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OpenSea gets Wells Notice from SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a Wells Notice to OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace. OpenSea co-founder...
Coinflip Expands Cryptocurrency ATM Services to Mexico
Coinflip has officially launched its digital currency kiosks, otherwise known as automated teller machines (ATMs), in Mexico,...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov released from custody, taken to court
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been taken to court following his arrest and detention in police custody for 96 hours. According...
Cryptoquant Report Reveals Faltering Global Bitcoin Demand Despite Recent Spike
A recent report from Cryptoquant reveals that comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sparked a surge in U.S. bitcoin...
CoinSwitch takes legal action against WazirX
CoinSwitch sues WazirX over $9.7M in stuck assets after a $230M cyberattack. WazirX seeks a 30-day moratorium to restructure and...
Wazirx Files for Moratorium in Singapore Court to Address Users’ Crypto Balances
Indian crypto exchange Wazirx has announced that a moratorium has been filed in Singapore’s High Court under the Insolvency,...
Maker, now Sky, faces backlash over USDS stablecoin’s freeze function
Sky’s USDS stablecoin has a freeze function, raising decentralization concerns. Rune Christensen, Sky’s co-founder, says the freeze...
Bitcoin.com Introduces Permissionless Bitcoin Price Prediction Game in Partnership With Playnance
Bitcoin.com, a leader in the cryptocurrency space since 2015, has once again raised the bar by launching an innovative Web3 game in...
Polyhedra’s zkBridge Integrates Flare to Enhance Cross-Chain Security with ZK Proofs
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 28th, 2024, Chainwire The Polyhedra community has approved a proposal to integrate Flare with...
Washington State Regulator Warns of Potential Fraud by BIB Crypto Platform
The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) issued a consumer alert on Tuesday, stating that it has received a...
SEC charges two brothers in $60 million Ponzi scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Jonathan Adam and Tanner Adam over a $60 million Ponzi scheme. SEC...
Salvadoran Educational Nonprofit Mi Primer Bitcoin Risks Running out of Funds
Mi Primer Bitcoin, an educational bitcoin nonprofit organization founded in El Salvador, risks running out of funds by September...
Celsius repays two-thirds of its creditors
Celsius has repaid $2.53B to 251,000 creditors, covering 84% of the debt. 121,000 creditors still haven’t claimed their funds, many...
SEC Freezes Assets of Crypto Trading Bot Operators in Alleged Ponzi Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has frozen the assets of Jonathan and Tanner Adam, alleging they ran a $60...
Xapo Bank partners with Hilbert Group to launch $200m Bitcoin hedge fund
Xapo Bank and Hilbert Group will launch a Bitcoin-denominated hedge fund. The BTC fund will receive an initial investment of $200...
Nasdaq Seeks SEC Approval to Launch Bitcoin Index Options
Nasdaq has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list and trade Bitcoin Index Options. The company aims...
Aave Labs proposes to integrate BlackRock’s BUIDL into GHO Stability Module
Aave Labs proposes integrating BlackRock’s BUIDL with the GHO Stability Module. The update aims to enhance capital efficiency and...
UAE Requests France to Provide Immediate Consular Support for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested consular services for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov following his arrest in Paris for...
Maker Protocol rebrands to Sky, Dai stablecoin rebranded to USDS
Maker Protocol rebrands to Sky, renaming Dai stablecoin as Sky Dollar (USDS). MKR governance token upgraded to Sky (SKY) with a...
Bitcoin Loses Footing as Price Slips Below $62K Threshold
Bitcoin took a tumble on Tuesday, hitting a low of $61,455 per coin after peaking at $65,103 just three days prior. The crypto...
Robinhood Wallet has added support for Solana
Robinhood Wallet now supports Solana tokens, with the self-custody wallet available on iOS and Android. Solana price rose slightly...
Tether CEO Criticizes Durov’s Arrest, States Europe Is ‘Falling Into Dark Ages’
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, one of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency industry, has criticized the arrest of Telegram...
Ethereum falls below $2.6k as whales dump ETH
Ethereum is down more than 5% in the past 24 hours to trade below $2,600 as altcoins show weakness. The top altcoin’s dip to lows...
French President Emmanuel Macron Dismisses ‘False Information’ on Pavel Durov’s Arrest; ‘It Is in No Way a Political Decision’
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has disregarded what he qualified as “false information” regarding the arrest of...
TOKEN2049 Singapore exhibition space sold out, very limited delegate tickets remaining
Exhibition space sold out a record month ahead of the world’s largest crypto event Speaker highlights include Binance CEO Richard...
The Fed Under Fire: Elizabeth Warren Pushes for Unprecedented Rate Cut
As the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) gears up for its meeting on Sept. 18, anticipation is...
Ondo Finance launches its permissionless yieldcoin USDY on Arbitrum
Ondo’s USDY yieldcoin is now live on Arbitrum, offering 5.35% APY for non-US investors. USDY integrated with Camelot and Dolomite...
US Bitcoin ETFs Surge by $202M While Ethereum ETFs Bleed $13M in Outflows
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw inflows of $202.51 million on Monday, marking the eighth consecutive day of...
Maker Protocol rebrands to Sky, Dai stablecoin rebranded into USDS
Maker Protocol rebrands to Sky, renaming Dai stablecoin as USDS. MKR governance token upgraded to Sky (SKY) with a 1:24,000...
Bank of Russia Eyes Stablecoins for Cross-Border Transactions
The Bank of Russia is exploring the use of stablecoins in cross-border transactions, considering them as digital financial assets...
OKX adds support for new USDC spot trading pairs
OKX has introduced support for multiple USDC spot trading pairs They include ZK, LITH, ZERO, ZRO, XNO, ONDO and LQTY Crypto...
Thailand Extradites Malaysian Businessman to China Over $14 Billion Cryptocurrency Scam
Thailand has extradited Malaysian businessman Tedy Teow, also known as Zhang Yufa, to China over a massive cryptocurrency scam...
Poodlana price rejoins the ongoing crypto rebound
Poodlana token rose for the second consecutive day as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies bounced back. It jumped to a high of...
Singapore Court Imposes 6-Year Prison Sentence on Crypto Ponzi Scheme Mastermind
Yang Bin, a 61-year-old Dutch national, was sentenced by a Singapore court to six years in prison and fined S$16,000 Singapore...
Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Education Investments Set to Pay Off in Adoption
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from the past...
Former US Federal Agent Tigran Gambaryan Marks 6 Months in Nigerian Detention
Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.S. federal agent and Binance executive, has now spent six months in Nigerian detention. Lawyers say he...
Audited, Yet Hacked: The Critical Role of Real-Time Monitoring in Web3
In the evolving landscape of Web3, security remains a paramount concern for crypto companies. Most of these companies rely heavily...
Former Russian PM: BRICS Not Ready for Common Currency
Sergey Stepashin, Russia’s former prime minister, explained that it’s premature to discuss a common BRICS currency,...
DOGS launch impacts crypto exchanges and Telegram Wallet
DOGS launched on exchanges on Aug. 26, with on-chain claims open to millions of Telegram and TON users. Services for crypto...
Russia Set to Launch Crypto Payment Trials Next Week, Report
Russia is reportedly set to start trials for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital token payments on Sept. 1 to mitigate payment...
Warden announces the Artificial Intelligence Blockchain Interface (AIBI)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, August 26th, 2024, Chainwire Warden, the sovereign AI execution network, announced the alpha...
Russia Seeks Clarification From France on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest
The Russian Foreign Ministry has disclosed that its embassy in France has sought clarification on the detention of Telegram CEO...
Bitpanda partners with CoinMENA to boost crypto adoption
Crypto exchange Bitpanda and trading platform CoinMENA have announced a strategic alliance aimed at bolstering the latter’s...
Orange Juice Futures Hit All Time High Numbers Amidst Agricultural Commodity Rally
The price of frozen concentrate orange juice futures contract has reached all-time high numbers this month, hitting 514.65¢ per lb...
SEC charges Abra for offering unregistered crypto securities
SEC has charged Abra with securities violations related to the crypto platform’s Abra Earn program. The regulator previously...
SEC Charges Abra With Unregistered Sales of Crypto Asset Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed settled charges against Plutus Lending LLC, operating as Abra, for...
Argentina’s Ministry of Education adds Ethereum to high school curriculum
Buenos Aires high schools will start offering blockchain internships on August 27. ETH Kipu will train 500 students in Solidity and...
36% Chance for Durov’s Freedom in August: Polymarket’s High-Stakes Bet on Telegram Founder’s Fate
According to the blockchain-powered prediction market Polymarket, bettors are giving Telegram founder Pavel Durov a 36% chance of...
Stacks (STX) prepares for Nakamoto upgrade: here’s what to expect
Stacks, the largest Bitcoin layer-2 network, is on the verge of a transformative upgrade known as Nakamoto. As the Nakamoto upgrade...
Bitcoin Inflows Reach $543 Million as Powell Suggests Rate Cuts, Coinshares Reports
Coinshares, led by researcher James Butterfill, reports a significant uptick in bitcoin inflows following recent comments from...
Telegram CEO’s arrest is “very concerning,” Tether CEO says
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has added his voice to the many calls for the release of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. French law enforcement...
Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Faces Critical Resistance at $2,800 Amid Market Indecision
On August 26, 2024, ethereum’s price hovered around the $2,739 mark, reflecting a cautious market sentiment as traders weigh...
Shiba Inu unveils plans for a Decentralized Autonomous Organization
Shiba Inu (SHIB) is launching a DAO to give holders a voice in governance. The DAO will feature two councils: Charity and Culture...
Egyptian Fintech Firm Secures $3 Million to Grow Its Credit Services
Egyptian fintech startup Lucky has raised $3 million in a convertible note round to expand its credit services and contribute to...
SUI, POODL price prediction as Binance lists TON meme coin DOGS
Sui (SUI) trades above a key support area, while Poodlana (POODL) is up 10% in the past 24 hours. On the other hand, TON meme coin...
Wyoming Aims to Launch ‘Dollar-Dependent’ Stablecoin in Q1 2025
Wyoming plans to launch a dollar-based stablecoin, the Wyoming Stable Token, in Q1 2025. The digital asset aims to provide faster...
TON losses 18% over the weekend. Will it bounce back soon?
Key takeaways TON is down 18% over the weekend following Durov’s arrest. $0DOG officially begins trading on Gate.io and MEXC...
Rumble CEO Leaves Europe After Pavel Durov’s Arrest
Chris Pavlovski, founder and CEO of Rumble, an independent online video platform, has reported that he left Europe after the arrest...
Thai Authorities Raid Illegal Bitcoin Mine After Power Outages Spark Resident Complaints
Thai authorities successfully raided an illegal bitcoin mining operation in Ratchaburi on August 23. The raid came after residents...
Understanding the Difference Between Spot and Futures Crypto ETFs
This year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved 12 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and nine spot ether...
Russian Cybercriminal Extradited to US in Crypto Crime Case
A Russian cybercriminal, Deniss Zolotarjovs, has been charged in the U.S. with crimes related to his involvement in a cybercrime...
Latam Insights: El Salvador Offers Bitcoin Instruction to 80,000 Public Servants; Mercado Libre Launches Stablecoin
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this...
Polymarket Bets 10% on 2024 US Recession, Analyst Skeptical of Rate Cut’s Impact
The prediction market Polymarket and CME’s Fedwatch tool suggest that a rate cut during the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)...
TON Community Backs Telegram Founder Durov — Reaffirms Commitment to Decentralization
The TON community has reaffirmed its commitment to freedom of speech and decentralization, showing strong support for Telegram...
Ethereum Foundation Defends $96.9M Transfer Amidst Criticism
On Aug. 23, 2024, the Ethereum Foundation made a significant transaction by transferring 35,000 ETH, valued at approximately $96.9...
Ethereum and Blockchain to Be Included in High School Curricula in Argentina
ETH Kipu Foundation, an organization focused on supporting and developing the Ethereum ecosystem in Latam, has partnered with the...
Avalanche Discord Compromised—Fake Token Scammers Strike Again
Following the hack of the Polygon Discord server, Avalanche’s official X account (@avax) alerted the public that their Discord...
Sony Block Solutions Labs Introduces Soneium, an Ethereum L2 Project
Sony Block Solutions Labs, an initiative by Sony Group, recently introduced Soneium, an Ethereum layer two (L2) blockchain....
Bitcoin’s Last Difficulty Drop Likely to Be Erased in 3 Days
Bitcoin’s hashrate is on the rise once again, edging closer to the peak levels seen at the end of July. Despite a recent...
Whale doubles down on SOL as traders eye Bitcoin Dogs
Solana reclaimed the $160 level over the weekend to see SOL bulls reach the highest level since August 9. As a whale doubles down...
Harris Backs Plan to Tax Unrealized Gains, Kiyosaki Says Prepare for Crash Landing, and More — Week in Review
Vice President Kamala Harris supports President Biden’s proposal to increase taxes on unrealized gains for the wealthy....
2 Vintage Bitcoin Wallets From 2011 Spring to Life, Moving $4.7 Million in BTC
Over the past day, bitcoin has been hovering just under the $64,000 mark, while two wallets, which had been inactive for more than...
Wazirx Founder Denies Remaining Assets Are Gone, Warns About New Fake Account Trend
Wazirx co-founder Nischal Shetty has addressed concerns about the remaining assets following the cyberattack, stating that...
Crypto Market Surges by $623B in 2024 as Bitcoin Climbs $20K Higher
In just seven months—roughly 236 days—since the year began, the crypto economy has ballooned by a staggering $623...
Elon Musk Supports Efforts to Free Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Following Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted the hashtag #FreePavel on his social media...
‘World’s Coolest Dictator’ Bukele Promotes El Salvador as Free Speech Haven
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele highlighted his country’s commitment to free speech and safety in a recent social media post,...
Colombian Data Protection Authority Formulates Charges Against Worldcoin
The Colombian Industry and Commerce Superintendence (SIC), the personal data protection authority of the country, has formulated...
Zuckerberg, Spotify Founder Advocate for Open-Source AI in Europe
Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek advocate for open-source AI in Europe. The two tech leaders believe that open-source AI can drive...
Vitalik Buterin Raises Concerns Over Telegram CEO’s Arrest and Its Implications for Tech Freedom
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has voiced his concerns following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France. Buterin...
Crypto Exchange Gate.io Secures Sponsorship Deal With Italian Soccer Giant Inter Milan
Crypto exchange Gate.io has secured a sleeve sponsorship deal with Inter Milan, the reigning Italian champions. Gate.io’s...
DMM Group and Progmat Collaborate to Create a Regulated Stablecoin
Digital asset platform Progmat and DMM, a Japanese entertainment giant, are collaborating to create a new stablecoin on the Progmat...
Ripple, Kraken Legal Chiefs Weigh in on Court Decision in SEC’s Crypto Securities Lawsuit
The chief legal officers at Kraken and Ripple have weighed in on the Federal Court for the Northern District of California’s...
AI Curiosity Explodes: South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya Embrace the Technology
During the first half of 2024, Google Search trends revealed a significant rise in interest in artificial intelligence (AI) in...
Why 2024 Should Be Bitcoin’s Year to Step Away From Politics
As the U.S. election season heats up, Bitcoin finds itself once again in the political crossfire. From Washington, D.C., to...
Secrecy of Argentine Gold Bullion Transfers Abroad Sparks Lawmaker Criticism
A series of gold bullion transfers abroad by the Argentine government has sparked a series of criticisms behind this action,...
Peter Schiff Warns of Looming US Dollar Crisis and Economic Collapse
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has cautioned about the U.S. dollar index falling substantially, “triggering a U.S....
Robert Kiyosaki Pushes Bitcoin as US Debt Soars to Alarming Levels — Warns of Banking System Failures
Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has warned that the U.S. is adding a trillion dollars to its debt every 100 days....
US Court Denies Kraken’s Motion to Dismiss SEC Crypto Securities Lawsuit
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has denied Kraken’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the U.S....
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France: TON Price Plummets
Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, has reportedly been arrested at Le Bourget airport in France under a search warrant...
Academic Paper Questions Federal Reserve Independence and Exposes Political Ties
Thomas Joseph Webster, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pace University, challenges the long-held belief in the Federal...
























































































