The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the United States Department of the Treasury has added addresses belonging to the Ethereum-based privacy protocol, Tornado Cash, to its sanction list. ...
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Serenity Shield Launches First Cryptographic Sensitive Data Storage and Succession Solution on Blockchain
Serenity Shield, a decentralized application platform that offers an innovative, revolutionary approach to crypto inheritance and secure storage solutions for sensitive data, is launching the Minimum ...
Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Pauses Withdrawals, Deposits, and Token Swaps
Singapore-based crypto lending platform Hodlnaut has joined a growing list of crypto lenders that have paused withdrawal services. The company announced on Monday that it had suspended token swaps and...
Indian Student Arrested for Allegedly Using Crypto to Fund ISIS
Last week, a student in India was arrested for allegedly using cryptocurrencies to sponsor the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group. The crypto assets involved i...
Tron Founder Justin Sun Backs Survival of Legacy Ethereum Post Merge
As the tentative date for Ethereum’s switch to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network approaches, controversies surrounding the future of the legacy Ethereum network post-merge are taking center stage. Tron f...
Indian State Maharashtra Issues Nearly 100,000 Diplomas on Polygon Blockchain
The Maharashtra State Board of Skill Development (MSBSD) in collaboration with Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSINS) has issued about 100,000 verifiable diplomas on Polygon blockchain using the...
Total Value Locked (TVL) on Ethereum Layer-2 Optimism Surpasses $700M
Optimism, an Ethereum-based layer-2 scaling solution has just attained a milestone, crossing $700 million in its total value locked (TVL) and seeing a new all-time-high (ATH) in its native token, OP. ...
How to Build a Dynamic Crypto Portfolio With Day Trading
Having a cryptocurrency day trading strategy can be an important part of your investment plan. A clear plan to identify prospective digital currencies, determine investment amounts, and calculate your...
BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes Predicts Massive ETH Price Jump
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, is betting big on the price of Ether (ETH). In a Friday Medium blog post, Hayes noted that the cryptocurrency would sell ...
Will BTC Record a Deeper Low this Month?
The price increase Bitcoin enjoyed may put many in a relaxed state. However, there are many who believe the apex coin is only going through this phase for a short while which may end soon. Why do some...
What is Polygon (MATIC)? A Simple as an ABC Guide
Polygon, formerly known as the Matic network, is a Layer-2 scaling solution designed to address the bottlenecks facing the Ethereum mainnet. Polygon is one of the solutions seeking to provide cheaper ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...