point," said Armstrong. "It would have essentially meant the end of the crypto industry in the U.S … Let's go to court and find out what the court says." On June 6, the SEC charged Coinbase with breaching federal securities law, alleging that it was simultaneously operating as a broker, an exchange and a clearinghouse for unregistered securities. Coinbase shot back saying the SEC's action violates due process and constitutes an abuse of discretion. |
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CRV's price in Korean won terms (TradingView) |
CRV, the native token of Curve Finance, is trading significantly higher on South Korea-based digital assets exchange Bithumb. Curve, widely regarded as the backbone of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, fell victim to a reentrancy attack that risked $100 million worth of digital assets. In a knee-jerk reaction, CRV's dollar-denominated price tanked over 15%, threatening the liquidation of a significant borrowed position on Aave and raising the risk of market-wide contagion. However, CRV's price denominated in Korean won (KRW,) rose sharply. At press time, Bithumb's CRV/KRW pair changed hands at KRW 5,565 ($4.36), up more than 500% for the day, according to charting platform TradingView. |
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- Among the many offshoots of Bitcoin, bitcoin gold (BTG), has risen 37% in the past 24 hours to $19, its highest single-day gain since July 2022.
- The rally's exact reason is unknown, but the move appears to be a part of renewed investor interest in smaller tokens, including meme cryptocurrencies.
- Smaller tokens, in general, are less liquid. A few buy/sell orders tend to have an outsized impact on the going market rate.
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Disclaimer: The information presented in this message is intended as a news item that provides a brief summary of various events and developments that affect, or that might in the future affect, the value of one or more of the cryptocurrencies described above. The information contained in this message, and any information liked through the items contained herein, is not intended to provide sufficient information to form the basis for an investment decision. The information presented herein is accurate only as of its date, and it was not prepared by a research analyst or other investment professional. You should seek additional information regarding the merits and risks of investing in any cryptocurrency before deciding to purchase or sell any such instruments. |
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