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NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Reports $801M Trades in Q1 and Q2
Leading Solana-based NFT market Magic Eden has recorded a total of over 5.5 million trades worth over $801 million on its platform from January to June 2022. Magic Eden Records $801M in Trade Volume ...
Three Proven Crypto Trading Strategies To Use in 2022
Cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more popular every day. As the value of Bitcoin and other crypto assets continues to rise, more and more people are getting interested in trading them. If you’r...
Former Coinbase Manager Indicted in First Crypto Insider Trading Scheme
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today the indictment of Ishan Wahi, a former Coinbase product manager, his brother Nikhil Wahi, and a friend Sameer Ramani. The trio was charged...
Zipmex Confirms $53M Exposure to Celsius and Babel Finance
Singapore-based crypto exchange Zipmex declared on Thursday that it has a total of $53 million worth of funds in exposure to crypto lenders Celsius Network and Babel Finance. The latest development co...
BlockFi Discloses $600M “Credit Risk” Amid Turmoil
Cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has provided further insights regarding its financial position. According to a quarterly update published on Thursday, the platform faced a $600 million credit r...
What is SHI Stablecoin by Shiba Inu? What We Know (So Far)
Popular memecoin project Shiba Inu (SHIB) is dreaming big. The project’s developers recently announced the upcoming release of the Shi stablecoin. Like most stablecoins, the Shi stablecoin will be peg...
SEC Working to Register Crypto Lending Providers Under Securities Laws
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to register crypto lending firms under regulatory purview if they operate like investment companies, according to SEC chair Gary G...
Liquidators Recover Only $40M of Reported $2.8B Owed by Three Arrows Capital
Liquidators of now-bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) have recovered assets worth around $40 million from the company, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The figure represents only a s...
Finland Generates $47.5 Million From Sales of Confisticated Bitcoin
Finland has sold off 1,889.1 bitcoins worth around 46.5 million euros ($47.5 million) amidst market turmoil, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The liquidated crypto assets were seized by the Finnish Cus...
South Korean Government Postpones 20% Taxation on Crypto Assets Till 2025
The South Korean government announced Thursday the suspension of the 20% tax imposed on crypto incomes set within the limit of 2.5 million won ($1,942.20) till January 2025, citing “the lack of an inv...
Crypto Exchange KuCoin Secures $10 Million Strategic Investment From SIG
Popular cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced Thursday that it had signed a partnership with Susquehanna International Group (SIG), a leading global quantitative trading company. KuCoin Secures $1...
Electric Car Maker Tesla Dumped $936 Million Worth of Bitcoins in Q2
The world’s largest electric car manufacturer, Tesla Inc., on Wednesday, released its second quarter (Q2) financial earnings report revealing the sale of 75% of its total bitcoin worth billions of dol...
South Korean Prosecutors Raid Upbit and Other Local Crypto Exchanges Over Terra’s Crash
A group of investigators from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office raided local crypto exchanges on Wednesday in an ongoing investigation into the infamous Terra Luna crash, Yonhap News Agen...
Crypto Exchange FTX Reportedly Plans to Raise Fresh Funds After Acquisition Spree
Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX is planning to raise fresh funds after its recent acquisition spree amidst the crypto bear market, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar ...
Crypto Exchange Zipmex Suspends Withdrawals Amid Crypto Winter
Singapore-based crypto exchange Zipmex has just announced a pause in the withdrawals of users’ funds till further notice. Zipmex Halts Withdrawals The company noted in the announcement that the move w...
Polygon Rolls Out Ethereum-Equivalent Zero-Knowledge Scaling Solution
Polygon, a leading Ethereum blockchain scaling solution and web3 infrastructure, announced Wednesday the launch of its Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (Polygon zkEVM). According to the offici...
Celsius Had Internal Issues Years Ahead of Bankruptcy, Former Employees Reveal
According to former employees of Celsius and internal documents reviewed by CNBC, the cryptocurrency lending company had internal issues years ahead of its bankruptcy filing. Celsius Allegedly Had Int...
Crypto Investors Lost $42 Million to Fake Apps in 7 Months
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned financial institutions and crypto traders about the increasing growth of fake crypto investment apps. Fraudulent Crypto Apps Defraud...
Bitcoin S2F Model Creator Predicts $30k Bitcoin Price in September 2022
Dutch analyst PlanB, the creator of the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow (S2F) prediction model, has just shared a new prediction, noting that BTC will reclaim $30,000 by September 2022 if the cryptocurrency con...
Coinbase Secures Operational License in Italy Amid European Expansion
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced Monday that it has received approval from the Italian government to operate as a crypto service provider in the region. The United States-based crypt...
Binance Fined $3.3M By Dutch Central Bank
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been fined 3.32 million euros ($3.35 million) by De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB), the central bank of the Netherlands, for offering crypto services in the co...
SOL Climbs Above $40 for the First Time in Fourteen Days
Solana saw a lot of volatility during the previous week. One clear indication of this is its highs and lows over the last seven days. Although the week started slow, it picked up momentum as it progre...
Uniswap Retains Nearly 60% of DEX Trading Amid Volume Slump
Cryptocurrency analytics platform CoinGecko revealed in its recently released second-quarter (Q2) report for 2022 that the top decentralized exchanges (DEX) existing on various networks have generally...
Celsius Network Users May Face Prolonged Waiting Time Over Repayment: Report
A new report has revealed that users of troubled crypto lending platform Celsius may have to wait a long time to access their funds frozen on the platform. Recall that the firm had filed for voluntary...
Voyager Asks Court to Fulfill Customers’ Withdrawals From Metropolitan Commercial Bank
According to a July 14 court filing, troubled crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital has asked the New York bankruptcy court to honor customer withdrawals for more than $350 million held by Metropolita...
Crypto Mixer Usage Hits All Time-High as Crypto Crimes Surge: Report
Cryptocurrency mixing platforms, also known as tumblers, have been experiencing increased usage from individuals who wish to obscure the origin of their funds, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis sa...
QNT Faces Threats of Massive Selloffs as it is Overbought
Quant was on an uptrend over the last four days. The token saw the surge start the previous week as it recorded massive gains during this period. The asset was the the top gainer during the previous i...
OpenSea Lays off 20% of Employees to Prepare for a Prolonged Crypto Winter
Leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has slashed 20% of its workforce due to the ongoing economic slump, joining the long list of firms that have laid off their employees to stay afloa...
Bitfinex Donates $1.3M Worth of BTC and USDT to Small Businesses in El Salvador
Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc., announced Thursday the donation of 36 bitcoins and 600,000 USDT to bitcoin-friendly El Salvador. Bitfinex Donates $1.3 Million to...
CoinPayment to Shut Down U.S. Operations on July 19, Warns Users to Withdraw Funds
Global crypto payment processor CoinPayment and its parent company UAB Ventures are on the verge of exiting the U.S. market due to heightened security obligations and market changes, BleepingComputer ...
Crypto Exchange OKX Receives Provisional License in Dubai
Popular cryptocurrency exchange OKX, formerly known as OKEx, has joined a growing list of crypto trading platforms to receive approval to operate as a digital asset service provider (DASP) in Dubai. ...