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The Last Fortnight in Crypto (Part 2) - June 2022

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Elliott Lyons
Elliott Lyons

The Last Fortnight in Crypto (Part 2) - June 2022

Fortnightly Crypto Round-up


The overall crypto market officially entered a bear market and what many are referring to as another “Crypto Winter” as the global market cap dropped below 1 trillion dollars over the last fortnight. Bitcoin temporarily dropped below US$20,000 for the first time since December 2020 and Ethereum dropped below US$1,000 for the first time since January 2021 as some of the biggest companies in crypto finding themselves underwater.

RECENT NEWS

Celcius Freeze Withdrawals and Appoint Citibank as Advisor

In an unprecedented move crypto lender Celcius froze customer withdrawals due to “extreme market volatility.” Leaving thousands of customers with investments locked on the platform, however those with assets on the platform will still continue to receive rewards. They have appointed Citibank to assist in an advisory capacity.

3 Arrows Capital Insolvency Fears

Rumors are swirling that Singapore-based crypto venture capital firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC) is battling against insolvency. The rumors began after 3AC started moving assets around this week to top up funds on DeFi platforms such as Aave to avoid potential liquidations amid the tanking price of Ethereum throughout this week. There are unconfirmed reports that 3AC faced liquidations totaling hundreds of millions from multiple positions.

Consensus

Despite the crypto winter, the Coindesk conference drew in excess of 20,000 people to discuss the crypto landscape, Web3 development and the future of digital assets.  In general attendees remained optimistic about the crypto ecosystem as a whole despite the price of crypto and instead new projects and the rise of Web3 were the main discussion points.

Coinbase Lay Off

After initially slowing down hiring, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong officially announced that they’ve made a "difficult decision" to reduce the size of the Coinbase team by about 18% due to the economic conditions as the reason for doing so. He noted that Coinbase has survived through four major crypto winters since its foundation in 2012 and noted that trading revenue significantly declined during those past crypto winters, so they need to keep lean.

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