The week of 02/26 in brief. The news concerning Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is constantly in flux. It can happen that vital information gets lost in the daily flow of information and that you miss important points. This format is here to remedy that. We look back at last week’s news in Hebdo Crypto in order to keep you informed on the current situation of cryptocurrencies.
Crypto news in brief
▶ Uniswap plans to share revenue. A governance proposal submitted the idea of sharing protocol revenues with UNI token holders and stakers. Neither one, nor two, this proposal led to a 50% price increase.
▶ 100 years in prison required for Sam Bankman-Fried. In total, he was convicted of 7 counts of fraud relating to his activities in FTX and Alameda Research.
▶ Telegram wants to share its advertising revenue. Thus, the platform announced that it would distribute 50% of advertising revenue to the owners of Telegram channels.
▶ Bitcoin ETF breaks all records. Thus, it recorded a record volume of $2.4 billion, with $1.3 billion on the BlackRock ETF.
▶ Uniswap takes on MetaMask and launches its browser wallet. Thus, the wallet which only had a mobile version is now available on browser and offers an innovative user experience.
▶ AI and Crypto: will the two sectors save each other?
The 5 metrics of the week
➤ $62,800this is the important figure of the week, it is the new annual record recorded by the price of Bitcoin. Faced with this comeback, many observers see it as the official launch of a bullrun.
➤ $440,000it’s about amount that was stolen following the hack of MicroStrategy’s X account. Thus, the hacker published a fake token launch announcement to push users to connect their wallet and sign a fraudulent transaction.
➤ $4.3 billionIt is the amount that Binance agreed to pay as part of its lawsuit in the USA. As it stands, the platform “accepts responsibility for its past actions” and announces that it has made significant progress.
➤ $450,000it’s about amount stolen from American woman in romance scam. So, her scammer whom she met on a dating platform abused her trust.
➤ $13 millionit’s the amount stolen by a hacker on the Shido protocol. Thus, he took advantage of a loophole in the staking contract to withdraw all of the SHIDO deposited there.
Have a good week on the Journal du Coin! 🙂