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Where in the World Is Ex-Alameda CEO Sam Trabucco? – Bitcoin News
Following FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest and the statements from his co-workers Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, the spotlight has turned on the remaining executives who were part of the tea...
Privacy Coins Take a Beating This Year Losing Over $6 Billion, Anonymity Takes a Back Seat to Defi, NFTs – Altcoins Bitcoin News
The last 12 months have been tough on digital currency investors as the crypto winter has caused a large sum of value to leave the once-bustling economy. The privacy coin economy, for instance, shed m...
SOL Hits 1-Month Low on Saturday, as UNI Extends Recent Declines – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Solana fell to a one-month low to start the weekend, as cryptocurrency markets moved lower ahead of Christmas Day. Today’s drop saw the token fall for a fourth straight session, as market sentiment sh...
Vale: Mining a Stock With Long-Term Promise
Vale S.A. (VALE) is a Brazil-based miner of nickel and other key metals and minerals (iron ore and pellets, nickel, manganese ore, copper, ferroalloys, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper and cobal...
Bankman-Fried posts bail and other major crypto news of the past week
The FTX saga continued to unfold this past week with disgraced former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried now out on bail. Some of Bankman-Fried’s associates have pleaded guilty to fraud charges and are said to be ...
BTC Nears $17,000 Ahead of Christmas Day – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin rose closer to the $17,000 level on Saturday, despite crypto markets mostly consolidating to start the week. The global cryptocurrency market cap is down 0.32% as of writing. Ethereum was also...
Locker Token and Euro Ice Hockey Champs Rögle BK To Host In-Person NFT Event – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Locker Token & Ice Hockey extraordinaires Rögle BK have officially announced an In-Real-Life (IRL) NFT, event set to take place at the Catena Arena – the home of the E...
ECB to Decide Whether to Issue Digital Euro in 2023 – Finance Bitcoin News
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new report on the progress of its investigation into the possible launch of a digital euro. The research will continue next year with the regulator plan...
Russian Parliament Postpones Adoption of Crypto Mining Bill – Mining Bitcoin News
Russian lawmakers will consider a draft law on cryptocurrency mining in 2023 despite earlier indications they were going to vote on the proposal in December. The bill is expected to set the rules for ...
Bank of England’s Cunliffe Pushes for Crypto Regulation — Sees ‘Real’ Benefits for UK – Regulation Bitcoin News
Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir Jon Cunliffe has revealed that the British central bank is planning to step up its efforts to regulate cryptocurrency trading with new laws. “We should think about ...
This 73-Year-Old Investment Strategy Is Still Working Today
As we put 2022 out of its misery, I am reflecting back on what worked and what did not this year. There was plenty that did not. One area that was modestly successful was a screen I’ve used for ...
Recent Fed Rate Hikes Might Go Down in History as Most Damaging Ever – Economics Bitcoin News
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk says the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hikes “might go down in history as most damaging ever.” The billionaire has urged the Fed to cut interest rates immediately...
SEC Will Use All Available Tools to Crack Down on Crypto Firms That Aren’t in Compliance With Its Rules, Says Chair Gensler – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has revealed that the regulator will use all available tools to bring crypto platforms into compliance with its rules. ...
Caroline Ellison’s Testimony Claims FTX Boss SBF Directed Her to Co-Mingle Customer Funds Since 2019 – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 23, 2022, Matthew Russell Lee from the Inner City Press published the recently unsealed guilty plea transcript of Caroline Ellison, Alameda Research’s former CEO. In her statements, Ellison de...
Caroline Ellison Apologizes for Misconduct in FTX Collapse
Caroline Ellison, a close associate of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, apologized in court this week as she pleaded guilty to fraud and other offenses, telling a judge that she and others conspired to ...
3 High Dividend Stocks With High Expected Returns for 2023
As we look forward to 2023 — after a year of steep losses in many stocks in 2022 — we believe that there is significant opportunity in many dividend stocks. Shares of companies that have b...
SEC Heightens Probe Into Auditors Servicing Crypto Exchanges – Bitcoin News
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Paul Munter, the agency’s acting chief accountant, the U.S. regulator is monitoring proof-of-reserves (POR) more closely. “We’re warning inve...
FTX Attempts to Freeze Robinhood Shares as Creditors Swarm to Scoop $450M in HOOD Stock – Bitcoin News
Court filings show that debtors from FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda Research want 56 million shares of Robinhood stock frozen after multiple creditors are seeking access to the funds, and also Sam Bankm...
Football Edition Celebrates the World Cup With Record-Breaking Participation – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles (December 23 2022) – Leading crypto exchange, Bitget, announces the conclusion of its biannual trading tournament, King’s Cup Global Invitation (“KCGI...
Inflation Is Slowing Down, PCE Data, the Fed’s Preferred Measure, Shows
Inflation is slowing, but consumers aren’t spending as much as hoped this holiday season, data showed Friday. The core personal-consumption expenditures price index, or PCE deflator, was up 0.2% in No...
Biggest Movers: ADA, XRP Rebound From Recent Losses on Friday – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Cardano climbed for a second consecutive session on Dec. 23, as the token surged to its highest point since Monday. Overall, crypto prices were marginally higher as of writing, with the global market ...
Bitcoin Miners Discovered 53,240 Blocks This Year, Foundry Led the Pack, Hashrate Tapped an All-Time High – Mining Bitcoin News
As the new year approaches, more than a dozen bitcoin mining pools still dedicate a total of 238 exahash per second (EH/s) toward the Bitcoin blockchain in order to secure the network and reap mining ...
Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Is Up 5% On This News
After a tough week for Dogecoin (DOGE) investors, there was at least a small Christmas present from the European crypto exchange Bitstamp yesterday. The fifth-largest exchange by spot trading volume, ...
ETH Nears $1,230 Resistance, Following Strong US GDP Data – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Ethereum edged closer to a key resistance level of $1,230 on Dec. 23, as markets continued to react to better than expected U.S. GDP data. Gross domestic product in the United States was revised highe...
Kraken’s pro app is open to everyone: here’s the news
Kraken has just opened its pro app to the public, available for download now. Kraken is one of the most prominent exchanges in the cryptocurrency industry, and one of the longest-running and most reli...
Nigerian Central Bank Increases Cash Withdrawal Limits After Receiving ‘Feedback From Stakeholders’ – Africa Bitcoin News
Barely a month after announcing the restricting of cash withdrawals to under $50 per week, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Dec. 21 that individuals will be able to withdraw an equivalent of $1,120...
Sheikh Hamad Salem Becomes a MaskEX Shareholder as Both Parties Collaborate to Develop a Smart City in the UAE – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Sheikh Hamad Rakadh Salem Hamad Alameri, a well-known Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) member of the Royal Family in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has officially become a Ma...
President of Brazil Sanctions Cryptocurrency Law – Regulation Bitcoin News
President Jair Bolsonaro has approved law 14.478, which regulates cryptocurrency-related operations and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in Brazil. The document, approved on the last day of the...
HK legislator’s company will attract 1,000 Web3 startups in three years.
The aim of a start-up accelerator that was co-founded by Jonny Ng Kit Chong, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, is to entice one thousand Web3 enterprises to locate their operations in the...