A U.S. appeals court has issued a mandate that formalizes the forfeiture of 69,370 Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies linked to the now-defunct Silk Road dark web market. The ruling, confirming the judgment from August 18, 2023, marks the official conclusion of a legal saga that originated with the 2013 arrest of Silk Road founder Ross...Read More
Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO of leading asset management firm Grayscale Investments, believes the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could allow the crypto market to enjoy an inflow of $30 trillion in advised wealth. During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Sonnenshein said there is a lot of market optimism for Bitcoin (BTC) next...Read More
A recent development has seen a substantial increase in transaction activities on major Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. According to Etherscan, a widely used blockchain analytics platform, 95% of these transactions can be attributed to inscriptions. The Ordinals Inscriptions Wave Ordinals inscriptions, which involve embedding unique data in transaction call data to create non-fungible tokens...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21st, 2023] Addressable, Web3 growth marketing leader, announced today the successful closure of its second funding round this year, reaching a total of $13.5 million so far. The infusion of capital will enable Addressable to supercharge its Web3 Growth Suite and expand its service to new ad networks...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Munich, Germany, December 21st, 2023] bitsCrunch, the decentralized AI-powered Web3 analytics network, has announced that the community sale of BCUT – the native utility and governance token for the bitsCrunch network – sold out in 24 minutes, a new record for CoinList. The community sale raised $3.85 million USD and added more...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – DUBAI, UAE, December 21st, 2023] BNB Chain, the community-driven blockchain ecosystem that includes the world’s largest smart contract blockchain, today announced the launch of the ‘opBNB Technical Content Creation Campaign.’ Open to both experienced and junior Web3 developers, Web2 developers, tech enthusiast content creators and key opinion leaders (KOLs), the campaign is...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Zug, Switzerland, December 21st, 2023] After the successful launch of Testnet 1, paving the way for the upcoming Streamr Network 1.0 milestone, Streamr is excited to announce the start of Testnet 2! This second incentivized testnet, starting on 21st December and concluding on 8th January 2024, will see a reward pool of...Read More
Worldcoin has disabled its offline orb verification feature for users in three markets – India, Brazil, and France. The development comes after a surge in people lining up at specified venues amid the excitement to register and acquire free Worldcoin (WLD) tokens, according to the report by MoneyControl. Worldcoin’s ‘Orb’ is a spherical hardware device...Read More
TLDR XRP will have to be worth $630 to make $1 million from a $1,000 investment. Shiba Inu will be worth $0.0099 with a market size of $5.82 trillion to make $1 million from a $1,000 investment. NuggetRush’s future price will have to be $20, with a market size of $10 billion, to make $1...Read More
As the Solana network continues to see massive interest from the crypto community, traders are cashing out on investments into several memecoins. Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed in a tweet that a crypto trader was able to make approximately $1.55 million in profits from a $42 investment in Silly Dragon (SILLY), a memecoin on the...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Istanbul, Turkey, December 21st, 2023] Serenity Shield, a multi-chain project offering secure and confidential data storage and crypto inheritance solutions, has just received an investment from Castrum Capital, one of Turkey’s largest VC and incubators specializing in AI. Whereas both parties agree not to disclose the investment amount publicly, this partnership marks...Read More
The PancakeSwap community is proposing a reduction in the overall supply cap of its native token, CAKE. A newly unveiled proposal discussion on December 21st advocates for decreasing the total supply limit of the asset from 750 million to 450 million. Given CAKE’s consistent deflation over the past few months and its intensified focus on...Read More
All eyes are on the launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF, with the announcement expected to be just under three weeks from now. This was according to QCP Capital’s observation which said that an approval could arrive either at the market close on January 5th or sometime between January 8th and 10th in 2024. Every...Read More
A British Virgin Islands (BVI) court has issued a freezing order on approximately $1 billion in assets belonging to the founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), a once-renowned cryptocurrency hedge fund. The court’s decision aims to prevent co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, along with the latter’s wife Kelly Chen, from transferring or disposing of...Read More
The BRC-20 tokens have gained significant momentum in recent times as major tokens have displayed massive price action during this month. Further, the ORDI price has added over 18% to its portfolio within the past day, indicating a trend reversal in the market. The ORDI coin price traded in a closed range between $18.550 and...Read More
Ledger, a hardware wallet manufacturer, has announced plans to disable blind signing for Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) decentralized applications (DApps) by June 2024. The decision comes in response to an exploit where a wallet drainer was added to a library utilized by numerous DApps to connect to Ledger devices. Ledger Announces Plan to Compensate Victims...Read More
Sentiment over Ethereum has waned in recent weeks as Bitcoin took the limelight with a push to a new 2023 high. Moreover, rival blockchains such as Solana and Avalanche are gaining traction, with token price gains outpacing ETH. On Dec. 21, Glassnode analyst “Checkmatey” opined that the decline in the market cap ratio between ETH...Read More
Stablecoin issuer – Tether – has placed six wallets on a blacklist, comprising five on the Ethereum network and one on Tron. The latest move reflects Tether’s increased proactive approach to blocking addresses. According to ChainArgos, a blockchain intelligence firm, there are a few questionable transactions associated with the Ethereum addresses, potentially related to the...Read More
In the bustling world of cryptocurrency, the U.S. market is abuzz with expectations of Bitcoin turning bullish in 2024. Central to this optimism is the anticipation of spot Bitcoin ETF approvals by January 2024. However, Anthony Pompliano, a renowned figure in the crypto industry, recently presented a differing viewpoint, sparking discussions among enthusiasts and investors....Read More
Earlier this week, a BreachForums user by the name of Miembro announced the sale of access to a Binance data request portal, built and maintained to accommodate police officers and government officials worldwide in their attempts to track down cybercriminals. The sale has since been paused, owing to a blunder involving a crypto mixer being...Read More
Genesis, a bankrupt crypto lender, has successfully won a legal bid to prevent its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), from selling or diminishing its ownership stake in the firm until the completion of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. This move by Genesis is aimed at securing vital tax benefits, which hinge on its continued status...Read More
The Solana Saga smartphone has garnered the unfortunate title of the worst smartphone of the year, as declared by popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD). Notably, the phone has experienced a surge in demand, leading to a sell-out, which occurred concurrently with an increase in the price of a memecoin developed on the Solana smart contract...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) layer 2 blockchain Stacks (STX) has soared again after billionaire investor Tim Draper voiced support for the emerging protocol. Trading for just $1.18 at 7 pm ET on Tuesday, the asset trades for $1.53 at writing time – a 26% rise since the venture capitalist’s comments made the rounds on social media. The...Read More
Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of the largest American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, believes being anti-crypto could have ugly political effects in the upcoming United States elections in 2024. In a Tuesday tweet, Armstrong stated that taking a stand against the novel technology would be “a really bad political strategy” for several reasons, blasting well-known...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, December 20th, 2023] Solend’s expansion is set to compound Sui’s remarkable DeFi momentum, which has seen TVL grow by over 500% since September. Solend, the top lending and borrowing protocol on Solana, today announced its impending launch on the Sui blockchain, which was created by a team of...Read More
Venture capital powerhouse a16z has unveiled a comprehensive report for the crypto industry in 2024, focusing on the accelerated adoption of NFTs, the evolution of gaming finance, and advanced blockchain solutions like zkSync. Decentralization, User Experience, and AI Blockchains The report emphasizes the importance of decentralization to distribute power away from central authorities, fostering competition...Read More
Michael Novogratz, the founder of Galaxy Digital, expressed his opinion on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s stance against the cryptocurrency space on X. The post comes in response to Warren’s announcement of additional support from her colleagues for the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, a bipartisan bill aiming to address concerns about the use of cryptocurrencies in...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – New York, USA, December 20th, 2023] Launch Coincides with $SOMA Token Sale in Partnership with CF Portal Akemona SOMA Finance, Incorporated (“SOMA” & “SOMA.finance”), the joint venture between MANTRA and Tritaurian Capital, Incorporated (“Tritaurian”) that is building the critical infrastructure of decentralized finance (DeFi), announced today the launch of the first components...Read More
Michael Saylor, a renowned Bitcoin advocate, has declared the potential approval of a spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) as possibly the most significant development on Wall Street in the last three decades. Speaking with Bloomberg on December 19, Saylor compared this event to the historic creation of the S&P 500 ETF, highlighting its transformative potential...Read More
Miners have achieved an unprecedented milestone by accumulating record-breaking daily fees amounting to $23.7 million, according to CryptoQuant’s analyst. The surge in mining revenue and fees is a direct result of the growing utilization of the Bitcoin network, particularly evident on December 16th when the fees surpassed the $23.7 million mark. This heightened fee collection...Read More
