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Chainlink Whale ‘Oldwhite’ Used More Than 150 Wallets to Avoid Staking Limits

The crypto wallet labeled “Oldwhite” on OpenSea is connected to over 1 million staked LINK tokens, blockchain data shows, even though Chainlink officials tried to get "greater inclusion" from a broad base of participants by limiting each wallet to 7,000 LINK tokens.

(Augustus Burnham Shute/Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)

Guides

What Is dYdX? Understanding the Decentralized Crypto Exchange

The DEX was designed specifically for perpetual swaps and works differently than other DEXs such as Uniswap.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Marchés

AI-Related Tokens Surge as Maple, Ren Fall: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review

AI platform Fetch.ai’s native token FET surged 80% in the past five days, according to data from CoinDesk Market Index.

The week-to-date leader chart among assets in the CoinDesk Market Index Ex Stablecoins shows the FET token surged 80% this week. (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

Hedge Fund Presidio Trading to Spin Out Crypto Market Tail Risk Strategy

The tail risk investment strategy returned 560% in June as crypto markets slumped.

(David Mark/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance.US Eliminates Trading Fees for Ether

The exchange will also offer additional trading fee discounts to customers who pay their trading fees with BNB tokens.

Las especulaciones recientes sobre el estado de Binance, el exchange de criptomonedas más importante del mundo, también golpearon la participación de mercado de su stablecoin. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Attacker Targets Wealthy Crypto Funds Using Telegram Chats

Exchange owners cautioned against downloads of malicious as attackers zeroed in on gullible users with a very relevant and specific narrative.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Rally in Crypto Game Axie's AXS Token Faces Skepticism From Derivative Traders

With a favorable environment for alternative cryptocurrencies far away, a rise in open interest in AXS futures implies traders shorting the rally, one trader said.

Traders appear to be shorting the rally in AXS. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Marchés

Crypto Firm Orthogonal, Victim of FTX Contagion, Now Faces Internal Dissent

Shortly after Orthogonal got served with default notices on $36 million of crypto loans from Maple Finance, the firm’s credit team published a statement saying it was “speechless” and unaware of the extent of the trading team’s exposures.

Rancor and dissent have broken out between units of Orthogonal Trading after $36 million of loan defaults on the crypto lending platform Maple Finance. (Charles Altamont Doyle/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Ether Turns Inflationary as Network Usage Slows

The current positive inflation rate indicates the volume of ether being minted now outpaces the amount being burned.

Ether’s annualized inflation rate returned to a positive value after making a “V-shape” from November's market volatility triggered by FTX. (ultrasound.money)