On Aug. 15, crypto compliance and research firm Chainalysis released the first part of its 2024 crypto crime report. The firm revealed that aggregate illicit activity on-chain has dropped by 19.6% year-to-date, down from $20.9 billion to $16.7 billion. It added that this demonstrates “that legitimate activity is growing more quickly than illicit activity.” Part...Read More
For the week ending Aug. 17, Bitcoin price continued its shaky action, even as low consumer inflation signaled an upcoming dollar supply glut and the S&P 500 Index rallied. The latest U.S. consumer inflation readout gave the Fed more ammo to justify a big rate cut in September. That’s bullish news for Bitcoin, because more...Read More
On August 18, 2024, Binance’s native token BNB gained significant attention from investors and traders due to a notable price surge in this ongoing struggling market. According to a coinmarketcap, BNB has seen a price surge of over 5% in the last 24 hours. BNB Outperformed BTC and ETH With this significant price surge, it...Read More
The Bitcoin network hashrate hit a new all-time high earlier this week following increased selling from smaller mining entities. At the same time, the miner hash price has plunged to a record low. According to a report from CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s hashrate currently stands at 627 exahashes per second (EH/s), representing a significant recovery from an...Read More
Investigations into a multi-million dollar hack on the omnichain tokenization platform Holograph have begun to yield results. French authorities have arrested two individuals who may have been involved in the attack. According to a tweet by the official Holograph X account, the Italian Directorate of Anti-Mafia Investigations, in collaboration with multiple enforcement agencies, including Europol,...Read More
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has determined that the cryptocurrency trading platform ezBtc and its founder, David Smillie, defrauded investors of approximately $9.5 million, equivalent to 13 million Canadian dollars, in crypto assets. The BCSC’s investigation uncovered that ezBtc and Smillie engaged in misleading and deceptive practices, misappropriating funds intended for customer accounts. Crypto...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against NovaTech Ltd. and its principals, Cynthia and Eddy Petion, for allegedly organizing a crypto fraud that defrauded over 200,000 investors worldwide, including many within the Haitian-American community. The SEC’s complaint details that NovaTech, under the leadership of the Petions, was promoted as a multi-level...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Delaware, United States, August 16th, 2024] Led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures, with participation from Arrington Capital, Draper Dragon, Lightshift, and others. Holonym Foundation, an organization building the next generation of digital identity security for the decentralized web, is announcing the completion of a successful $5.5 million seed funding round. The...Read More
In a post on X on Aug. 15, ETF Store president Nate Geraci cited a report stating that Fidelity’s digital asset management division was evaluating stablecoins and tokenized treasury products. He added that the firm is also reportedly researching on-chain credit and structured products before commenting that the “space is moving *fast*.” Head of Fidelity...Read More
It could be a buy the rumor, sell the news situation with Bitcoin price and the Labor Department’s CPI report Wednesday morning. Spot Bitcoin on crypto exchanges did rise sharply Tuesday and rallied into Wednesday morning but the landscape changed later that day and BTC fell to $58,000. Economists were expecting a lower inflation readout...Read More
Before the shift in mortgage rates, the United States housing market had been a tough nut to crack. Interest rate lock in at low pandemic and pre-pandemic rates has kept homeowners from selling their homes or refinancing. Mortgage Rates Falling Ahead Of Fed Cut Meanwhile, the low supply of homes for sale as a result...Read More
Presales can be one of the fastest ways to crypto riches, and investors are hoping to strike it big with CryptoScanCoin. Its ICO is ongoing and has raised $25K so far. With the project evidently in its infancy, could this be an opportunity for huge gains? Let’s find out. CrytoScanCoin: A Real-Time Scanner of Cryptocurrencies...Read More
