On Nov. 23, Tiantian Kullander, popularly known as TT, the co-founder of Amber Group, abruptly passed away in his sleep, according to the firm’s site. Tiantian, who was 30 years old, left a wife and a...
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FTX collapse has “Negligible” influence – crypto.news
Solana Foundation had revealed they had less than 1% of Solana Foundation’s cash or cash equivalents when FTX ceased to process withdrawals, which is insignificant to the foundation’s operations. Howe...
SoFi struggling, President Biden extends student loan payment freeze – crypto.news
Recent reports indicate that the SoFi network has been experiencing revenue drops and financial issues. The struggles are mainly attributed to the student loan freeze by the White House. Furthermore, ...
Ethereum’s true decentralization questioned – crypto.news
Anthony Pompliano, a podcast host, Bitcoin minimalist and cryptocurrency investor, said sometime back that a large portion of the Ethereum network is hosted on third-party clouds like Amazon Web Servi...
Ethereum node developer, Akula, shuts down – crypto.news
The developers behind the Ethereum node project, Akula, have decided to shut down the project because they cannot compete with a newly announced rival project that has similar features and is run by a...
FTX owned small bank in Washington – crypto.news
More questions have been raised about FTX after it was discovered that the defunct cryptocurrency powerhouse had an $11.5 million interest in one of the smallest banks in the United States, more than ...
U.K. police arrests 100 criminals using Bitcoin records – crypto.news
The UK Metropolitan police arrested about 100 cyber criminals involved in a £50 million worldwide ‘bank spoofing’ scam on Thursday, November 24. The conmen were identified by tracing bitcoin records, ...
Ethereum developers harmonize on Shanghai update – crypto.news
Developers at the Ethereum Foundation, on their weekly call to discuss what features should roll out in the next hard fork, talked on Thursday, 24 November, and decided on eight proposals to explore f...
Delaware court approves temporary redaction of FTX user data – crypto.news
A Delawarean court Judge ruled that FTX creditors’ information remains clandestine according to the company’s policy. This decision was made during the FTX case hearing on Tuesday. FTX to redact clien...
Elon Musk strongly denies SBF holding Twitter shares rumors – crypto.news
Via Twitter, Elon Musk joyfully mocked the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. Musk claimed that when he first met FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, his “b******* meter was red lining.” A covert text be...
Vitalik Buterin behind 40,000 Ethereum (ETH) transfer? – crypto.news
A transaction showing the transfer of 40,000 Ethereum (ETH) to a Vitalik Buterin account was seen on the chain today. 40,000 ETH transferred to Vitalik Buterin’s address A transaction showing the tran...
Binance takes in 7 enrollees, 150 applicants, as part of its industry recovery initiative – crypto.news
As part of efforts to protect consumers and rebuild the crypto industry, Binance CEO Chengpang Zhao (CZ) stated that Binance would spearhead the creation of a so-called Industry Recovery Initiative (I...
Digital policy passed; EU blockchain infrastructure plan forges on – crypto.news
The European Parliament approved the Digital Decade policy program, which will assist businesses and government agencies in digitizing their operations and promises support for a “pan-European blockch...
Netherland citizens protests against Euro CBDC – crypto.news
Earlier, Thursday 24th of November, Dutch Citizens took to the streets to protest against the launch of Euro CBDC in the country. The protesters were seen with different placards and posters stating t...
Top five CeFi in India – crypto.news
India’s crypto sphere is evolving with the changing Onchain Economy as more Indian crypto exchanges adopt CeFi. Five leading CeFi-based projects in India As the financial world evolves, newer concepts...
ApeCoin Geo blocks North Americans from using its staking provision – crypto.news
North American holders of the ERC-20 metaverse token (ApeCoin) from Yuga labs will no longer be able to stake it. This latest development is coming shortly after the recent SEC’s probe into Yuga labs ...
Low-cap coin Nano shoots up 170% in just 30 minutes. – crypto.news
The cryptocurrency Nano pumped in just 30 minutes and saw a 6,105% increase in volume over the last 24 hours, reaching around $37.87 million being traded quickly. Nano’s acceleration phenomenon untang...
Ethereum L2 NFT marketplaces suspend operation indefinitely – crypto.news
Quix on Optimism and Stratos on Arbitrum announced that they would cease operations while they open-sourced their code. Transactions by NFT collectors will be directed to OpenSea. The “sibling” NFT ma...
Crypto Tycoon Jihan Wu’s Matrixport Mulls New Funding At $1.5 Billion Valuation
Jihan Wu, cofounder and chairman of Matrixport. Matrixport Matrixport, the Singapore-based crypto financial services firm, has received $50 million in commitments from investors at a valuation of $1.5...
Cosmos-based Protocol closes $10 million funding round with Ava Labs and Bitfinex – crypto.news
Onomy, a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem built on the Cosmos blockchain, has raised $10 million in a private token funding round. Funding secured via simple agreement for future tokens Accordin...
Venture capitalist Bo Shen hacked: $42M stolen – crypto.news
Venture capitalist, Bo Shen, was hit by a hack that left him with $42 million less in his portfolio. Shen wrote in a Nov. 23 Twitter thread that he lost a total of $42 million of crypto assets to a ha...
Binance Pledges Up To $2 Billion To Bail Out Distressed Crypto Firms As FTX Contagion Spreads
Changpeng Zhao, cofounder and CEO Binance, spoke at a summit in Lisbon, Portugal in early November. Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurr...
10,000 BTC sent by Mt.Gox-linked address – crypto.news
A Bitcoin wallet of the now-defunct BTC-e exchange — an institution involved with 2014’s Mt. Gox hack — woke up to send its biggest transaction since August 2017. On Nov. 23, a crypto wallet holding B...
Users of OKX can now verify to see if their assets are backed 1:1 – crypto.news
OKX is the world’s second-largest crypto exchange in terms of the trading volume. On Nov 23, 2022, it released three industry-leading solutions that give its institutional and retail users more insigh...
Blockchain VC funding cut in half as crypto winter takes hold – crypto.news
Blockchain venture capital funding was cut in half in October, according to recent research. Blockchain companies are seeing significant less capital inflow compared to previous months, according to a...
Sam Bankman-Fried, Larry Fink, Janet Yellen, Mark Zuckerberg to speak at NYT Summit – crypto.news
Corporate media outlets such as the New York Times have already been accused of whitewashing Bankman-role Fried’s in the dramatic downfall of FTX and Alameda to prop up Bankman-reputation unfairly. Th...
Binance to carry out Tron Network wallet maintenance – crypto.news
Binance crypto exchange announced on Wednesday that it would carry out routine maintenance of the Tron Network on Thursday, the 24th of November. The maintenance planned to take just an hour will begi...
Central banks could leverage stablecoins as a shortcut, according to a New York Fed advisor – crypto.news
Central Banks could just opt to use stablecoins instead of developing their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to one Federal Reserve research advisor. New York Federal Reserve res...
US SEC under increased scrutiny after FTX collapse – crypto.news
Following the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange and all its ongoing cascading effects, crypto critics, as well as advocates are starting to ask if the US Securities and Exchange Commission could hav...