This Week in Crypto News: SEC, LocalBitcoins and Microsoft

This week in crypto news ended with a bang as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) started tightening its manacles on stablecoins. It sounded like all-out war was brewing at press time as...

Dubai: school fees in Bitcoin and other crypto

Bitcoin and Ethereum in Dubai: a new school will accept crypto payments for its tuition fees. In this way, the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies is also progressing in education. The news was also rep...

Crypto Is Not Under Attack, SEC Chair Denies Operation “Choke Point”

U.S. authorities are cracking down on the crypto industry and seem ready to introduce stricter regulations against the nascent sector. Many predicted and feared what now seems to be materializing. The...

Deutsche Bank Announces Investments in Two Crypto Firms as More TradFi Institutions Join the Race ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp The bank is planning to acquire a minority stake in Deutsche Digital Assets and Tradias. Deutsche believes that there are opportunities in the curren...

Crypto Market Bleeds, With Bitcoin Falling Below $22k

The crypto market on Friday is extending its losses as many cryptocurrencies are in a bloodbath. After giving hopes for a major bull run, Bitcoin is once again struggling to barely stay afloat over th...

‘Midnight Massacre:’ SEC Crackdown on Crypto Staking Services Prompts Speculation of Further Enforcement Actions – Regulation Bitcoin News

On Feb. 9, 2023, the cryptocurrency community learned of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crackdown on staking services. The SEC fined Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange, $30 million...

South Korea sets independent sanctions for crypto theft against North Korea

South Korea announced its first independent sanctions related to cryptocurrency thefts and cyberattacks against specific North Korean groups and individuals. According to Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign A...

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Circle’s Euro-Backed Stablecoin to Listing Roadmap

Customers at top US crypto exchange Coinbase could soon trade their digital assets with a euro-backed stablecoin. The exchange added Euro Coin (EUROC) to its listing roadmap on Thursday, putting the s...

Fight Out Cruises Past $4 Million In Presale – Disruptive Coin Set To Be Top Gainer Of 2023 

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The fitness industry is continually advancing, with the recent surging popularity of move-to-earn (M2E) apps igniting a new trend...

Get The Most Out Of The Next Crypto Bull Run With PrimeXBT Margin Trading

After massive rallies in January 2023 across Bitcoin and altcoins of all kinds, investors are increasingly considering the possibility that the bull run in crypto is back.  If bulls are back in contro...

Payments Giant PayPal Held Over $600,000,000 Worth of Crypto Last Quarter, Mostly in Bitcoin and Ethereum

Payments giant PayPal held hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto assets last quarter, most of it being Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). According to PayPal’s annual financial report to the ...

Ledgible catalyzing TradFi adoption with its crypto taxation and accounting tools

The introduction of blockchain technology has brought various opportunities and innovations in the decentralized space. Along with these positive outcomes, the adoption of crypto tax has taken the blo...

Kraken CEO Calls on Congress to Protect US Crypto Industry Following Settlement With SEC Over Staking Program – Regulation Bitcoin News

The CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, has called on Congress to pass a law to protect the U.S. crypto industry after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took action against his tra...

“Gary Gensler To Control All Of Crypto,” Reveals Terrett

Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett tweets that Gensler is trying to control crypto. “SEC, NYDFS, and USOCC will bring myriad of enforcement actions,” tweets Terrett. Gensler’s strategy will allow...

Crypto CEO pleads guilty to $250 million scam, SDNY says

Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of a purported cryptocurrency and currency trading platform called EminiFX, pleaded guilty to one count of commodities fraud and agreed to forfeit $248.8 million in addition to...

Global Crypto Market Cap Dropped Over 4.5% in a Day

9 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News Bitcoin (BTC) returned to the $21K price range. Ethereum (ETH) price dropped over 4% in the last 24 hours. After six weeks of bullish, the overall cryptocurrency...

Red day sees $49B wiped from crypto market cap

Ad The cryptocurrency market cap saw net outflows of $48.8 billion over the last 24 hours and currently stands at $1.013 trillion — down 4.6% from $1.062 trillion. Over the reporting period, Bitcoin a...

CMC Crypto Playbook: Fact v.s. FUD

The crypto industry is largely defined by extremes. The abundant warmth of DeFi Summer v.s. the enduring cold of the crypto winter; euphoric Dogecoin flippers v.s. some of the world’s most sophisticat...

Zk-Based Altcoins Boosting the Crypto Space Despite the Bearish Market

ZK or Zero-Knowledge rollups is a layer-2 scalable solution that offers quick transactions with minimal fees on the PoS blockchains by combining the on and off-chain processes. Many chains have adopte...

Russia Gives Tax Incentives to Crypto Miners

In the most recent months, the cryptocurrency mining business has been met with moratoriums in several regions of the United States and Canada. Those who wish to invest in cryptocurrency mining may no...

Bitcoin To Explode by Over 70% Before a ‘Very Fast’ Reversal Occurs, Says Crypto Analyst – Here’s the Timeline

Popular cryptocurrency analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe is updating his outlook on king crypto Bitcoin (BTC) over the coming weeks and months. Van de Poppe tells his 163,000 YouTube subscribers...

Top Trader Shares Chart With ‘Huge Implications’ for Crypto, Breaks Down Bitcoin Volume

One widely-followed crypto analyst is looking at traditional stocks with “huge implications” for crypto traders. Analyst Justin Bennett tells his 111,400 Twitter followers that the outcome of the curr...

Crypto Market Sheds $40B as Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices Sink

Bitcoin (BTC) fell another 4% over the day, changing hands around $21,830, according to data from CoinGecko. The drop comes just a day after the leading cryptocurrency slipped below $23,000 on Thursda...

Big Eyes Coin crypto to keep an eye on for 2023- The Cryptonomist

SPONSORED POST* The crypto world continues to fluctuate and creates endless possibilities for investing. Three cryptocurrencies indicate promising potential! Polygon (MATIC) and Cronos (CRO) are well-...

Crypto Market Turns Bearish After SEC Wages War on Digital Asset Staking

The cryptocurrency market has turned bearish in the past 24 hours with Bitcoin and Ethereum prices down approximately 4 and 5.6 percent respectively. According to the latest crypto price oracles, the ...

3AC founders launch new crypto exchange amidst backlash

3AC founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies are launching a new crypto exchange. The founders have teamed up with CoinFLEX’s Mark Lamb for their new venture. In an interesting turn of events, Su Zhu and Kyle ...

Kraken to pay $30M Fine in SEC settlement; Shut US Crypto-staking 

SEC alleged that Kraken’s crypto staking services were against US laws.  Kraken will pay $30 million in settlements and shut down US crypto-staking services. Non United States customers remain unaffec...

BNY Mellon Executive Says Crypto Assets Are ‘Here To Stay,’ With High Level of Investor Interest: Report

An executive of Bank of New York Mellon reportedly thinks that crypto assets are for the long haul based on a study that the bank commissioned last year. According to Reuters, BNY Mellon’s head of adv...

Three Arrows Capital Co-Founder Announces New Crypto Venture Open Exchange Amid Bankruptcy Controversy – Bitcoin News

Following the recent court filing from liquidators for Three Arrows Capital (3AC) claiming frustration with the 3AC co-founders for allegedly failing to respond to subpoenas sent via Twitter. Su Zhu, ...

Fraudster Tricks a Longmeadow Single Mom Into Crypto Fraud

Anurag is working as a fundamental writer for The Coin Republic since 2021. He likes to exercise his curious muscles and research deep into a topic. Though he covers various aspects of the crypto indu...

Gensler Responds to “Is SEC Using All Means To Keep Crypto Out of Financial System”

According to Gensler, companies should ensure full disclosure to their customers regardless of the risks. CNBC’s Sorkin called to attention the consensus among crypto proponents that the SEC, under Ga...

Crypto Exchange Binance Adds Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Three Other Altcoins As Verifiable Digital Assets

The world’s largest crypto exchange platform by volume is adding Shiba Inu (SHIB) and three other altcoins to its list of verifiable crypto assets. In a new company blog post, Binance says its introdu...