Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As on-chain data shows, Voyager Digital has begun cashing out US dollars that have been flushed into the bankrupt crypto lender’s coffers through the sale of Shiba Inu (SHIB), Ether (ETH) and the Voyager Token (VGX). Last month, $610 million wo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
FTX co-founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, is facing yet another criminal charge, this time for allegedly bribing Chinese government officials with $40 million worth of cryptocurrency.
According to federal prosecutors, this marks the 13th cha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Davos Protocol is a low-risk, yield-generating, stable asset-driven DeFi ecosystem that addresses the issues of transparency, capital inefficiencies and increasing centralization currently prevalent in the stablecoin space. Recently, we caught up wit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Galaxy Digital held its Fourth Quarter 2022 Shareholder Update Conference Call on March 28, during which CEO Mike Novogratz addressed a variety of pressing issues impacting the industry.
From the collapse of the once might crypto exchange FTX to the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Following recent actions by US authorities against the US crypto industry, Operation Choke Point 2.0 has become more apparent than ever. At the center of the campaign is the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which recently sent a Well Not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ticketmaster is partnering with Avenged Sevenfold to launch its Ethereum NFT token-gating feature, in a bid to put an end to scalping, bot activity, and long wait times. As part of this partnership, the heavy metal band tested the feature with its De...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
While the European government is still working on its regulatory approach towards cryptocurrency regulation, a part of the body, which is the lawmakers, have earlier today published a new rule targeting crypto users with unverified identities.
The la...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Despite CFTC suing Binance, Bitcoin on-chain data has so far shown no signs of FUD developing among traders on the cryptocurrency exchange.
Bitcoin On-Chain Metrics Related To Binance Are So Far All Normal
Yesterday, news came out that the US Commodi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) parent company Yuga Labs has released Legends of the Mara, a collection-based 2D strategy game with its companion collection. The game allows Otherdeed holders and players to claim a free Vessel and discover it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Some people believe Bitcoin is digital gold, while others think it’s rat poison. But exactly does artificial intelligence think of it?
We decided to ask ChatGPT precisely this important question. Keep reading to find out the top ten reasons Cha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
BlockFi, a bankrupt crypto lender, has agreed to provide refunds totaling over $100,000 to its California customers who continued to repay loans despite a trading suspension on November 10th of last year.
The Department of Financial Protection and In...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The UK government had unveiled its intention to introduce nonfungible tokens (NFTs) through the Royal Mint. This announcement was made last year in April.
This announcement was accepted with great enthusiasm by the Chancellor at the time, Rishi Sunak...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a Reuters report, new charges have been unveiled against Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. Bankman-Fried, who founded one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has been accused of bribing...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) has published a new whitepaper to which Ripple Director of CBDC Product Management Anthony Ralphs was a contributor. Ripple called attention to this development in a tweet and blog post today.
The latter explains th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Disney’s foray into the metaverse has come to an abrupt end as the entertainment giant has reportedly shuttered its entire metaverse division.
In a bid to streamline its business and curb costs, the company is slashing 7,000 jobs, including th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ethereum supply on exchanges has continued to go down recently and has now touched a value of 10.3%, effectively a new all-time low.
Just 10.3% Of The Total Ethereum Supply Is Now Being Kept On Exchanges
According to data from the on-chain analytics...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The planned $1 billion sale of Voyager Digital to Binance.US has hit a speed bump as a federal judge granted the United States government’s request for an emergency stay.
The move comes after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) fil...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In a new report, a cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain has stopped trading activities on its mainnet due to a potential network vulnerability. By taking this proactive step, the protocol may be among some cases that eluded hackers’ exploit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The lawsuit filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against Binance Holdings and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) may also have implications for the Ripple case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Blockbytes wrote that...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Shiba Inu ecosystem has been under extreme pressure in recent weeks as a wave of controversy dealt a blow to the confidence of investors in the ecosystem.
From speculation that the Shibarium testnet chain is the same as Rinia’s, to BitBoy accusi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Polygon Labs has recently made a major announcement that is set to impact the Ethereum network’s future positively. The protocol has launched Polygon zero-knowledge proof Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) on mainnet Beta, a permissionless and pu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
It’s no secret that the bear market has affected every section of the crypto industry. The onslaught has seen both top cryptocurrencies and NFTs decline drastically from their 2021 all-time highs, and are now trading for a small percentage of this va...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Today, the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. The regulator is accusing the executive and the company of allegedly violating trading rules in the co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Input Output Global (IOG) is a software research and development company that played an imperative role in developing the blockchain platform Cardano. In its recent announcement, the company appointed Eran Barak as the CEO of its latest data-protecti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Litecoin was deemed a commodity today in a CFTC lawsuit filing against Binance.
With the altcoin now potentially safe from further scrutiny from the SEC, a new digital silver narrative could take shape. Here’s why.
Litecoin Officially Labeled A...