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Australian Crypto Love: Value of Digital Assets Held in Super Funds Surges Past $650 Million
[Mar 8, 2024 6:30 AM] In just three years, Australian self-managed super funds saw the value of their respective crypto asset holdings rise from just over $159 million to over $650 million. According to an executive with a local crypto exchange, many Australians are…
AI Crypto Tokens Like Render, WorldCoin Are ‘Overvalued’: Coinbase Research
Sony Files ‘Super-Fungible Token’ NFT Patent
Optimism Foundation Executes $89 Million OP Private Token Transaction
[Mar 8, 2024 3:52 AM] The Optimism Foundation recently sold approximately 19.5 million OP tokens, valued at nearly $90 million, to an unnamed buyer, with these tokens being sourced from the unallocated segment of their OP Token treasury initially set aside as working…
Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Operations in Spain
[Mar 8, 2024 12:30 AM] Worldcoin, the biometric identity project, has been banned from operating in Spain for up to three months, according to a press release from the Spanish data agency, the AEPD. The agency will also require Worldcoin to stop using the already…
Kremlin Reveals Plans to Create a “Politics-Free” BRICS Blockchain-Based Payments System
[Mar 7, 2024 11:00 PM] Yury Ushakov, an aide of Russian president Vladimir Putin, revealed plans to create a digital blockchain payment system for the BRICS bloc. Ushakov remarked that the countries of the group would benefit from implementing such a system for the use…
Avalanche Unleashes Durango Upgrade, AVAX Price Rockets 8% With ‘Teleporter’ Debut
[Mar 7, 2024 11:00 PM] Blockchain platform Avalanche (AVAX) has announced the launch of the Durango upgrade and introduced Teleporter, a tool designed to improve communication within the protocol’s ecosystem. Simplified Cross-Chain Messaging? Teleporter, built on…
Mark Cuban: Bitcoin Demand to Outpace Supply, BTC Is a Great Store of Value
[Mar 7, 2024 9:20 PM] Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, a minority owner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Dallas Mavericks, expects the price of bitcoin to go up due to the supply-demand dynamic. “I do feel that the demand is going to exceed the…
Jerome Powell Clarifies: US Far From Introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency
[Mar 7, 2024 8:34 PM] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs that the United States is far from adopting or even recommending the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), emphasizing a…
SEC Chair Gensler Cautions About Crypto Investing — Warns ‘Thousands’ of Crypto Tokens May Be Securities
On-Chain Analysis Reveals Tesla Has 11,509 Bitcoins and Spacex Owns 8,285 BTC, Says Arkham
Transak Achieves Industry-First SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance in Crypto Sector
[Mar 7, 2024 5:00 PM] In a landmark achievement for the cryptocurrency sector, Transak has become the first global on/off-ramp service to secure SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. The firm explained to Bitcoin.com News that the accomplishment underscores the company’s…
Spain Blocks Worldcoin Project Over Data Privacy Concerns, WLD Token Slides 7%
[Mar 7, 2024 3:00 PM] The cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, spearheaded by Sam Altman, has faced another setback as Spain takes steps to block the venture. The Spanish data protection regulator, AEPD, has ordered Worldcoin to immediately halt the collection of personal…
Mogo Takes a Further Leap Into BTC, Eyes Long-Term Gains With $5M Bitcoin Reserve Investment
[Mar 7, 2024 2:00 PM] In a statement released on March 7, the Canadian fintech entity Mogo disclosed its strategy to diversify its portfolio by investing in bitcoin and bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), earmarking an initial outlay of as much as $5 million. Canadian…
High Court Shifts Extradition Route for Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon to South Korea
[Mar 7, 2024 12:30 PM] In a recent legal twist, the High Court in Podgorica has ruled in favor of extraditing Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea. This decision comes after the Montenegro Appeals Court overturned a previous ruling that favored his…
Bitcoin’s Warm-up Phase: Analyst Predicts a Market Evolution That Could ‘Shock’ Traditional Finance
[Mar 7, 2024 11:00 AM] As bitcoin remains close to its peak price levels, a wave of positive sentiment and enthusiastic vigor is enveloping the crypto sphere. This week, onchain analyst Willy Woo, the same market strategist who asserted in November 2023 that bitcoin will…
South Korea’s Bitcoin Premium Hits 2-Year High, Surpassing Global Rates by $4K
[Mar 7, 2024 9:30 AM] The latest data reveals that the premium on bitcoin in South Korea has escalated to its highest level in more than two years. At 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Thursday, the weighted global average price for bitcoin hovers between $66,800 and…
Crypto Analyst Identifies 8 Altcoins To Turn $1,000 Into $1 Million
[Mar 7, 2024 9:00 AM] Popular crypto analyst on X, cyclop (@nobrainflip) with 346,000 followers made a compelling argument for investors looking to maximize their returns through strategic altcoin investing. With Bitcoin (BTC) making a new all-time high, the focus has…
Bitcoin’s Hash Price Soars as Average Network Fees Spike by 288%
[Mar 7, 2024 7:30 AM] According to the latest data, bitcoin has been trading above the $67,000 mark, with average network transaction fees experiencing a 288% increase from $3 to $11.64 since Feb. 25, 2024. Meanwhile, BTC has consistently stayed over the $60,000 level…
Entry of Tradfi Institutions Can Help Reshape User Perceptions Towards Crypto — Sami Start
[Mar 7, 2024 5:30 AM] The recent adoption of cryptocurrency by traditional financial (tradfi) institutions is likely to reshape user perceptions of this asset class and may even foster broader acceptance of blockchain technology, Sami Start, co-founder and CEO of the…
Election Fever Hits Cryptocurrency: TRUMP and BODEN Tokens Surge
[Mar 7, 2024 3:09 AM] As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, memecoins named after Donald Trump (TRUMP) and Joe Biden (BODEN) are experiencing significant fluctuations, reflecting their popularity and potential as prediction markets. The Trump-inspired TRUMP…
US Judge Backs SEC: Trading of Certain Cryptocurrencies on Secondary Markets Are Securities Transactions
[Mar 6, 2024 11:30 PM] A U.S. district judge has sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a ruling that declares the trading of certain crypto assets on secondary markets to be securities transactions. This decision emerged from an insider trading case…
SEC Charges Shapeshift With Regulatory Violations, Sparking Debate on Crypto Regulation
[Mar 6, 2024 9:30 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has leveled charges against Shapeshift AG, accusing the company of operating without proper registration. This case has ignited a broader conversation on the regulatory framework for crypto assets…
The March Revival — Unprecedented Movement of Early Bitcoin Hoards Move for the First Time in Years
[Mar 6, 2024 7:30 PM] As bitcoin’s value teeters on the brink of setting new price records, a significant batch of vintage bitcoins dating back from 2010 to 2017 has been transferred for the first time since their initial creation. Present data reveals that in…
Vitalik Buterin’s ENS Address Trades $100K Worth of ETH for Stablecoins Amid Market Uptick
Solana’s BODEN Token, Nodding to Joe Biden, Sees Major Uptick After TRUMP Coin Rally
[Mar 6, 2024 2:30 PM] The digital asset known as maga (TRUMP) has experienced significant appreciation, while a newer cryptocurrency, jeo (BODEN), has seen its value skyrocket by 1,597%, as per data from coinmarketcap.com. In the last 24 hours alone, BODEN has witnessed…
Bitcoin ETF Frenzy: BlackRock Smashes Expectations With $788 Million Inflows In One Day
[Mar 6, 2024 1:00 PM] BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, achieved a remarkable milestone on March 5. Attracting a staggering $788 million, it exceeded its previous record of $612 million in inflows in a single day. This surge in investment coincided with Bitcoin…
Report: DCG, Barry Silbert Seek Dismissal of NYAG Lawsuit, Citing ‘Baseless Innuendo’ and Integrity in Operations
[Mar 6, 2024 12:30 PM] Digital Currency Group (DCG) has submitted a request to the court to drop the legal action taken against it by New York Attorney General Letitia James. DCG argues that it’s “wrongfully” depicted and maintains that the lawsuit is nothing but a…