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New altcoin makes waves amid bullish Notcoin (NOT) price prediction
Notcoin’s turbulent launch saw a 53% plunge post-airdrop but bullish predictions signal recovery. AlgoTech, a decentralized trading...
Dolce & Gabbana Sued Over $6,000 NFTs Losing 97% Value
Dolce & Gabbana USA Inc. faces a lawsuit from a customer who claims the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) he bought for $6,000, which...
As OpenAI and Google both reveal major AI updates, Choise.ai launches AI-powered L2 blockchain for enterprises
OpenAI revealed a major update to its large language model this week with the launch of ChatGPT-4o Google confirmed the launch of...
Ontario ‘Crypto King’ Faces Major Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced on May 15 that two Ontario residents have been charged with offenses under the...
Kraken considers ending USDT support in the EU
Kraken is reportedly considering pulling support for the stablecoin USDT in Europe. The exchange’s plans come amid the push for...
US Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Dismantle Fed’s Board of Governors and Abolish the Central Bank
Following the policymaker’s survey, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced the introduction of H.R. 8421, known...
Aleph Zero Launches Alephoria: Exciting Airdrops, Tournaments, and Rewards Await Users
Zug, Switzerland, May 17th, 2024, Chainwire Alephoria invites web3 users to the Aleph Zero ecosystem with an interactive initiative...
Crypto Mining Surge and Erratic Weather Strain Laos’ Power Grid
A report released on May 16 highlights how increased electricity consumption due to crypto mining and inconsistent rainfall have...
US arrests two Chinese nationals in $73 million crypto scam
US authorities arrested Daren Li and Yicheng Zhang in connection with a $73 million money laundering scheme. The defendants...
Liquid Staking Market in Flux: Withdrawals Hit Swell and Mantle, Reshuffling Landscape
Over the past 18 days, 27 distinct liquid staking derivatives (LSD) protocols have experienced withdrawals amounting to...
Lackluster Performance for Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Since Launch
Since the Hong Kong spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) began trading, their performance has been underwhelming, with three...
New Crypto Presale to Watch: WienerAI Meme Coin Hits $2M Milestone
Imagine a cryptocurrency that combines the internet’s obsession with dog memes and the exciting world of artificial intelligence...
Synthetix Stablecoin SUSD Drops Below $1 Parity, Struggles to Rebound
According to current market prices, the synthetix usd (SUSD) stablecoin has fallen from its intended $1 parity. Charts show the...
Chainlink soars after DTCC completes major pilot; Bitbot readies for market entry
Chainlink price rose more than 20% in 24 hours, reaching $16.62 at the time of writing on Friday. LINK surged as the Depository...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Bulls Eye $68K After Surpassing Key $66K Resistance
As of May 17, 2024, bitcoin’s price stands at $66,303 with a market capitalization of $1.30 trillion and a 24-hour trading...
Mining Now Launches Real-Time Mining Insights & Profit Analysis Platform
Singapore, Singapore, May 17th, 2024, Chainwire Mining Now, a trusted and reputable real-time crypto-mining insights provider...
Base to Launch Online Hackathon With 200 ETH in Prizes, Sponsored by Stripe, Shopify, and More
Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 solution incubated by Coinbase, has announced the Onchain Summer Buildathon. The event, which runs from...
Notcoin in focus as KangaMoon excites with bonus sale
Notcon (NOT) token’s price fell sharply after its debut on exchanges. KangaMoon (KANG) is offering a bonus presale stage ahead of...
Decreasing Bitcoin Supply on Exchanges Indicating Possible Bullish Shift
Bitcoin’s supply on exchanges has significantly decreased, reaching new lows amid a bullish market trend, which analysts...
As TRUMP Coin Surges Over 100% in a Month, Trump’s Crypto Wallet Swells in Value
Over the past week, the meme coin known as maga (TRUMP) has increased by more than 45% against the U.S. dollar, and over the past...
US Senate Votes to Overturn SEC’s Controversial Crypto Rules — Biden’s Veto Threat Looms
The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s controversial SAB 121, which imposes...
What Is Restaking?
The concept of restaking introduces a groundbreaking way for people to utilize their staked cryptocurrency across various protocols...
Block Subsidiary, TBD, Partners With Chipper Cash for Quicker, More Affordable Remittances
TBD, a subsidiary of Block, owned by Jack Dorsey, has formed a partnership with Chipper Cash, an Africa-focused fintech company....
Legendary Investor Tim Draper Leads Bitcoin Lending Protocol Zest’s $3.5 Million Seed Round
Draper Associates, the VC firm led by the legendary investor Tim Draper, has led the $3.5 million seed round of Zest Protocol, a...
Juno Addresses Banking Service Disruption — ‘This Is Outside Our Control’
Juno Finance acknowledges the disruption in banking services and is collaborating with its brokerage and banking service providers,...
DOJ’s Unlawful Interpretation Threatens Bitcoin and Crypto Innovation, Lawmakers Warn
Two U.S. senators have criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s new interpretation of “money transmission,”...
$25M Sophisticated Ethereum Blockchain Exploit Leads to Arrests in US
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted two brothers for wire fraud and money laundering. They allegedly exploited the...
Andrew Tate Plans to Invest Big in Bitcoin, Leaving Fiat Completely
Andrew Tate, a British-American social media personality and former professional kickboxer, has announced a plan to invest...
Solana Meme Coin Marketplace Pump.fun Suffers $80 Million Exploit
Pump.fun, a Solana-based marketplace and deployment tool for meme coins, has acknowledged suffering an exploit dealing with the...
French securities regulator, AMF, issues warning on Bybit
The AMF has blacklisted Bybit since May 2022 due to regulatory infractions. French investors urged to prepare for potential service...
Bitcoin Magazine CEO: A Trump Victory Will Trigger a Bitcoin ‘Space Race’
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Magazine and crypto aide for the Trump campaign, believes that Trump’s victory in the upcoming...
US Senate votes to overturn SEC rule, allowing regulated firms to hold Bitcoin
60-38 in the Senate voted in favour of overturning the SEC rule. Bipartisan support signals a potential shift in crypto regulation....
HackaTRON Season 6 Submission Period Concludes with Notable Achievements
PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland, May 16, 2024 – TRON DAO proudly announces the completion of HackaTRON Season 6, a...
Crypto Pioneer Netki Powers Seamless KYC and Compliance Solutions Across the Sui Ecosystem
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, May 16th, 2024, Chainwire With the launch of Netki’s DeFi Sentinel on Sui, protocol developers can...
US Bitcoin ETFs Achieve 3-Day Inflow Streak, Netting $303M on Wednesday
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) performed well on Wednesday, completing a three-day streak of inflows and...
Why is Solana meme coin Bonk (BONK) surging?
Bonk price rose sharply after South Korea exchange Bithumb announced listing of BONK in the KRW market. The Solana meme coin...
USDC Stablecoin Issuer Considers Moving Legal Home From Ireland to US
Circle, a stablecoin issuer based in the Republic of Ireland, has reportedly announced plans to relocate its legal domicile to the...
Bitcoin price: Here’s why QCP Capital expects BTC run to $74k
Bitcoin surges past $66k after US CPI data triggers buyside pressure Here’s why QCP Capital analysts say BTC could run to $74k...
Report: CME Group to Launch Bitcoin Trading Amid Rising Demand From Wall Street
CME Group, the world’s largest futures exchange, is planning to launch bitcoin trading to capitalize on the surging demand among...
One Trading Extends the Reach of its Institutional Trading Services in Europe Through Integration with Talos
London, United Kingdom, May 16th, 2024, Chainwire Talos, the premier provider of digital asset trading technology for institutions,...
RockTree Capital Unveils Cyberpunk Crypto Future In New Website
PRESS RELEASE. Beijing, China – May 16th, 2024. RockTree Capital, a leading crypto-native fund and merchant bank headquartered in...
Early Bitcoin Proponent Erik Voorhees: Crypto Will Be the Currency of AI
Erik Voorhees, an early bitcoin proponent and entrepreneur, believes that crypto will be the currency of artificial intelligence...
Solana Presale ‘Mega Dice Token’ Raises $1M After Announcing an Airdrop Campaign and Reward Scheme
London, United Kingdom, May 15th, 2024, Chainwire The presale of Mega Dice Token (DICE), a new GameFi project, passed the $1...
Egyptian Fintech Startup Secures $3.5M in Seed Funding Round
The Egyptian fintech startup Mnzl plans to enhance its lending technology and expand its operations using the $3.5 million raised...
Bitget Presents KCGI 2024: The Ultimate Crypto Trading Tournament with a Prize Pool of Ferrari, Messi-signed merch, and $5 Million USDT
Victoria, Seychelles, May 15th, 2024, Chainwire Bitget, a leading crypto exchange and web3 company, is thrilled to announce the...
Zimbabwe Government-Appointed Committee Aims to Understand Local Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
The Zimbabwean government has formed a multi-stakeholder committee, tasked with consulting stakeholders in the cryptocurrency...
Humanity Protocol raises $30M for palm-based digital identity
Humanity Protocol has secured $30M for its palm scan identity verification project. Palm scan tech offers secure, decentralized...
Bitfarms Terminates CEO Geoffrey Morphy, Faces $27 Million Lawsuit
Bitfarms Ltd., a global bitcoin mining company, has announced the immediate termination of Geoffrey Morphy as president and CEO,...
Multipool Announces LBP After Raising $650k in VC Round Led By NxGen
Majuro, Marshall Islands, May 15th, 2024, Chainwire Multipool, a leading innovator in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry,...
Robinhood Launches Its First Crypto Staking Product
Robinhood has introduced its first-ever crypto staking product, which will be available to European customers. The company has also...
Mastercard expands blockchain accelerator program with five new startups
Mastercard expands Start Path program, adds 5 blockchain startups. The Start Path program showcases Mastercard’s leadership in...
Microstrategy Joins MSCI World Index Amid Bitcoin Rally
MSCI Inc. has announced the May 2024 Index Review, which includes adding the bitcoin-focused Microstrategy to the MSCI World Index....
Cosmos Hub Approves $1 Million Grant to Dora Factory for Quadratic Funding Initiative
Singapore, Singapore, May 15th, 2024, Chainwire A major event in Cosmos is the recent passing of Governance Proposal No.917: a...
Oklahoma Enacts Landmark Bill to Regulate Digital Assets, Protect Bitcoin Rights, Foster Crypto Innovation
The governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma has approved House Bill 3594, a landmark bill that protects bitcoin rights and fosters...
Global Banking Authorities Extend Crypto Regulatory Framework Deadline
The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) has reviewed the implementation of Basel III reforms and...
Oracle Meme ($OMEME) – A Utility Meme Coin Revolutionizing the Crypto World
In the cryptocurrency world, meme coins are common, but very few provide meaningful benefits or services beyond humor. With this in...
US Inflation Data Indicates Slight Cooling in April; Gold, Silver, and Cryptos Climb
The latest report from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that the consumer price index (CPI)...
Algotech gains as Bitcoin spikes towards $64k on latest CPI report
Bitcoin price rose to near $64,000 as stock futures climbed. The upside came after US inflation data showed consumer prices rose...
Adaptive Blocksize Limit Algorithm Goes Live on Bitcoin Cash Network
The Bitcoin Cash network has completed its latest upgrade which essentially implemented the highly anticipated adaptive blocksize...
Persistent Discount Plagues Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust as ETF Decision Nears
As May approaches its end, a significant number of market watchers are keen to find out whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
ETFSwap (ETFS) Crosses 4,000 Users With $1.5 Million Raised
Singapore, Singapore, May 15th, 2024, Chainwire ETFSwap (ETFS), an emerging decentralized cryptocurrency and Exchange-Traded Funds...
Wisconsin Pioneers State-Level Bitcoin Investment in the U.S.
In a landmark move, Wisconsin has become the first U.S. state to invest in bitcoin, underscoring the growing institutional interest...
Upwood.io Launches First Security Token Offering, Revolutionizing Forest Asset Investments
Upwood.io, a leader in blockchain-driven environmental initiatives, is excited to announce the launch of its first security token...
Deutsche Bank Explores Blockchain-Based Asset Tokenization
Deutsche Bank has announced its collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a multi-year...
Bear pressure casts a shadow on BNB price recovery: does Bitbot offer a better chance?
BNB struggles below $600, facing bearish pressure and uncertainties amid the Alex Protocol Bridge incident. Bitbot (BITBOT) emerges...
Vanguard Appoints Crypto-Friendly Salim Ramji as CEO, Sparks Speculation on Bitcoin ETFs
Salim Ramji, a former executive at Blackrock renowned for his leadership in Ishares and Index Investments, and for overseeing the...
Defi Protocol Sonne Finance Reports Major Security Breach, $20 Million Lost to Hackers
Sonne Finance, a decentralized liquidity market protocol, was hit by a cyberattack, with initial losses of $3 million in USD Coin...
Openai Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever Steps Down, Jakub Pachocki Named New Chief Scientist
Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder and the chief scientist at Openai, announced his departure from the company after nearly a decade to...
Moonpay Donates $1 Million to Stand With Crypto
Moonpay, one of the largest cryptocurrency onramp and offramp providers, has donated $1 million to Stand With Crypto, a nonprofit...
Former chief of the U.S. CFTC joins Paxos board of directors
Christopher Giancarlo, former CFTC chief has joined Paxos board. Giancarlo’s advocacy for blockchain innovation aligns with Paxos’...
Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Venture Capital Firm Leads Polymarket’s $45 Million Series B Funding Round
Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund recently led the Series B funding round for the crypto-based prediction markets platform,...
Tether partners with RAK DAO to advance crypto education and adoption in UAE
Tether partners with RAK DAO to promote crypto adoption and education in the UAE. The collaboration includes facilitating crypto...
Crypto Broker Fined Nearly $1.7M for Illegally Providing Access to Digital Asset Exchanges
On May 13, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had fined crypto brokerage firm Falcon Labs Ltd. approximately...
AI Coins Mirror Surge On Nvidia; Analysts Suggest Milei Moneda ($MEDA) Has Potential For Major Gains
TLDR AI coins rally on Nvidia gains as market sentiment turns positive. Some analysts are forecasting that Milei Moneda ($MEDA)...
Macro Investor Dan Tapiero Predicts ‘Scary Bullish’ BTC Prospects; Foresees Crypto Asset Surpassing $90K
Macro investor Dan Tapiero has described bitcoin’s prospects as extremely bullish. He predicts that if bitcoin breaks the...
Rollblock (RBLK) Could be Poised to Revolutionize Online Gambling, Promising Greater Deflationary Mechanisms Than ETH and SHIB
While Ethereum (ETH) coin has established itself as a deflationary asset due to widespread adoption in the altcoin market, Shiba...
El Salvador Launches Treasury Holdings Site, Confirms Daily Bitcoin Purchases
The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador (ONBTC) has launched a site that allows anyone to confirm the treasury holdings of the country,...
Peter Thiel’s VC, Vitalik Buterin back $70 million raise for Polymarket
Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm Founders Fund co-led a $45 million Series B raise for Polymarket. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik...
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Enhances Paraguay Facility With New 100 MW Hydropower Deal
On Tuesday, bitcoin mining company Bitfarms, listed on the Nasdaq and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), announced it has secured an...
State of Wisconsin Investment Board holds nearly $100M of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF
State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) has disclosed it bought almost $100 million of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF $IBIT. The state...
New Solana Meme Coin Presale ‘Sealana’ Has Just Raised $700K – Next Crypto to Explode?
A new seal-themed meme coin is gaining traction in the Solana ecosystem – and investors are taking notice. With a presale...
FalconX hit with $1.7 million fine for regulatory violations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined crypto trading firm FalconX a total of $1.7 million. CFTC said the...
32 Vintage ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Wallets Spring to Life in May, Surpassing April’s Activity
Following the awakening of numerous dormant bitcoins in March, April was rather uneventful, with just 72 transfers from idle...
Developer of Tornado Cash found guilty of money laundering in the Netherlands
Alexey Pertsev, Tornado Cash developer, found guilty of laundering $1.2B in the Netherlands. Despite Tornado Cash being...
Ghana’s Vice President Says His Government Aims to Become the First to Be Powered by Blockchain
The Ghanaian government’s next phase in its digitalization drive is set to be the adoption of blockchain technology, according to...
Proactive Detection by Certik Saves Wormhole Bridge From Potential $5 Million Hack
Certik, a security firm, prevented a potentially disastrous $5 million exploit in the Wormhole cross-chain bridge by identifying a...
Experts Predict Significant Growth For These 3 Cryptocurrencies
Three groundbreaking cryptocurrencies are reshaping the digital landscape. Jupiter (JUP) pioneers zero-fee trading with Jupiter...
How DLCs Can Enable Defi Deposits and Fulfill Bitcoin’s Promise
Bitcoin embodies decentralization, security, and self-sovereignty. But today, financial transactions with Bitcoin require the use...
Coinshares Reports Its Most Successful Quarter Ever in Q1
Coinshares International Limited, a European investment company specializing in digital assets, has announced its Q1 2024 results,...
Okx Launches in Australia With Comprehensive Crypto Services
Global crypto exchange and Web3 technology company, Okx, has officially launched its services in Australia. The platform now offers...