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Spotlight on Celsius as Texas securities regulator opens investigation: Report

Regulatory scrutiny on Celsius Network, a leading crypto lender in the market that’s hit turbulence, continues to mount, according to a report by Reuters on Thursday.

Celsius hit headlines this week as concerns over a potential flip into insolvency heightened following its decision to pause customer withdrawals.

According to the report, the Texas State Securities Board has confirmed that it has indeed opened an investigation against the crypto lender.  Other investigations have been opened in Alabama, Washington and New Jersey.

The Texas regulator has reportedly certified the matter as a “priority,” with concerns that the company’s situation poses serious financial ramifications for customers.

The probe into Celsius comes as the New Jersey-based firm looks to navigate the murky waters that it currently wades in. On Wednesday, the company moved to hire business restructuring lawyers.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has assured customers and the broader community that the firm is “working non-stop” on the issue. Other than this, not much has been forthcoming and the ‘freeze’ on all withdrawals remains in place.

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Bitcoin Investor’s Net Realized Loss Hit $4.23 Billion Last Week: Glassnode

Bitcoin price fell from highs of $30,300 this past week to test lows near the critical $20,000 level this week.

The sell-off, according to on-chain data firm Glassnode, brought realized losses for Bitcoin investors in US dollar terms to over $4.23 billion. They are historical figures – probably as Bitcoin has fallen from new heights unlike before.

Per the platform’s latest on-chain report, the on-going sell-off saw both short term holders and long term holders sink into unprofitability – the losses being three times larger than what the market experienced in March 2020.

“Bitcoin investors have locked in the largest USD denominated Realized Loss in history last week. The $BTC spent on-chain this week realized net losses of over $4.23B. This eclipses all major sell-offs in 2021, and is 3x larger than March 2020,” Glassnode tweeted on Thursday.

Short term holders lose 0.01% of Market cap/day

Glassnode says that short term holders, (the new entrants in the market and active traders), sold off aggressively this past week.

However, the net realized losses for this cohort was 0.01% of Bitcoin market cap per day, and pale in comparison to major drawdowns recorded over the past five years. For instance, STHs lost 0.02% of the market cap when BTC price fell sharply in March 2020.

Long term holders face first capitulation in 2021-2022 cycle

A long term holder (LTH) refers to Bitcoin supply that hasn’t moved for the past 155 days or more. This group of wallets have greater conviction on BTC’s long term value and thus rarely sell.

 According to the Glassnode report, this cohort of holders has net realized losses equaling 0.007% of market cap each day – “as large as March 2020.”

“Bitcoin Long-Term Holders however realized major losses, equal to 0.007% of the Market Cap per day. This is almost as large as March 2020, and is the first major LTH capitulation event in the 2021-22 cycle.”

BTC/USD is priced around $21,260 at the time of writing, about 2.6% up in the past 24 hours. Veteran trader Peter Brandt says BTC is likely to see a relief rally. However, sceptically, he predicts more pain. 

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Theta Network (THETA) jumps 14%: here is why

Theta Network native token, THETA, recovered some of the losses it has experienced during the current crypto bloodbath from which the majority of the cryptos are trying to recover.

At the time of writing, THETA was trading at $1.23, up 14.65%. It has hit a daily high of $1.37.

Let’s dive into the reasons behind the THETA price pump.

THETA partners with Sony Electronics

One of the main reasons for the token rally is the announcement made by Theta Network about their new partnership with Sony Electronics, a prominent world-class tech company. 

According to the announcement, the tech company Spatial Reality Display will release a 3D NFT on ThetaDrop. The drop will go live tomorrow, June 17 at 1 pm PT, but the pre-funding and waitlist are already available.

According to the announcement, The Tiki Guy NFT will be a 3D asset that SONY’s limited electronic display will project, besides the NFT was made to be more frightening as possible. The website stated that the Tiki Guy is a limited edition NFT with a quantity of 500.

Meanwhile, ThetaDrop NFT Marketplace had earlier hosted drops for some of the prominent game shows and celebrities like the ‘American Idol and many more.

Replay launches their Theta Validator Node

Another reason for the rally is the announcement made by Theta that Replay, a video tracking, and payment platform, has launched its new Theta Validator Node which will be one of the 25 official node validators on the Theta network.

As the Theta Validator group continues to explore the various cross-section being used by different users, many media and big tech firms like Sony, Samsung, and Google are among the top in their validators. In addition, projects and Crypto exchanges like Gumi cryptos, blockchain, and Binance are part of it.

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The Sandbox rallies on its partnership with Lionsgate

The Sandbox metaverse native token, SAND, experienced significant price gains today after announcing its new partnership with Lionsgate, a prominent film producer in the United States, and its long-time partner, Millennium Films.

At the time of writing, SAND was trading at 0.873, up 3.78% after retracing from a daily high of $0.9753. The rally comes amid the ongoing ructions in the crypto market.

Lionsgate in the Metaverse world

Lionsgate and its popular franchises like Rambo, Expendables, and Hellboy will be featured in a metaverse LAND called ‘’Action City’’. With the new partnership, Lionsgate will feature one of the famous licensed properties that belong to the studio and Millennium Films.

According to The Sandbox claims, this partnership will make Lionsgate studio to be the first major Hollywood studio to join the metaverse. However, this will not be The Sandbox’s first major partnership as it has also featured content from The Smurfs, Snoop Dogg, and Adidas as well as selling LAND to great firms like HSBC.

Metaverse gains traction as the token’s prices decline

As the crypto markets continue to experience a drastic decline, the majority of the cryptocurrencies have not been left behind. However, cryptos with metaverse backup like The Sandbox and Decentraland have been in a better position, with the current growing interest in Metaverse and NFTs.

Besides that, investors tend to explore projects with services or tangible products during rising inflation and high-interest rates times. This has given SAND flexibility in the current market meltdown.

It’s important to note during the partnership there were no financial details disclosed but according to the reports, The Sandbox is looking for ways to raise over $4 billion.

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Highlights June 16: Crypto market rebounds after Fed rate hike

Most cryptocurrencies rebounded after the Federal Reserve finally announced its rate hike, the biggest in almost three decades. The crypto market was in the green this morning, with the majority of top 10 cryptos registering gains. 

Top cryptos

Bitcoin was up around 4% at time of writing, trading above $22,000. Ethereum climbed around 9%, XRP was up around 9%, and Cardano and Polkadot were around 11% higher. 

Solana has done well in the past 24 hours as investors bought the dip. It registered gains of around 18%. 

Cryptos outside the top 10 were doing well too. Tron’s TRX is one of the biggest winners with 19%. Avalanche and FTX Token are up around 10 resp. 11%. 

Top movers

Outside the top 20, the tendency was similar, with most coins adding 5-9% to their value. Notable standouts include Helium with 15%, Elrond with 21%, ApeCoin 17%, Stacks 12%, and 1inch Network 13%.

Elrond’s price is rising on new that the Romanian ICI, a National Institute for Research and Development in Computer Science, will use its token to create a decentralized domain name service and an institutional NFT marketplace.

On the losing side, XDC Network is down 5%. UNUS SED LEO was also not impacted by the rate hike news positively, with losses of just under 1%. 

Trending

The biggest winner today is ELEF WORLD, an NFT game that allows players to earn rewards for providing liquidity. These can be exchanged for the ELEF token anytime. The token is up 1,410%.

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