The CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, says U.S. regulators “let the bad guys get big and blow up because it serves their agenda.” The executive explained: “Bad guys operate with huge compet...
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Kevin O’Leary Warns US Crypto Regulation Getting ‘Very Aggressive’ — ‘You’ve Got to Stay out of the Way of SEC’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has warned that U.S. crypto regulation is “getting very, very aggressive.” Noting that regulators are now “regulating by enforcement, penalties, and m...
Hope Finance Scam Leaves Prospective DeFi Users Out of Pocket
After the discovery of a vulnerability with a value of $2 million, potential customers of an Arbitrum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) effort have been left without any financial remedy. This is bec...
A British National Charged With Aiding North Korea in Violating US sanctions
A citizen of the United Kingdom who was wanted by the Department of Justice in the United States was apprehended by the Interpol office in Moscow (DoJ). The guy is suspected of participating in a plot...
Trump Calls Fox News ‘The RINO Network’ Over DeSantis Coverage And 2020 Election Revelations
Topline Former President Donald Trump attacked Fox News on Tuesday, calling it “the RINO Network,”— referring to the moniker Republicans In Name Only—following allegations made public last week that F...
US Markets Tumble as Real Estate Weakens, Putin Suspends Nuclear Treaty, Morgan Stanley Warns of Stock Market ‘Death Zone’ – Economics Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, all four major U.S. benchmark stock indexes fell as real estate data showed home sales dropped by 0.7% last month and Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the nuclear arms control tr...
USDC On Binance Increases Post BUSD News; Crypto Analyst Impressed
Martin Lee reports major USDC growth on Binance. USDC has grown by 1.5 billion in the last 7 days on the leading crypto exchange. Lee shares an image highlighting the growth of the coin across exchang...
CBN is continuing to develop its eNaira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is making progress on the development of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira; nevertheless, the CBN is seeking assistance this time around. The Centr...
Bosch and Fetch.ai to Create Foundation to Fund Development of Web3
A grant program with a budget of one hundred million dollars will be made available as a result of the partnership between Bosch and Fetch.ai. Everyone will be welcome to participate in this endeavor....
Most Retail Crypto Investors Lost Money Over the Last 7 Years, According to BIS Analysis – Bitcoin News
According to data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published in the latest BIS Bulletin No. 69, researchers assessed that, on average, most users lost money on their investments over...
Blockchain Gaming is Having a market caps increment
Play-to-earn Over the course of the last year, blockchain gaming has seen a decline as players have emphasized on the quality of their overall gameplay experience. On the other hand, a recent research...
Original Bitcoin Wizard Artist Raises Nearly $150,000 in BTC via Lightning, Despite Criticism From Bitcoin Maximalists – Bitcoin News
On Monday, crypto proponent Udi Wertheimer shared a story on Twitter explaining how he and the Taproot Wizards helped an artist who created the original 2013 bitcoin wizard meme raise nearly $150,000 ...
ConsenSys Acquires Hal to Improve Alerts
ConsenSys, a company that provides services related to blockchain technology, has just completed the purchase of Hal, a platform for no-code blockchain development tools, with the purpose of causing a...
BCH Hits Fresh Multi-Month High, Whilst MATIC Extends Declines – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin cash jumped to a fresh seven-month high on Tuesday, as prices rallied, despite bearish sentiment increasing. Today’s move comes as the global cryptocurrency market cap is trading 1.50% lower a...
Paxos Discusses BUSD Stablecoin With SEC Following Wells
According to recent reports, the stablecoin issuer Paxos was reportedly engaging in conversations with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin a...
Bitcoin Network Difficulty Expected to See Largest Increase of the Year Amid High Hashrate, Shorter Block Times – Mining Bitcoin News
After a small decrease of 0.49% on Feb. 12, 2023, Bitcoin’s network difficulty is expected to experience a significant increase in three days on Feb. 24. Estimates indicate the difficulty could see th...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen Killed in Greece in 2018, Report Claims – Bitcoin News
Ruja Ignatova, founder of the crypto pyramid Onecoin, may have been murdered in Greece a year after her disappearance. According to an article, quoting а leaked report from a police informant, the “mi...
BTC Consolidates on Tuesday, Following 8-Month High – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin retreated from earlier highs during Tuesday’s session, as sentiment shifted following a move to a multi-month high. Prices surged to their highest point since last August earlier in the day, p...
Fox News execs blocked Trump from Jan. 6 interview
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images On Jan. 6, 2021,...
South African Startup Momint Seeks to Boost Electricity Generation Using Blockchain-Based Solution – Bitcoin News
Using a solution that is based on blockchain technology, the South African startup Momint has said the recently launched Suncash initiative aims to ease the country’s power generation challenges. For ...
Bitcoin Flips Visa Again | Blockchain News
Since the beginning of the year, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased by 48%, which has caused its market valuation to once again surpass that of the payment processing behemoth Visa. According to...
Crypto Scam Revenue Dropped 46% in 2022 – Featured Bitcoin News
Revenue from cryptocurrency scams dropped 46% in 2022, according to blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis. “We attribute most of this decline to market conditions, as scam performance tends to wo...
Gemini co-founder: Crypto’s next bull run will start in Asia
Cameron Winklevoss, an American investor and co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, predicts that Asia will be the beginning of the next bull run for cryptocurrencies. His remarks came at a...
US State Regulator Launches Crypto Scam Tracker – Featured Bitcoin News
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has launched a cryptocurrency scam tracker to help residents “spot and avoid crypto scams.” The regulator stated: “As reports of...
Stablegains Sued for Allegedly Misleading Investors
The decentralized finance yield platform known as Stablegains is the subject of a legal action that has been brought against it in a court in the state of California on the grounds that it allegedly d...
Next Crypto Bull Run Will Start From the East, Says Gemini Co-Founder – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Gemini’s co-founder believes that the next crypto bull run will come from the East. “It will be a humbling reminder that crypto is a global asset class,” he said. “The West, really the U.S., always on...
Walmart, Alibaba, Moderna, and More Stocks to Watch This Week
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The Most Unworkable State Law
The cryptocurrency industry has recently criticised a bill that was recently proposed in the Illinois Senate due to its “unworkable” intentions to compel blockchain miners and validators t...
Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Capital Shuts Down — ‘We Lost Almost Half Our Assets to FTX Disaster’ – Featured Bitcoin News
Crypto hedge fund Galois Capital is shutting down after losing about half of its assets to the FTX disaster. “Given the severity of the FTX situation, we do not think it is tenable to continue operati...