It is safe to say that Binance US – the American subsidiary of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange – has passed through turbulent times, witnessing considerable customer withdrawals and diminished trading volume in the past several months. According to the market data provider Kaiko, weekly trade volumes on the platform have recently plunged to a...Read More
The move appears to be a part of a wider push to offer digital assets to institutional clients. The tokens represent a claim against the bank and are processed on a private blockchain owned and managed by Citigroup. Clients can access the service through existing bank systems, according to reports on Sept. 18. Global head...Read More
Despite false testimony from a prosecution witness linked to the “Cryptoqueen” fugitive Ruja Ignatova, the lawyer who funneled $400 million from the OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud, Mark Scott, will not receive a new trial. US District Judge Edgardo Ramos, in a ruling on Monday, rejected Scott’s request for a fresh trial. The 54-year-old had been found...Read More
Asset management giant BlackRock expects the Federal Reserve to keep its policy interest rate flat at its next Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. The prediction is in line with market expectations and is suspected by analysts to offer Bitcoin (BTC) a meaningful short-term price boost. BlackRock’s Fed Forecast According to Marilyn Watson...Read More
Cosmos-based layer-1 blockchain – Canto – is migrating to a zero-knowledge layer 2 on Ethereum powered by Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK). The move aligns with Canto’s plans to build a blockchain dedicated to real-world assets. The development comes amidst a significant shift in the Ethereum layer-2 space. Migration to Ethereum ZK-powered L2 Canto is...Read More
The popular cryptocurrency analyst, going by the name “KALEO” on X (Twitter), is optimistic that the price of Ripple’s native token – XRP – will soar in the near future. The forecast is based on the outcome of the lawsuit between the crypto firm and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ‘I’m Long...Read More
The Hong Kong police have apprehended six individuals in connection with the cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX, which shuttered its operations this week. According to a South China Morning Post report, the authorities arrested four men and two women, including influencer Joseph Lam Chok, following 1,408 complaints of fraud related to JPEX. Local news outlets additionally...Read More
Friend Tech aggregator creators have lost access to all chatrooms on FriendTech’s platform. The FriendBook creator, Yield Bouncer, expressed disappointment in a recent tweet, revealing a disagreement with the team at Friend Tech regarding the vision for the former’s development. To safeguard his interests and regain access to his account, @saliencexbt (Sal), a FriendBook partner,...Read More
DWF has emerged from the recent controversy, promptly and emphatically dismissing allegations made in Singapore2049 by Wintemute concerning the former’s participation in crypto market manipulation. Wintermute’s recent comments stoke the fire in the ongoing feud between the two top players in crypto markets, who have been in lock horns in the past, with the latter...Read More
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has publicly spoken out against allegations made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulatory body claimed that Binance.US, the American arm of the global cryptocurrency exchange, might have used a custody unit potentially linked to its parent company, thereby exposing clients to a foreign entity....Read More
As Bitcoin struggles to maintain its price level above $27,500, Ethereum is also attempting to rally past the critical $1,650 threshold. Amidst the increased volatile day, whales are not sitting idle; even those who have been dormant are now making significant plays. With a noticeable uptick in large-scale transactions, traders are left wondering whether more...Read More
Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, recently announced the successful distribution of its third airdrop. Known as ‘Airdrop #3,’ it distributed 19,411,313 OP tokens, equivalent to over $26 million, to a total of 31,870 unique addresses. Optimism’s $26 million Airdrop Optimism recently took to X to announce the successful conclusion of its third airdrop, which...Read More
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the smallest cryptocurrency economy, representing only 2.3% of the global transaction volume from July 2022 to June 2023. During this period, the region accumulated an estimated $117.1 billion in on-chain value. No country exemplifies this better than Nigeria, according to blockchain Chainalysis, which ranks second overall on the blockchain...Read More
A dormant Bitcoin address has suddenly become active after six long years. Blockchain intelligence company PeckShield revealed through a tweet that the previously inactive address “13RLtG…PXs,” which held approximately 2,100 BTC, has been reawakened. According to data from BitInfoCharts, this Bitcoin address initially received the stash of BTC on October 19, 2017, when its value...Read More
Investor sentiment remained sour as digital asset investment products witnessed yet another week of extensive outflows. However, Bitcoin was still the most loved investment product according to the latest edition of CoinShares’ report. In the past week, digital asset investment products experienced outflows totaling $54 million, marking the fifth consecutive week of such withdrawals. In...Read More
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is pre-determined to have 21 million coins ever mined. Many BTC proponents believe this anti-inflationary feature should make the asset more scarce and valuable in time. The total amount of Bitcoin produced as of today stands at almost 19.5 million, with over 15% owned by ten individuals or organizations....Read More
Memecoins emanated in the crypto industry with a massive wave. These decentralized currencies gained popularity due to the hype in social media spaces and blockchain enthusiasts who participated in creating awareness. Dogecoin, for instance, is a digital currency developed to counter Bitcoin’s scalability and interoperability issues. The decentralized platform emerged as humour in the virtual...Read More
As the world’s leading crypto exchange continues its battle against the SEC – and other U.S. regulators – requests for extra documentation abound. Judge Accuses SEC Of Overreach Earlier this week, the SEC complained about the quality of information made available to its personnel, stating that Binance and its U.S. arm had only turned over...Read More
On 19 September 2023 at 04:00:00 UTC, we will update our index weights at BitMEX. 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 19 September 2023 at 04:00:00 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded – and due to...Read More
While XRP’s price is performing relatively well throughout the past week, adding over 6% to its dollar value, the cryptocurrency has been removed from an important list. On Monday, the New York Department of Financial Services announced that it’s taking an update to its virtual currency oversight framework. The entity included new criteria for how...Read More
