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Ether Funding Rates Revert to Normal Days After Successful Merge

A popular trade drove up funding rates to lifetime highs for ether futures.

Funding rates on ether futures return to normal days after merge (Pixabay)

Finanças

New Crypto Exchange Aims to Bring What Old Crypto Hates: Wall Street Intermediaries

Jamil Nazarali, CEO of EDX Markets, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss what his new exchange means for institutional investors and why crypto’s philosophy of being an asset class without a middleman is unlikely to last.

“The reality is, you’re going to have an intermediary either way,” Jamil Nazarali, CEO of crypto exchange EDX Markets, said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover." (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

Nova Labs Inks Agreement With T-Mobile to Cover 5G Dead Spots in Helium Network

Terms of the five-year agreement with the wireless giant weren't disclosed.

Nova Labs Chief Operating Officer Frank Mong (left) speaks Tuesday on a panel in New York with Gregg Landskov, an executive in T-Mobile's Wholesale division, and Boris Renski, general manager of wireless at Nova Labs. (Lyllah Ledesma/CoinDesk)

Mercados

XRP, Ether Lead Recovery in Crypto Majors as Markets Prepare for Outsized Fed Hike

The U.S. central bank is expected to again hike rates by 75 basis points on Wednesday.

GMX tokens are serving as a proxy bet for Arbitrum investors. (Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Mercados

As Ether, Bitcoin Wilt, Trading Firms Blame Lack of Bullish Catalyst for Market Swoon

ETH deposits to exchanges have yet to pull back, one observer noted. Investors began moving coins to exchanges ahead of last Thursday's Ethereum Merge.

Ether cae por debajo de US$1300 mientras el entusiasmo por la fusión se desvanece. (Fuente: CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

Mercados

DeFi Trader Nets Over $500K by Using DEX GMX to Manipulate Avalanche Token

GMX developers capped open interest for Avalanche tokens to prevent a repeat of the strategy.

Zipmex is to release tokens to users' wallets in the next week after blocking customers from direct custody of their coins last month. (Jose Miguel/Pixabay)

Mercados

ApeCoin's APE Could See Selling Pressure Ahead of Major Token Unlock

More than 25 million APE tokens will be released to launch contributors, representing nearly 8% of the circulating supply.

ApeCoin’s APE tokens slid early Friday ahead of a token unlock over the weekend. (Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Ethereum Merge Brings 'Sell-the-Fact' Price Move in Crypto Markets

The price stability that prevailed after Ethereum's shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network suddenly evaporated as ether slid 9.1%, its worst day since late August.

The Ethereum Merge watch parties are over. Now the hangover seems to be hitting crypto markets. (Creative Commons)

Finanças

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Enlists Broadridge Financial to Improve Liquidity

Coinbase will use Broadbridge's NYFIX order-routing network.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. (CoinDesk)

Mercados

Crypto Traders in Wait-and-See Mode in Countdown to Ethereum Merge

Ether was trading around the $1,500 level as the Merge approaches in less than 12 hours. Bitcoin was back below $20,000.

Crypto markets were choppy ahead of the Ethereum Merge. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)