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Ron Paul Champions Liberty and ‘Competing Currencies’ at Bitcoin 2024
Ron Paul, former U.S. congressman and well-known advocate for liberty, shared his thoughts on bitcoin and monetary policy during an...
Sleeping Bitcoin Wallet From 2017 Moves 121.63 BTC Worth $8.25M After 7 Years
On July 28, 2024, bitcoin was trading at $67,872 per coin when a dormant bitcoin address created in 2017 transferred 121.63 BTC,...
190 to 450 Terahash: Microbt Unveils Powerful M6XS+ Miners at Bitcoin 2024
At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, the Chinese bitcoin application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufacturer...
Wazirx Clarifies Recovery Options, Asset Valuation, and USDT Conversion After Cyberattack
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx has answered important questions from its users about the recent cyberattack. The platform...
Senator Lummis Proposes Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill to Bolster US Economy
At the Bitcoin 2024 conference, Republican U.S. Senator for Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis, introduced the “Bitcoin Strategic...
Cantor Fitzgerald to launch $2 billion Bitcoin financing business
Cantor Fitzgerald is looking to launch a Bitcoin financing business with an initial capital of $2 billion. The financing services...
Bitcoin Short-Term Holders See Relief as Prices Rebound, Glassnode Reports
Bitcoin prices have rebounded strongly, providing relief to short-term holders and leading to increased activity in perpetual...
Casper halts network after security breach
Casper Network said it halted the network after discovering a significant security breach The team has identified the threat and...
Mythical Games VP: Blockchain Gaming Boom Built on Stronger Base
Mythical Games’ VP of Blockchain Tech, Cameron Thacker, said he believes the current interest in blockchain gaming is more...
Bitcoin could rally towards $68k as Poodlana’s presale hits $3m
Key takeaways BTC has recovered from its recent poor performance and is now targeting the $68k level. The Poodlana presale has...
Former NBA Star Scottie Pippen to Tokenize Legendary Chicago Bulls Ball
Scottie Pippen, a former Chicago Bulls’ small forward, 6-time NBA champion, and 2-time Olympic Gold medalist, has announced...
Lufina Launches ClickCity: Redefining Tap-to-Earn with Innovative Blockchain Integration
Lufina, renowned for revolutionizing real estate investment through tokenization, proudly announces the launch of ClickCity, an...
El Paso Man Fined $31M for Forex and Crypto Fraud
A federal court has ordered Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments LLC, to pay over $31 million for...
ZK Rollups: A Foundational Technology, Not Just a Fleeting Trend, According to Quicknode VP
According to Josh Neuroth, the Vice President of Product at Quicknode, Layer-2 (L2) scaling solutions known as zero-knowledge (ZK)...
Worldcoin Gets Hit With $200,000 Fine in Buenos Aires
Worldcoin, the biometric, iris-based ID and universal basic income (UBI) project, has been sanctioned with fines for over $200,000...
FINMA Warns Stablecoins Threaten Swiss Financial Reputation
The Swiss regulator, the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), recently published guidance on the issuance of...
Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman: BRICS SWIFT Counterpart Needed for Creating a New Economic Reality
Alexander Babakov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma, highlighted the need to create a BRICS equivalent to the SWIFT...
Treasury Secretary Yellen Refutes Economist Nouriel Roubini’s Allegations of Financial Manipulation
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has denied claims by economist Nouriel Roubini and former Trump administration official...
US Senator Hails Bitcoin’s Potential to Democratize Finance and Improve Financial Inclusion
Senator Tim Scott highlighted bitcoin’s potential to democratize finance and improve financial inclusion at the Bitcoin 2024...
Bull Market Euphoria: The Unexpected But Desperately Needed Ethereum ETF
The last 12 months have been a game-changer for digital assets. In January, more than a decade after Gemini co-founders Cameron and...
Trump at Bitcoin 2024: Vows to Make US the Bitcoin Superpower, Plans to Fire SEC Chair Gensler
On Saturday, July 27, 2024, the 45th president of the United States spoke to a massive crowd at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in...
Zambia De-Dollarization: Central Bank Seeks to Enforce Kwacha as Sole Legal Tender for Domestic Transactions
The Bank of Zambia has defended its de-dollarization plans but also seeks input from stakeholders who oppose the proposal. The...
Edward Snowden Highlights Political Pitfalls and Privacy Issues in BTC at Bitcoin 2024 Event
The renowned whistleblower Edward Snowden, former CIA and NSA contractor, delivered a powerful speech emphasizing the pitfalls of...
RFK Jr. Pledges to Ensure US Government Holds 4 Million Bitcoins as Strategic Reserve if Elected President
U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has promised significant bitcoin-related changes if elected. On day one...
Bitcoin Policy Group Urges UK to Retain Bitcoin Holdings
The Bitcoin Policy Group has issued a warning to the United Kingdom, advising against the sale of its 61,000 bitcoins. The group...
Bitcoin Peaks at $69,404 as Short Liquidations Surpass $27M
The price of bitcoin (BTC) increased by 1.9% over the past day, peaking at an intraday high of $69,404 around 9 a.m. EDT on...
US Ether ETFs See Negative Flows as Grayscale Offloads $356.26M
U.S. spot ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced negative inflows once again, driven by Grayscale’s Ethereum...
SOL shorts suffer as price surges; Solana’s Poodlana hits $3 million milestone
SOL price rose to above $187 to see over $4 million short positions liquidated. Poodlana, the FashionFi meme coin, accelerated its...
Weekly NFT Sales Rise to $108.59 Million, Up 7.59%
Over the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) sales experienced a 7.59% rise, with $108.59 million in transactions finalized during...
Senator Warren Calls for Tougher Regulations to Combat National Security Risks From Foreign Crypto Mines
Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for stricter regulations to address the risks of foreign-owned cryptocurrency mining facilities...
FBI Seizes Cryptocurrency Linked to North Korean Ransomware
A grand jury in Kansas City indicted North Korean national Rim Jong Hyok for his role in a conspiracy involving ransomware attacks...
Polymarket Bettors Predict 84% Chance of Trump-Harris Debate Before Election
According to the blockchain-based prediction market Polymarket, there is an 84% likelihood that former President Donald Trump and...
Michael Saylor: US Government Should Own Majority of Bitcoin in the World
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Microstrategy, believes the U.S. government should hold the majority of the world’s...
Philippines Plans to Introduce Wholesale CBDC by 2029
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) plans to introduce its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) by 2029. The Philippine...
Study: AI Success in Africa Depends on Availability of Local Language Data and AI Talent
According to the latest Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) study report, the success of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
Fintech Company Tecban Pilots Tokenization Platform for Brazil’s Drex CBDC
Tecban, a fintech that provides interconnection technology for banks, has launched a tokenization and associated services platform...
Russia Advances Cryptocurrency Mining Bill
Russia’s State Duma has advanced a bill to regulate cryptocurrency mining, aiming to curb illegal activities and promote...
BRICS Poised to Dominate World Bank and IMF, Says Russian Executive Director
The World Bank Executive Director for Russia forecasts that BRICS nations will soon dominate the World Bank and the International...
BRICS Considers Iran’s Proposal to Link Payment Systems of All Member Countries, Says Russian Official
The BRICS economic bloc is considering Iran’s proposal to link all member nations’ payment systems, according to...
Bitcoin Investors Won’t Sell BTC Even if Price Drops to $3K, Peter Schiff’s Poll Shows
Gold advocate Peter Schiff has conducted two polls regarding bitcoin’s value and investors’ actions if the...
Dogizen Launch Imminent, Challenging Hamster Kombat and Catizen
Hong Kong, HK, July 26th, 2024, Chainwire 2024 started with explosive growth in games like Hamster Kombat, breaking Guiness world...
Zimbabwe Injects $50M in Forex Market to Stabilize Currency
Zimbabwe’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has injected over US$50 million into the interbank foreign...
Michigan pension fund discloses $6.6 million in Bitcoin ETFs
The State of Michigan Retirement System holds $6.6 million in 21Shares’ ARKB ETF. Michigan pension fund’s disclosure adds to...
Salvadoran Basic Goods Basket Rose to Historic Highs in June
The price of the Salvadoran basic goods basket, a group of foods and vegetables considered essential, rose to all-time high levels...
Kwenta and Perennial Kickstart Arbitrum Expansion with 1.9M ARB
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 26th, 2024, Chainwire Kwenta, the leading onchain perpetuals exchange on the Optimism network,...
Bitcoin to Reach $87K in 2024 and $383K by 2030, Finder Survey Predicts
Bitcoin (BTC) is poised for substantial price increases in the coming years, according to a recent survey by Finder. The survey,...
US Ethereum ETFs See Continued Outflows Led by Grayscale’s ETHE
On Thursday, U.S. spot ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced another day of net outflows following Grayscale’s...
US Bitcoin ETFs Report $31.16M Inflows on Thursday
Based on Thursday’s data, the 11 U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced another day of net inflows...
Bitcoin Peaks at $67,991 Ahead of Trump’s Bitcoin Conference Appearance
Before former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, the price of bitcoin (BTC)...
Is This the Official Olympics Token? The Meme Games Token Pumps Past $250K in Presale
Just when you thought the crypto market had seen it all, along comes a project that’s part meme, part Olympics tribute. The Meme...
Coinbase and Glassnode Report Highlights a Stabilizing Crypto Market
A recent joint report by Coinbase Institutional and the onchain analytics firm Glassnode reveals a maturing and stabilizing...
bitFlyer completes acquisition of FTX Japan
bitFlyer has acquired 100% of FTX Japan shares and will rebrand the platform by August 26, 2024. The Tokyo-based crypto exchange...
Lightning Labs Rolls out Taproot Assets Seeking to Bring Stablecoins to Lightning Network
Lightning Labs, an institution dedicated to research and development related to the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s second...
Bitcoin ATM installations are approaching 2022’s record high, driven by recent surge in BTC price
Coin ATM Radar data shows that the global crypto ATMs market is on the cusp of surpassing the peak of 2022. The USA leads with over...
Russia-Linked Banknotes Blamed for Libyan Dinar Plunge
The Libyan dinar’s recent devaluation has been blamed on a flood of illicit banknotes exchanged for U.S. dollars. A report...
Swapuz Starts Using Its Own Liquidity for Swaps Processing
PRESS RELEASE. Swapuz, a leading platform for cryptocurrency swaps, proudly announces the integration of its proprietary liquidity...
Social Infrastructure OpenSocial Protocol receives $6 million strategic backing led by Framework Ventures and North Island Ventures to fuel community apps
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 25th, 2024, Chainwire The ‘Web3 Shopify of Social’ hits 30,000 onchain users in 2 weeks as the first app...
Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Cryptocurrency Computer Fraud
Steven Drawdy, 40, of Grovetown, Georgia, has been sentenced to 32 months in U.S. prison for wire fraud after defrauding over 40...
Washington Regulator Warns of Miami Equity Fund 005 Crypto Fraud
The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Securities Division, has warned about crypto investment fraud...
Hive Announces Plans to Move Into Paraguay Amidst Bitcoin Mining Power Hike Turmoil
Hive Digital, a public green bitcoin mining company, announced plans to build a 100MW site in Paraguay, having connected with...
Crypto price predictions: Raydium (RAY), LayerZero (ZRO), Poodlana (POODL)
Raydium’s (RAY) price targets $4.27 after a 50% surge, supported by MoonPay. LayerZero (ZRO) forecasted to hit $4.524084 by August...
Digital Shekel Challenge: Bank of Israel Engages 14 Teams for Digital Currency Innovation
The Bank of Israel has initiated the “Digital Shekel Challenge” to explore the potential of a central bank digital...
Pepe, WIF, Bonk minted millionaires: will Poodlana be next?
Meme coins have accumulated over $50 billion in assets. The most popular tokens are the likes of Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and...
UK Regulator Fines Coinbase’s CB Payments $4.5 Million for Serving High-Risk Customers
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Coinbase’s payments arm, CB Payments Limited, £3,503,546 for breaching...
Jersey City mayor to invest pension fund in Bitcoin ETFs
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop plans to invest pension funds in Bitcoin ETFs. Fulop likens the investment to Wisconsin Pension...
US Bitcoin ETFs Draw $44.51M in Inflows; GBTC Sees Another Round of Outflows
While U.S. spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced outflows on Wednesday, bitcoin ETFs saw inflows totaling $44.51...
Donald Trump raises $3 million in crypto in Q2 for his reelection campaign
Trump campaign raised $3M in crypto in Q2 2024, led by Winklevoss and Powell donations. Trump 47 Committee reported over $118M...
Whale With Ethereum Foundation Link Transfers 92,500 ETH Worth $288M
According to onchain data, a significant whale holding over 92,500 ether moved the funds to an unidentified wallet. Arkham...
ETH falls amid $133 million spot Ethereum ETFs outflows
Ethereum (ETH) slumped more than 8% after the US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds saw over $133 million in outflows in the...
Crypto Industry ‘Will Show No Mercy’ in November Says Winklevoss After Harris Snubs Bitcoin Event
Following the announcement that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris won’t attend the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville,...
BitcoinOS Team Claims to Have Verified the First ZK Proof on Bitcoin Mainnet
BitcoinOS, developers of rollups for Bitcoin, claim to have verified the first zero-knowledge proof on the Bitcoin mainnet. This...
Wazirx Details Plan to Resume Withdrawals and Trading — Insists Signers’ Machines Show ‘No Evidence of Compromise’
Indian crypto exchange Wazirx has provided an update on its progress to enable users to withdraw funds and resume trading on its...
UK’s Coinbase subsidiary fined $4.5 Million for high-risk customer breaches
CB Payments Limited (CBPL) a subsidiary the Coinbase Group fined $4.5 million by FCA for onboarding high-risk customers. Breaches...
MARA Adopts ‘Full HODL Strategy,’ Surpasses 20,000 BTC Holdings
Marathon Digital Holdings, now known as MARA, has announced a strategic shift to hold all its bitcoin, pushing its current holdings...
Revolut secures UK banking license
Crypto-friendly fintech platform Revolut has secured a banking license in the UK. The digital bank has 9 million UK customers and...
Egyptian Fintech Unicorn Secures $157.5 Million In Latest Funding Round
The Egyptian fintech giant MNT Halan has raised $157.5 million to fund its regional expansion. Mounir Nakhla stated that MNT...
HSBC Australia blocks payments to crypto exchanges
HSBC Australia will block all customer payments to crypto exchanges as from July 24, 2024. The bank told customers in an email that...
Web3 Infrastructure Platform Caldera Raises $15M in Early-Stage Funding
Web3 infrastructure platform Caldera has successfully raised $15 million in an early-stage funding round, signaling strong investor...
New Cryptocurrency MoonTaurus Raised $100k Within Just Two Hours of the Presale’s Launch
London, England, July 24th, 2024, Chainwire MoonTaurus, the latest entrant in the cryptocurrency market, has made an impressive...
Bitcoin.com to Airdrop VERSE Tokens
Active users of the Bitcoin.com Wallet app to be rewarded with Bitcoin.com’s ecosystem token VERSE. Bitcoin.com, a pioneer...
Swiss Crypto Bank Sygnum Achieves Profitability Amid Rapid Growth
Swiss-based crypto bank Sygnum has achieved profitability in the first half of 2024, marking a significant milestone in the digital...
Giesecke+Devrient: Ghana CBDC Nullifies the Need for Multiple Intermediaries in Cross-Border Payments
The recently completed proof of concept by the Bank of Ghana and the Monetary Authority of Singapore demonstrated that the latter’s...
Bybit launches spot liquidity pairing to connect liquid providers with projects
Bybit launches Spot Liquidity Pairing Program to enhance liquidity for projects. The program boosts visibility and partnerships,...
Hong Kong Launches Its First Inverse Bitcoin ETF Product
CSOP Asset Management, a regulated asset management company, has become the first to launch an inverse Bitcoin ETF in Hong...
Spot Ethereum ETFs record $1b trading volume on day one as Poodlana’s presale approaches $2.5m
Key takeaways Spot Ethereum ETFs began trading on Tuesday and recorded a trading volume of $1 billion on the first day. The...
Telegram CEO Predicts Blockchain Mass Adoption This Year — Announces Mini App Store, Web3 Browser
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, forecasts 2024 as the year of blockchain mass adoption. He announced new features such as a mini app...
Ferrari extends crypto payment system to Europe after US launch
Ferrari has announced it will begin to accept crypto payments for its luxury sports cars in Europe. The expansion starts from the...
Robert Kiyosaki vs Peter Schiff: Conflicting Predictions on Gold, Bitcoin, and US Dollar
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki and gold advocate Peter Schiff have provided conflicting forecasts about the future of...
Xapo Bank confirmed as title sponsor for Bitcoin 2024
BTC Inc, organizer of The Bitcoin Conference, has revealed that Xapo Bank has signed on as title sponsor for Bitcoin 2024. Xapo...
Kraken Completes Mt Gox Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Distribution to Creditors
Crypto exchange Kraken has completed the distribution of bitcoin and bitcoin cash from the Mt. Gox estate to creditors, marking the...