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14. Oktober 2022

Uniswap raises $165 million in a Series B funding round

Decentralised crypto exchange Uniswap has raised $165 million in a latest funding round and will use the funds to invest in its web app.

Uniswap, one of the leading decentralised cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, announced on Thursday, October 13th, that it had raised $165 million in a Series B funding round.

1/ We’re proud to announce that we’ve raised $165 million in Series B funding to bring the powerful simplicity of Uniswap to even more people across the world 🦄🍾https://t.co/ChilydWOEO

— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) October 13, 2022

The crypto exchange said the funding round was led by Polychain Capital and with participation from longtime investors a16z crypto, Paradigm, SV Angel, and Variant.

Uniswap revealed that it would use the proceeds from the funding event to invest in its web application. The crypto exchange said;

“Now, Uniswap Labs is bringing the powerful simplicity and security that has defined the Uniswap Protocol to even more people across the world by investing in our web app and developer tools, launching NFTs, moving into mobile — and more!”

Uniswap Labs said as it focuses on building its products, a much broader cryptocurrency ecosystem continues to grow and thrive beyond what any single company can do in isolation.

The team revealed that the governance community recently voted to create the Uniswap Foundation.

The Uniswap Foundation is tasked with contributing to the Uniswap Protocol’s decentralised development. The Foundation will also issue around $60 million in grants to community projects over the next few years.

Uniswap founder Hayden James said he is proud of the DEX’s journey so far. He stated that;

“When I built the Uniswap Protocol in 2018, it was an experiment to see if I could create something that fully embodied the values of Ethereum: transparent, secure, and accessible. Since then, it has grown and evolved in ways I never imagined. It’s supported $1.2 trillion in trading volume to date and has become critical public infrastructure for exchanging digital value.”

Uniswap is the second-largest decentralised exchange, according to Coinmarketcap. The platform processes over $300 million in daily trading volume and is only behind dydx.

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13. Oktober 2022

Tether cuts commercial paper reserves to zero

Tether’s commercial paper has shrunk to zero, the USDT issuer has announced.

Instead of holding commercial paper, Tether has replaced the investments with US Treasury Bills (T-Bills).

The news comes just a few months after the USDT issuer said it would completely remove commercial paper from its reserves, and is a route the company has pursued as it looks to increase transparency around its stablecoin reserves.

Tether has eliminated over $30 billion dollars of commercial paper without any losses, a proof of how Tethers’ reserves are conservatively and professionally managed. Tether has also increased its direct exposure to US Treasuries by more than $10 billion in the last quarter.(2/3)

— Tether (@Tether_to) October 13, 2022

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino affirmed in May that USDT was fully backed, and in July 2022, Tether announced its CP holdings were on track to fall below $3.5 billion.

Ardoino then said in August that the stablecoin issuer’s commercial paper holdings would drop below $200 million at the end of the month and to zero by the end of October 2022. In September, the company revealed that its CP holdings had dropped below $50 million.

In all, Tether has managed to eliminate $30 billion worth of commercial paper from its reserves.

USDT reserves in more US Treasury bills

On the company’s website, Tether shows it holds 54.57% in US Treasury Bills and 15.89% in Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit.

The total reserves breakdown shows Cash & Cash Equivalents and Other Short-Term Deposits & Commercial Paper make up 79.62% of the USDT reserves, with 8.36% in other investments that include digital tokens, 6.77% in secured loans and 5.25% in corporate bonds, funds and precious metals.

Going by these percentages, replacing commercial paper investments with T-Bills increases the latter’s overall holdings under cash and cash equivalents to 70.46%.

US T-Bills means Tether now backs its USDT with the “most secure, liquid reserves in the market,” the company noted.

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13. Oktober 2022

Uniswap Labs raises $165 million to support its Web3 ecosystem

Uniswap wants to ‘bring Web3 to everyone’ , said founder and CEO Hayden Adams.

Uniswap Labs, the leading decentralised exchange (DEX) platform in the crypto ecosystem and which is behind the Uniswap cryptocurrency, has raised $165 million in its series B funding round as it looks to push forth with ambitions around NFTs and Web3.

Polychain Capital led the funding round, with multiple top crypto-oriented venture firms also participating.

According to the announcement shared via Twitter and in a company blog post, participants included Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), venture firm Paradigm, San Francisco-based venture fund SV Angel, and Web3 focused early stage funding platform Variant.

Uniswap founder and CEO Hayden Adams said in a company blog that the funding will help bring the platform’s services and products to more people.

“When I built the Uniswap Protocol in 2018, it was an experiment to see if I could create something that fully embodied the values of Ethereum: transparent, secure, and accessible. Since then, it has grown and evolved in ways I never imagined,” Adams wrote in the ‘Bringing Web3 to Everyone’ post.

Web app and developer tools key to Uniswap growth

Since its launch, Uniswap has supported more than $1.2 trillion in trading volume, taking the central stage as a leading DeFi player. Uniswap price hit a high of $44.92 in May 2021 as the platform saw massive trading volumes.

As the company looks to grow by leveraging the latest financing, the plan is to continue providing critical infrastructure supporting the burgeoning industry. Part of the goal will be to invest in the company’s new web app as well as developer tools.

Also in the pipeline is the launch of NFTs and an entry into mobile among other developments, according to Adams.

The recently created Uniswap Foundation will also play a huge role in the overall development of the ecosystem via $60 million in grants extended to community projects.

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13. Oktober 2022

Solana price movement amid 6% bear run

Solana (SOL/USD) succumbed to the bear cryptocurrency market on Thursday. On CoinMarketCap, SOL was trading with an intraday loss of 6.63% and a weekly 14% drop.

Solana’s price hit the lowest since June.

Solana trades at $28.9, the lowest price since mid-June. Thursday’s bear momentum in Solana happens amid an inflation report. According to the Labour Department, inflation rose by a yearly 8.2%. The rate surpassed estimates, raising fears that the Fed could hike rates faster in its upcoming meetings.

Nonetheless, ahead of the inflation report, SOL was already in a sustained bear market. Frequent network outages have largely been responsible. The latest was the Solana DeFi protocol, Mango Market, which lost $100 million in an attack. The drain caused a 23% decline in the total value locked on the Solana blockchain.

How is SOL’s outlook in a bear market amid the weak fundamentals?

Solana price: Where next for SOL as the price declines?

The macro concerns dent the outlook for SOL. Attention is shifting to the US Federal Reserve’s action to tame the rising prices. Analysts earmark a 75-basis point rate hike in November after the higher-than-feared inflation numbers. That aligns with the International Monetary Fund’s thoughts after the Thursday report.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged the US to use the tools available to control prices. She warned of damaging and spillover impacts if the US doesn’t act. In Europe, ECB’s Governing Council member Joachim Nagel has called for robust rate increases to tame rising prices.

Looking at SOL in the broader spectrum of the crypto market, the price could remain bearish in line with the Fed’s expectations. In fact, the crypto billionaire forecasts the crypto bear market to last up to six months. He expects a bull run to occur once the Fed pauses the economic tightening. With the possibility far from reality, a bear market could continue, with pockets of bull short runs.

Solana technical analysis

Technically, SOL has been making lower lows and lower highs since hitting a local top at $48. However, the bulls defended the $30 level, resulting in the formation of a double bottom. The buyer strength was still weak as the price remained largely in consolidation mode. The Thursday drop raises questions about whether a further fall is on the card.

Source – TradingView

At $28.9, SOL has lost the support level, which pits the token back to $26. Currently, sellers have the upper hand as sentiment is bearish. The MACD indicator shows a weakening momentum as the moving averages offer resistance above. In our assessment, SOL could still overcome a drop to $26.

While there is a clear break below $30, the daily candlestick is yet to make a close. A potential scenario to invalidate a drop to $26 is when the price closes above the open at or above $30. In such a case, a bullish pin bar would communicate that buyers remain interested in $30. Conversely, if sellers win and the daily candlestick closes below $30, the price could reach the June lows.

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13. Oktober 2022

Cardano relinquishes support to a fresh new low. What’s the outlook?

Cardano (ADA/USD) has tanked 7% in the past day to a record low of $0.03612. On the weekly scale, the price represents a 16% dip. In general, the overall crypto market is looking bleak. Bitcoin has lost $19k support, trading at $18,357, while Ether is 6% down to $1,215.

Last week, ADA was locked in a descending triangle, with analysts predicting a price under $0.25. Can the crypto survive the bear onslaught? The current market sell-off is anticipated to extend between now up to December.

Until now, ADA price has failed to benefit from major Cardano fundamentals. The smart contract network successfully deployed Vasil hard fork last month. According to Cardano blockchain insights, the upgrade added 100 smart contracts two weeks after the event.

Despite the optimism around the launch, ADA has remained bearish. In fact, the digital asset has lost 25% of its value in the past month alone. The fork was a major improvement since the launch of the Alonzo hard fork in 2021.

Meanwhile, data from Defillama shows that Cardano’s total value locked is equally down 8% in the past day to $64 million. However, there has been an upsurge in the daily trading volumes by 105% in the past day to $922 million.

ADA finds new support at $0.36

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Source: TradingView

From the daily chart above, ADA looks bearish below the $0.39 support-turned resistance. In addition, the crypto is below the 20-day and 50-day moving averages. The momentum indicator RSI is at the lowest level of 23.

Concluding thoughts

Cardano has plunged to a new low, currently trading below key support levels. As it is, lower levels could be seen since the crypto space is currently on bearish momentum. Much as the token is at the oversold zone, it could remain so for quite a while.

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