The Australian Federal Police – an independent agency responsible for investigating crime and protecting the country’s national security – reportedly formed a new cryptocurrency unit. The goal is to detect criminals who use digital assets in their activities, such as money launderers, and bring them to justice. Applying strict regulations on the digital asset sector...Read More
With the much-anticipated Ethereum Merge only days away, Bobby Ong, co-founder and COO of major cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko, has shared some ways on how ETH holders can best take advantage of the upcoming event. In a tweet thread on Monday (September 5, 2022), Bobby Ong said that one of the best ways for existing...Read More
UK digital bank Revolut has come under the regulator’s scrutiny for inconsistencies in its auditing process. Citing sources familiar with the matter, FT reported that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) criticized an audit by accountancy firm BDO of an unidentified “financial services provider” as “inadequate.” The FRC further revealed that the “risk of an undetected...Read More
It’s an interesting time for cryptocurrency, to say the least. Headlines are not shy about using the term “dram” when it comes to covering the latest event: the Ethereum merger. The Ethereum merge has every crypto investor on the edge of their seat. What could it possibly mean for the market? As of writing, checking...Read More
The United Kingdom finally has a new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the face of Liz Truss, who spoke positively about the cryptocurrency industry several years ago. To become the UK’s next PM, Truss was chosen over Rishi Sunak (Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022), who also favors digital assets. Earlier...Read More
In a rather swift departure from its prewar crypto stance, the Bank of Russia is weighing in on the possibility of legalizing crypto for facilitating cross-border payments in the near future. As local news agency TASS reported, the country’s central bank and the Ministry of Finance have agreed that “it is impossible to do without...Read More
The United Kingdom’s Office of Financial Sanction Implementation (OFSI) has included “cryptoassets” in a list of assets that must be frozen if they belong to a person or company who is facing sanctions. These developments come as the list of sanctioned Russian entities continue to increase. Eye on Sanctioned Accounts, Breaches As per the new...Read More
Nigerian authorities are in talks to develop a digital economic zone focused on crypto and blockchain-related businesses in partnership with Binance. The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, in its latest blog post, revealed that the proposed digital hub will be similar to Dubai’s virtual free zone. As such, the crypto exchange is holding talks preliminary...Read More
Shiba INU bulls get back in action as the price spike high, testing one of the pivotal resistance but failing to breach through the levels. However, the asset is still trading within the reach of the bulls and hence may regain the lost momentum soon. What led to SHIB Price Rally Today? SHIB price, from...Read More
As bad actors continue to perform hit-and-run attacks on projects in the crypto space, it was inevitable that watchdogs, auditors, and the like would also become more sought after. One such auditor is Rug Pull Finder, an NFT watchdog who investigates alleged scams upon request and attempts to keep the community updated via Twitter. Unfortunately,...Read More
On 30 September 2022 at 12:00:05 UTC, we will update our index weights. From today, the hypothetical values of indices with their new weights will be published as the “NEXT” index family (e.g. .BXBT_NEXT). As of 30 September 2022 at 12:00:05 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded – due to Index Protection Rules...Read More
On 14 September 2022 at 04:00 UTC, we will be listing new quarterly futures on BitMEX. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 13 September at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. Please see the table below for the listing and settlement dates of current and upcoming...Read More
