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21/09/2022

Could Stablecoin UST have revived from the death spiral? Insights from an algorithmic stablecoin’s depeg

Originally published in May 2022, under CommonWealth Magazine’s Wayne Huang’s Mandarin column: “LUNA crashed 99%, how did the third-largest stablecoin UST shock Yellen with its death spiral?” When people look back on 2022, it will be impossible to not mention the shock stablecoin UST has created in the crypto market. As… Read More

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06/09/2022

All About Tornado Cash Sanction

In early August, the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the cryptocurrency mixer known as Tornado Cash. In its press release, OFAC pulled no punches, labeling Tornado Cash as a notorious money laundering tool used by the likes of North Korean hackers Lazarus Group. The crypto… Read More

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02/09/2022

XREX Service Updates to Support Ethereum 2.0

As mentioned in our previous notice, The Merge of Ethereum is slated to take place around the 15th of September. During which, there will be two important periods of service suspension for deposit and withdrawal of ETH and ERC-20 tokens on the XREX platform. 11:00 UTC 2022/09/06 for the upgrade of the… Read More

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01/09/2022

What Did Crypto Lending Platforms Do with Your Money?

The recent crypto market turmoil has been headlined by a series of cascading events, including the collapse of Terra UST and the failure of famed hedge fund, Three Arrows Capital (3AC). Most notable and perhaps most impactful is the rash of distressed centralized crypto lending platforms, which have disproportionately caused… Read More

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01/09/2022

ETH2.0: The Merge is Coming; What You Need to Know and Watch Out for

ETH2.0: The Merge is Coming; What You Need to Know and Watch Out for The long-awaited upgrade for Ethereum, “The Merge’’, is fast approaching. The upgrade will be a two-step process, happening on September 6 and through September 10–20, according to the Ethereum Foundation’s August 24, 2022 blog post. There is only… Read More

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26/08/2022

Notice on The Merge of Ethereum

The much-awaited Merge of Ethereum is slated to take place around the 15th of September. Ethereum’s Proof-of-Work (PoW) chain will migrate to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chain upon hitting the Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) value of 58750000000000000000000. As with the rest of the crypto community, XREX is watching the developments closely. Read More

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04/08/2022

SEC Hunger Games: Coinbase has been chosen, who’s next?

In July 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced insider trading charges against a former Coinbase employee and his two associates. The three defendants allegedly front-ran public listing announcements on the Coinbase exchange and generated $1.1 million USD in illicit trading profits. The insider trading charges alone might barely make… Read More

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21/07/2022

Sovereignty and the Right of Coinage: How CBDC will infringe on weak regimes

“Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” Mayer Anselm Rothschild said in 1970. The Rothschild family rose to prominence in the 18th century, controlling and establishing the financial and banking systems of Europe. Sovereignty and the Right of Coinage: How CBDC… Read More

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19/07/2022

Crypto regulation takes shape with bipartisan Lummis-Gillibrand bill

The long-awaited and highly-anticipated crypto bill Responsible Financial Innovation Act championed by Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) was introduced as a bipartisan proposal co-sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The ambitious and comprehensive bill contains several key pillars including regulatory oversight, clarification of definitions and taxation, and banking and payment stablecoins. Read More