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Former US OCC Head Joins Hashdex’s Board of Directors
Brian Brooks – former US Comptroller of the Currency – became the newest member of Hashdex’s Board of Directors. He will serve as a strategic adviser to the crypto asset manager and counsel its effort...
Final countdown to Shibarium Mainnet means SHIB can expect to…
Shibarium Mainnet has reached the third stage of its roadmap Shiba Inu’s active addresses, open interest, and network growth increased After months of anticipation, Shibarium, the upcoming Layer Two (...
American couple accused of laundering stolen Bitfinex funds arrange plea deal
A couple accused of money laundering in connection to a 2016 hack of the crypto exchange Bitfinex have reached a plea deal, Reuters said on July 21. Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has reportedly ...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother planned to buy island and prep for apocalypse: court filing
Gabriel Bankman-Fried, the brother of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, had a plan to survive a global catastrophe using funds from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange. According to a July 20 fili...
XRP price searches for a fresh bullish catalyst to trigger a move above $1
XRP’s price booked an incredible 100% gain on the same day as the landmark ruling in the XRP securities case, but buyers are now struggling to hold on to these gains. The price surge came after...
$78,000,000,000 Exits US Banking System in One Week As JPMorgan CEO Issues Alert on Deposit Flight
US banks are witnessing a big increase in deposit flight from their customers. According to newly updated stats compiled by the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) system, $78 billion exited American...
McDonald’s debuts McNuggets Land in The Sandbox
McDonald’s Hong Kong has picked The Sandbox to build its first Web3 experience, McNuggets Land, a virtual world dedicated to celebrating Chicken McNuggets’ 40th anniversary. The experience takes user...
DeFi Protocol Conic Finance Suffers $3.25M Exploit
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Conic Finance has lost over 1,726 Ethereum (ETH) worth around $3.25 million to hackers due to issues arising from an Oracle contract. DeFi protocols aim to distri...
Couple behind Bitfinex money laundering scheme reach plea deal with US prosecutors
The husband and wife alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack have reached a plea agreement with authorities in the United States. According t...
Sam Bankman-Fried Accused Of Paying Lawyers With Stolen Funds: Report
Key Points: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of paying his lawyers millions of dollars using stolen funds. This accusation comes from other legal troubles facing Bankman-Fried, including fr...
How do DeFi projects generate profit?
This week’s episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks welcomes Alvin Xu, the co-founder and CEO of Maverick Protocol, a platform that is taking a new approach to building decentralized finance (DeFi) in...
Cerebras Systems and G42 Join Forces in $100M AI Supercomputer Deal
Cerebras CEO will closely collaborate with G42 to further develop their computing service using revolutionary AI systems. Cerebras Systems, a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) company,...
‘Non-fungible plants’ are right up there with tokenized farts in jars
Non-fungible plants. They sound like something cooked up in a dorm room somewhere across one of the 23 legalized states. Instead, this hazy Web3 fever dream comes by way of two academics from the In...
What To Expect With Low Volatility, FOMC
Crypto News: The cryptocurrency market ecosystem is anticipating the July 26, 2023 Federal Reserve meeting outcome on interest rate. Traders are expecting that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)...
Binance France records €4 million loss in 2022, optimistic for profit in 2023
Binance France first audited financial records covering 14 months between when the company was created in November 2021 to December 2022 showed that the exchange recorded a loss of €4 million. Through...
Binance CEO warns of phishing scams as Uniswap founder gets hacked
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is the latest figure in the cryptocurrency industry to warn against the increasing number of phishing attacks. CZ took to Twitter on July 21 to warn his readers about p...
BlackRock Under Fire for Oil Exec Board Appointment
Asset manager BlackRock’s decision to add a former oil executive to its board has incurred widespread criticism in the global media. Much of it harping on the asset manager’s supposed emphasis on envi...
XRP Poised for Boom as Uphold CEO Predicts Major Institutional Interest
Alex Dovbnya Uphold, a staunch supporter of XRP throughout the legal imbroglio, is now looking to capitalize on the verdict by expanding its offerings and serving a growing market of digital asset ent...
Chinese police expose $54M money laundering scheme involving USDT
Chinese law enforcement agents have confirmed the arrest of 21 individuals suspected of operating a money laundering ring using the USDT stablecoin. Investigators say the scheme has been in operation ...
Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis for July 21
The market is again mostly red, according to the CoinMarketCap ranking. Top coins by CoinMarketCap LTC/USD The price of Litecoin (LTC) has declined by 0.13% since yesterday. Image by TradingView On th...
5 emerging digital finance trends to watch
The world of finance is rapidly evolving, driven by advancements in technology and changing consumer behaviors. As humanity moves further into the digital age, several emerging trends are reshaping th...
You Don’t Want to Miss This Pattern
Arman Shirinyan Ethereum painting bullish picture, and new price target could be as high as $2,000 Contents Shiba Inu is asleep PEPE’s bounce is possible Recently, Ethereum has entered the ascen...
Cardano Price Prediction: What to Expect in the Next 48 Hours
The price of ADA dropped 0.67% over the past 24 hours to trade at $0.313 at press time. Bullish patterns had formed on ADA’s 4-hour and daily charts. Should the chart patterns be validated, ADA’s pric...
Can Liquid staking tokens become the next big thing in DeFi?
LSTs beat ETH to become the largest collateral asset on Aave lending protocol. Lido’s domination remained unrivalled, but other players enhanced their game. Ethereum’s [ETH] Shapella upgrade, apart fr...
Coinbase to close down Coinbase Borrow by November
Coinbase has initiated the gradual shutdown of its lending service, Coinbase Borrow, giving customers with existing loans until Nov. 20, 2023, to repay outstanding debts. Lending is over Coinbase, th...
Cerebras Systems secures $100M AI supercomputer deal with UAE’s G42
Cerebras Systems has announced a deal worth around $100 million with G42, a technology group based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement entails providing the initial installment of an arti...
Google Cloud eyes more involvement in fast-evolving Web3 segment
Google Cloud is plotting more Web3-focused products to make its computing offerings the first choice for industry firms and developers. This follows the recent introduction of a startup program aimed ...
Greenpeace Riles up Bitcoiners Yet Again
Alex Dovbnya Climate advocacy group Greenpeace USA has once again found itself at odds with Bitcoin community, as it launched visually dramatic campaign highlighting environmental impact of Bitcoin in...
US SEC Gives First Hint On Seeking XRP Ruling Appeal
Crypto News: In what could soon turn out as a setback for the XRP community, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday dropped a hint on its plans to appeal the Summary Judgment in the...
US DoJ accuses FTX founder of leaking private diary of Caroline Ellison
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a complaint against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), accusing him of leaking the private papers of Caroline Ellison, who was once his business a...
French central bank believes distributed ledger technology will enhance financial stability
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