Thodex chief receives jail sentence for tax evasion amid ongoing $2B fraud trial

Chief exec of now-defunct crypto exchange Thodex, Farouk Fatih Özer, has received a seven-month jail sentence for failing to submit documents to Turkey’s tax board. Özer and 21 other defendants are em...

13% of Litecoin (LTC) Supply Unmoved in Years in Positive Twist for Network

Tomiwabold Olajide Significant Litecoin (LTC) supply unmoved in years as halving sparks optimism In what serves as a positive sign for the Litecoin blockchain, a significant chunk of the LTC supply ha...

CBRT to adopt a neutral-to-hawkish monetary policy stance to address renewed TRY weakness – Standard Chartered

Economists at Standard Chartered expect the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) to raise policy rate by 400 bps at its 20 July meeting. CBRT to continue monetary tightening in July We now e...

Crypto memes could soon be regulated in the UK

Crypto startups, engagement farmers and memecoin fans beware: UK authorities may soon come for crypto memes.  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to modernize its rules around online financial...

Will it fail to trigger a bull run for Litecoin?

Litecoin is just an inch away from undergoing the most important upgrade, the halving! The miner’s rewards are halved, and eventually, the issuance of the new LTC tokens is also slashed in half. This ...

Coinbase stock up 90% in a month; What’s behind COIN surge?

Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiating a lawsuit against Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) last month, the company’s stock has been on an impressive rally in recent weeks. To be more sp...

HeightZero VP Reveals XRP as His First Crypto Investment, Holds Since 2019

Sean Waters, Vice President of Business Development at HeightZero, reveals XRP as his first crypto investment and has never sold the digital asset since 2019. In a recent interview with Uphold, Vice P...

Chinese Authorities Crack Down on 54.8 Million USDT Money Laundering Scheme

On July 18, 2023, Chinese authorities in Qingshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province successfully cracked a money laundering case involving the use of the cryptocurrency Tether (USDT). The operati...

US sues ‘consent farm’ operator for ‘massive’ telemarketing deception

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday sued a New York-based company for allegedly operating a so-called “massive ‘consent farm’ enterprise” to tri...

Celsius Creditors Agree on $25 Million Disbursement Plan

Defi News Today, the court will once again hear arguments from Celsius and its creditors.  Creditor’s argued that the court should overrule any objections and approve settlement. The creditors of bank...

Court Orders Ripple, SEC To Agree On Possible Settlement Dates

US Judge Sarah Netburn has ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple to agree to possible settlement dates should both parties believe them to be constructive at this stage.  Fol...

Chainlink sets out a date for the launch of CCIP

Coming July 20, 2023, Chainlink will take CCIP live. The news was announced by Chainlink, citing that Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol is all set to be integrated with reputed DeFi Protocol partn...

Coinbase Earn still risks being labeled as security, warns Berenberg’s analyst

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Stake-to-Earn BTC20 Token Presale Goes Live, Aims to Repeat Bitcoin Bull Run

In an ambitious move, the new crypto project BTC20 ($BTC20) has embarked on its token presale, aiming to recreate the early days of Bitcoin. Hosted on the Ethereum blockchain, BTC20 ($BTC20) will boas...

Henry Kissinger meets with China’s defense minister in Beijing

Former U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger appears on a screen as he delivers a video address to the participants of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January ...

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Sees Both Risks and Opportunities in AI

Gary Gensler, in a speech delivered on July 17, talked about the challenges and potential opportunities of AI. Gensler believes there is real gravity to the risks posed by AI. United States Securities...

Why India has been unwelcoming to stablecoins

RBI underlined the weaknesses of stablecoins in light of the recent depeggings and redemption pressures. India has been looking to build a consensus among G20 economies to regulate stablecoins. Of all...

TikToker Claims Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Shapewear Saved Her Life After Being Shot

Topline A woman who was shot four times earlier this year posted a TikTok saying the SKIMS bodysuit she was wearing applied enough pressure to her wounds to save her life, adding the shapewear was lik...

SEC against Twitter and Tesla of Elon Musk

Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into Tesla and its board of directors, alleging potential violations of securities laws as a re...

Path To Crypto Regulatory Clarity In U.S. Paved By Ripple Win: CFTC Commissioner

As the tides of the crypto world surge with the force of emerging technologies and continuous innovation, the navigation toward regulatory clarity within the United States has always been a challengin...

USD/CAD can hit 1.25-1.27 by mid-2024 – ING

Economists at ING analyze USD/CAD outlook. Loonie affected by the US as much as by Canada CAD remains quite tied to the domestic US story, and therefore to the USD itself. Should we see a fully-fledge...

presale nears $1M amid investor gold rush

Shiba Memu sparks gold rush for crypto investors with trailblazing AI protocol SHMU presale, uniquely tailored to investor interests, is close to hitting $1 million with over $954k raised so far. The ...

Threads copies Twitter again, introduces ‘rate limits’ to combat bots

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots. Instagram he...

Bitcoin chart pattern sets stage for breakout to $38,000

Despite Bitcoin (BTC) now consolidating the gains it had accumulated in previous weeks following the streak of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, some cryptocurrency market analysts...

Meta chasing rivals Google, Open AI with commercial AI launch: report

Meta (NASDAQ: META) has indicated an interest in joining the fray of artificial intelligence (AI) developers, with plans to release a commercial version of its generative AI tool for a wider class of ...

DOGE Creator Plans to Earn More Money on Twitter, Here’s How

Yuri Molchan Dogecoin (DOGE) co-founder says he looks forward to earning more money on Twitter Billy Markus was one of the two IT engineers who created the popular Dogecoin meme cryptocurrency in 2013...

Bitget Sees Second-Highest Increase in Market Shares and 80% Jump in BGB Volume in Q2

–          Bitget ranks Top 4 in CEXs for the quarterly accumulated trading volume.–          Among the Top 5 CEXs, Bitget had the second-highest increase in market shares, growing by 1.81% to reach 8...

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🥳 Kommunitas is excited to conduct our Priority IKO with Immunify Life! (Read about KOM Priority Project here: https://medium.com/@kommunitas/a5cb1960fd8e) 🧬 Immunify.life is a transformative, highly ...

Bitcoin ETF Proposals Gain Traction as SEC Acknowledges Valkyrie’s BRRR

The post Bitcoin ETF Proposals Gain Traction as SEC Acknowledges Valkyrie’s BRRR appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted Valkyrie’s Bitc...

Dow Jones Up, Tesla Pops As Elon Musk Gets Targeted; 3 Warren Buffett Stocks Are Near Buy Points

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher, while Ford (F) tumbled after it slashed the price of a key product. In contrast, Tesla (TSLA) popped after its Cybertruck reveal and despite CEO Elon Mus...

Bithumb Bolsters KRW Fiat Pairings With APE, RNDR and FTM Tokens

Key Points: South Korean exchange Bithumb to list Apecoin (APE), Render Token (RNDR), and Fantom (FTM) on its platform, offering opportunities for diversification and growth. This move reflects Bithum...

Binance Trims Employee Benefits and Faces Regulatory Challenges Globally

According to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal, the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has reduced several benefits for its employees, including reimbursements for mobile phone usage, fit...