The US multinational tech giant said it chose Coinbase to allow certain customers to pay for cloud services starting next year. This will be enabled by integrating the Coinbase Commerce service, Google said. Citing the announcement made during Google’s Cloud Next conference, the CNBC report noted that the move is expected to see the light...Read More
Last week, TransitFinance was exploited by multiple hackers who made off with nearly $23 million in ETH, Binance-pegged ETH, and BNB. Since then, the project – which collaborated with PeckShield and other blockchain security firms – stated that it had tracked the attackers and knew, with relative certainty, who they truly were. Most funds have...Read More
In its weekly on-chain analysis report on Oct. 10, Glassnode stated that Bitcoin has “remained remarkably stable” in recent weeks when compared to traditional asset markets such as forex, volatile equity, and credit. Against a backdrop of central bank rate hikes, rampaging inflation, and a strong US dollar, Bitcoin has been uncharacteristically low in volatility,...Read More
Portugal’s policy shift from no crypto taxes to one where levies are charged on cryptocurrencies is set to enter another chapter as policymakers eye short-term crypto asset owners. The government is planning another form of cryptocurrency taxation that will broaden its existing crypto tax policies. Portugal to Tax Short-Term Crypto Gains at 28% According to...Read More
Ripple continues to be embroiled in a legal tussle with the SEC, and certain community members have claimed significant corruption on the agency’s side for targeting the blockchain firm. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has cleared his stance on the matter and backed Ripple by saying that layer-1 protocols aren’t securities. The XRP Army, however, isn’t...Read More
Huobi Token (HT) – the native cryptocurrency of Huobi Global – spiked by approximately 18% hours after Justin Sun confirmed he will take an advisory role in the exchange. The recently announced Global Advisory Board will aim to guide the company’s business efforts and expansion plans, as well as receive a fresh investment. Huobi announced...Read More
Just a week after Huobi Global revealed a change in the shareholder structure, Tron founder Justin Sun’s role as a shadow owner of the crypto exchange surfaced. He has, however, refuted claims about a buyout. In fact, Sun’s role has been limited to that of a global advisor. The development follows reports of Huobi founder...Read More
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol TrueFi issued a “notice of default” to Blockwater Technologies on October 6th for failing to make a scheduled payment of more than $3.4 million loan in BUSD. The crypto market rout in Q2 and the resultant ongoing stress have unraveled several digital-asset lenders and exchanges. The liquidity crisis spurred the...Read More
The blockchain-based gaming company – Dapper Labs – stopped servicing all accounts with connections to Russia, but they are still able to access and view their non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The move comes as a result of the latest sanctions that the European Union imposed on Russia due to the ongoing military conflict with Ukraine. ‘Consistent...Read More
Nearly half of Ethereum’s block space has been consumed by a new project called XEN Crypto which is causing the network issuance to fall and gas prices to rise. “Users have paid almost $1.8 million in gas fees to interact with the token contract, which has a market cap of $500k,” reported DeFi analyst ‘@0xfoobar’....Read More
Company founders Ola Muse and Karthik Kalyanaraman left Coinbase in August. It only took them two months to raise and close the seed round, which was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Mysten Labs and Howard University. Their firm, Scale3, is an infrastructure startup that focuses on supporting blockchain node operators. Node operation is...Read More
The US Department of Justice confiscated 719 bitcoins from the 35-year-old Canadian – Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins – for participating in the NetWalker ransomware attacks. At the time of the seizure, the amount of cryptocurrency equaled nearly $22 million. Prison Time for the Criminal According to a recent announcement, Vachon-Desjardins was involved in a sophisticated type of...Read More
Despite starting on a promising note, the global macroeconomic environment influenced and adversely impacted the crypto market, which sustained several damaging corrections. The same could be said for the NFT market. However, new data suggest that the NFT business continues to be in great demand. High Demand for NFTs In Q3, the NFT trading volume...Read More
When stablecoins are sent to exchanges in large quantities, it is usually a signal that institutions are preparing to buy. It has not happened yet, as stablecoins such as USDC have been leaving exchanges as the bear market deepens. On Oct. 8, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju observed that 94% of the USDC supply is...Read More
The US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – announced it will strengthen its presence in Australia, allowing locals an “easier and safer” option to enter the digital asset industry. The company described “The Land Down Under” as a “hotbed of fintech innovation.” More Crypto Options for Aussies In a recent announcement, Nana Murugesan – Managing Director...Read More
Grayscale – the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager – has announced a new investment product providing exposure to Bitcoin mining hardware. The fund will raise money for buying Bitcoin ASIC machines, which will be operated by Foundry Digital to mine and sell Bitcoin on behalf of investors. Grayscale’s Strategic Mining Play According to Grayscale’s website,...Read More
Crypto staking service provider, Lido, launched on Ethereum layer 2 networks Arbitrum Bridge and Optimism. Lido first revealed its plans to expand stETH across the growing layer 2 decentralized finance ecosystem in July this year. The move is expected to further improve Ethereum staking accessibility. According to the official tweet, the expansion of wstETH, which...Read More
Arthur Hayes – co-founder of the crypto trading platform BitMex – published a lengthy blog post on Thursday arguing that central banks will be forced back into “money printing” due to various economic pressures. That money printing, he argued, will create inflation that drives up the price of alternative forms of money, like crypto and...Read More
Mt. Gox creditors could be one step closer to reclaiming their funds after nearly a decade of waiting. This is as the Rehabilitation Trustee has released a deadline for them to select their preferred repayment method. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the man in charge of the Mt. Gox rehabilitation process, published a new update for creditors on...Read More
The financial services corporation – Visa – collaborated with the cryptocurrency exchange – FTX – to offer debit cards in 40 countries across the globe. The cards are already available in the United States and will reach other Asian, Latin America, and European nations soon. Visa’s Next Crypto Move In an interview for CNBC, Visa’s...Read More
After losing millions of dollars worth of assets in a cross-chain hack, the team behind BNB Chain – formerly Binance Smart Chain (BSC) – plans to conduct on-chain governance votes to determine what to do with the stolen funds. Recall that BNB Chain temporarily halted all network operations after an attacker exploited a vulnerability on...Read More
The payroll and job reports from the world’s largest economy were slightly above expectations for September. However, BTC reacted with a sharp price decline, as it typically happens when the US publishes any sort of data lately. Although the numbers for September are below August and the average for 2022, the States added 263,000 new...Read More
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) conducted an 8-month trial on different technologies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). It determined that such monetary products could take part in the global financial ecosystem and assist cross-border payments. The CBDC Experiment Earlier this year, SWIFT launched a program whose purpose was to link different...Read More
The world’s largest cryptocurrency platform – Binance – received a permanent license from Kazakhstan’s AIFC Financial Services Authority (AFSA) to operate a digital asset platform and provide custodial services in the country. Earlier this month, the company and the Kazakhstani monetary regulators signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a safe environment for domestic...Read More
Gary Gensler made a big announcement on October 3, saying the US media personality and reality star Kim Kardashian had settled with the agency in a fraudulent crypto promotional case. However, a Fox reporter now claimed that the SEC Chair had violated protocol by overhyping the settlement for his personal political agenda. Gensler Did it...Read More
Owing to the historic inflation, Q3 has been painful for Bitcoin. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap appears to have largely lost its inflation hedge and store-of-value narratives in the market. According to Messari’s new report, the demand for block space fell, resulting in a decline in Bitcoin’s transaction count and fees by roughly 3%...Read More
South Korean prosecutors continue their pressure on Terraform Labs following the fiasco that took place earlier this year. This time, the authorities have managed to freeze a whopping 56 billion won (worth around $39.4 million) in assets that are tied to Do Kwon. According to the South Korean media outlet News1, prosecutors have managed to...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposing a penalty of $1.26 million on reality star Kim Kardashian carries an important message about the regulator’s conviction on cracking down on sketchier corners of the cryptocurrency world. While many in the community acted in disbelief, others felt Kardashian was an easy target and that the...Read More
In a new report, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), a regulatory panel comprising leading financial regulators, identified areas in crypto regulation with: limited oversight of the spot market for tokens that are not securities; opportunities for regulatory arbitrage, or benefit favorable rules; if crypto firms should be allowed to integrate multiple services traditionally offered...Read More
The much-anticipated auction of assets belonging to bankrupt Celsius Network is likely to begin later this month. The embattled lending platform submitted an auction plan to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, media reports said. Here is all that you need to know about it: Celsius has...Read More
