Avalanche Blockchain Usage Grew in Second Quarter: Nansen

The Avalanche C Chain saw daily active address and transaction volume – two important metrics to gauge a blockchain’s health level – increase significantly in the period.Source

Coinbase Bears Doubt Stock Can Rise Even After Exchange Beats Estimates

It’s hard to see a favorable valuation argument for the stock given the company’s revenue is tethered to an asset class that has yet to show a sustainable everyday utility value, Goldman Sachs said.Source

Looter Behind $61M Curve Hack Starts Returning Assets, Raising Hope for Recovery

The exploited protocols offered a 10% bounty Thursday for returning the rest of the assets until the end f this week.Source

‘Suspicious’ Multichain Wallet Dumps $1.8M of WOO Network Tokens; Price Drops 8%

An Ethereum wallet funded by a beneficiary of the Multichain exploit has sold $1.8 million worth of WOO Network (WOO) tokens on Uniswap, causing the price to slump by 8%.Source

U.S. Added 187K Jobs in July, Missing Estimates for 200K, Bitcoin Slips to $29,100

The unemployment rate TKTK to 3.X% versus estimates for 3.6%.Source

First Mover Americas: Upbit Moves Up to No. 2 in Spot Trading Volume

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 2, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source

Coinbase Moves to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit, Alleging Crypto Falls Out of Regulator’s Oversight

Coinbase filed for judgement in its ongoing case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging the regulator is stepping well outside its jurisdiction in suing the crypto exchange.Source

Arbitrum’s Most Popular DEX Goes Live With New Version Offering DOGE Pools at 40%

Version 2 of GMX allows trading of riskier assets at lower fees, with some pools yielding as much as an annualized 47%.Source

Revolut Suspends U.S. Crypto Platform Over Regulatory Uncertainty

The digital bank said U.S. customers will not be able to access crypto via its platform starting Oct. 3.Source

Trader Joe Debuts on Ethereum; JOE Jumps 3%

The DEX’s Liquidity Pool was already available on Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Avalanche.Source