The debacle was tinged with irony, coming just as Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, warned about incoming volatility.
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But whether that growth is sustainable, and what it means long-term, is still in question. “This crypto, blockchain technology, the public interest in it right now is being driven by a kind of speculative fever,” says Dr. Richard Smith, executive director of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, a nonprofit organization dedicated to studying recurring patterns throughout economies and cultures.
Despite this, Safemoon has a small but fiercely loyal base of fans who continue to hold the token for the long term. This fanbase has kept the price of Safemoon above zero, despite a sudden drop from all-time highs in April and May of 2021.
These token burns are designed to increase the scarcity of the token and push the value higher. Safemoon initially launched with a circulating supply of one quadrillion tokens (!!!), although the development team burned 223 trillion of these right away. Over 400 trillion tokens have been burned so far, with this figure continuing to grow as the months go by.
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Brooks did not respond to requests for further comment. A spokesperson for Binance declined to comment.
The NFTs sold to holders during the three-day presale will account for 30% of all tokens on the December 1 launch. NFT holders will be able to claim 30% of all tokens after the launch and then unlock 2% of tokens every day after. As long as they hold their NFTs, they will be eligible to receive 2% of tokens every day going forward.
The worldwide crypto market capitalization is currently $2.90 trillion, decreasing 1.25% over the last day. (Shutterstock)
Brooks led the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) before joining Binance.US. At the time, his move to Binance.US raised some eyebrows because Binance is not seen as the poster child of compliance, particularly compared to Coinbase where Brooks worked before joining the OCC.
Last year, a California man pleaded guilty to a mining fraud of at least $722 million through the BitClub Network. In February, a New York man pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi-like hedge crypto fund that stole about $90 million from more than 100 investors.
When the spectre of restrictive regulation hovers over the cryptocurrency markets, steep drops invariably occur. If it happens to concern China or the US, brace yourself if you’re an investor—the market never stops trading, and what took months to build can crumble to nothing in an afternoon.
The cryptocurrency paradigm was heralded by the launch of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, inspiring a new technological and social movement. The goal of cryptocurrencies is to provide a medium for global, peer-to-peer transaction settlement that preserves privacy and financial security.
The bitrise token has been on a hot streak lately, increasing its value by over 3558 percent in just three months. Experts are calling it the next SafeMoon and Shiba Inu Coin.
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