Australian accused of $5 million bushfire crypto extortion scheme

A Melbourne man is currently facing extortion charges after allegedly threatening to start a bushfire if a considerable amount of cryptocurrency was not transferred to him within three days.  The 27-y...

Visa’s crypto strategy isn’t going anywhere after report firm was ‘slamming the brakes’

Visa remains committed to its crypto strategy, a company spokesperson told The Block, despite the hammering digital assets have taken in recent months. “At Visa, we don’t pick winners and ...

VIDEO: Running a web3 company amid crypto winter

It’s been a horrendous year for crypto as a whole. The hysteria of the pandemic bull run came to an emphatic halt in 2022 with prices collapsing across the space. We saw several scandals – LUNA’s deat...

Goldman Sachs To Bolster Crypto Team With New Hires Following Layoffs

In January 2023, Goldman Sachs, a multinational investment bank, announced plans to cut around 3,200 staff as part of a cost-cutting exercise. However, despite this move, the bank remains open to hiri...

NASDAQ-Listed Crypto Miner Marathon Digital Cancels Earnings Call

Marathon Digital Holdings, a pioneer in Bitcoin mining, announced that it has canceled its webcast and conference call for the fourth quarter which was initially scheduled for today at 4:30 p.m. easte...

Two DeFi Altcoins Showing Signs of Imminent Breakouts, According to Top Crypto Trader

An increasingly popular crypto strategist believes that two decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens could be gearing up for breakouts. Pseudonymous analyst Cantering Clark tells his 161,400 Twitter follow...

Fintech Giant Revolut Boasts First-Ever Annual Profit After Crypto Boom

Topline Fintech giant Revolut, one of Europe’s most valuable startups, reported turning its first ever annual profit in 2021 on Wednesday, a major milestone for the company spurred on by soaring publi...

Avalanche (AVAX) and Ripple (XRP) Lead Crypto Revival While TMS Network (TMSN) Presale Attracts Savvy Investors – Cryptopolitan

Cryptocurrency markets are showing signs of a revival after a bearish 2022. Among the tokens benefitting from the shift in sentiment and attracting investors are Avalanche (AVAX), with its high transa...

The Ultimate Crypto Trio to Watch Out for in 2023 – Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN)

As we move further into 2023, the cryptocurrency world continues to generate excitement and intrigue for investors. Among the many cryptocurrencies available, there are three that stand out as the ult...

Crypto: Polkadot suffered big loss last week

It has not been a good week for the crypto Polkadot (DOT), which despite its fame and attention from investors, suffered a decisive drop in the last 7 days. Polkadot (DOT) is a blockchain-based platfo...

NFT Collection Crypto Champions Collection Price, Stats, and Revi…

What is an Crypto Champions Collection? Crypto Champions Collection are a non-fungible tokens collection built on the Ethereum network launched in 11 December, 2021. 8,888 items of the Crypto Champion...

Crypto Users Adversely Affected by FTX and Terra Meltdown: BIS

Last year the crypto market was hugely affected due to market volatility and bankruptcies. Investors and crypto users faced the worst bear markets at the end of 2022 due to the sudden collapse of FTX....

Crypto Exchange LBank Signs With Encryptus for Crypto to Payout Infrastructure – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. LBank; a leading token-to-token crypto exchange, has partnered with Encryptus Europe UAB; a licensed crypto and fiat infrastructure company, to streamline their crypto to ...

Could NFTs and crypto help Japan’s ‘Cool Japan’ strategy?

Japan has consistently been a leader in the tech industry, so it’s a logical step forward that, given current trends in the space, the Cool Japan movement might incorporate Web3 to strengthen its init...

NanoLabs Filed Complaint Against Crypto Exchange Coinbase

Last week on February 24th, NanoLabs — the company behind the digital currency Nano (NANO), alleged the crypto exchange Coinbase over alleged trademark infringement. In the California Northern Distric...

Mainstream media FUDs crypto over Visa/Mastercard pause

Mainstream media is running a story that both Visa and Mastercard are pulling back from partnering with crypto companies due to high-profile collapses of some entities. Usual FUD? FUD story? Reuters h...

Ripple Lawyer Says SEC’s Gary Gensler Should Be Barred From Voting on Crypto Enforcement Actions

Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty thinks Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), should recuse himself from voting on future crypto enforcement cases. Ge...

Smart Money Goes Short As Macros Cast Gloom On Crypto

Digital assets are a relatively new asset class that made smart money investors fall in love with high gains during the 2021 bull market. Traditional finance institutions like venture capital firms th...

Ethereum Altcoin Project Goes Wild as Whale Initiates Huge Crypto Transfer From Binance

The native token of a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol surged by more than 50% on Monday as one crypto whale pounced on the asset. TrueFi (TRU), a DeFi protocol that supports uncollateralized len...

Visa and Mastercard stop at crypto products

It appears that Visa and Mastercard have temporarily suspended the launch of their crypto products, at least until market conditions and industry regulation improve. The news was also reported by Watc...

Mysterious Wallet Behind Terra (LUNA) Crypto Crash Identified

It has been nine months since the crypto project Terra (LUNA) experienced a catastrophic collapse in May of 2022. In the span of just one week, Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin, UST, was unable to keep ...

India Seeks Balance In Crypto Regulation

Crypto regulation is the key focus area of the recent G20 summits under India’s presidency. Authorities are mulling over whether to ban or handle the fast-paced industry. Crypto Ban? India’s Finance M...

Visa and Mastercard halt new crypto partnerships — Report

According to a Reuters report published on Feb. 28, American payment processors Visa and Mastercard have delayed the launch of new partnerships with crypto firms due to high-profile bankruptcies in th...

New To Crypto? Don’t Miss Out On Avalanche (AVAX) and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) – Cryptopolitan

If you are just getting started on cryptocurrencies and probably wondering which tokens to invest in, you may need to pay more attention to Avalanche (AVAX) and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN).  Avalanche (AVA...

Crypto Giant DCG Revealed a Loss of Over $1 Billion in 2022 (Report)

The venture capital firm focused on cryptocurrencies – Digital Currency Group (DCG) – reportedly marked a loss of $1.1 billion last year.  Some of the primary reasons for the downfall were the collaps...

Tel Aviv Progresses Towards Allowing Crypto Trading

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or TASE, is planning to expand its authorized activities in order to offer customers from the non-banking sector the ability to trade crypto. TASE operates Israel’s only p...

CoinEx Launches Auto-Invest Plan to Help Prudent Investors and Beginners Invest in Crypto With Ease – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Crypto investors have access to a wide range of investment methods, including short-term and long-term trading, wealth management, and auto-invest, among others. As invest...

SBI Japan Acquires Crypto Lender Company HashHub

Ripple’s major partner in Japan, SBI, announced the acquisition of crypto lender company HashHub. Following the acquisition, SBI will directly enter into the crypto lending business. SBI plans to tran...

OKB stands up to crypto market selling pressure

Eleven days after hitting its all-time high (ATH), OKB, the native coin of the OKX crypto exchange, continues to defy the general selling trend prevalent in the broader crypto market. Per crypto price...

Biggest Crypto Gainers Today, February 27- DODO, HFT, FGHT, CCHG, METRO, TARO

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The boom in the cryptocurrency industry is fueling the creation and launch of new tokens every day. In such a scenario, it could ...

Coinbase Launches Nationwide Pro Crypto Policy Campaign

America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is pulling out all the stops to ensure U.S. policymakers get things right with how they treat the crypto industry. The company has announced Crypto435 – a gra...

Gary Gensler Grilling In Hearing On Crypto Crackdown News?

Crypto news today: In the wake of heavy criticism against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crackdown on crypto companies, a body of lawmakers are reportedly challenging people like Ga...