On July 10, Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform 2gether shut down its free trading services, citing its inability to justify its related operational costs due to crypto winter.

Following a recent agreement between the two crypto exchanges, Bit2Me announced plans to onboard 2gether’s 100,000 crypto investors, who were recently blocked from trading due to the exchange’s inability to operate amid unfavorable market conditions.

On July 10, Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform 2gether shut down its free trading services, citing its inability to justify its related operational costs due to crypto winter. Instead, the users were being charged 20 euros as maintenance fees.

Providing relief to the recently displaced crypto investors, Bit2Me reached an agreement with 2gether to onboard its users without imposing any fees — allowing users to move over their holdings and resume their trading activities. In addition, Bit2Me decided to reimburse the 20 euros back to the users following successful onboarding.

Bit2Me signs an agreement with 2gether to help all its users to continue trading without additional costs.

For this purpose, we will reimburse the 20€ commission to all customers who transfer their cryptocurrencies to Bit2Me. pic.twitter.com/ogj4NyiGc8

— Bit2Me Global (@Bit2Me_Global) July 13, 2022

Reassuring his commitment to Spain’s crypto market, Leif Ferreira, CEO and co-founder of Bit2Me, stated: 

“The world of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technology is and will be key to our present and future. For that reason, we want to be at the side of 2gether users who want to remain linked to the crypto ecosystem”

Related: Binance gets VASP registration for its Spanish subsidiary from the Bank of Spain

The Bank of Spain recently registered Binance’s Spanish subsidiary, Moon Tech Spain, as a virtual asset service provider (VASP), allowing the exchange to offer crypto trading services in the region.

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao highlighted the importance of effective regulation for the widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies, adding:

“We have invested significantly in compliance and introduced AMLD 5 and 6 compliant tools and policies to ensure that our platform remains the safest and most trustworthy in the industry.”

Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bit2me-to-onboard-100k-blocked-crypto-investors-from-2gether-exchange
By: Arijit Sarkar
Posted: July 16, 2022, 5:14 am

Original: https://decrypt.co/105240/russian-crypto-ban-signed-by-putin
By: Mathew Di Salvo
Posted: July 16, 2022, 1:11 am

Original: https://decrypt.co/105224/cryptopunks-4156-ethereum-nft-7-million-loss
By: Kate Irwin
Posted: July 15, 2022, 8:38 pm

Analytical data reveals that DeFi’s total value locked registered a minor dip from the past week, falling to a value of $56.45 billion.

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of key decentralized finance (DeFi) insights, a newsletter crafted to bring you some of the major developments over the last week.

This past week, the DeFi ecosystem saw several new developments despite a bearish phase brought on by the lending crisis in the crypto market. Another crypto lender, Celsius, with high stakes in DeFi protocols, filed for bankruptcy. The overall DeFi market fell to new lows in the second quarter. However, a new report indicates users haven’t given up hope.

BNB Chain launched a new decentralized application (DApp) platform with an alarm feature. Vermont state regulator opened an investigation into troubled crypto lender Celsius, deeming it deeply insolvent. A DeFi researcher has predicted that Ethereum proof-of-stake (PoS) can help Ether (ETH) overtake Bitcoin (BTC).

The DeFi tokens saw a new flow of bullish momentum over the past couple of days owing to a market-wide green momentum after the inflation data release.

DeFi market fell off cliff in Q2, but users haven’t given up hope: Report

Despite the DeFi market suffering a 74.6% market cap decline in Q2, user activity has remained relatively resilient, says CoinGecko.

In a report published by the crypto data aggregator on Wednesday, CoinGecko reported that the overall DeFi market cap fell from $142 million to $36 million over the second quarter, due mainly to the collapse of Terra and its stablecoin TerraUSD Classic (USTC) in May.

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BNB Chain launches DApp platform with ‘Red Alarm’ to warn users about scams

BNB Chain has launched a new platform, DappBay, to discover new Web3 projects. DappBay is equipped with a novel feature called Red Alarm, which assesses project risk levels in real-time and alerts users of potentially risky DApps, according to a Thursday announcement.

Red Alarm is a contract risk scanning tool offered by DappBay that helps users identify high-risk projects to protect their investments from rug pulls and scams. Users can check if a contract address has logical flaws or fraud risks by entering it into the Red Alarm feature.

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Vermont becomes the sixth US state to launch investigation against Celsius

Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) issued a warning against troubled crypto lending firm Celsius on Tuesday, reminding users that the crypto lending firm is not licensed to offer its services in the state.

The DFR alleged that Celsius is “deeply insolvent” and doesn’t possess “assets and liquidity” to fulfill its obligations toward the customers. The state regulator accused the crypto lender of mismanaging customers’ funds by allocating them toward risky and illiquid investments.

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PoS gives Ethereum the economic structure to overtake Bitcoin, says DeFi researcher

As Ethereum shifts into PoS, a DeFi researcher has argued that the platform can overtake Bitcoin’s throne as the top dog in crypto.

In a Twitter thread, researcher Vivek Raman highlighted that the upcoming Ethereum Merge could create a better economic structure for the smart contract platform. According to Raman, the shift into PoS lowers Ether inflation, gives better security and positions the crypto as a digital bond.

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DeFi market overview

Analytical data reveals that DeFi’s total value locked registered a minor dip from the past week, falling to a value of $56.45 billion. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that DeFi’s top-100 tokens by market capitalization had a mixed week, with several tokens trading in red while a few others registered even double-digit gains.

Aave (AAVE) was the biggest gainer among the top 100 with a 30% rise over the past week, followed by Uniswap (UNI) with a 23% surge. Compound (COMP) registered a 19% surge over the past week, while Curve DAO Token (CRV) also saw a 15% rise in price over the past seven days.

Thanks for reading our summary of this week’s most impactful DeFi developments. Join us next Friday for more stories, insights and education in this dynamically advancing space.

Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/finance-redefined-defi-market-fell-off-the-cliff-in-q2-but-there-s-hope
By: Prashant Jha
Posted: July 15, 2022, 8:20 pm

A key ETH price indicator suggests the altcoin’s downtrend could extend to $400, but analysts are unsure whether the upcoming Ethereum Merge will be a bullish or bearish event.

There’s no rest for the weary during a bear market, and the Crypto Fear and Greed index shows that investor sentiment has been stuck in a state of "extreme fear" for a record 70 consecutive days.

As the market looks for a catalyst to reverse the trend, there is little on the horizon besides the Ethereum (ETH) Merge that seems capable of sparking a rally. If that is indeed the case, the market could continue to trend down or sideways until the tentative Merge date of September 19.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that Ether price remains sandwiched in the trading zone it has been trading in since June 13 and it is currently running into the upper resistance near $1,240.

With the Merge still a couple of months away and little else on the roadmap for Ethereum in the near term, here’s what analysts are saying to watch out for.

Ether now trades above its moving averages

A short message of hope at this significant level of resistance was provided by futures trader Peter Brandt, who posted the following chart and simply stated “Maybe baby $ETH.”

Additional context to go along with Brandt's observation was provided by crypto trader Albert III, who posted the following chart highlighting the fact that Ether is now trading above several key moving averages.

The analyst said,

“We got a bullish cross between 200 & 50 moving averages on 4h. Looking for more upside locally.”

Ethereum's Merge is the "wildcard"

A more in-depth perspective for Ether moving forward was offered in the recent “ETH 30d returns outlook” report released by cryptocurrency research firm Jarvis Labs, which used the 30-day returns metric to “measure the short-term profit and loss of the aggregated market at a given time.”

As shown on the chart above, the 30-day returns for Ether are now “moving towards 0% after being deeply negative since April,” which suggests that the market is getting more bullish as the Merge approaches.

According to Jarvis Labs, instances when the 30-da returns dip below 0% during bull markets, indicate “prime buying opportunities,” while “flips above 0% are ideal selling opportunities” during bear markets.

When compared to the Ether price action during Q4 of 2018 where it consolidated in the low $200 range before dipping to $82 in December, “a repeat of this fractal now would bring Ether to the $400 range by December 2022.”

According to Jarvis Labs, if this fractal does indeed replay itself, “all pumps up to the $1,700 level will trigger sell-offs for the next 1 year.”

Jarvis Labs said,

“Conversely, a flip of $1,700 from resistance back to support would be equal to summer 2020's flip of ~$350 and could signal the start of a brand new bull run.”

As a final word of caution, Jarvis Labs warned that while “short-term rallies to the $1,400–$1,700 range are possible,” traders should be careful as “they’re likely to be met by strong selling.”

Related: ECB report likens PoW to fossil fuel cars, PoS to electric vehicles

Eyeing the supply zone at $1,420

The outlook for Ether in the near term was covered by analyst and pseudonymous Twitter user Crypto Tony, who referenced the following chart, outlining the next level of resistance to keep an eye on.

Crypto Tony said,

“I am looking for the gap to be filled above as [we] make our way to the next supply zone at $1,420.”

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/2018-ethereum-price-fractal-suggests-a-400-bottom-but-analysts-say-the-merge-is-a-wildcard
By: Jordan Finneseth
Posted: July 15, 2022, 8:15 pm

Криптолендинговая платформа Celsius Network задолжала частной финансовой компании EquitiesFirst $439 млн. Об этом сообщает Financial Times со ссылкой на осведомленные источники. 

В четверг Celsius и некоторые ее дочерние компании подали ходатайство о банкротстве в суд Нью-Йорка. Согласно документам, по состоянию на 13 июля обязательства платформы превышают находящиеся на балансе активы почти на $1,2 млрд.

В ходатайстве также упомянута «частная кредитная платформа», услугами которой Celsius пользовалась для финансирования своей деятельности с сентября 2019 по февраль 2021 года. Обеспечением по займам выступала криптовалюта.

В июле 2021 года Celsius попыталась погасить один из своих займов и возвратить залог, однако «кредитор не смог своевременно вернуть компании активы», говорится в документах. В результате на платформе «повис» необеспеченный долг в размере $509 млн.

С сентября 2021 года платформа постепенно сокращала сумму задолженности. Текущие выплаты превышают $5 млн в месяц. На момент подачи заявления задолженность Celsius составляла $439 млн — $361 млн в фиатной валюте и 3765 BTC. 

Собеседники FT рассказали, что «частной кредитной платформой» является компания EquitiesFirst из Индианаполиса. Последняя основана в 2002 году Александром Кристи и специализируется на выдаче кредитов под залог акций компаний.

«Мы ведем постоянные переговоры с нашим клиентом, обе стороны согласились продлить наши обязательства», — заявил представитель EquitiesFirst журналистам.

В апрельском интервью Hubbis управляющий директор EquitiesFirst в Сингапуре Джонни Хенг отметил, что в 2016 году компания также начала выдавать займы под залог криптовалюты. 

Напомним, в июле 2022 года DeFi-подрядчик Celsius KeyFi Inc. подал иск против лендинговой платформы, обвинив ее в отказе выполнять контрактные обязательства.

Original: https://forklog.com/financial-times-celsius-zadolzhala-439-mln-finansovoj-kompanii-equitiesfirst/
By: Василий Суслов
Posted: July 15, 2022, 3:13 pm

Otherdeed land owners, known as Voyagers, will be able to participate in the experience via a token-gated asset confirmation.

The Otherside, a gamified metaverse project associated with the Bored Ape Yacht Club, is scheduled to deploy a technical demonstration of the first stage of the Otherside roadmap on July 17th at 4pm UTC.

The First Trip experience will be exclusively accessible to Otherdeed land owners, known as Voyagers, and has been described by the platform as a “celebration of what’s to come and an opportunity for Voyagers to gather, explore, and plan.” 

The company indicated that thousands of users could participate in the event, navigating through the curated arena of play that has been specifically designed for the test, as well as guinea-pigging the “3D, hi-res Voyager prototypes that can walk, run, jump, and emote”, and a “private, tokengated livestream”, among other novel features.  

An Otherdeed asset for the Otherside has sustained a floor price of circa 2.9 ETH over the past few weeks, with 100,000 assets in supply and 35,000 owners at the time of writing. 

The First Trip demo arrives less than a week after the occurrence of two load tests on July 6th and July 9th with the intention of assessing the technical boundaries of the Otherside platform, and the collaborative dynamics with the Improbable team. 

The events witnessed frenetic crowds of faceless avatars with overhead name tags and reactionary emojis sprinting, dancing, and acrobatically flipping around a blank-white universe as giant moderators towered over and bellowed instructions. 

Users were advised to engage in activities to test the gaming experience, such as inputting their age, experience score, and objectives for their gameplay, before choruses of degenerates relayed calls of ‘Otherside’ and ‘We love Koda’.

Twitter user and owner of BAYC #8412, null.eth and Sandbox ambassador allo.eth, each published videos on Twitter which perfectly captured the experience of the test event.

Despite the visually comedic ant-hill, crabs-in-a-bucket appearance of the load tests, there was widespread praise throughout the community for the visual rendering quality, spatial audio and overall experience, with high anticipations for the upcoming First Trip and future full-scale rollouts. 

Co-founder of digital fashion brand RTFKT Studios, Benito replied by stating that: “2.5K people were connected and moving live. That's huge, the tech has been proven live with gated access and real people.” 

While BAYC co-founder, Gargamel, known as Garga within the community, shared: “Had about 2.5k concurrent users running around in the neutral space. Tons of great info compiled to make sure First Trip goes smoothly, and [we are] taking all your notes from Discord as well.” 

Less favorably, some compared the uncanny design similarities to the starter templates available through game engines such as Unreal Engine. It remains to be seen whether Yuga Labs intend on building and developing their own game engine to launch the Otherside and innovate on the future of metaverse gaming, or simply utilize a pre-existing model.

Related: Otherside NFTs fall below mint price while cheaper ETH sees sales volume boost

For many participants of the NFT ecosystem, mentions of the Otherside may still be synonymized with the gas-war minting saga and subsequent financial begrudgery in late-April. However, since then, the publication of an eight-part roadmap for the Obelisk mission, and consistently executed testnets have cultivated a more positive narrative around the metaverse project. 

Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/community-anticipation-builds-for-otherside-s-first-trip-demo-run
By: Tom Farren
Posted: July 15, 2022, 3:00 pm

Стоимость устройств для добычи биткоина в пересчете на генерируемый хешрейт снизилась до уровней декабря 2020 года.

По данным сервиса Hashrate Index от Luxor Mining, цена флагманских ASIC-майнеров (энергоэффективность от 38 J/TH и выше) составляет около $41 за 1 TH мощности.

Данные: Hashrate Index.

CoinDesk со ссылкой на собственный источник в отрасли сообщает, что попадающие в эту категорию Antminer S19 и S19 Pro от Bitmain продают по ставкам $20-$23 за TH. 

В этом ценовом диапазоне реализуют и модели топовой линейки Whatsminer M30 от MicroBTC.

Согласно источнику издания, давление на рынок оказало банкротство Celsius Mining вместе с материнской компанией. В июне майнинговое подразделение Celsius Network продало с аукциона 6000 майнеров по цене $28/TH. Второй транш оборудования в 5000 единиц фирма реализовала уже по $22/TH.

В 2021 году Celsius Network суммарно инвестировала в майнинг в Северной Америке $500 млн. В ноябре CEO компании Алекс Машинский заявил, что парк состоит из 22 000 ASIC-устройств, преимущественно Antminer S19.

"Поскольку на рынке появятся новые устройства, мы ожидаем, что цены для следующего поколения снизятся еще на $1-$2/TH. Есть ряд майнинговых компаний, которым придется ликвидировать часть своего флота, что окажет дополнительное давление на стоимость ASIC-майнеров", — прогнозирует операционный директор Luxor Итан Вера.

По его словам, падающие цены на майнеры могут ощутить определенную поддержку на отметках $18-$20/TH. На этом уровне сейчас наблюдается "вал заявок" на покупку, отметил Вера.

В июле CleanSpark сообщила, что приобрела 1061 устройство Whatsminer M30S по «существенно сниженной цене». Месяцем ранее фирма купила 1800 Antminer S19 XP, стоимость которых назвала "исключительно льготной".

Напомним, доходность майнинга биткоина в июне упала до уровней 2020 года, по подсчетам аналитиков Arcane Research.

В том же месяце совокупный доход добытчиков первой криптовалюты составил $668 млн — на 26% меньше по сравнению с показателем мая.

Original: https://forklog.com/tseny-na-bitkoin-majnery-obvalilis-do-dvuhletnego-minimuma/
By: Роман Петров
Posted: July 15, 2022, 2:38 pm

Original: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/07/15/defi-coins-outperform-bitcoin-ether-as-traders-pare-bets-on-jumbo-fed-rate-hike/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
By: Omkar Godbole
Posted: July 15, 2022, 2:27 pm

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and several others have paved the way for crypto to be used as a tool of payment for buying daily needed goods.

The cryptocurrency market has grown beyond many people’s expectations over the past decade. The nascent industry has managed to change mainstream perception quite significantly, especially in 2021, which saw many traditional financial institutions adopt crypto in one form or another.

Some of the biggest public companies such as MicroStrategy started using Bitcoin (BTC) as a treasury hedge, while the likes of PayPal, Mastercard and Visa paved the way for the common public to use crypto as a form of payment. While many experts are still skeptical about the use of crypto as a form of payment, given its price volatility, recent market trends and data indicate that crypto is increasingly being used to buy daily-use items.

A recent report from fintech payment infrastructure provider checkout.com that surveyed 33,000 business leaders revealed a rise in consumer interest in paying in crypto. The report indicated that 40% of 18–35-year-old consumers want and plan to use cryptocurrencies to pay for goods or services within the next year. That’s up from less than 30% last year.

The rise of digital payments aided by the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it easier for crypto to become more mainstream. People are more familiar with QR code payments today, which makes it easier for mainstream payment processors such as Visa and Mastercard to introduce crypto payments on its network without having to build a separate infrastructure.

Miles Paschini, CEO at fintech bank FV Bank, told Cointelegraph:

“The use of cryptocurrencies as a form of payment has progressed in the past year but primarily into the area of settlement layers, advancements have been made with stablecoins, in particular with USDC and to some extent XRP. The developments we have seen in the settlement layer are not exactly visible to the retail customer. I think we will see more of this type of settlement layer integration in the future as stable similarly similar become more efficient and programmable than traditional settlement systems.”

The growth of crypto payment networks and public interest

According to a report from Visa, its network processed over $1 billion in crypto transactions in the first quarter of 2021, which increased to $2.5 billion by the first quarter of 2022. The report highlighted that crypto payments have become increasingly popular with the rise in the use of stablecoin payments.

Mastercard partnered with USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin issuer Circle to facilitate crypto-based payment options for millions of users.

With the rise in crypto-linked debit cards, Nexo has come up with its crypto collateralized credit card in association with Mastercard. Nexo has issued 55,000 cards since its launch in April that could be used at around 92 million merchants worldwide, allowing investors to spend up to 90% of the fiat value of their crypto.

Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and managing partner of Nexo, told Cointelegraph about the rise of crypto as a form of payment, claiming crypto-linked cards are making it easier for retail customers to spend their digital assets just like fiat. He explained:

“The concept of HODLing is well understood in crypto, but with crypto-backed cards, it is now possible to hodl your digital assets while also using these to spend on day-to-day transactions. This, in turn, has carved a pathway whereby crypto can be both an investment and a form of payment, increasing its utility as an asset class.”

He added, “Crypto cards offer the possibility of spending your crypto directly, which automatically converts your crypto from a linked wallet into the fiat currency needed to pay.”

Many analysts also like to point to the rise in stablecoin adoption as a key metric of crypto payments. Brandon Rochon, a data scientist at Web3 infrastructure provider Covalent, explained how the stablecoin USDC has managed to see over a 10% rise in adoption year-on-year (YoY) despite a downturn in the market. He explained:

“Looking at USDC, its supply grew from $373 million in July 2019 up to $1.0 billion in July 2020, representing a ~168% increase in the one-year time frame. This same 168% growth was achieved in the first three months by October 2020. Over the next year, the supply grew at a rate of 2500% to ~$25 billion, at which point Mastercard stepped in and launched its simplified payments card offering with Circle in July 2021. Since this point, stablecoin supply has continued to grow at a pace over 120% YoY despite the market downturns in the -50%+ range, signifying strong utility.”

Omid Malekan, adjunct professor at Columbia Business School — where he teaches crypto — believes that stablecoin is a fair metric to measure the payment use of crypto at present. He told Cointelegraph:

“One way to measure crypto use in payments is to track stablecoin volumes since those serve a much more limited function than pure crypto coins. On-chain volume for payments has been very strong lately. Most of that is to accommodate speculative activity (people buying and selling crypto, borrowing in DeFi, etc) but payment is a payment, and a substantial part of the traditional system’s payments volume is also related to capital market activity.”

Crypto payments beneficial for merchants and consumers alike

While the infrastructure side of crypto payment has seen tremendous growth, it would not be possible without the willingness of merchants to accept it. Several surveys and reports have highlighted that merchants have benefited equally from the crypto payment integration despite technical barriers and complexities.

Another report from PYMNTS highlighted that more than 75% of the customers in the United States are looking forward to using crypto as a form of payment in 2022. While 85% of businesses with over $1 billion in annual sales are integrating crypto payments to gain more customers, many other merchants have said their overseas transactions increased and they found a new customer base after crypto payment integration.

The key reasons listed by merchants for accepting cryptocurrencies as payments include significant cuts in transaction costs, elimination of middlemen and on-boarding of new customer bases from around the world.

Stablecoins form a significant chunk of expenditure by consumers. However, many analysts also point toward significant growth of layer-2 networks over the past year. For example, the Lightning Network, the secondary layer on top of Bitcoin, has seen tremendous growth over the past year. Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity grew past 4,000 BTC, first breaking the 1,000 BTC barrier in August 2020 and the 2,000 BTC barrier in July 2021. The capacity has doubled in the space of 18 months.

Andry Lebedev, co-founder of Web3 payment infrastructure firm Swipelux, told Cointelegraph:

“At the moment, there is a rerolling of transactions from L1 to L2 thanks to the introduction of zk-rollups and optimistic rollups. Consequently, we see significant growth in transactions for the protocols and stabilization of transactions for Ether and Bitcoin at 125,000 and 240,000 transactions per day, respectively.”

He added that there has been an “upward trend in the structural change of cryptocurrency, which instead of transfer of value becomes a form of payment in the emerging Web3.”

Crypto payment’s popularity depends on the overall adoption of cryptocurrencies; the more people that are aware of and understand the nascent financial asset class, the more people will adopt it, as proven by several studies mentioned above. The volatility aspect of cryptocurrencies could be further dialed down by converting them into stablecoins.

Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-payments-gain-ground-thanks-to-centralized-payment-processors
By: Prashant Jha
Posted: July 15, 2022, 1:03 pm

Original: https://decrypt.co/105186/three-arrows-capital-liquidators-move-secure-company-singapore-assets
By: Tim Hakki
Posted: July 15, 2022, 12:39 pm

Original: https://decrypt.co/105177/ethereum-devs-pencil-in-september-date-for-merge
By: Liam J. Kelly
Posted: July 15, 2022, 12:02 pm

Original: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/14/celsius-acknowledges-12b-hole-in-balance-sheet/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
By: Krisztian Sandor
Posted: July 15, 2022, 11:45 am

Во II квартале 2022 года совокупная капитализация криптовалютного рынка упала более чем на 50%, при этом показатель DeFi-сектора снизился почти на 75%. Об этом говорится в отчете CoinGecko.

«Похоже, что 2022 год станет для криптовалютного рынка ужасным. [...] По сравнению с текущим моментом первый квартал представляется затишьем перед бурей», — написали аналитики.

Согласно CoinGecko, капитализация 30 крупнейших криптовалют снизилась на 68% по сравнению с пиковым значением ноября 2021 года, когда показатель составлял $1,8 трлн. Причина — крах экосистемы Terra и последовавшие за ним проблемы крупных игроков отрасли.

Аналитики отметили, что объемы спотовой торговли во II квартале оставались «относительно стабильными». Наблюдаемые всплески также обусловлены вышеуказанными факторами.

Еще одной причиной обвала крипторынка стал глобальный макроэкономический кризис. Об этом свидетельствует высокая корреляция (0,9) индекса S&P 500 с капитализацией 30 крупнейших цифровых активов. 

В течение II квартала капитализация DeFi-сектора снизилась со $142 млрд до $36 млрд. Резкое падение TVL совпало с коллапсом экосистемы Terra — на пике ее показатель превышал $35 млрд, согласно DeFi Llama.

Аналитики обратили внимание на снижение ончейн-активности в децентрализованных приложениях — зафиксировано падение суточного числа пользователей на 34,5% по сравнению с 1 апреля 2022 года. 

Всплески показателя также обусловлены общерыночными потрясениями. После краха Terra пользователи массово выводили средства в протоколы Curve Finance и Uniswap. После вскрытия проблем Celsius и других централизованных платформ они обращались к DeFi-сервисам.

В отчетный период объем торгов NFT также снизился на 26,2%. В июне показатель составил $830 млн — это худший результат за последний год.

Ранее предсказавший ипотечный кризис 2007 года инвестор Майкл Бьюрри допустил, что текущая ситуация на рынке — середина медвежьего цикла для биткоина.

Напомним, по мнению аналитиков CoinShares, котировки цифрового золота достигнут очередного исторического максимума в ближайшие 24 месяца. 

Original: https://forklog.com/v-coingecko-nazvali-2022-god-uzhasnym-dlya-kriptovalyutnoj-industrii/
By: Василий Суслов
Posted: July 15, 2022, 10:42 am

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