21Shares, a preeminent issuer of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs), has announced the launch of its first physically-backed Bitcoin ETP in the Middle East. The Middle East gets a physical...
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Ripple CEO Anticipates Answer in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP in the First Half of 2023 – Regulation Bitcoin News
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says he thinks “we’ll have an answer in the first half of next year” in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over xrp. Maintaining that xrp is not a s...
Crypto.com Injects $150M for its New France Ecosystem Development
Singapore-based digital currency trading platform, Crypto.com is making significant strides in its push to establish its brands in France following the receipt of the Digital Asset Service Provider (D...
Winners, News And Notes On October 12, 2022
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Devere CEO Expects Further Volatility in Crypto Market Before Year-End — Says Savvy Investors Will Benefit From Panic Sellers – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
The CEO of Devere Group, a financial advisory and asset management firm, anticipates further volatility in the crypto market before year-end. However, he stressed that “for serious investors, this wil...
Moderna Stock Takes Off on Cancer Vaccine News
Moderna stock shot up after Merck said it is exercising an option to work on a personalized cancer vaccine with the Covid-19 vaccine maker. Merck (ticker: MRK) will pay Moderna (MRNA) $250 million for...
Blockchain Infrastructure Provider Tatum Secures $41.5M Funding
Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) provider, Tatum has landed $41.5 million in funding, receiving the needed capital backing to expand its business offerings. Riding on its current track record in the ind...
Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Acquires its Big Rival Great American Mining
Bitcoin miner Crusoe Energy on Wednesday acquired its rival, Great American Mining (GAM), a North American mining company that converts stranded gas into Bitcoin mining power. Both Crusoe Energy and G...
High Risk Crypto Activity on The Rise in Eastern Europe Amid Russia-Ukraine War – Chainalysis
Chainalysis, a US blockchain analysis firm, on Wednesday, released a new research study showing that Eastern Europe is the fifth-largest cryptocurrency market, with $630.9 billion in value received on...
Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Ban — Lawsuit Says Government’s Action ‘Was Unlawful’ – Bitcoin News
The non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing cryptocurrencies, Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against the Treasury department, the secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and the Office of Fo...
Valkyrie to Liquidate Bitcoin Balance Sheet ETF following Low Customer Demand
Valkyrie Funds LLC, a digital asset ETF issuer in the US, announced Tuesday that it will liquidate one of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invests in innovative public companies with exposure to ...
Binance-Backed Blockchain Completes Hard Fork to Mitigate Future Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks – Bitcoin News
The Bnb Smart Chain commenced the blockchain’s hard fork on October 12, at block height 22,107,423, in order to add a security patch to “mitigate the cross-chain infrastructure between [the] Beacon Ch...
Gemini Enters Europe through Ireland
Gemini has entered the Irish market. The company now provides crypto exchange and custody services to individuals and institutions. Gemini announced that users can access their website and mobile appl...
Solana-Based Defi Protocol Mango Markets Loses $117 Million in Hack, Exploit Allegedly Revealed in Project’s Discord in March – Bitcoin News
According to various reports, the Solana-based trading and lending platform Mango Markets was hacked as a malicious actor was able to siphon $117 million from the protocol. An analysis of the hack pub...
Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.
Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...
Ripple Rolls Out On-Demand Liquidity Solutions in Sweden and France
To render seamless and real-time cross-border payments, Ripple, a leader in blockchain and crypto enterprise solutions, has established On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solutions in France and Sweden. In a s...
Crypto Market Maker GSR Lays Off Less Than 10% Staff
GSR, a prominent market maker and liquidity provider in the industry, has unemployed less than 10% of its staff during the third quarter of this year. As reported by The Block, the reason behind the...
Finder’s Specialists Predict Ethereum Will Slip to $963 This Year, but End 2022 at $1,377 per Unit – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
46% of around 55 fintech and cryptocurrency specialists believe ethereum is undervalued following The Merge, according to a recent survey published by the comparison website Finder.com. With less than...
Bitcoin Price Holds Firm Around $19,000 Amid Institutional Adoption Surge
Cryptocurrency prices on Wednesday are mixed, with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) showing a slight increase, while some other altcoins like Solana, Ripple and Cardano trading downwards on Wednesday ...
BTC, ETH Move Higher Ahead of US Inflation Report – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin was trading marginally higher on Wednesday, as markets prepared for the upcoming U.S. inflation report. Cryptocurrencies have mostly consolidated ahead of the release, which many believe could...
Google Pairs with Coinbase to Spur Web3 Innovations, Offer Crypto Payments for Cloud Services
Google has teamed up with crypto exchange Coinbase to allow some of its clients to pay for cloud services using cryptocurrencies. The strategic partnership also seeks to cater for the needs of the gro...
Key EU Parliament Committee Approves MiCA Deal to Regulate Crypto – Regulation Bitcoin News
European Parliament’s economic committee has backed the adoption of the comprehensive Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. It has also supported the introduction of rules for tracing cryptocurr...
Another Major Crypto Hack in Less a Week, $100M Stolen
The crypto industry has witnessed another major hack in less than a week, where a hacker has stolen $100 million from Mango Markets. The trading and lending platform hosted on the Solana blockchain wa...
Girles Sets the Trend With the Girles Token (GIRLES) Against Doge and Ada – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. It is looking like the dawn of a new beginning for crypto enthusiasts across the globe as the Girles Token – GIRLES practically raises the bar, with reports that holders o...
US Treasury Fines Bittrex Exchange $29m for Multi-Year Sanctions Violation
Washington-based cryptocurrency trading platform, Bittrex Has been fined the sum of $29 million by the United States Treasury Department through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Fin...
Zimbabwe Tertiary Learning Institution Developing Central Bank Digital Currency – Bitcoin News
Harare Institute of Technology, a Zimbabwean higher learning institution, is reportedly developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Quinton Kanhukamwe, the institution’s vice chancellor, said t...
Charles Hoskinson Officially Cut Ties with XRP Community
Barely a week after the news of the brawl with Ethereum Classic made the rounds, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has publicly declared he is cutting ties with the XRP community. According to the con...
‘Web3 Allows Us to Create Assets Worth Collecting’ – Interview Bitcoin News
In the age in which contactless interactions are encouraged or where society is adopting new ways of making payments, it is thought by some to be imperative for progressive organizations and instituti...
CNN Halts NFT Project, Seeking Avenue to Compensate Fans
The multinational media company, the Cable News Network (CNN) has announced that it will be terminating its active development and engagement of its Non-Fungible Token (NFT) project dubbed “Vault by C...
Step Secures $300m Fund, Introduces Crypto Investment Platform for Young Adults
Digital banking service Step has secured $300 million in new debt funding round, which coincided with the company’s launch of a crypto investment platform aimed at minors and young adults – thei...