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Tether Holding’s USDT market cap has declined for the first time in almost a year. This comes as reports claim the stablecoin consistently depegged versus the USD throughout August. In the first week of August, USDT had a 98% depeg severity, meaning it traded at a discount on almost every exchange. By the end of August, its market cap had contracted by 1.2% to $82.9 billion, according to CCData, an analytics platform. The Stablecoin aggregate market has shrunk for the 17th consecutive month, currently hovering around $125 billion. Factors inducing this slump include diminishing trading volumes, which is further impacted by soaring interest rates, regulatory clampdowns, and waning investor attraction. Yet, amidst this, USDT has been standing unchallenged as the most liquid stablecoin. Nonetheless, significant concerns persist regarding the stability of stablecoins, especially following Binance’s recent decision to cease support for BUSD. The stablecoin, trading un...

Sui token’s (SUI) price has struggled over the past month, falling to a one-month low of around $0.46 on Aug. 18 as almost the whole crypto market turned red.  However, as the asset’s social activity grew, SUI’s price turned green, recording a 6.7% rise over the past 24 hours. According to Santiment, the Sui token’s social dominance surged by 200% in the past 24 hours — this happened for the first time since mid-May 2023. SUI price, social dominance, total OI and development activity – Aug. 23 | Source: Santiment On the other hand, the asset’s total Open Interest (OI) has dropped from $771 million to $604 million over the past three days. Per Santiment, SUI’s total OI suddenly rose from $469 million on Aug. 16 to $702 million on Aug. 17. You might also like: Sui announces the launch of its developer portal  According to data provided by the market intelligence platform, the development activity of the Sui network has been consistently dropping since the star...

Lack of data accessibility is a key challenge for the NFT sector. Here is how a data analysis tool is bringing transparency and liquidity to the market. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have grown into a distinct sector within the blockchain industry, but they still have to address several challenges before aiming for mass adoption. One of the key issues of the space has to do with data accessibility, or mostly, the lack of it. Unlike the broader crypto industry, the NFT market is still in its infancy, and there are relatively few resources available for tracking NFT collections, exploring detailed statistics and analyzing market trends. To begin with, the NFT market lacks standardized data formats and metadata. This can make it difficult for NFT buyers and sellers to share and analyze data, such as ownership history, provenance and other important details. Without access to meaningful data, it can be challenging for buyers to make informed purchasing decisions and for creators to accurately...

As the crypto industry recovers, a new generation of modular blockchains could replace centralized bridges and exchanges. The public blockchain sector grew from less than a few million dollars in the last decade to a $1 trillion industry. However, one thing that the space has yet to solve is a decentralized and secure interoperable solution. Let's take Ethereum (ETH) to Bitcoin (BTC), the largest blockchain network, for example. Till today, centralized exchanges are the only viable solution for shifting from one chain to another. A centralized solution provider, BitGo, provides the largest pool of liquidity for Ethereum users to gain BTC exposure via Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC). The BitGo IOU accounts for over 93.6% of the Bitcoin bridged to Ethereum. Users must rely on BitGo partner platforms like centralized exchanges or CoinList to exchange BTC and WBTC. The dominance of WBTC exposes it to evident centralization and regulatory risks. RenBTC, a platform managed by Alameda Research, d...

Crypto investor sentiment saw a slight upswing, but the potential of a deep liquidity crisis in the sector could keep investors at bay. 2022 was a near-unprecedented year of extremes and black swan events for the crypto market, and now that the year is about to wrap up, analysts are reflecting on the lessons learned and attempting to identify the trends which may point to bullish price action in 2023.  The collapse of Terra Luna, Three Arrows Capital and FTX created a credit crunch, a severe reduction in capital inflows and an increased threat that additional major centralized exchanges could collapse. Despite the severity of the market downturn, a few positives have emerged. Data shows long-term hodlers and smaller-sized wallets are actively accumulating during this period of low volatility. While the market continues to see red, positives are emerging. Let’s dive in on the positive and negative data points. Low liquidity and losses abound When liquidity was flooding into the market...