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Following a favorable partial verdict in the long-drawn SEC court battle, the XRP token surged over 90% on July 13 reaching a new yearly high of $0.90. The trading volume of XRP tokens on the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has surpassed that of Bitcoin (BTC) in the past 24 hours . The XRP/KRW trading pair saw $2.6 billion in trading volume in the last 24 hours owing to Ripple’s partial win against the United States Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission in its long-drawn court battle. The buying frenzy for XRP saw the token account for 46% of all trading volume on Upbit followed by Bitcoin with just 5% of the total share. XRP token led the bullish momentum in the crypto market in the past 24 hours helping several other altcoins to rise in double digits. 24 hour trading volume on UpBit, Source: Coingecko The buying frenzy for the token was not limited to South Korea. The XRP price saw an 92% surge on July 13, reaching a new one-year high of $0.91. This surge helped XRP t...

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has partnered with the Swiss Football Association to release NFTs in support of women’s soccer in the country. In this week’s newsletter, read about how stolen nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are sold within three hours after being pinched, and check out AzukiDAO’s plans to take back $39 million worth of Ether (ETH) from the founder of the Azuki NFT collection. In other news, investors in Logan Paul’s NFT gaming project CryptoZoo are still waiting for promised refunds from the YouTuber, and don’t forget this week’s Nifty News, featuring blue-chip NFT collections dropping in prices and Swiss bank Credit Suisse releasing NFTs to support women’s soccer.  Half of stolen NFTs are sold within 3 hours: PeckShield A report published by security company PeckShield highlighted that half of all stolen NFTs are sold within 160 minutes on platforms like OpenSea and Blur. According to the security firm, 86% of the stolen NFTs they flagged were sold on Blur, while around 13% w...

PeckShield reports that $2.27 million worth of NFTs were stolen in June, recording the lowest figure for stolen NFTs in 2023. A new report from blockchain security firm PeckShield found that half of stolen nonfungible tokens (NFTs) get sold within 160 minutes on various NFT marketplaces like Blur and OpenSea.  On July 3, PeckShield highlighted several data points on NFTs including the value stolen in June, how long it takes for stolen NFTs to be sold, and which NFT marketplaces are used to sell the stolen assets. According to the security company, $2.27 million in NFTs were stolen in June 2023. This marks the lowest amount of stolen NFTs in 2023. Furthermore, the data shows an 85% decrease compared to February when the value of stolen NFTs reached a high of $16.2 million. Value of stolen NFT assets in 2023. Source: PeckShield Apart from the amount lost in NFTs, the blockchain security firm also found that half of the stolen NFTs that they flagged are sold within 3 hours , sugg...

With the Blur marketplace set for a second airdrop soon, Nansen’s Andrew Thurman theorized that this major NFT dump could be a play to reap extra BLUR token rewards while also booking some profits. According to data from Nansen, nonfungible token (NFT) whale Jeffrey Hwang — known colloquially as Machi Big Brother — dumped 1,010 tokens for a total of 11,680 Ether (ETH) or $18.6 million in the space of 48 hours. In a Feb. 25 Twitter thread, Nansen’s Simian Psychometric Enhancement Technician Andrew Thurman highlighted the trading activity over the previous two days, and noted that it's “likely the largest NFT dump ever.” The major selling event included 90 Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs, 191 Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs and 308 Otherdeed NFTs to name a few. In what's likely the largest NFT dump ever, in the past 48 hours Machi has sold 1,010 NFTs, including: - 90 BAYC for 5707 ETH - 191 MAYC for 3091 ETH - 112 Azuki for 1644 ETH - 308 Otherdeed for 582 ETH But he's ...