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Binance and WazirX Founders Trade Words Over the Latter’s Ownership
The confiscation of the bank account of WazirX, one of the most renowned cryptocurrency trading platforms in India, by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as reported earlier by Blockchain.News has opene...
Bybit-Backed Gaming Platform Enters the Web3 World for Enhanced Experience
Yeeha Games, a $50 million-funded GameFi platform backed by crypto exchange Bybit, has entered the Web3 world to act as the bridge between gaming and finance (GameFi) and traditional gaming. Yeeha Gam...
Russian National Extradited to the U.S. to Face Crypto Money Laundering Charges
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national accused of running an illegal crypto exchange BTC-e was extradited to the United States to face fraud charges. In a statement, Kenneth A. Polite Jr., an assistant...
Citi Believes The Merge Will Make Ethereum a “Yield-Bearing Asset”
Citigroup Inc. or Citi, an American multinational investment bank, disclosed that the merge would make Ethereum (ETH) a deflationary asset. As a result, the second-largest cryptocurrency will become a...
Tiffany & Co. NFT Sale Sells out, Luxury Jewelry Retailer Rakes in $12.5M in Ethereum – Blockchain Bitcoin News
On August 5, 2022, the American luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. announced that the company’s non-fungible token (NFT) mint called “Nftiff” sold out. Tiffany’s sold 250 Nftiffs for 30 ethereu...
Nepal Prepares to Issue Digital Currency, Drafts Necessary Amendments – Finance Bitcoin News
A task force in Nepal has proposed legal changes allowing the country’s central bank to issue its own digital currency. The move comes after a study indicated that such an initiative is feasible and r...
For 38 Consecutive Days Ethereum Gas Fees Record the Lowest Rates Since 2020 – Bitcoin News
In 43 days, the Ethereum network could finally see a full transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) via The Merge. Meanwhile, during the last 38 days, Ethereum’s layer one (L1) oncha...
As Waste Management Looks to Break Out, Don’t Toss Away a Trading Opportunity
The company released its second quarter financial results on the morning of Wednesday, July 27th. The stock ran 2.8% that day. The stock is up 9.1% since the closing bell the night prior. Some might s...
Binance CEO Meets Central African Republic Leader — President Touadéra Says Meeting Was a ‘Truly Remarkable Moment’ – Africa Bitcoin News
After meeting the leaders of Ivory Coast and Senegal in July, the CEO of the cryptocurrency Binance, Changpeng Zhao, revealed in a tweet that he had recently met the President of the Central African R...
Police in Kazakhstan Arrest Gang Forcing IT Specialists to Run Crypto Farms – Mining Bitcoin News
Law enforcement in Kazakhstan detained members of a crime group suspected of forcing IT experts into operating underground facilities for cryptocurrency mining with threats and blackmail. The racketee...
L2 Scaling Solution Arbitrum Schedules Nitro Rollup Stack Upgrade for August 31 – Bitcoin News
On August 4, Arbitrum One, the layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling solution, announced the protocol will implement a significant upgrade called Nitro in 25 days. The highly anticipated Nitro migration wil...
Binance Has “Control” Over WazirX , Says Nischal Shetty – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
Nischal Shetty founder of WazirX said that Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange – owns stakes in his company. This came after the chief executive of Binance, Changpeng Zhao said that the comp...
Report Shows Crypto Startups Raised $30.3 Billion in H1 2022, Exceeding Total Raised in 2021 – Finance Bitcoin News
While cryptocurrency markets have seen poor performances during the first two quarters of 2022, a recently published fundraising report authored by Messari researchers notes that $30.3 billion was rai...
Binance CEO Warns ‘We Could Disable Wazirx Wallets’ — Advises Investors to Transfer Funds to Binance – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has warned that his company could “disable Wazirx wallets on a tech level,” advising anyone with funds on the Indian crypto exchange to transfer them to Binance. The wa...
Shark Tank Star Kevin O’Leary Buys the Bitcoin Dip — Says Crypto ‘Desperately Needs Policy’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says he has bought the dip during the recent cryptocurrency market sell-off. He added: “Now crypto itself desperately needs policy. It needs regulatio...
Elon Musk Accuses Twitter of Fraud in Countersuit Over $44B Deal — Twitter Subpoenas Binance and Other Firms – Featured Bitcoin News
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accused Twitter of fraud in his countersuit against the social media company. Twitter filed a lawsuit against the billionaire to force him to go through with the $44 billion de...
Martin Shkreli Trolls Cryptocurrency – The Coin Republic: Cryptocurrency , Bitcoin, Ethereum & Blockchain News
The pharmaceutical executive pretended to pitch his new crypto start-up Su Zhu and Kyle Davies attracted plenty of criticism Decentralized finance could give people real freedom – Experts Previous dru...
Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik in US Custody After Immediate Extradition From Greece – Bitcoin News
Russian IT specialist Alexander Vinnik, accused of owning and running the infamous crypto exchange BTC-e, has been handed over to the U.S. This week, Greek authorities proceeded with the extradition, ...
Voyager to Allow Cash Withdrawals for Customers With US Dollars Held in Accounts – Bitcoin News
Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a ...
Debridge Finance Suspects North Korean Hacking Syndicate Lazarus Group Attacked the Protocol’s Team – Bitcoin News
According to the co-founder of Debridge Finance, Alex Smirnov, the infamous North Korean hacking syndicate Lazarus Group subjected Debridge to an attempted cyberattack. Smirnov has warned Web3 teams t...
Coherent Secures $4.5M in Seed Round For API Products
Blockchain data startup owned by a former platform engineer at Coinbase, Coherent announced on Thursday that it has secured $4.5 million in a seed round. The round was jointly led by three venture cap...
Coinbase Rises ahead of Second-quarter Earnings Report
Shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase have been rising recently this week, although they are still down nearly 70% from the beginning of 2022. Coinbase shares rose 10% on Thursday after BlackRock...
Core Scientific Sold 1,975 Bitcoins More That It Mined in July
Core Scientific, a major publicly traded cryptocurrency mining firm in North America, on Friday, announced its production and operational updates for July 2022. During the month of July, the firm mine...
Voyager Digital Likely to Resume Withdrawal From August 11
Earlier on Thursday, Judge Michael Wiles of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York ruled in the favor of Voyager Digital, to receive access to the funds in its custodial wallets to return the $270 mill...
WazirX Faces Sanction For Abating Illegal Loan App Companies
Asian crypto exchange WazirX which has been under the probe of the Indian enforcement agency, Directorate of Enforcement has finally had its bank assets seized. Cumulatively, the frozen bank assets a...
Bank of Thailand to Start Retail Test for its Retail CBDC
The Central Bank of Thailand also known as the Bank of Thailand (BOT) plans to begin the trial of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in a retail setting. According to the Deputy Governor of the...
Argo Mining Crypto Production Rose to 219 BTCs in July
Argo Blockchain plc, a publicly traded cryptocurrency mining firm based in the UK, on Friday, announced its operational update for July 2022. During the month of July, Argo revealed that it mined 219 ...