The Kingdom of Bhutan – a landlocked country situated in the Eastern Himalayas – has reportedly used its renewable sources of energy to run a bitcoin mining operation for years. A government representative said the process started when BTC was worth around $5,000. It is worth noting that the primary cryptocurrency reached that level for...Read More
According to the blockchain and smart contract security firm Certified Kernel Tech (better known as CertiK), crypto-related exploits, hacks, and scams in April resulted in losses worth $103 million. The figures for last month are a lot less than the $211 million worth of digital assets which wrongdoers siphoned throughout March 2023. Summarizing the Incidents...Read More
Gemini Earn – the Winklevoss-owned crypto exchange’s digital asset lending arm – announced on Sunday that it had agreed with Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group (DCG) on a mediation process to bring their bankruptcy dispute to a close. The company said that it expects an order from Bankruptcy Judge Lane directing the mediation to arrive...Read More
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) players have been left unscathed as the unmonitored control of off-chain capital of centralized crypto entities led to misdeeds and bad trades, and subsequent collapses. Be it multi-billion dollar bankruptcies, fraud allegations, rampant scandals, or plunging crypto-asset prices, 2022 was characterized by tragic events, culminating mostly from CeFis, which, in turn, enhanced...Read More
The Bitcoin market has recently experienced a heart-stopping tumble, with its price flirting dangerously close to the $28,000 mark. The nosedive from $30K has already sent shockwaves through the market, triggering fears of a massive correction. As the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting approaches, investors are holding their breath, waiting to see how the...Read More
PEPE’s journey over the last two weeks has been quite intriguing. Most newbie coins with outlandish backgrounds see rapid surges and equally rapid dumps, mostly due to their perceived lack of seriousness. This is not the case with PEPE, whose creation was inspired by the popular internet meme of Pepe the Frog. In fact, this...Read More
First Republic became another American bank to fail this year as all attempts to resuscitate the ailing platform fell short. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has now taken possession of the First Republic Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed as the receiver by the Californian financial regulator and...Read More
Tron founder and crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun transferred 56.1 million True USD (TUSD) worth over $56.4 million to crypto exchange Binance on Monday morning, sparking rumors about his intention to farm the just-released Sui (SUI) tokens on the Binance LaunchPool. Shortly after Whale Alert flagged the transaction, Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) disclosed that the...Read More
The Bitcoin ordinal inscription craze is back, and network transactions are surging as a result. On May 1, on-chain analytics provider Glassnode reported that daily transactions were approaching peak levels. The 30-day moving average for the metric had reached 348,700 daily transactions. Furthermore, the peak level was measured in 2017 when it reached 379,000 transactions...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Finblox is a crypto superapp backed by Sequoia and Dragonfly that enables users to trade, stake, and earn up to 100x on their crypto assets. The presale round of the Finblox ($FBX) initial coin offering successfully sold out. It will now offer a public round via FinLaunch and other...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, May 1st, 2023] General Protocols announces the full production release of BCH Bull, a groundbreaking decentralized trading platform built on Bitcoin Cash. By employing smart contracts on the Bitcoin Cash mainchain, BCH Bull enables users to create long or hedge positions against a variety of assets, including Gold, Silver, BTC,...Read More
Frog-themed meme coin, Pepe (PEPE), has been making waves in the cryptocurrency market, registering gains of more than 394 percent in the past five days. The coin is now trading around $0.00000108 during the early London trading session, catching the attention of both crypto enthusiasts and FOMO traders alike. $PEPE Coin’s Competitive Edge Pepe was...Read More
The fact is that ever since crypto exists, there has been a load of myths shrouding the space. The truth is that many of them couldn’t be further from the truth, and it’s important to provide some clarity to the matter, especially now that global regulators have their sights locked on the industry. The main...Read More
On April 28, Venmo, a popular mobile payment platform owned by PayPal, announced that in the coming weeks, it will enable a new feature allowing users to transfer cryptocurrencies on and off the platform. This move is seen as part of Venmo’s continuous efforts to cater to the growing demand for crypto-based services among its...Read More
