Bitcoin price again slipped below $23,000 after marking the day’s highs at around $23,200. Therefore, the altcoins appear to follow the star crypto and plunge notably. But eventually, the altcoins app...
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Solana Is The “Most Underrated” Token
Earlier this week, the Solana ecosystem suffered a massive attack that affected nearly 8,000 wallets, which resulted in the loss of users’ funds. Prior to the hack, the blockchain had also in the past...
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange ZB.com Losses $4.8M to Hackers
According to recent findings, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange ZB.com lost nearly $5 million to hackers earlier this week before the platform suspended withdrawals and deposits due to system ma...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Taps Coinbase to Offer Crypto Services
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock (with $9.6 trillion in assets), has partnered with leading crypto exchange Coinbase to offer crypto services to institutional clients, according to a blog ...
7 Best Altcoin Projects to Watch and Invest in 2022
Bitcoin is the biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and is the most popular. But several other coins have impressed investors. The rest of the coins are known as altcoins – Bitcoin alternat...
Engineers Find Slope Wallet Bug Behind $6M Solana-based Hack
Following an intense 24-hour period, security researchers and Solana Labs engineers have linked the recent hack of specific Solana-based wallets to a critical bug in one wallet service provider. Slope...
Crypto Exchange Zipmex Resumes Certain Altcoin Withdrawals
Crypto exchange Zipmex has now resumed withdrawals for a few altcoins apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum. So far, there are no updates about Bitcoin and Ethereum withdrawals. The halt in withdrawals on Z...
Analyst Predicts Pullbacks for Ethereum Classic and One Low-Cap Altcoin, Updates Outlook on Solana and ApeCoin
A closely tracked crypto strategist is predicting dips for two altcoins while updating his forecast for Solana (SOL) and ApeCoin (APE). Pseudonymous crypto analyst Altcoin Sherpa tells his 180,700 Twi...
Someone Paid $350k in Ethereum Fees Aaaand the Transaction Failed
Blockchain-based transactions are notable for their irreversible nature. While this feature can be advantageous in most cases, it can turn out to be a problem, as a recent development shows that $350,...
Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Fined $30M by New York Regulator
The crypto division of online trading platform Robinhood has been fined $30 million by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for allegedly breaking anti-money-laundering and cybe...
Popular Memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB) Unveils Name of Play-to-Earn (P2E) Game
On Tuesday, the team behind popular dog-themed memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB) took to Twitter to reveal the official name and logo of its upcoming NFT-based play-to-earn (P2E) game. Shiba Inu Unveils Shiba...
Zipmex Resumes Some Altcoin Withdrawals After Suspending Withdrawals in July
Mainstream tokens, including bitcoin and ether, remain locked, but all Solana (SOL) tokens will be credited to investors’ trading wallets, Zipmex’s official statement wrote on Tuesday. The...
Bitcoin Flashes Rare Bottom Signal As Altcoin Market Cap and One More Metric Hint at Trend Reversal: Top Analyst
A closely followed analyst is highlighting one key historical metric as an indicator that Bitcoin (BTC) may finally have set a bottom after an eight-month-long bear market. The pseudonymous crypto ent...
How Summer Is Turning Into A Short-Lived Altcoin Season
Ethereum Classic (ETC), Filecoin (FIL), and Lido DAO (LIDO) have been dominating the altcoin sector as they outperform Bitcoin and other large cryptocurrencies. The first crypto by market cap has been...
Crypto Investors Launches Petition to Remove SEC Chair Gary Gensler
American crypto investors have launched an ongoing petition to remove Gary Gensler from his position at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over claims of obstruction of justice. SEC C...
Swiss Bank Sygnum Adds Cardano (ADA) to Bank-Grade Staking Offering
Swiss digital bank Sygnum announced today that it has now added Cardano (ADA), the eighth-largest crypto asset, to its bank-grade staking offering. The bank’s staking portfolio already includes Ethere...
Robot Known for Outrunning Crypto Markets Makes Unexpected Altcoin Allocation – Here’s Its Portfolio
A robot that’s garnered a reputation for outpacing the crypto markets is revealing its latest portfolio allocations as the late July rally fizzles out. Every week, the Real Vision Bot conducts surveys...
One of the Richest Ethereum Whales In Existence Accumulates Polygon, Apecoin, The Sandbox and One More Altcoin
A mega-wealthy non-exchange Ethereum (ETH) wallet is on a crypto shopping spree as the markets move cautiously into positive territory. According to the data aggregator WhaleStats, the cryptocurrency ...
CryptoPunk Sales Jumps 900% After Tiffany & Co. NFT News
The sales volume of the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection, CryptoPunk, surged by nearly 1000% over the last 24 hours. According to data from CryptoSlam, an NFT aggregator that publishes sale...
How close is Cardano to displacing Ethereum as altcoin king?
Between January 2021 and January 2022, ether (ETH) outshone Bitcoin (BTC), gaining 394% compared to the leader’s 47%. This consolidated its position as the second most dominant coin on the market. How...
Nomad Token Bridge Drained Nearly $200M in Security Exploit
Nomad Bridge, a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) application that allows users to send and receive tokens across various protocols, has been exploited for nearly $200 million worth of assets. ...
Two Men Bag Three Years in Prison for $1.9M ICO Fraud
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that two men from Orange County who both coordinated a $1.9 million initial coin offering (ICO) fraud have been sentenced to federal pris...
Binance to Roll Out First Soulbound Token on BNB Chain
Popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance announced on Monday the roll-out of Binance Account Bound (BAB), the first-ever Soulbound token (SBT) built on the BNB chain. The company noted that on...
Peter McCormack to Pay Only £1 in Damages in Lawsuit Against Faketoshi
A U..K. judge has ordered popular crypto podcaster Peter McCormack to pay £1 (US$1.23) in nominal damages to self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig S. Wright. McCormack to Pay £1 in Nominal Damages In ...
‘Sirius’ Token Launches on Bittrex, Unlocks Liquidity Baking on Tezos
Today, one of the most popular digital exchanges in the world, Bittrex Global, announced that the exchange is now offering the Sirius token ($SIRS), native token to the Tezos ecosystem a token that em...
U.S. SEC Charges Forsage Founders for $300M Crypto Pyramid Scheme
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that it had filed charges against four individuals alleged to be the founders of Forsage. The securities market regulator al...
Be[in]Crypto Presents Its Top Seven Altcoin Picks for Aug
Be[In]Crypto looks at seven altcoins that show promise for Aug and the developments surrounding their respective projects. Kava.io (KAVA) Current Price: $1.98 Market Cap: $468 billion Market Cap Rank:...
Blue Skies in Sight for Solana, Decentraland and One Ethereum Altcoin, Says Top Analyst – Here Are His Targets
A popular crypto strategist says that he sees blue skies in the short term for a trio of altcoins including smart contract protocol Solana (SOL) and virtual reality platform Decentraland (MANA). Pseud...
Bitcoin May Close With Gains For the First Time in Four Months
Bitcoin is enjoying notable price increases as at the time of writing. It peaked at $24,676 which means it was heading for the $25k resistance but stopped in its tracks. This is one of the many times ...