The central bank of Pakistan does not see many good use cases for crypto. However, the regulator cites “a lot of misuses” of cryptocurrency around the world, “including human rights violations, traffi...
Tag: news
GoldenTree Appoints BlockTower’s Exec Avi Felman to Lead Digital Asset Trading
GoldenTree Asset Management, a global asset management firm with almost $47 billion in assets under management, announced Avi Felman’s appointment as the company’s Head of Digital Assets Trading. Gold...
WalletConnect Pulls $11M in Venture Capital Funding
Digital Currency infrastructure services provider, WalletConnect has raised the sum of $11 million in a Series A funding round from venture capital investors. While the startup’s valuation was undiscl...
Griffin Gaming Partners Launches $750 Million Gaming and Web3 Fund – Bitcoin News
Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in gaming-related investments, has revealed the launch of its second gaming-related fund. The fund, which was reportedly oversubscribed, ma...
Binance CEO Considers to Buy Chelsea Football Club, Report says
The global crackdown on Russian oligarchs has pushed Roman Abramovich to offer his Premier League club, Chelsea FC, for sale. Since the news made the rounds about two weeks ago, many bids have been fl...
Santander Bank to Offer Loans Backed by Tokenised Crop Products
The Argentinian offshoot of Spanish multinational financial services company Banco Santander is on track to start offering a loan product to farmers, which will be based on tokenised agricultural prod...
Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Asks Why Crypto Isn’t Having a Moment Despite Inflating US Dollar, Freeze Orders – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
A Goldman Sachs senior chairman has asked why crypto is not having a moment despite “the inflating U.S. dollar” and governments demonstrating that they can and will freeze accounts under certain circu...
US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Sanction Russia’s Gold – Regulation Bitcoin News
Four U.S. senators are introducing a bill to place sanctions on Russia’s gold. “This legislation would deter the purchase of Russian gold and close this loophole that allows the Russian Federation to ...
Thailand Seeks to Offer Russian Tourists Crypto Payment Option Amid Fiat Sanctions – Bitcoin News
A popular destination for many Russians, Thailand is now looking for ways to facilitate their payments amid widening western sanctions over Moscow’s military invasion of Ukraine. Cryptocurrency is one...
FinCEN Issues ‘Red Flags’ on Potential Sanctions Evasion Using Cryptocurrency – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an advisory on Russian efforts to evade sanctions that includes a number of crypto-related red flags. However, the bureau admitted that it ...
Cointelli Makes It Easy to Report Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken Transactions to the IRS – Sponsored Bitcoin News
sponsored Many crypto exchanges send tax forms to the IRS, each with their own list of supported tokens and info that doesn’t necessarily match up. This can create a lot of confusion for U.S. taxpayer...
Ethereum Fees Sink to Lowest Rate in 7 Months, Most L2 Fees Under $1 per Transfer – Altcoins Bitcoin News
Ethereum fees have continued to slide week after week and are now at the lowest value in seven months. On Tuesday, March 8, the average layer one (L1) Ethereum gas fee is 0.0042 ether or $10.89 per tr...
‘100x Lower Than L1 Fees’ — Alchemy Integrates Ethereum L2 Product Starknet to Increase Web3 Scalability – Defi Bitcoin News
According to the startup Starkware, the team’s Ethereum layer two (L2) service Starknet has been integrated by the blockchain API and node service Alchemy. Developers can now leverage Alchemy’s infras...
Ukrainian News Outlets Want to Raise $1 Million Selling NFTs
Three Ukrainian media outlets—Ukrainska Pravda, Novoye Vremya, and Hromadske—are partnering with NFT platform Vault to raise $1 million via NFTs, per Press Gazette. The three outlets are reportedly h...
Yearn Finance Founder Andre Cronje Allegedly to Stop Contributing to DeFi
Andre Cronje, the renowned blockchain developer who came to the limelight with Yearn.finance, is allegedly going to stop contributing to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrencies in general. ...
Price of Gold Spikes Over $2,060 per Ounce While Risk Assets Continue to Capitulate – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, the price of gold soared to new heights as an ounce of the precious metal surpassed $2K per ounce during the early morning trading sessions (EST). Hours later, gold tapped a high of $2,064...
Terra (LUNA)Price is All Set To Hit New ATH Soon! Here’s Why – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
Cryptocurrencies are struggling to become bullish, with the exception of the Terra LUNA coin, which has shown remarkable endurance in recent months despite the crypto market’s strong bearish trend. Ad...
NFT Layer-2 Protocol ImmutableX Raises $200M in New Funding
Immutable X, an Ethereum-based layer-2 Non-Fungible Token (NFT) token platform, has announced the completion of its Series C funding round. It raised the sum of $200 million from leading investors in ...
ANC Falls 14%, as ZEC Leads Tuesday Gainers – Market Updates Bitcoin News
After climbing by nearly 100% last week, ANC was once again lower on Tuesday, as bears continue to ravage prices. This comes as ZEC evaded today’s market uncertainty, and rose by as much as 16% during...
Ethereum Set To Plunge Hard ! ETH Price May Drop Below $2k, Here are levels To Watch – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
As the new trading week begins in the United States, the price of Ethereum (ETH) rises dramatically. As it found reliable support around $2,500, the price of ETH may continue to rise in order to find ...
Binance Resumes EUR & GBP Payments after Months of Regulatory Crackdown
Binance exchange has announced it will be resuming deposits and withdrawal services for Euro (EUR) and the British Pounds (GBP) months after it suspended the services for its users. The trading platfo...
ETH, BTC Remain Lower as Commodity Prices Hit New Highs – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrencies were once again trading lower on Tuesday, as markets were mainly focused on surging commodity prices. Crude oil climbed to a 14-year high of over $130 per barrel, whilst gold was fast...
More Correction On Horizon! Here’s How Low Ethereum(ETH) & Bitcoin(BTC) Price Can Drop – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
The market has been in the negative for the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin, the market leader, down 0.25 percent. Ethereum has dropped even more, losing 1.15 percent, while the rest of the market has fol...
Thailand Considers Opening Crypto Payments for Russian and Ukrainian Tourists
Following Mastercard and Visa suspension of Russian credit cards abroad based on international sanctions, Thailand is looking at accepting cryptocurrency payments to help Ukrainian, and Russian touris...
Leading News Outlets In Ukraine Aim To Secure $1 Million By Selling NFTs
Three news organizations in Ukraine have partnered with an NFT platform to sell access to exclusive content in order to continue reporting throughout their country’s ongoing war. Multiple reports indi...
Crypto Exchange Bit.com to Enhance TON Ecosystem
Bit.com, a Singapore-based crypto exchange, has partnered with TON, which stands for “The Open Network,” to expand, enhance, and develop its ecosystem. Upon listing TON’s native token in January 2022,...
Binance Launches Bitfinity, a Payments Company Targeting the Web3 Economy – Bitcoin News
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the launch of its own payments processing company, Bitfinity. Bitfinity will act as the default fiat-to-crypto payments ramp for the exchange, as ...
Coinbase Blocked 25,000 Wallet Addresses of Russian Individuals or Entities Linked to Illegal Activities
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. announced it has blocked 25,000 wallet addresses of Russian individuals or entities linked to illegal activities. Paul Grewal, chief legal officer from Coi...
South African Regulator Explains Why It Has Been Targeting Global Crypto Exchanges – Regulation Bitcoin News
Brandon Topham, the head of enforcement at South Africa’s financial sector regulator, has insisted that his organization has not issued warnings to some global exchanges because they deal in crypto. R...