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Relaunch of USAN — the Union of South American Nations — in Latam Profiles New Monetary Integration
A proposal for relaunching the currently defunct USAN, the Union of South American Nations, profiles a future monetary integration amongst...
Ukraine’s Deputy Digital Minister Rejects ‘FTX-Democrats Narrative’
Claims that Ukraine has invested military aid into the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been rebutted by a representative of the...
US Lawmaker Urges SEC to ‘Take Decisive Action’ to Regulate Crypto Industry — Plans to Examine Options for Federal Legislation
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “take decisive action to put an end to...
Yellen Says FTX Collapse Shows Weaknesses of Entire Crypto Sector — Fed’s Brainard Pushes for Strong Regulation
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard have stressed the need for strong crypto regulation....
The Grand WAHED PitchFest – Pitch Your Idea and Win 25,000 USDT
PRESS RELEASE. WAHED is delighted to announce the Grand WAHED Pitchfest, an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to secure funding...
Ripple’s XRP rallies 10% after another win. Is the token now bullish?
Ripple token (XRP) continues to send clear signals. It is ready for takeoff once it is confirmed that XRP is not a security, as alleged by...
Biggest Movers: UNI Hits 1-Week High, XRP 10% Higher
Uniswap rose to a one-week high in today’s session, as crypto markets seemed to have settled following recent turbulence. The last...
Crypto.com’s Exposure to FTX Less Than $10 Million Says CEO — CRO Token Not Used as Collateral
According to the CEO of Crypto.com, Kris Marszalek, his firm had recovered much of the $1 billion that had been sent to FTX when the...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Climbs to $17,000 as Weaker USD Overshadows SBF’s Cryptic Tweets
Bitcoin was trading marginally higher on Nov. 15, as the U.S. dollar continued to weaken, dropping to multi-month lows versus several G7...
MDX price is defying gravity: Is it a good buy?
MDX price staged a strong recovery this week as investors bought the dip. The coin jumped to a high of $0.12, its highest point since...
Will MATIC rally higher after Nike announces plan to build its web3 experience on Polygon?
MATIC is up by more than 1% in the last 24 hours as the broader cryptocurrency market continues to recover from last week’s slump....
FTX collapse followed by an uptick in stablecoin inflows and DEX activity
On-chain data from Glassnode show Bitcoin’s (BTC) movements hit a new record for the largest net decline in aggregate BTC balances on...
Visa Terminates Agreements With Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX
Visa has reportedly terminated its global agreements with collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its U.S. arm, FTX US. The payments...
Elon Musk: Bitcoin Will Make It — Dogecoin to the Moon
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has made bullish statements about bitcoin and dogecoin despite crypto market sell-offs. He said...
Bitcoin derivatives data reflects traders’ mixed feelings below $17,000
Bitcoin (BTC) lost 25.4% in 48 hours, bottoming at $15,590 on Nov. 9 as investors rushed to exit positions after the second-largest...
Cardano continues to add new wallets. But how is the price outlook?
Is Cardano growth and ADA price going in opposite directions? That’s the snapshot for the Layer-1 blockchain, as the price remains...
Polygon teases a metaverse game changer. Is MATIC now bullish or about to be?
After a series of developments, Polygon (MATIC/USD) is again making airwaves. This time around, the network is entering the metaverse...
Is CRO token about to tank as massive withdrawals are reported?
Crypto exchanges are again coming under pressure. After the collapse of FTX, the question has always been, who is next? It is, of course,...
Blockchain and the world’s growing plastic problem
Everything makes its way to the sea, and none more so than plastics. There are now five floating plastic islands in different oceans...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Rebounds Following Bullish Comments From Elon Musk
Bitcoin started the week trading below $17,000, as volatility in the cryptocurrency space continued to intensify. Following last...
St. Kitts and Nevis to Explore Possibility of Making Bitcoin Cash Legal Tender by March 2023
St. Kitts and Nevis will explore the possibility of making bitcoin cash legal tender by March 2023. The statement was made by St. Kitts...
Bitcoin price prediction: How low can it drop?
Bitcoin price continued consolidating in Monday as a somber mood engulfed the cryptocurrency industry. The coin was trading at $16,760,...
TWT soars by 47% after Changpeng Zhao promotes the use of Trust Wallet
TWT is the best performer amongst the leading cryptocurrencies today after rallying by 47% in the last 24 hours. TWT, the native token of...
Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Expose Members of Crypto Fraud Scheme Making €200 Million a Year
A report shows Ukrainian Cyberpolice identified members of a group that defrauded people around the world through fake crypto investment...
Binance CEO Likens FTX Fiasco to 2008 Financial Crisis — Warns of ‘Cascading Effects’
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has compared the FTX collapse to the 2008 financial crisis. Warning of “cascading effects,” he...
Kraken CEO Discusses Impact of FTX Failure — Says Damage to Crypto Industry Is Huge, Will Take Years to Undo
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has outlined the impact of FTX’s failure on the crypto industry. After listing multiple...
How to build a Bitcoin Beach: Advice from the pros
How does one build a Bitcoin (BTC) community? How to start? Where to begin? And what are the best practices? Cointelegraph spoke to...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Freezes Accounts of FTX, Alameda Research, Their Executives
Crypto exchange Kraken has frozen a handful of accounts owned by the bankrupt FTX Group, Alameda Research, and their executives. Kraken...
What is a Helium miner and how does it work?
Mining helps verify the legitimacy of transactions conducted via a blockchain network such as the Bitcoin blockchain. Miners can start...
FTX Collapse: Africa-Focused Payments Firm AZA Finance Slams ‘Erroneous Inclusion’ in FTX Bankruptcy Filing
The founder and CEO of an Africa-focused payments firm, Elizabeth Rossiello, claimed on Nov. 11 that the beleaguered crypto exchange FTX...
FTX Collapse: African Crypto Industry Leaders’ Perspective and Advice to Regulators
The collapse of FTX and subsequent calls for tougher regulation by the likes of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren have increased the...
FDIC acting chair says no crypto firms or tokens are backed by agency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acting chair Martin Gruenberg said the agency does not back any crypto firms in the United States,...
Citi Analyst Warns of ‘Serious’ Contagion Risk to Crypto Ecosystem From FTX Failure
A Citi analyst has warned of a serious risk of broader contagion to the crypto ecosystem stemming from the collapse of crypto exchange...
SBF Is Sleeping Better, Playing Video Games — New York Times Sam Bankman-Fried Interview Dunked on for Going Soft on FTX Co-Founder
On Nov. 14, the New York Times (NYT) published a massive 2,200-word expose and interview with the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried...
2 More Crypto Platforms Pause Withdrawals as Liquid Global and Salt Lending Cite Exposure to FTX
On Nov. 15, 2022, the crypto exchange Liquid Global revealed that it has suspended fiat and crypto withdrawals “until further notice.” The...
Next Level Blockchain Ecosystem IllumiShare SRG Set to Launch Token Presale
PRESS RELEASE. In a move that will excite crypto enthusiasts, IllumiShare SRG has announced its token presale launch, which will hold on...
Bitcoin price hits $17K on US PPI as trader warns of ‘final capitulation’
Bitcoin (BTC) spiked to $17,000 at the Nov. 15 Wall Street open as fresh United States economic data continued to show inflation cooling....
FTX collapse is Trust Wallet Token’s gain — Why did TWT price soar 150% in six days?
Trust Wallet Token (TWT) has surged by nearly 150% in the last six days, bucking the downturn in the cryptocurrency market, whose net...
FTX hacker still draining exchange wallets? Analyst calls it on-chain spoofing
The FTX hacker that drained over $450 million worth of assets just moments after the doomed crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy on Nov....
Bitget Raises Its Protection Fund to $300M to Reassure Users After FTX’s Collapse
PRESS RELEASE. Nov 15th, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Bitget announces that it will increase its Protection Fund...
Metaverse of Entertainment Expected to Grow to Almost $29 Billion Driven by Consumer Spending by 2026, Study Says
A study from Technavio, a market research firm, has predicted that the area of the metaverse dedicated to entertainment, including virtual...
Huobi Becomes Latest Crypto Exchange to Disclose Proof-of-Reserves
Huobi, the Seychelles-based crypto exchange, recently became the latest digital asset exchange platform to reveal the number as well as...
Arbitrum sees steady growth as airdrop speculation leads to increased earnings
Post Ethereum merge, layer-2 blockchains have been catching the eyes of users and investors alike. Research firm Delphi Digital has been...
Kevin O’Leary: FTX Collapse Is a Turning Point for the Industry — ‘Crypto Bottom Is In’
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has investments in FTX. Following the collapse of the crypto exchange, he said...
Ikigai Exec Says ‘Large Majority’ of Crypto Asset Management Firm’s Funds Stuck on FTX
After Kevin Zhou, the co-founder of the hedge fund Galois Capital, revealed half of the firm’s assets were held on FTX, another crypto...
Binance coin price analysis amid fresh pains in the crypto market
Binance (BNB/USD) sits above a support zone of $266. At the current valuation of $281, BNB has lost 30% since nearly topping $400 a few...
Is KuCoin token becoming a little hero in a depressing crypto market after 20% gains?
KuCoin token (KCS/USD) was among a handful of cryptocurrencies that posted double-digit gains on Monday. With a surge of about 20%, the...
Biggest Movers: CRO Rebounds as CEO Kris Marszalek Admits ‘Trust Was Damaged’
On Nov. 14, cronos rebounded, as Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek held an “Ask me Anything” (AMA) session, while speculation grew on...
Crypto.com’s CRO is in trouble, but a 50% price rebound is in play
Crypto.com’s native token Cronos (CRO) is showing restraint on Nov. 14 against mounting sell-pressure building in the wake of the FTX’s...
Bitcoin flows out of exchanges marketwide following FTX collapse
Events of the past week have been absolutely crippling for Bitcoin. FTX’s collapse presents as the most impactful insolvency of a...
El Salvador President Bukele says Bitcoin is ‘the opposite‘ of FTX
The shock wave around the FTX explosion was felt globally as it severely fractured investor confidence. However, seasoned crypto...
PEGA Pool to Launch in 2023 to Help You Offset Your Carbon Footprint While Crypto Mining
PEGA Pool is an eco-friendly crypto mining pool currently in private beta testing and is expected to be open to the public in the first...
Is EOS set for a breakout after the EOS Foundation launched its $100m ecosystem fund?
EOS is up by more than 3% in the last 24 hours and could rally higher after the EOS Foundation launched its ecosystem fund. EOS, the...
Manhattan District Attorney Freezes $1.3 Million in Crypto — Seeks to Return Funds to Fraud Victims
Manhattan District Attorney (DA)’s Office has frozen more than $1.3 million in cryptocurrency “during fraud investigations...
Conflicting Reports Emerge About SEC Helping Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX With Legal Loopholes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly met with crypto exchange FTX and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried several times...
Bank of Russia Sets Out to Regulate Digital Asset Taxation, Exchange, Still Opposed to Crypto
The Central Bank of Russia supports the development of digital financial assets but remains opposed to legalizing crypto payments, its top...
SBF’s ‘Truly Trustless’ Protocol — Serum’s Upgrade Authority May Be Tainted, Devs Look to Fork Project
According to Solana’s founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, Serum developers are forking the platform because the “upgrade key to the...
Crypto.com accidentally sends 320k ETH to Gate.io, recovers funds days after
The fall of FTX highlighted the importance of proof of reserves in averting risks and improving investor confidence, urging leading crypto...
The Mysterious FTX Debacle, Tim Draper’s BTC Price Prediction, More Support for Ripple in SEC Lawsuit — Week in Review
As theories proliferate wildly about the true nature of what happened to failed crypto exchange FTX, little is yet clear to the crypto...
Huobi and Gate.io under fire for allegedly sharing snapshots using loaned funds
To counter the rising mistrust among crypto investors following the FTX collapse, crypto exchanges unanimously decided to share proof of...
Cryptopunks Climb Past Bored Ape NFT Floor Values Amid Crypto Market Carnage
During the last five days, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stemming from the Cryptopunks NFT collection have surpassed Bored Ape Yacht Club...
Will SBF face consequences for mismanaging FTX? Don’t count on it
Will former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried be held accountable for his mismanagement of investor funds? After most of the entities tied to his...
Mark Cuban Says FTX Implosion Isn’t Crypto Blowup — Explains Why He Invests in Crypto
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, says recent blowups in the crypto space, including the FTX...
Elliptic Analysis Says $477 Million Stolen From FTX, ‘Accounts Drainer’ Becomes 35th Largest ETH Holder
Three days ago, on Nov. 11, 2022, it was reported that FTX’s wallets saw unusual activities and FTX Telegram channel admins...
Why ex-Goldman strategist thinks Ethereum already bottomed out. A technical outlook
An Ethereum (ETH/USD) bull run is around the corner, according to former Goldman Sachs strategist Raoul Pal. According to Pal,...
Bahamas Regulator Appoints ‘Big Four’ Auditor PWC as Joint Provisional FTX Liquidator
On Nov. 14, 2022, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) published a press release that explains the ‘Big Four’ accounting firm...
Gold Bug Peter Schiff Insists This Is ‘Not a Crypto Winter,’ Economist Says It’s More Like ‘Crypto Extinction’
Since bitcoin started falling from its all-time high last year, the economist and gold bug, Peter Schiff, made sure everyone knows that he...
TRON ACADEMY Launches with Hacker House and New Season 3 HackaTRON Partners
Geneva, Switzerland, 15th November, 2022, Chainwire The “Hacker House,” as TRON DAO dubbed it, brought together some of...
Renault Launches Its Industrial Metaverse, Aims to Save $330 Million by 2025
Renault, one of the biggest automakers in the world, has announced it has built the first industrial metaverse, with all its production...
BTC losses get real as Bitcoin SOPR metric hits lowest since March 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers are nursing their largest overall losses since March 2020, one on-chain metric suggests. Data from on-chain...
Onchain Data Reveals Alameda Acquired Specific Tokens a Month Before FTX Listings
According to a report stemming from the blockchain analytics firm Argus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading firm Alameda Research obtained...
Nifty News: Nike unveils NFT platform, Steve Jobs’ sandals sell for $200K and more
Nike’s “Dot Swoosh” platform lands Footwear and apparel giant Nike has unveiled its latest foray into the non-fungible...
Inaugural Gam3 Awards to honor the best Web3 games of 2022
The inaugural edition of the Gam3 Awards — a new Web3 gaming awards event hosted by Polkastarter Gaming — is set to take place on Dec. 15,...
Turbulence for blockchain industry despite strong Bitcoin fundamentals: Report
In the past, it was often said that Bitcoin (BTC) moves the entire crypto and blockchain industry. Is this still the case? The past few...
US Law Enforcement Directs Paxos to Freeze More Than 11,000 PAXG Tokenized Gold Coins
According to the blockchain infrastructure company Paxos, the firm has frozen 11,184.38 pax gold (PAXG) tokens held on the platform...
Bitget Prepares 5 Million USD Builders Fund to Help Users Distressed by FTX Collapse
PRESS RELEASE. Nov 14th, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announces that it has set aside a 5 Million USD worth of...
Effective Altruism: Former FTX CEO’s Alleged $40M Penthouse Listed for Sale, Report Says Firm Spent $74M on Real Estate
In light of a recently published real estate listing, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is reportedly selling a 12,000-square-foot...
Crypto Trading Platforms Deal With Massive Withdrawal Requests — Over $5 Billion in BTC, ETH Removed From Exchanges
During the last week, the crypto community has been dealing with the demise of FTX and its affiliated crypto businesses, and ever since...
Binance Forming Crypto Industry Recovery Fund to ‘Reduce Further Cascading Negative Effects of FTX’
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is forming an industry recovery fund to “reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX,”...
Should you buy Litecoin as its hash rate rebounds?
Litecoin price remained in a consolidation phase on Monday as investors reflected on the happenings in the crypto industry. LTC was...
Elon Musk says BTC ‘will make it’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week on shaky ground after its lowest weekly close in two years. The largest cryptocurrency considerably...
London & Belfast the top UK crypto cities, Newcastle last
Following on from a piece we wrote about the uptake of crypto within the UK, this one will dive a bit deeper into which British cities own...
Fiat-to-Crypto Company Ramp Raises $70 Million to Solve the Crypto Onboarding Problem
Ramp, a fiat-to-crypto company, has announced it has raised $70 million as part of its Series B funding round. The round was co-led by...
CZ and Saylor urge for crypto self-custody amid increasing uncertainty
Industry heavyweights have urged crypto investors and traders to self-custody their crypto assets amid the significant market uncertainty...
Ark Invest CEO Warns Fed’s Actions Could Lead to 1929-Like Great Depression — Elon Musk Agrees
The CEO of investment management firm Ark Invest has warned that if the Federal Reserve does not pivot, the current economic setup will be...
Royal Bahamas Police Force Reveals FTX Is Being Investigated for ‘Criminal Misconduct’
“A team of financial investigators” are currently investigating the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, the Royal Bahamas Police Force...
FTX Contract Deployer Unlocks 192 Million FTT, Exchange Token’s Questionable Tokenomics Highlights Red Flags
Following the collapse of FTX and the exchange filing bankruptcy on Nov. 11, the trading platform’s exchange token called ftx (FTT)...
$3 billion in Bitcoin left exchanges this week amid FTX contagion fears
Bitcoin (BTC) investors are withdrawing funds from exchanges at a rate not seen since April 2021 with nearly $3 billion in Bitcoin...
Bitcoin maintains its price above $16k but could dip lower soon
Bitcoin has lost more than 20% of its value over the last seven days and could record further losses this week. The cryptocurrency market...
From Mercedes F1 to Miami Heat, Sports Teams Suspend FTX Sponsorships
A string of organizations competing in various sports are pulling out of sponsorship deals with beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX....