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US Sentences 12 in $3.5 Million Cryptocurrency Heist Involving Violent Home Invasions
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sentenced 12 individuals for a series of violent home invasions aimed at stealing over...
Bitcoin Investor Faces Prison Time for Underreporting Crypto Gains
A bitcoin investor has pleaded guilty to underreporting his cryptocurrency gains, including $3.7 million from BTC sales, resulting...
Swift Unveils Plan to Integrate Digital Assets and Currencies Into Global Payment Network
Swift has unveiled a plan to enable the movement of digital assets and currencies on its global payment network. The initiative...
Robert Kiyosaki Advises Investing in Bitcoin as US Dollar Becomes Trash
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has criticized the debate over whether bitcoin or gold is better. He stressed that...
Lawmakers Call on Top 10 Bitcoin ATM Firms to Address Crypto Fraud Concerns
Seven Senate Democrats have called on the 10 largest bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S. to address growing crypto fraud that targets...
Kenya Acting to Curb AI Disinformation, President Ruto Says
Kenyan President William Ruto announced measures to prevent artificial intelligence (AI) from spreading disinformation, alongside...
Tokenizing Supercars to Commodities
In the interview, Rey Fernando Verboonen, co-founder and CEO of Curioinvest, recounted his journey from speculator to builder in...
China Moves to Address Crypto Money Laundering Activities With New Law Draft Revision
China is moving to update its legislation to tackle new money and cryptocurrency money laundering crimes. The Chinese Congress is...
Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison Requests Leniency, Asks for No Prison Sentence
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, is seeking leniency in her sentencing for her role in the FTX fraud. Her...
Meta to Resume Training AI With Data From UK Facebook, Instagram Users
Meta announced it will resume training its artificial intelligence (AI) models using U.K. adult user data to better reflect British...
Web3 Innovation and Transformation: InnoBlock 2024 Held by ABGA and BBS
PRESS RELEASE. Web3 technology is leading a global technological revolution, propelling the internet industry into a new era of...
Bettors on Polymarket See 69% Chance of Trump Launching a Token Before Election
Two days ago, former President Donald Trump made headlines by announcing his family’s decentralized finance (defi) platform, World...
FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Retrial, Alleges Legal Errors
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX, has filed an appeal against his conviction, arguing that key evidence was improperly excluded...
NFT Sales Drop 7.91% as Buyers and Sellers Pull Back Sharply
Over the past seven days, non-fungible token (NFT) sales have dipped once again, sliding 7.91% compared to the previous week. The...
Nigerian Blockchain Group Ousts President, Who Remains Defiant
The Stakeholders in Blockchain Association of Nigeria (SIBAN) expelled its president, Obinna Iwuno, for allegedly registering an...
5 US States Settle With GSB Group Over Unregistered Crypto Sales
Five U.S. states have reached a settlement with GSB Group over unregistered securities sales tied to digital assets. Residents of...
Moonpay Secures Registration to Offer Digital Currency Exchange Services in Australia
Moonpay has successfully registered with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to provide digital...
Network Latency Drives Solana Validator to South Africa’s Commercial Hub
Superfast founder Martin Tromp has launched a Solana validator in one of Teraco’s Johannesburg data centers. Solana is a...
Uniswap Labs CEO Denies Protocol Deployment Extortion Claims
Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Abrams has refuted claims that the platform charges $20 million for protocol deployments, calling them...
AI Powerhouse Openai Reportedly Seeking to Raise $6.5 Billion at a $150 Billion Valuation
Openai, the company at the center of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, is reportedly seeking to raise $6.5 billion from...
US Urges Nigeria to Release Jailed Binance Employee, Considers ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Designation
The U.S. is urging Nigeria to release Tigran Gambaryan, a jailed Binance employee, due to humanitarian concerns. This has become a...
CFTC Teams up With SEC to Fight Cryptocurrency Scams
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has partnered with several organizations, including the Securities and Exchange...
Onedegree, Dubai Insurance Launch Digital Asset Custodial Insurance for UAE Clients
Onedegree, an Asian digital assets insurer, and its UAE partner, Dubai Insurance, have started offering digital asset custodial...
a16z Crypto, OpenSea and Stand with Crypto launch creator defense fund
a16z, OpenSea and Stand With Crypto have launched a $6 million creator defense fund. OpenSea has pledged $5 million and a16z $1...
In-Depth Study Reveals Stablecoins as Pivotal Players in Global Finance
As digital economies evolve, stablecoins emerge not just as mere facilitators for crypto trading but as pivotal tools in global...
Starknet approves new staking mechanism with dynamic STRK minting curve
Starknet community approved a dynamic minting curve for STRK tokens. The minting curve adjusts token supply based on staking...
Nigeria Accuses Four Crypto Traders of Forex Regulations Violations
The Nigerian government has filed criminal charges against four individuals and several firms for allegedly conducting illegal...
Worldcoin integrates World ID on Solana using a Wormhole bridge
Worldcoin integrates World ID on Solana via Wormhole’s new cross-chain bridge. The integration enables privacy-focused DApp...
Hamster Kombat Scores Binance Listing, Updates HMSTR Supply Before Airdrop
Hamster Kombat, one of the world’s most successful Web3 games, has announced that Binance will list its HMSTR token and will...
Arthur Hayes Believes Bitcoin Could Have Great Week, Could Be Good For SUI & Altcoins
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, insists that Bitcoin (BTC) will have a strong week because of potential market shifts, which...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Fee Drop: The Perfect Time for Cost-Effective Transactions
Although both bitcoin and ethereum have been cruising at lower prices compared to earlier this year, there’s been a silver...
Meme Coin Layer 2 Project Pepe Unchained Raises $13M in Presale – Next Crypto to Explode?
It’s a golden era for Ethereum layer 2s. On-chain activity is exploding, and new innovations are releasing daily. Not least...
Ethereum Faces Challenges as Price Stagnates: Coinbase Report
Ethereum (ETH) has recently struggled in comparison to its peers, according to a report by Coinbase Institutional. The analysis...
Microstrategy Buys 18,300 More Bitcoins, Boosting Total Holdings to 244,800 BTC
Microstrategy has acquired 18,300 additional bitcoins for $1.11 billion, funded through stock sales. As of Sept. 12, the company...
FBI Warns of Growing $55 Billion Business Email Scam
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of a rising business email compromise (BEC) threat, responsible for $55...
Lengthy Licensing Stumps Kenyan Fintech Startups
Fintech startups face significant challenges when expanding to Kenya, primarily due to the lengthy and complex process of obtaining...
17 Million Users Claimed Dogs Airdrop on TON Reaching ‘Unheard of’ Levels of Web3 Engagement
The TON team highlighted the magnitude of the recently concluded dogs token generation event and its subsequent airdrop, which...
Bitcoin Extortion Emails Demand Ransom, Show Google Maps of Victims’ Homes
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has alerted Minden, Nevada, residents to a scam involving threatening emails aimed at...
Zano and Confidential Layer Partner for Secure, Private Cross-Chain Transactions
Zano blockchain partnered with Confidential Layer to enable secure and private transactions across different blockchains. This...
US Treasury Sanctions Cambodian Tycoon Over Crypto Fraud and Trafficking Links
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat and his businesses, linking them to...
Grayscale Launches XRP Trust — Cites Potential to Transform Legacy Financial Systems
Grayscale Investments has created a new trust for XRP, allowing accredited investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency known...
Elon Musk Warns US Laws and Regulations Will Worsen Every Year Without Major Reform
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has warned that without substantial government reform, laws and regulations will worsen annually,...
BRICS Gains Global Appeal as 34 Countries Show Interest, Putin Reveals
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that 34 countries have shown interest in joining BRICS activities, highlighting the...
Flowcarbon, co-founded by former WeWork CEO, refunds investors after failed token launch
Flowcarbon have refunded investors after failing to launch the Goddess Nature Token (GNT). The GNT token was meant to tokenize...
Standard Chartered: Bitcoin Could Hit $125K Under Trump, $75K Under Harris
Standard Chartered has reaffirmed its projection that bitcoin will hit new all-time highs by the end of 2024, regardless of the...
Grayscale introduces Grayscale SUI Trust, boosting SUI price
Grayscale’s launch of SUI Trust has boosted SUI price by over 16% to above $1. The new Grayscale trust provides institutional...
Donald Trump Announces World Liberty Financial Launch — ‘We’re Embracing the Future With Crypto’
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the launch of his family’s cryptocurrency platform, World Liberty...
eToro settles with SEC, to cease most crypto trading activity
eToro has agreed to cease most of its crypto trading activities after settling with the SEC. the company will pay a fine of $1.5...
US and Africa Urged to Collaborate on AI Development
A two-day pan-African AI conference was held in Lagos, Nigeria, co-hosted by the United States. The conference aimed to promote...
POPCAT surges as Kraken announces trading support
Popcat meme coin rose more than 11% as Kraken announced listing for spot trading on Sept. 19. The POPCAT price reached highs of...
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin for Ethereum and Base Networks
Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC), giving users a gateway to decentralized finance (defi) apps on Ethereum and...
Swift to streamline adoption of digital assets on its network
Swift announces plans to streamline adoption of digital assets, including regulated stablecoins. Growth in the real-world assets...
Operation Niflheim: Brazilian Authorities Crack Down on $9.7 Billion Crypto Money Laundering Rings
The Brazilian Federal Police dismantled an operation that used crypto to launder money from criminal sources, sending it abroad....
Binance-backed Solv Protocol introduces Bitcoin staking on Base with cbBTC token
Solv Protocol has launched Bitcoin staking for cbBTC holders on the Base network. cbBTC holders on the Solv protocol can mint...
Etoro Restricts US Crypto Trading to 3 Cryptocurrencies Following SEC $1.5M Fine
Etoro USA has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges of operating as an...
Could this under $0.05 RWA token beat Cardano, Toncoin to reach top 10 cryptos by 2025?
Several crypto industry insiders are predicting that the RXS token for the viral real-world asset project, Rexas Finance, could...
Will Trump and Harris Debate Again? Polymarket Bets Say There’s a 60% Chance
According to Polymarket’s betting odds, there’s a 60% chance we’ll see another debate between former President Donald Trump and...
Coinbase’s wrapped Bitcoin token cbBTC goes live
Coinbase launches cbBTC, an ERC20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin in its custody. cbBTC allows BTC holders to access DeFi apps like...
Court Sentences Missouri Man to 3 Years in Prison for Crypto and Tax Fraud
Missouri resident Lyell Champagne Jr. has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for fraud and tax offenses involving...
$0DOG Liquidity Pool goes live; token surges 15% in seven days
Key takeaways Bitcoin Dogs’s liquidity pool has officially gone live, allowing investors to earn daily rewards. $0DOG is up 15% in...
Memebet Token Launches New Presale, Brings GambleFi to Meme Coins – Next Crypto to Explode?
Memebet Casino ($Memebet) is building a new crypto casino that lets users wager meme coins. The project has just launched a token...
Samson Mow Doubles Down on $1 Million Bitcoin Price Prediction
Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, recently doubled down on his earlier prediction about bitcoin reaching $1 million this year. In an...
Indian Police Investigate Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Ex-Servicemen
Three former servicemen in India have lodged a complaint with the Chandannagar police, Pune, accusing eight officials from a...
Grayscale Launches SUI Trust for Accredited Investors
On Sept. 11, Grayscale, the digital asset manager, revealed that its SUI Trust is now available to accredited investors eager for...
Analyst Forecasts Gold Prices to Reach $2,950 as American Investors Escape From AI and Stock Market Bubbles
Adam Hamilton, the founder of Zeal Intelligence, a financial consulting company, predicts that gold prices will rise as American...
UK Bill Recognizes Digital Assets as Personal Property Under New Law
The UK Ministry of Justice has introduced the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill to recognize bitcoin and other digital assets as...
India, Nigeria, Indonesia Lead Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Adoption Index
India, Nigeria, and Indonesia top Chainalysis’ latest global crypto adoption index, which ranks 151 countries based on...
Analysts Anticipate Altcoin Outperformance and Bullish Q4
Bitfinex’s analysts anticipate a potential shift in cryptocurrency market dynamics. With bitcoin’s dominance...
Open Oracle Network DIA Launches Lumina to Bolster Web3 Data Infrastructure
DIA, an open oracle network, has launched a new oracle architecture called Lumina. The design aims to enhance trustless data...
Nigerian Agency Gets Nod to Freeze $330,000 in Crypto Users’ Bank Accounts
A Nigerian anti-corruption agency froze bank accounts (over $330,000) belonging to suspected cryptocurrency users on global...
Metaplanet Grows Bitcoin Holdings With $2.2 Million Acquisition
Metaplanet, a publicly listed Japanese company, has significantly boosted its Bitcoin holdings with a recent acquisition of 38.6...
Cleanspark Expands Bitcoin Mining Operations by Acquiring 7 Tennessee Facilities
Cleanspark Inc. has unveiled plans to acquire seven bitcoin mining facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee. The $27.5 million deal is...
HTX Freezes Over $80K in Stolen Assets: August Security Updates
PRESS RELEASE. User safety is always HTX’s top priority. The platform is dedicated to protecting user assets and has...
UK introduces new bill clarifying crypto as personal property
UK’s new bill recognises Bitcoin and other digital assets as personal property. Under the new law, crypto owners will enjoy greater...
Payment Processors Paypal and Venmo Now Support ENS Domains
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has announced that the payment giants Paypal and Venmo have integrated support for ENS domain names....
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance proposes merger with CUDOS
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance revealed a proposal for a merger with CUDOS. The native token of CUDOS, an AI compute...
Indonesian Crypto Exchange Hit by $20.5M Hack, Lazarus Group Suspected
Web3 security firm Cyvers detected suspicious transactions on Indonesian exchange Indodax’s wallets on September 11th. The...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs See Second Day of Inflows, Adding Nearly $117M
The spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted gains on Tuesday, marking their second consecutive day of inflows. Spot ether...
Calm Markets: Stocks, Crypto, and Gold Show Little Movement Post CPI
The latest consumer price index (CPI) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that inflation cooled to 2.5% in August,...
Nubank abruptly halts trading of its Nucoin cryptocurrency
Nubank halts Nucoin trading to protect users from market volatility. Nucoin tokens can be redeemed for Bitcoin or USDC until...
State Regulator Warns of Crypto Fraud After Investor Loses $750K
The Washington State financial regulator has issued a warning about potential cryptocurrency fraud involving a mining platform and...
Rexas Finance presale skyrockets to new heights, steals the hype from Toncoin and Tron
In an increasingly crowded cryptocurrency landscape, a few projects are rising to the top, capturing the imagination and capital of...
Regulators Partner to Bolster UAE’s Crypto Hub Status
United Arab Emirates (UAE) regulators, SCA and VARA, have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the country’s position...
US federal judge dismisses class action suit against Atomic Wallet
US judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Atomic Wallet due to no jurisdiction. The court ruled that there was insufficient...
Experts: Crypto In Early Stages of Growth Despite Rising Adoption
The crypto industry is still in its early stages of growth, despite a significant increase in adoption rates. Experts believe that...
US federal judge dismisses $100M class action suit against Atomic Wallet
US judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Atomic Wallet due to no jurisdiction. The court ruled that there was insufficient...
Singapore’s Parliament Addresses Worldcoin Account Misuse and Privacy Risks
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong addressed concerns in Parliament regarding the risks of Worldcoin’s...
Hamster Kombat Announces Exchanges That Will List HMSTR After Airdrop
The team behind Hamster Kombat, one of the most successful Telegram-based games, has released information on the exchanges that are...
China’s Digital Yuan Nears $1 Trillion in Transactions, PBOC Official Reveals
China’s digital yuan initiative has advanced considerably, backed by over a decade of research and four years of pilot...
Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ethereum Custody in UAE
Standard Chartered has launched a digital asset custody service in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), licensed by the Dubai Financial...