Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
After hearing witness accounts in the FTX trial this week, proceedings will resume on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, is reportedly slated to take the stand. Ellison’s testimony could be pivotal; she...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Though Bitcoin’s value has risen from its position last month, September saw a surge in dormant Bitcoin transfers from long-inactive BTC wallets. This trend hasn’t slowed; in the initial week of October, several 2014 wallets came alive,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin cash was one of the big gainers to start the weekend, as the cryptocurrency ended a two-day losing streak. Overall, the momentum in the market was marginally higher, as traders continued to consume the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. TRO...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin traded above $28,000 to start the weekend, after Joe Rogan commented that it had a chance of becoming a “universal viable currency.” Additionally, traders also reacted to yesterday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls, which r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Bank of Korea and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have announced a new pilot that will test the functionality of a Korean wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), which will serve as a tool for banks to settle interbank transa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis is shedding a chunk of its workforce, the second time it’s doing so within this year. The news comes in a difficult period for the whole industry which saw a number of such moves in 2023, against the backdrop of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On October 6, 2023, the cryptocurrency Cardano, known by its ticker ADA, is ranked as the eighth-largest in market capitalization, valued at just over $9 billion, or 0.817% of the $1.08 trillion cryptocurrency market. As the digital currency landscap...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange JPEX recently converted user funds to a native token known as JPC. According to JPEX, affected users will only be able to cash this token out after two years. One affected user said the crypto exchange did not in...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Crypto exchange Kraken has unveiled its plan to acquire Dutch crypto broker Coin Meester B.V. (BCM). Kraken explained that the Netherlands is a key market in its European expansion plans. “We are committed to growing our business in compliance...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Steven Schoenfeld, former head of International Equity Product Strategy at Barclays Global Investors (now Blackrock), expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve all spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications in thr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Friday, FTX’s co-founder, Gary Wang, delivered a riveting testimony to federal prosecutors, alleging that CEO Sam Bankman-Fried covertly diverted billions from customer accounts to fuel trades for his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Wang detai...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and best-selling author, has stated that the end of the dollar’s hegemony is near and that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will become the basis of cross-border settlements. For Sachs, the abuse of t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Solana has successfully implemented its 1.16 upgrade, introducing several new features, including improved runtime support for zero-knowledge proofs and enhancements for validators. However, the highlight of this upgrade is the “confidential tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As the trial for Sam Bankman-Fried begins this week, the cryptocurrency community is eagerly awaiting the verdict. Will Bankman-Fried be found guilty or not guilty? As the trial progresses, speculators are using the cryptocurrency prediction platform...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The decentralized exchange (dex) Thorswap has paused operations after a series of funds stemming from the FTX hacker was sent to the dex protocol. Thorswap took to social media and said that the team “stands firmly against any and all crim...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Avalanche rose to a six-week high on Friday, after the token climbed above a key resistance level. The move saw price rise by as much as 7%, despite the global crypto market cap mostly in the red in today’s session. Toncoin remained higher, following...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. RealFevr is thrilled to announce the imminent launch of “Organya: The Interplenetary Football Strategy Game ” on October 18th, 2023. Organya marks a monumental leap forward in web3 gaming, not only evolving from the beloved FEVR...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) under the Treasury has released an updated version of the specially designated nationals (SDN) list, featuring multiple alleged fentanyl traffickers from China along with their associated cryptocurrency addr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Ethereum snapped a four-day losing streak on Friday, as markets reacted to the latest nonfarm payrolls in the United States. Payrolls came in at 336,000, which is nearly double the 170,000 jobs many thought would be added in September. Bitcoin retrea...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is trying to force Elon Musk to testify in its probe into his purchase of Twitter, now X. After some back and forth, the billionaire investor bought the social media platform for $44 billion in October 20...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Integrating crypto into the global financial system has so far proved to be problematic to due what Przemek Kowalczyk, the chief product officer (CPO) of the fintech startup Ramp, described as “digital incompatibility.” Kowalczyk, a data...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
While centralized exchanges (cexs) are instrumental in helping new users grasp all things crypto, they nevertheless do not go “the extra mile in educating their audience properly,” Alexandru Carbunariu, the CMO at the edutech si...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) recently said the company distributing and marketing islamic coin (ISLM) lacks the authority to do so. VARA said Bored Gen DMCC must cease marketing activity until it obtains the appropriate ap...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In 2023, several SIM swap attacks have targeted cryptocurrency advocates and high-profile industry members, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Below is a comprehensive guide aimed at educating our readers on mitigating SIM swap attacks an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Former FTX chief technology officer Gary Wang took the stand on Thursday in the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Wang admitted to committing financial crimes with Bankman-Fried, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, and former FTX engineering e...
