The global crypto market cap is $1.98T 4.91%▼ with a 24-hour market volume of $144.43B 10.39%▲. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 39.96% 0.44%▲. CURRENT PRICES BY MARKET CAP | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Bitcoin BTC | $41,901.95 | 3.77% ▼ | | 2 | Ethereum ETH | $3,204.86 | 7.29% ▼ | | 3 | Binance Coin BNB | $452.02 | 5.54% ▼ | | 4 | Solana SOL | $140.48 | 8.57% ▼ | | 5 | Cardano ADA | $1.23 | 2.48% ▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 3:00 EST
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Publicly traded crypto mining firms are holding up in Kazakhstan despite ongoing issues. Publicly traded mining firms BIT Mining (BTCM) and Canaan (CAN) are among those avoiding relocation. More: - BTCM, which just finished relocating from China to Kazakhstan, was reported to be evaluating the impact of political developments but is not considering moving its mining operations to North America.
- CAN announced the deployment of 10,300 AvalonMiners in Kazakhstan and has entered into strategic partnerships to expand its operations within the country.
- A group of Kazakhstani miners stated that the internet connection was temporarily restored today, and the industry expects the country to return to "normal" by Monday.
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TOP NFT COLLECTIONS (24hr Volume) | # | Name | 24h Volume | 24h % | | 1 | Bored Ape YC ETH | $6.23M | 19.55% ▼ | | 2 | CryptoPunks ETH | $5.49M | 157.78% ▲ | | 2 | Axie Infinity ETH, RONIN | $4.63M | 13.15% ▼ | | 4 | Mutant Ape YC ETH | $4.54M | 29.60% ▼ | | 5 | Doodles V4 ETH | $4.30M | 2.08% ▲ | Source: DappRadar, 3:00 pm EST
TOP ETH NFT COLLECTIONS (Floor Cap) | # | Name | Floor Price (ETH) | 24h % | | 1 | Bored Ape YC | Ξ 68 | 0.16% ▲ | | 2 | CryptoPunks | Ξ 60.95 | 0% | | 3 | Mutant Ape YC | Ξ 14.35 | 0.35% ▼ | | 4 | Clone X | Ξ 5.84 | 0.51% ▼ | | 5 | VeeFriends | Ξ 10.90 | 5.22% ▼ | Source: NFT Price Floor, 3:00 pm EST
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 English Premier League football club Manchester City suspended its partnership with 3Key Technologies. The decision to end the partnership with the crypto company was due to concerns over the identities of 3Key’s executives. More: - 3Key is allegedly a registered company in Seychelles, but there is no proof of the company’s registration in the country.
- None of the company’s executives named on the partnership deal have an online presence.
- This was Manchester City’s first crypto partnership beyond its launch of CITY fan tokens in partnership with Socios.
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Serum’s Incentive Ecosystem Foundation raised $75M in a token sale funding round. Tiger Global, Commonwealth Asset Management, Tagus Capital, and others participated. More: - The Foundation plans to offer financial, business development, and marketing support for upcoming Serum projects.
- Serum (SRM), Solana (SOL), Raydium (RAY), Bonfida (FIDA), Oxygen (OXY), Maps.me (MAPS), and Liquid Finance (LQID) tokens were offered at a 15% discount.
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▲ TOP GAINERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Dash DASH | $132.72 | 6.65% ▲ | | 2 | Secret SCRT | $6.63 | 5.91% ▲ | | 3 | Quant QNT | $180.90 | 3.98% ▲ | | 4 | Chainlink LINK | $26.62 | 3.09% ▲ | | 5 | Zcash ZEC | $139.82 | 1.59% ▲ | ▼ TOP LOSERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Kadena KDA | $9.32 | 13.13%▼ | | 2 | Terra LUNA | $70.87 | 11.09%▼ | | 3 | Arweave AR | $49.94 | 10.17%▼ | | 4 | Velas VLX | $0.3954 | 10.11%▼ | | 5 | Ravencoin RVN | $0.1133 | 10.18%▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 3:00 EST
*Limited to cryptocurrencies in the Top 100
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 Cosmos (ATOM) based cryptocurrencies saw growth despite a broader market turndown. ATOM increased over 12% yesterday and nearly 50% in the past week. More: - Akash Network (AKT) and Osmosis (OSMO) additionally saw over 50% growth this week and daily growth of 9.8% and 11.9%, respectively.
- Cosmos ecosystem tokens are likely seeing positive price movement due to increased adoption in Cosmos-based projects.
- Osmosis, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built using the Cosmos developer kit, exceeded $1B in TVL this week.
- AKT spent on the decentralized, cloud-based application platform Akash Network jumped around 50% over the past week.
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 The estimated leverage ratio for Bitcoin (BTC) hit an all-time high as BTC dropped below $45K. The estimated leverage ratio hit 0.224, suggesting that traders are taking on more high leverage risks. More: - The price of BTC fell to a three-month low following suggestions that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates and ongoing political events in Kazakhstan.
- $500M in liquidations took place over the past three days as BTC tumbled over 10%.
- Despite the pushback, the jump in leverage ratio suggests that traders remain bullish on BTC or are at least a bit desperate for a comeback.
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- Julien Gaillard, the lead data scientist behind Twitter Spaces, announced that he’s leaving Twitter to become the data science lead for Aave.
- The Mozilla Foundation is the latest organization to walk back crypto adoption after heavy community backlash.
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 |  | Griffin McShane is a New York transplant currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Providence College, where he studied both computer science and business, and the University of Maine School of Law, where he earned his JD. Beyond his work at Inside, Griffin has written articles for CoinDesk and is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). |  | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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