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Mark Cuban’s Crypto Wallet Hacked, $870,000 Lost
[Sep 16, 2023 8:30 AM] Hackers have apparently compromised a wallet belonging to billionaire investor Mark Cuban, stealing a number of cryptocurrencies. The owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, who confirmed the breach, has been able to transfer the remaining digital…
Biggest Movers: TON Surges 14% on Saturday, SHIB Hits 1-Week High
[Sep 16, 2023 7:16 AM] Toncoin was undoubtedly one of the biggest moves in the top 100, as the token rose by as much as 14% on Saturday. The rise comes as markets continue to react to the news of a recent partnership with Telegram. Shiba inu was also higher, hitting a…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Retreats From Recent High, ETH Consolidated Gains
[Sep 16, 2023 6:05 AM] Bitcoin retreated from a recent multi-week high on Saturday, as sentiment shifted bearish to start the weekend. The drop comes following a four-day win streak, leading many to see today’s declines as profit-taking. Ethereum was marginally…
Another 2 Binance US Executives Leave Crypto Exchange, Report
[Sep 16, 2023 3:00 AM] Two more managers at Binance US are reportedly quitting amid another round of layoffs at the troubled cryptocurrency exchange. The departures come while Binance’s U.S. trading platform for digital assets is still under heightened regulatory…
Astar Partners With Polygon to Target Japan’s Web3 Boom With New Scaling Solution
[Sep 15, 2023 11:30 PM] At the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Astar Network revealed it is joining forces with Polygon Labs to launch Astar zkEVM, a new Ethereum layer two scaling solution utilizing zero-knowledge proof technology. The collaboration aims to drive…
Worldcoin’s Tools for Humanity Claims to Have Invested Nearly $4.8 Million in Kenya
[Sep 15, 2023 9:30 PM] Nearly $4.8 million has been used to fund cryptocurrency and blockchain education efforts in Kenya, the CEO of Tools for Humanity, Alex Blania, recently revealed. Blania also denied allegations that Worldcoin plans to sell users’ biometric data…
Deutsche Bank Teams Up With Swiss Crypto Firm to Offer Digital Asset Services
[Sep 15, 2023 7:30 PM] Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany by total assets, is collaborating with Swiss digital asset firm Taurus to provide clients with crypto custody and tokenization services. “As the digital asset space is expected to encompass trillions of…
Report: Binance’s Decision to Airdrop $3 Million to Morocco Earthquake Victims via BNB Token Criticized
Bankman-Fried’s House Arrest Writings Reveal Inner Turmoil, Blame Game in FTX Collapse
[Sep 15, 2023 4:00 PM] According to more than 250 documents sent to the media, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, said he feels like “one of the most hated people in the world.” The former CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange further noted in his…
Ethereum’s Liquid Staking Platforms See $1B Influx in 20 Days, Nearing 12M ETH Milestone
[Sep 15, 2023 2:30 PM] Over 20 days, 640,000 ETH valued at just over $1 billion was added to liquid staking derivatives platforms. Additionally, the amount of ether staked in such protocols is approaching 12 million, with 11.97 million total value locked (TVL) as of…
Crypto Exchange Coinex Pens an Open Plea for Dialogue With the Hacker
[Sep 15, 2023 12:57 PM] On September 12, 2023, Coinex was hacked, losing an estimated $54 million after hackers removed significant amounts of BTC, ETH, TRX, and other tokens. Three days later, Coinex released an open letter to the hackers, hoping to “build a…
Biggest Movers: XRP Surges to 2-Week High, SOL Maintains Recent Momentum
[Sep 15, 2023 9:37 AM] XRP extended a recent bull run on Friday, as the token moved to its highest point in the past two weeks. Today’s move came as the cryptocurrency marginally broke past a key resistance level. Solana was also in the green, as price rose for a…
Bitcoin’s Mempool Congestion: Unconfirmed Transactions Approach 700,000 in September
[Sep 15, 2023 8:00 AM] Over the last fortnight, the quantity of unconfirmed bitcoin (BTC) transactions has consistently exceeded the 500,000 mark, nearly touching 700,000 on September 6, 2023. Metrics indicate that Bitcoin’s mempool, a shortened term for…
New Reports Shows How Much Capital Was Pulled Out Of Crypto In August
[Sep 15, 2023 6:45 AM] The crypto industry is known for its sheer price movement volatility, driven mainly by events and liquidity crunches. Since the beginning of the year, there has been a noticeable and consistent outflow of cash from the cryptocurrency market, which…
Russia Considers Legalizing Defi DAOs to Draw Liquidity to Its Digital Assets Market
[Sep 15, 2023 5:30 AM] The Finance Ministry in Moscow is pushing to legalize decentralized financial organizations to attract capital to Russia’s regulated market for digital assets. The department hopes this would allow some of the liquidity in the decentralized finance…
Bitcoin Fog Case Challenges Blockchain Analysis; Chainalysis Software Faces Scrutiny in US Court
[Sep 15, 2023 4:00 AM] Since his arrest in April 2021, Roman Sterlingov, the alleged operator of the crypto mixing service Bitcoin Fog, has been defending his claimed innocence for more than two years. Recent court filings indicate Sterlingov’s legal team is…
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s Stoner Cats NFT Sales Surge by 2,433% After SEC Charges
[Sep 14, 2023 8:00 PM] Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) charges against Stoner Cats, the NFT project backed by Mila Kunis, the digital collectibles have witnessed a staggering surge in sales, soaring by a significant 2,433% within a…
Coinbase CEO Urges Defi Protocols to Challenge Regulatory Crackdowns in Court
[Sep 14, 2023 6:00 PM] The CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has encouraged decentralized finance (defi) protocols to fight regulators in court if they face regulatory crackdowns. He stressed that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) “should not be…
SMI Vantage Expands Crypto Reach With New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Sarawak
[Sep 14, 2023 4:00 PM] The Singapore-based investment management and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, SMI Vantage, plans to launch a bitcoin mining facility in the state of Sarawak in Borneo, Malaysia. The company has signed a rental agreement and anticipates…
Singapore’s Monetary Authority Issues 9-Year Ban on Three Arrows Capital Founders
[Sep 14, 2023 12:00 PM] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued nine-year prohibition orders against Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founders Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, banning them from regulated financial activities in the country. The orders come after a MAS…
Biggest Movers: TRX Rises to Strongest Point Since July, SOL Extends Gains
[Sep 14, 2023 9:30 AM] Tron was a big mover on Thursday, as recent reports suggest that the blockchain platform has been processing an average of 4.8 million daily transactions. The token has now surged higher for three consecutive sessions, and looks set to collide with…
Transparency Report Reveals Backing for Paypal’s PYUSD Stablecoin
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Hovers Near 2-Week High, Ahead of US Retail Sales Report
[Sep 14, 2023 6:30 AM] Bitcoin neared a two-week high on Thursday, as markets looked ahead to today’s retail sales report in the United States. Sales are expected to rise by 0.2% in August, a drop from a 0.7% increase the month before. Ethereum remained in the…
Onecoin Co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
[Sep 14, 2023 2:00 AM] One of the founders of the crypto pyramid Onecoin, British and Swedish national Karl Greenwood, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States. Greenwood was the architect of the scam’s multi-level marketing structure and served as…
Franklin Templeton Seeks to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETF in US
[Sep 14, 2023 12:00 AM] Asset manager Franklin Templeton has joined the race to issue America’s first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests directly in bitcoin. The company applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), following in the footsteps of…
SEC Charges Stoner Cats With Alleged Unregistered $8 Million Securities Sale In NFT Crackdown
Biggest Movers: TON Closes In on $2 After News of Telegram Partnership
[Sep 13, 2023 9:30 AM] Toncoin moved closer to the $2.00 level on Wednesday, as markets reacted to the protocol’s partnership with Telegram. The agreement will see the token made available to over 800 million Telegram Wallet users. Stellar, on the other hand, was…
Coinbase Founder Brian Armstrong Reveals Plans to Integrate Lightning Network
[Sep 13, 2023 8:00 AM] According to Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase is actively working on integrating the Lightning Network (LN), the second-layer scaling protocol. Armstrong emphasized that bitcoin “is the most important asset in…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Above $26,000 Ahead of US Inflation Report
[Sep 13, 2023 6:34 AM] Bitcoin moved above the $26,000 level on Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming inflation report in the United States. Consumer prices for August are expected to come in at 3.6%, up from 0.4% the month prior. Core inflation on the other hand is…