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BitMEX Founder Arthur Hayes Pleads Guilty to Violating Bank Secrecy Act
BitMEX co-founders Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo have both pleaded guilty to violating the United States Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). As announced in a press release by the Department of Justice, the plea...
Crypto Increased in Professional Investors at Record Rates: WSJ
The crypto industry saw an increase in professional investors at record rates, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the report, Coinbase Global Inc saw an overall trade worth $1.4 trillion b...
Japanese Online Retail Giant Rakuten Launches NFT Marketplace – Bitcoin News
Rakuten Group, the Japanese electronic commerce and online retail company based in Tokyo has announced the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace called Rakuten NFT. The announcement notes t...
Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...
Top 3 Altcoins With the Biggest Gains for the Week: LUNA, ANC & WAVES
The past week has been a very challenging one for the global digital currency ecosystem as a number of bearish moves were experienced in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. As expec...
US, EU Regulators Vow to Remove Russian Banks from SWIFT Network
Perhaps, one might say the attack on Ukraine by Russian forces is not well coordinated as leaders worldwide continue to announce sanctions on key individuals and institutions in Russia. One of the la...
Ethereum Network Fees Continue to Drop — Transfer Fees Hit Lowest Rate in 6 Months – Altcoins Bitcoin News
It’s getting cheaper to send ethereum these days as the gas price to push a transaction is more than 80% less expensive than it was to transact with ether 48 days ago on January 10. On that day, Ether...
Ukrainian Government Raises over $10M in Digital Currencies from the Public
This weekend, the Ukrainian government solicited funds from the public in the wake of the invasion of its territory by Russia as diplomatic ties between both countries went soar. The entire public, pa...
Value Locked in Defi Rebounds — Smart Contract Tokens CPH, LUNA, XCP Lead the Pack – Defi Bitcoin News
The total value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has managed to jump above the $200 billion zone, as crypto markets have rebounded from the market downturn last week. A number of native assets f...
BP to Exit 20% Stake in Russia’s Rosneft
Russia’s aggressions in Ukraine prompted reactions from companies such as BP and United Parcel Service as well as Norway’s sovereign wealth fund as the world continues to raise pressure on President V...
Elon Musk Hears Kyiv’s Call, Activates Starlink Service in Ukraine – Bitcoin News
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that the Starlink satellite internet service has been enabled for Ukraine. The move comes in response to a request from the government in Kyiv which is trying...
Bitcoin’s Hashpower Drops, BTC Mining Difficulty Expected to Jump Higher in 4 Days – Mining Bitcoin News
The processing power behind the Bitcoin network has dropped 30% since the hashrate’s all-time high (ATH) on February 15, sliding from 249 exahash per second (EH/s) to 169 EH/s. Furthermore, four days ...
Bitcoin Has to Flip This Level to turn Bullish! Will (BTC) Price Hit $45 This Week?  – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
The geopolitical turbulence in Ukraine and Russia has maintained a cautious mood amidst challenges that could result in current instability on Monday. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index hit a new low t...
Crypto Donations Pour in After Ukraine Government Asks for Bitcoin and Ether — $17 Million Raised so Far – Featured Bitcoin News
Ukraine has raised more than $17 million in cryptocurrency donations since Russia began its invasion. Over $10 million were donated directly to the crypto wallets posted by the Ukrainian government ab...
Altcoins To Bleed More! Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Price Might Plunge To This Level – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
The cryptocurrency market has seen changes as a result of the current Russia-Ukraine crisis, with Bitcoin, the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency, falling 3.1 percent to $38,508 in the la...
Warren Buffett Has News Likely to Please Shareholders
Berkshire Hathaway’s 2021 vintage is like a good bottle whose consumption will undoubtedly delight fans and admirers of Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of the company he runs with his right-han...
Russia May ‘Nationalize’ Foreign Assets in Response to Western Sanctions, Medvedev Says – Bitcoin News
Authorities in Russia may begin to seize funds of foreign nationals and companies that are in the country, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated. His warning comes as the West continu...
Private Banks Propose to Help Design Digital Currency in Mexico – Bitcoin News
Private banks in Mexico want to join efforts with the central bank of the country in the creation of a new digital currency. The president of the Mexican Bank Association (ABM) met with the governor o...
Freelance Workers in Argentina Among Most Active in LATAM Receiving Part of Paycheck in Crypto – News Bitcoin News
A recent report states that freelancing is experiencing a boom in Argentina, and also comments on how Argentinians are among workers in the region that most actively use cryptocurrencies to receive pa...
MContent Collaborates With PwC for a First of Its Kind Cineverse Experience – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. DUBAI, UAE: MContent has announced the arrival of the Cineverse to the world whereby they aspire to bring Cinema to people anywhere, anytime – MContent and their launch wa...
US Charges Indian Citizen in $3.4 Billion Crypto Ponzi Scheme Bitconnect – Regulation Bitcoin News
The founder of the $3.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme Bitconnect has been charged in the United States. “If convicted of all counts, he faces a maximum total penalty of 70 years in prison,” said the U.S...
Taking a Fresh Look at Raytheon Technologies
We reviewed the charts of Raytheon Technologies (RTX) on January 6, writing that “RTX may trade sideways for a few more days but I suspect we will eventually push higher. Traders could go long R...
US Senator Says He’s Bullish on Bitcoin Because It’s Decentralized, Uncontrollable – Featured Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz says one of the reasons he is so bullish on bitcoin is because it is decentralized and not controllable. He added that “China recently banned bitcoin because they can’t control i...
Analysts Warn of Regulatory Risks if Russia Is Able to Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russia could turn to cryptocurrency if it is banned from the SWIFT payments system. Analysts have warned that if Russia is able to use crypto to evade sanctions, “political support in the U.S. for cry...
Everything You Need to Know – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Leading personal financial services’ evaluator, the Ascent, named KuCoin crypto exchange the best cryptocurrency app of 2022. The Ascent is a flagship product of world-ren...
Executive Leaves Goldman Sachs for Coinbase — Says It’s Time to Embrace Crypto, Create Economic Freedom – Featured Bitcoin News
An executive at Goldman Sachs is joining Coinbase after 16 years at the global investment bank. “It’s time to embrace the crypto economy,” he said, adding that the change is a “once in a lifetime oppo...
Bitcoin, Tether, Ethereum Trade for Premiums in Ukraine, Hryvnia BTC Price $3K Higher Than Global Average – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
After Ukraine’s central bank imposed a limit on cash withdrawals, Kuna, a cryptocurrency exchange that provides trades in ruble and hryvnia saw a notable surge in volume. Moreover, to this day, crypto...
Cosmos, Harmony Prices Surge on Saturday – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Cosmos (ATOM) and harmony (ONE) were some of today’s big gainers, as the global crypto market cap was up 1.23% to start the weekend. Terra (LUNA) was also higher, extending its recent gains to a sixth...
Joe Wright On His Pitch Perfect Vision Of Classic Love Story, ‘Cyrano’
Director Joe Wright attends a special screening of ‘Cyrano’ in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Director Joe Wright’s movies are no strangers to acclaim and his latest, Cyrano, is no di...