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Blockchain Monitoring Dashboard Raises $14M From Neotribe, Coinbase Ventures
Blockchain monitoring firm Metrika has closed a $14 million Series A funding round led by Neotribe Ventures, the company said Tuesday....
Poland Confirms Arrest of Former Wex Exchange Executive in Warsaw
Reports of the detention of Dmitry Vasiliev, ex-head of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Wex, have been confirmed by authorities in...
Where to buy OMG Network: OMG gears up for another rally after 29% gains
The OMG network token is currently trading at $11.02 and has managed to break the crucial resistance located at the $10 level. The coin...
Where to buy e-Money: NGM price is up by 37%
The e-Money token has stabilised near the $1.5 region after trading between the range of $0.9—$1.6 for the past week. The coin could...
PureVPN Can Help Crypto Users Stay Secure and Access International Exchanges
Crypto users access their wallets and exchanges day in and day out and making sure it remains secure is one of their top concerns. While...
Ex-ConsenSys Ventures Head Kavita Gupta Raises Over $50M for New Fund
The former head of ConsenSys Ventures, Kavita Gupta, has launched the Delta Blockchain Fund, raising over $50 million.Gupta previously...
New Crypto Aims to Solve ‘Zimbabwe’s Money Problems Using Blockchain Technology’
The Zimbabwean currency’s collapse in 2008 and record hyperinflation are widely seen as textbook examples of what can go wrong with...
Nader Al-Naji (FKA ‘Diamondhands’) Unveils New Blockchain, Long-Term Plan for BitClout
The pseudonymous founder of the controversial social media site BitClout has finally confirmed his identity, and revealed some of the...
Vee Finance is exploited and sees $35 million lost
The attack on the protocol comes barely a week since its mainnet launch on the Avalanche (AVAX) network Vee Finance, a decentralised...
Bitcoin Holds $40K Support; Initial Resistance at $47K
Bitcoin (BTC) is stabilizing as buyers defended support around the $40,000-$42,000 breakout range. The cryptocurrency is oversold on...
Crypto inflows hit 5th straight week: CoinShares report
Bitcoin saw the most inflows, with Ethereum and Solana top among altcoins The crypto market has seen investment inflows for five straight...
Bitcoin price outlook: BTC seeks fresh upside after brutal retest of $40k
The bearish flip below $46k saw it retest prices last seen in early August The crypto market is looking to recover from yet another...
FTX subsidiaries in the Bahamas and Gibraltar get licences from regulators
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has set up shop in Gibraltar and the Bahamas FTX has announced it is expanding to Gibraltar and the Bahamas by...
Bitcoin Bounces Off 6-Week Low, Tracking Recovery in Stocks
Bitcoin continues to take cues from equity markets amid macro uncertainty, seeming to contradict the popular narrative of the...
Coinbase backs down on crypto lending program amid SEC row
The cryptocurrency exchange revealed it had ditched the lending product citing regulation issues Publicly-traded crypto exchange Coinbase...
Remittances to Africa Set to Drop by 5.4 % to $41 Billion — Covid-19 Pandemic and High Sending Costs Blamed
According to findings from the Continental Migration Report 2021, remittances to African countries are projected to decrease from the $44...
London-Based Open Banking Startup TrueLayer Raises $130M Led by Tiger Global, Stripe
London-based open banking startup TrueLayer has raised $130 million in funding in a round led by Tiger Global and Stripe.The raise values...
Vee Finance Hit for $35M in Second Major Exploit on Avalanche
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Vee Finance has been hit for an exploit of around $35 million in the second major attack of an...
Pnetwork Protocol Gets Hacked, Loses 277 Bitcoin on Binance Smart Chain
Pnetwork, a multi-chain bridging protocol, announced it was hacked yesterday, losing 277 pbtc (its bridged version of bitcoin) on Binance...
Biggest Bank in Venezuela Suffers 5 Day Outage After Hack Attempt
The Bank of Venezuela, one of the biggest state banks in the country, is now experiencing an outage that has left its customers without...
Fed’s Powell Scrutinized for Owning Bonds of the Same Type the Central Bank Bought During Pandemic
As a number of Federal Reserve presidents have been criticized for their 2020 stock moves, Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been cast into...
Own NFT Land in ERTHA Metaverse and Generate Lifetime Revenue
ERTHA metaverse is Heroes of Might and Magic game-type inspired economic and social life built on a binance smart chain to explore and...
European Football NFT Platform Sorare Raises $680M Series B
Sorare is taking on the future of sports NFTs with record-setting support.The European fantasy soccer and digital collectible platform...
Binance Australia to End Crypto Derivatives by December
Binance Australia, a local onramp to the broader Binance ecosystem, is ending its derivatives offerings to local crypto traders by the end...
Stocks sell-off tanks Bitcoin price, but traders expect a bounce near $42K
The cryptocurrency market faced a fresh round of selling on Sept. 20 as global financial markets fell under pressure thanks to fears...
Data shows parabolic-style growth in layer-2-based DeFi and DEX platforms
In the increasingly competitive landscape of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, protocol innovation and the ability to solve the...
60 Cryptocurrency Exchanges in South Korea to Shut Down All or Some Services This Week
The deadline for cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet operators to comply with the new regulatory requirements to stay open in South Korea...
Turkey Is ‘at War’ With Cryptocurrency, Says President Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has clarified the government’s stance on cryptocurrencies, stating that the country is...
Nexo CEO Details Crypto Lender’s Plan to Stay Out of Regulators’ Crosshairs
The CEO of cryptocurrency lender Nexo has a plan for when securities regulators come knocking on the lender’s door.Antoni Trenchev said...
Korean Province Seizes Cryptocurrencies From 1,661 Investors for Unpaid Fines
A South Korean province has seized cryptocurrencies worth over $5 million from 1,661 investors who were more than $12 million in arrears...
Brazilian Investment Bank BTG Pactual Launches Crypto Platform
BTG Pactual plans to launch a platform for blockchain-based investments, the Brazilian investment bank announced Monday.BTG Pactual’s...
Crypto Markets Need More Scrutiny From SEC, Investor Groups Say: Report
Investor advocacy groups urged SEC chair Gary Gensler to more tightly regulate the cryptocurrency industry in a letter on Monday,...
Ethereum forming a double top? ETH price loses 12.5% amid Evergrande contagion fears
Prices of Ethereum’s native asset, Ether (ETH), slumped on Sept. 20 amid a broad sell-off in the cryptocurrency market, led by...
Stock sell-off tanks Bitcoin price, but traders expect a bounce near $42K
The cryptocurrency market faced a fresh round of selling on Sept. 20 as global financial markets fell under pressure thanks to fears...
Robinhood Testing Crypto-Wallet Feature in App: Report
Robinhood, the online brokerage app, is testing a new crypto wallet and transfers for cryptocurrency for its app, Bloomberg reported,...
Traders buy the Bitcoin dip even as Evergrande’s implosion rocks stock markets
Bitcoin (BTC) investors seem concerned about the increasing speculation that China’s second-largest property developer, Evergrande...
With Evergrande on the Brink, the China Hustle Comes Home to Roost
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped as much as 2.4% today – which, as a reminder to crypto traders, is in fact a whole lot in...
Custodial Lightning Network Service Attack Discovered by LN ‘Newbie’ — Hacker Strikes 6 LN Custodians
On September 18, a Redditor posted to the r/bitcoin forum and explained how he discovered a way to “attack [the] lightning...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds ERC-20 Tokens
The Bitcoin.com Team is excited to announce the integration of ERC-20 tokens into the Bitcoin.com Wallet. That means anyone can now buy,...
The Upside of a Gensler-Led Crackdown
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler yesterday delivered lengthy testimony before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, covering a...
Metal Fans Snap Up Gwar’s ‘Scumdog’ and ‘Slave’ NFTs Amid Market Frenzy
Gwar, the costumed American metal band known for decapitating celebrities (in effigy) onstage and drenching the audience in fake blood, is...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sell-off Deepens as Equity Volatility Rises
Cryptocurrencies sold off on Monday as stocks suffered their steepest decline in weeks. Signs of stress in China’s credit markets over the...
OpenSea Scandal Shows Need for More NFT Regulation
There’s a lot you can do with a non-fungible token. Digital collectibles can work as passports to online communities, or ways for artists...
Bitcoin bounce levels extend to $36K with bulls unmoved by 8% BTC price dip
Bitcoin (BTC) kept blowing through support levels during trading on Sept. 20 ahead of what promised to be a “very interesting”...
Central Banks vs. Private Currencies: ‘The Future of Money’ With Economist Eswar Prasad
The history of money is filled with conflict and competition. In some cases, bloodshed. In 13th-century China, for instance, Genghis Khan...
Evergrande Losses Sparks Fear of Looming Credit Contagion, Janet Yellen Asks to Raise US Debt Ceiling
Global investors have their eyes peeled on the Evergrande Group or the Evergrande Real Estate Group, China’s second-largest...
Why Is September So Bad for Bitcoin?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the historic weakness in the bitcoin market...
Price analysis 9/20: BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, UNI, AVAX
The crypto markets and the U.S. equity markets sold off today on fears that the collapse of Chinese property giant Evergrande could not...
Nearly 70 South Korean Crypto Exchanges May Have to Suspend Service: Report
Nearly 70 crypto exchanges in South Korea may have to partially or fully suspend trading services on Friday, according to a report from...
Paxos Adds ABN AMRO to Service for Settling U.S. Trades
Blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos has added ABN AMRO to its settlement service, the company announced Monday.Paxos Settlement...
Crypto Funds See Inflows, Despite Slower Overall Volumes
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totaling $42 million last week, signaling another week of improved sentiment among...
Crypto Investor Sues Apple Over Malicious App That Stole Cryptocurrencies
A crypto investor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Inc. after she downloaded a malicious application from the...
Coinbase Signs Deal With Homeland Security to Provide Analytics Software
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch awarded a three-year contract to Coinbase for its...
Are Central Bankers Ready for Payments Theater?
It’s 2026, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has just sat down in front of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. Powell has spent the...
Polymath to Launch Blockchain Built for Tokenized Stocks
Security token specialist Polymath announced Monday that its institutional-grade blockchain built specifically for regulated assets –...
FTX Expands in Bahamas With Registered Subsidiary
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX established a Bahamian subsidiary, FTX Digital Markets, that has been granted regulatory approval. It...
Latin American Crypto Firm Ripio Raises $50M to Accelerate Regional Expansion
Ripio, a Latin American crypto company, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, the firm announced Monday.The round was led by...
Coinbase Drops Planned ‘Lend’ Program After SEC Warning
Coinbase is no longer launching its crypto lending product, the company said Friday.In September, the exchange’s CEO Brian Armstrong...
Nasdaq Listing Brings BTCS to Mainstream Markets
The crypto markets are becoming increasingly mainstream as new institutional investors and traditional financial services companies enter...
Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital Raises $100M for Algorand Fund, to Manage Crypto ETF Portfolio
SkyBridge Capital, the investment firm founded by financier and former Donald Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci, is seeking to manage a new...
Bitcoin Sidechain–Based STO Approved by German Regulator
A security token offering (STO) operating on the Bitcoin sidechain Liquid Network has been approved by Germany’s Federal Financial...
Former CEO of Russian Crypto Exchange WEX Is Arrested in Warsaw: Report
Dmitri Vasilev, the former CEO of the now defunct crypto exchange WEX, was arrested in Warsaw in August after first being arrested in...
Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 20 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Bitstamp.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Slips Below $45K as S&P 500 Futures Drop, Stablecoin...
Where to buy Celo: Mobile-first crypto CELO records 14% rise
The Celo token (CELO) is currently trading at $5.95 at the time of writing with 14% gains in the past 24 hours The Celo token has...
S&P 500 Chart Signals More Trouble for Bitcoin, Risk Assets
Bitcoin dropped to one and a half-month lows Monday, alongside sharp losses in global equity markets and other growth-sensitive risk...
Sekuritance Brings Blockchain Compliance to Life
On Aug. 10, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury – announced its...
Where to buy Interfinex: IFEX poised for a bullish breakout
The Interfinex token has seen huge gains in the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $0.000079 at the time of writing The Interfinex...
El Salvador Buys More Bitcoin — Country Now Holds 700 BTC
El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has purchased more bitcoin. The Salvadoran government...
New YouHodler Data Shows True Health of Crypto Markets
The crypto coin markets are plagued by misconceptions: that crypto investing is little more than gambling, that most coins are scams and...
Bakkt to Go Public Next Month After SEC Oks SPAC Plans
Bakkt Holdings and VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH) have received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to...
US Officials Add Insider Trading Claims to Binance Investigation: Report
Reported U.S. investigations into Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, now include an insider trading and market...
Biden Administration Plans Cryptocurrency Sanctions to Combat Ransomware
The U.S. government plans to issue guidance and impose sanctions in an ongoing effort to tamp down on ransomware attacks.The Wall Street...
3 States: Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws
The Alabama Securities Commission has ordered crypto lender Celsius to explain how it is not violating state securities laws. It has four...
21Shares Crypto ETP Director Laurent Kssis Departs
21Shares Managing Director Laurent Kssis has left the crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer after two years on the job.Since joining...
Binance Names Europol Veteran to Join Audit and Investigations Team
Binance has hired Europol investigator Nils Andersen-Röed as its director of audit and investigations, the cryptocurrency exchange...
Sushi Core Contributor 0xMaki Transitioning to Advisory Role
The Sushi core contributor known only as 0xMaki announced in a tweet on Friday night he is stepping down from day-to-day operations at the...
Why a CBDC Would Make the Fed’s Job Miserable
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeA reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for...
How the Prediction Markets Are Wagering on Canada’s Election
Canada was supposed to be the perfect country, the old maxim goes: It was going to have French culture, American ingenuity and British...
Stablecoin Feature in New York Times Signals Regulation Is Coming
Saying the rush to bring stablecoins under regulatory control might be “the most important conversation in Washington financial circles...
Bitcoin Slips Below $45K as S&P 500 Futures Drop, Stablecoin Regulation Fears Resurface
Bitcoin fell as concern over China and caution ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting weighed on U.S. stock index futures....
Spellfire: NFT That You Can Actually Touch
In recent months NFT or as it coded, non-fungible tokens became a hot topic that everyone is talking about. NFT is a valuable model of...
Europe’s Largest Stock Exchange to List TRON Exchange-Traded Notes
TRON, the cryptocurrency created by Chinese entrepreneur Justin Sun, has made its way onto Deutsche Börse, Europe’s largest stock...
Bitcoin loses $44K support as stocks, Evergrande nerves hit BTC price
Bitcoin’s (BTC) fell below critical $44,000 support on Monday as concerns over China spilled over into crypto markets. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Coinbase, With 9K Institutions Already Enlisted, Launches ‘Prime’ Out of Beta
Coinbase said Monday it’s opening its crypto prime brokerage to all institutional investors.The suite of trading tools for professional...
Crypto Market Values Nosedive Amid Global Market Meltdown, Widening Default Risks
Crypto markets have dropped a great deal in value over the last 24 hours as crypto assets across the board have lost anywhere between...
Bankman-Fried Says Stricter Regulation of Crypto Exchanges Would Be Positive
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX, said tighter regulation of crypto exchanges could have positive effects for...
Bitcoin extends slide below $43K as Binance’s BTC stash grows to May-crash levels
Despite Bitcoin (BTC) dropping below the $43,000 mark on Monday, the outflow of BTC from exchanges has continued in a multi-month trend,...
Cross-Chain Protocol pNetwork Loses $12M to Hack
PNetwork, a decentralized finance (DeFi) system that allows different blockchains to communicate with each other, said it lost 277...
Bitcoin in Pullback Mode; Support at $40K-$42K
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers were active over the weekend as the cryptocurrency’s price dipped below the 200-day moving average at $45,000....
Ether Options Market Shows Bias for Price Weakness Over 3 Months
Ether’s three-month put-call skew, which measures the cost of puts – or bearish bets – relative to calls, flipped positive on Monday for...