ESMA labels MEV as 'market abuse’ in latest consultation paper

Bitcoin (BTC) kept bears sweating near $25,000 on March 15 as encouraging macroeconomic data combined with concerns over banking crisis contagion.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewPPI offers "great signs" on Fed pivotData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD recovering from a 24-hour comedown to see highs of $25,273 on Bitstamp.The pair reacted…

January will mark 12 years since the Bitcoin genesis block. In that time, blockchain technology has made many significant strides forward. The launch of Ethereum in 2015 introduced smart contracts and token minting. Subsequent years saw developments in areas, such as transaction privacy with the launch of Zcash (ZEC), platforms such as EOS and Tezos…

The growth of active decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) is accelerating, increasing from 10 last year to around 76 today, according to DeepDao founder and CEO Eyal Eithcowich.DeepDAO provides insights and analysis into decentralized autonomous organizations, with the platform recently launching a new interface allowing users to better probe the health and wealth of DAOs.The platform’s…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has refuted fresh allegations of manipulative practices such as wash trading on its platform. In a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 23, the exchange wrote that the wash trading allegations made in a recent report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) were “not accurate and misleading.”“An apple-to-orange comparison”As reported, the BTI published…

This article was corrected to reflect the nature of the Polkadot protocol, which had been labelled a startup, and its second planned token sale, which had been reported as an ICO.Blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot (DOT), created by Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Gavin Wood, is reportedly aiming to raise up to $60 million in an additional planned…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped sharply after approaching $18,500 on Binance and Coinbase. The plunge took place as large sell orders were spotted on both spot and futures exchanges.BTC/USD 15 minute chart. Source: TradingView.comAs Cointelegraph previously reported, traders anticipated a pullback as the price of BTC neared the $18,000 to $19,000 resistance zone. Upon its…

A vote about whether to decrease the so-called stability fee for MakerDAO’s ethereum blockchain-based decentralized stablecoin DAI has started. The vote was announced on the organization’s blog on May 17.If approved, the latest proposal would decrease the stability fee by 2% to 17.5% per year. According to the announcement, the need to decrease the fee…