Author: Ethan Carter

A dispute between Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh and the Ocean Protocol Foundation has intensified, resulting in legal threats, online accusations, and a response from Binance, all surrounding approximately 286 million Fetch.ai (FET) tokens valued at around $84 million.This conflict originates from the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance, a 2024 merger that brought together AI-centric crypto projects Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and SingularityNET under a unified token framework.On Wednesday, Sheikh alleged that Ocean Protocol minted and transferred millions of OCEAN tokens prior to the merger. He claimed that the project later converted these into FET and transferred large amounts to centralized exchanges and…

Solana’s price fluctuations have remained relatively flat in recent days as the wider crypto market experiences uncertainty. Despite a robust start earlier this month, SOL has been struggling to keep its upward momentum. Investor sentiment seems split, with some holders cashing out profits while others prepare for a potential rebound.Solana Investors Are Selling OffIn the last week, Solana investors have been more inclined to sell. On-chain data indicates that over $132 million worth of SOL has been transferred to exchanges during this timeframe. This increase signals intensified selling pressure as traders look to secure profits or exit amid the prevailing…

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Main Highlights:Zcash and Dash are spearheading a post-crash “privacy revival,” reversing years of decline.Monero missed the rally due to significant exchange delistings.Privacy-centric cryptocurrencies, Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH), emerged as top gainers following the Oct. 9–10 crypto market crash that wiped out over $20 billion in positions.As of Thursday, ZEC had surged more than 66% from its low on Oct. 9 to $246, marking nearly 350% growth year-to-date (YTD), including a 230% rise in October.ZEC/USDT daily chart. Source: TradingViewDASH recovered by over 65% since the crash on Oct. 9, trading near $50 as of Thursday, with about 150% returns over…

Nansen and Sanctum have introduced a cutting-edge liquid staking framework on Solana aimed at simplifying the staking of SOL to the level of a simple token swap.This system, referred to as the “universal staking router”, integrates various liquid staking tokens (LSTs) such as mSOL, jitoSOL, and bSOL into a singular standardized route.Rather than having users select individual validators or navigate through multiple staking pools, Sanctum automatically channels deposits to the optimal mix of top-performing validators, while Nansen provides the analytics layer to monitor these transactions in real-time.This launch represents a significant effort to unify Solana’s fragmented staking landscape, which, while…

One of the fundamental principles of blockchain protocols has been ensuring user privacy, even in systems that are publicly verifiable and relatively transparent.This has become increasingly critical as personal privacy rights appear to be diminishing, highlighted by the European Union’s recent initiative for a chat control law enabling mass monitoring of private communications and encrypted messages.The latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast explores the significance of privacy-preserving protocols in a discussion with Yannik Schrade, co-founder and CEO of Arcium.Schrade elaborates on the privacy revolution: encrypted computing, zero-knowledge proofs, and multiparty magic that empower blockchains to manage sensitive information like…

Standard Chartered, a prominent global banking institution, is strengthening its partnership with cryptocurrency exchange OKX, becoming its institutional custodian in the European Economic Area (EEA). In collaboration with OKX, Standard Chartered has launched a collateral mirroring program in the EEA, permitting local institutional clients to hold their crypto assets directly under Standard Chartered’s custody. This initiative was announced on Wednesday. The launch signifies an extension of a pilot program initially introduced in Dubai in April, aiming to allow institutions to retain their assets with a globally systemically important bank (G-SIB) while mirroring the balances into OKX for trading purposes. This…

Malicious individuals targeted Monad’s official Telegram channel with ads that imitate the project’s upcoming claim portal. In a post on X, Monad co-founder Keone Hon alerted users against clicking ads on their official channel. He noted that attackers had purchased Telegram ads that appeared within the project’s official announcement channel, which is typically reserved solely for Monad’s updates. “It’s astonishing that Telegram would allow content to be pushed directly into a channel that otherwise features only one party’s content,” Hon remarked. The attack occurred just before a highly anticipated Monad airdrop, which is set to launch at 1:00 pm UTC…

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Standard Chartered, a prominent global banking institution, is strengthening its partnership with cryptocurrency exchange OKX by serving as its institutional custodian in the European Economic Area (EEA).The two firms have introduced a collateral mirroring program in the EEA, permitting local institutional clients to securely hold their crypto assets in custody with Standard Chartered, as OKX reported on Wednesday.This initiative marks the growth of a pilot established in Dubai back in April, aiming to enable institutions to maintain their assets with a globally systemically important bank (G-SIB) while concurrently mirroring those balances in OKX for trading purposes.The program’s rollout in the…