The attacker that drained over $8 million in NXM from the founder of Nexus Mutual had requested $2.8 million in ETH to stop disposing of the funds. As such, it seems that he has rejected the bounty offer from Hugh Karp of $300,000. What Happened With The Funds Of The Hack? CryptoPotato reported earlier this...Read More
With Bitcoin clocking $21,000 for the first time in history, one Wall Street investor is saying the top-ranked crypto by market capitalization should be worth a lot more. Bitcoin at $400,000, Says Guggenheim’s CIO In a phone interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday (Dec. 15), Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim, said Bitcoin should...Read More
Binance and Coinbase, two of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, experienced technical issues in the past few hours, and users were unable to log in. The problems coincided with bitcoin breaking into uncharted territory above $20,000 for the first time. Bitcoin’s Surge Causes Issues On Binance and Coinbase As CryptoPotato reported earlier today, the primary cryptocurrency...Read More
Ruffer Investment, a London-based asset manager with $27 billion in AUM, is the latest large company to purchase a considerable amount of bitcoin. The company has allocated 2.5% of the portfolio of one of its funds, translating into a purchase of about $15 million worth of BTC. UK Asset Manager Replaces Gold With BTC The...Read More
Approximately a month before leaving the White House, President Donald Trump is reportedly considering pardoning Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who’s serving a double life sentence plus 40 years. This happens as the “free Ross” campaign has picked up steam, with many new people signing the online petition to release him from prison. Trump To...Read More
Polkastarter is a DEX developed to operate on the Ethereum rivaling network, Polkadot. Its highly anticipated launch this week went well despite the heavy loads on the dApp and server the blog post stated. The platform has been developed for cross-chain token pools and auctions, with the primary purpose of enabling projects to raise capital...Read More
In an effort to reinforce its foothold in the cryptocurrency industry, Japanese financial behemoth SBI Holdings, through its subsidiary SBI Financial Services, has acquired UK-based crypto trading company B2C2 for an undisclosed sum. The development comes six months after SBI signed a strategic partnership with the firm. According to reports at the time, SBI purchased...Read More
After a threat of a lawsuit for displaying Bitcoin scams, The Guardian Australia launched an investigation to determine the nature of the increasing number of similar fraudulent activities. It concluded that there’s a group of fraudsters operating a massive global enterprise based in Moscow, Russia. Global BTC Scam Organization Revealed CryptoPotato reported in early October...Read More
Mt. Gox users fallen victim to an infamous hack in 2014 are closer to receive reimbursement as the debunked exchange’s trustee finally filed a draft rehabilitation plan. The Tokyo District Court and an examiner will now review the proposal and determine the following steps. CryptoPotato reported in October that the Tokyo District Court had issued...Read More
The total all-time trade volume for the Uniswap automated market maker has surpassed $50 billion according to protocol founder Hayden Adams. Adams posted the major milestone adding that it has been split across 26,000 unique trading pairs. 🤯 Looks like @UniswapProtocol passed $50b in all time volume last week. 🧦 This is split across 26,000...Read More
Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and Microsoft have extended the latter’s blockchain service for gaming rights and royalties management to offer a financial system of record ranging from contract productions to settlements and reconciliations. More Functionalities For Gaming Partners The expanded blockchain functions will allow Microsoft’s Xbox video gaming partners and its network of content...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has expanded its partnership with the blockchain-based provider of sports and entertainment entities, Chiliz. The first direct result of this will be the distribution of Juventus and PSG Fan Tokens through Binance Launchpool. Binance Doubles-Down On Chiliz The Malta-based giant trading venue announced the new endeavor in a press release...Read More
One of the leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges BitMEX has announced the completion of a significant upgrade on its custody system to improve transactions. The update will allow BitMEX to use Bitcoin Core to track users’ BTC deposits and withdrawals, the company said. Important Updates Since Bitcoin Core ZeroMQ notifications trigger the new architecture, deposits will...Read More
The personal address of Hugh Karp, the founder of the Ethereum-based insurance provider Nexus Mutual, has been drained for over $8 million worth of the NXM token by an already registered user. Despite the attack, Nexus Mutual has reassured that the customers’ funds are safe. Nexus Mutual Founder Drained For $8M In NXM The popular...Read More
The world of decentralized finance continues to amaze. Roughly around 12 hours ago, someone bid almost $800,000 for a collection of nun-fungible tokens (NFT) in what seems to be the most expensive purchase of digital art in the cryptocurrency industry. $800,000 Paid for NFT Digital Art Collection Mike Winklemann is a graphic designer from Charleston,...Read More
The report, which appeared on China Central Television (CCTV), apparently claims that a Bitcoin bull market may put long term downwards pressure on gold. The broadcast was retweeted by 8BTC founder Red Li, and entrepreneur Qiao Wang from DeFi Alliance. Chinese state media is saying the BTC bull market may cause long-term downward pressure on...Read More
CoinShares data reaffirms the narrative that institutional investors continue to allocate considerable amounts into cryptocurrency assets. Last week was the second-highest seven-day period with nearly $430 million inserted in the crypto market, driving the assets under management to an all-time high of $15 billion. Record-Breaking Weeks For Institutional Money In Crypto By citing data from...Read More
While Bitcoin has increased by a total of around 400% since the March lows, the picture doesn’t appear as bright in the short-term as it draws away from $20,000. Over the past seven days, the cryptocurrency lost over $1,000 of its dollar value, charting a decrease of about 5%. During the week, BTC managed to...Read More
The NASDAQ-listed business intelligence company has surpassed its previous plans to offer $400 million in convertible notes. Instead, the firm announced today that it has raised $650 million via a senior convertible notes offering and asserted that the proceeds with be invested in bitcoin. The official announcement reads that “the aggregate principal amount of the...Read More
A year after PayPal suspended transactions for the leading adult website Pornhub, MasterCard, and Visa have followed the example in the midst of child abuse allegations. With cryptocurrencies remaining one of the few available options for payments, the question stands if such association is indeed positive for the industry. Visa and MasterCard Block Use Of...Read More
Global Macro Investor CEO Raoul Pal has listed a number of reasons that Ethereum may well exceed Bitcoin in terms of market capitalization in the future. At the moment Ethereum’s market cap is just 18% of Bitcoin’s with $62 billion compared to $334 billion. In a flurry of tweets today, the investment strategist and economic...Read More
A few months following the soft-launch of the DBS Digital Exchange, the Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation announced the release of its digital asset trading venue. In addition, the investment holding company Singapore Exchange has announced it will take a 10% stake in the platform. DBS Digital Assets Officially Announced CryptoPotato reported in...Read More
As the DeFi space continues to grow, ConsenSys has now announced a new offering from the leading wallet provider MetaMask. It will enable cryptocurrency funds, professional traders, and custodians with institutional-grade controls and applications for decentralized finance. The blockchain technology solutions provider ConsenSys has announced today a new offering oriented toward the growing space of...Read More
XRP holders are eligible for the upcoming SPARK token airdrop. Below is everything you need to know about it and the exchanges that have announced support for it. The XRP community is getting excited about the SPARK (FLR) token airdrop as the date draws near. Only users who hold XRP are eligible for the airdrop,...Read More
The Ethereum Fund IPO is anticipated to close on December 10th, 2020 after which the Toronto Stock Exchange will list the asset under the symbol QETH.U. The news is big for Ethereum as noted by Gemini founder Tyler Winklevoss who added that all of the ETH raised by the fund will be held by Gemini...Read More
Bitcoin has proved itself to be a supreme store-of-value in this pandemic-ridden world. But can the world’s first cryptocurrency flip the US Dollar to become the ‘global reserve currency’? The US Dollar Has Been The Global Reserve Currency For 100 Years Now Ruchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief global strategist, went candid in his...Read More
The major UK financial institution Standard Chartered has partnered with Northern Trust on the launch of their mutual cryptocurrency-related project Zodia. Launching a Cryptocurrency Custody Business for Institutional Investors According to an official press release, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, SC Ventures, has formed a partnership with Northern Trust – a Chicago-based financial...Read More
The company’s Bitcoin and Ethereum stock traded products have seen $429 million invested last week. It added that this has been the second-highest crypto investment product inflow on record. The latest report from CoinShares stated that total assets under management now total a record $15 billion. It highlighted Ethereum, which stood out over the past...Read More
According to an official press release from today, U.S.-based financial services company Square has launched a new initiative for the firm to become net-zero carbon for operations by 2030. Square Invests $10 Million As a part of the plan, the Jack Dorsey-led company will allocate $10 million to its Bitcoin Clean Energy Investment Initiative, which...Read More
Japanese financial giant SBI Group and Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, will team up for a new cryptocurrency-related platform to establish institutional connections between Europe and Asia. The New Platform Will Launch In Singapore As per an official announcement, the digital asset-related arms of both companies – SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) and SBI Digital...Read More
