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The current ETH ETF landscape shows a concentrated market structure.The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.
Quick Take The SEC and Tai Mo Shan, a subsidiary of Jump Trading’s crypto unit, have reached an agreement for the latter to pay about $123 million in fines after it spent $20 million to help prop up the TerraUSD stablecoin in May 2021. Tai Mo Shan will pay the penalty without admitting to or denying the SEC’s findings, pursuant to the agreement.
Quick Take Interpol has issued a “Red Notice,” on behalf of Finland, for Hex and PulseChain founder Richard James Schueler, a.k.a. Richard Heart, on charges of gross tax evasion and assault. A list of Europol’s most wanted criminals also features Schueler, and claims he physically assaulted a 16-year-old victim by knocking them to the ground and punching them repeatedly. “It feels great to be wanted. Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come,” Schueler posted on X Saturday night, in a post that may be r
Traders across the market saw significant losses in the wake of Fed's latest monetary policy update.
- 15:43The Mayor of Cannes announces plans to encourage local businesses to adopt cryptocurrency payment systems, in preparation for the 2027 presidential electionThe Mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, announced on his LinkedIn account that he is promoting the integration of cryptocurrency payment systems for businesses in the city and will host the 8th Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) from June 30 to July 3, 2025. On February 4, the city government will provide local merchants with training in crypto payment technology, law, accounting and taxation at the Palais des Festivals de Cannes. They also plan to release a "crypto-friendly" merchant map. As a three-time World Tourism Festival city, this EthCC event in Cannes is expected to attract more than 6,500 registered participants with a total participation of up to 10,000 people including parallel activities. This move by Lisnard is considered as positioning for France's presidential election in 2027.
- 15:37Data: An early whale in SWARMS today cleared out the last 7.42 million tokens, accumulating a profit of 860,000 US dollarsAccording to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, another SWARMS whale has left the market - an early whale that built a position at an average price of $0.0676 today cleared its last 7.42 million tokens (about $1.28 million), making a total profit of $860,000. He spent $2.18 million building his SWARMS position within nearly a month when the initial market value was just over $67 million; buying as it rose and breaking through a market cap of six hundred million without reducing his holdings until the coin price began to fall in recent weeks, frequently selling off with final average sell-off price being $0.1379.
- 15:35Data: XRP market value breaks through 170 billion US dollars, ranking 99th in the global asset market valueAccording to 8marketcap data, XRP's market value has broken through 170 billion US dollars, reaching 170.41 billion US dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 14.53%. It is now among the top 100 in global asset market value ranking, ranking at number 99.