Cryptocurrencies

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept its benchmark interest rate in the range of 3.5% to 3.75%. This triggered a sell-off of cryptocurrencies: immediately after the US central bank's announcement, Bitcoin fell by almost 1.2%. Major altcoins dropped 2-3%. Over the past day, Bitcoin lost 2.3% of its value, falling to around $64,000. Ether declined by 3%…

On June 18, a hacker breached an unused smart contract on the Aztec L2 network. According to a preliminary estimate, the amount of damage is about $2.15 million. We are investigating a potential exploit affecting a deprecated Aztec payments product from 2021. ~$2m was transferred from the immutable smart contract in transaction: deprecated product is an…

The government of the Kingdom of Bhutan transferred 533 bitcoins worth about $34.5 million to the Binance crypto exchange. The operations were recorded by analysts of the Arkham Intelligence platform. The transfers came from a wallet linked to the state investment company Druk Holding & Investments. The largest single transaction was 227.19 bitcoins ($14.7 million), another one —…

Despite the fact that the bitcoin (BTC) rate holds above $64,200, seller pressure on the market is not easing. As CryptoQuant analyst Arab Chain notes, the cumulative volume delta (CVD) indicator on the Binance exchange remains deep in the negative zone — about −899,000 BTC, which reflects a clear predominance of sell orders over buy orders. The CVD indicator…

The banking giant HSBC has entered into a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to integrate artificial intelligence into its global operations. The parties will focus on using Gemini models from Google DeepMind. As part of the cooperation, the bank plans to launch more than 200 AI use cases over two years. According to HSBC's estimates, this will bring more than…