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Venom Blockchain Partners with DAO Maker to Incubate Web3 Startups Focused on Real-world Use Cases

PRESS RELEASE. Abu Dhabi, 13 February 2023 — Venom Foundation, the first Layer-1 blockchain licensed by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), has announced a partnership with DAO Maker, a leading blockchain growth solutions provider known for their Lau...

Bakkt Shifts Focus to B2B Technology Solutions, Plans to Discontinue Consumer App

Bakkt Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it will solely focus on business-to-business technology solutions and discontinue its consumer application. The company stated that the app will officially be discontinued on March 16, 2023, and app users wil...

Biggest Movers: MATIC Drops by 10%, ATOM Hits 2-Week Low

Polygon fell by over 10% on Feb. 13, as a red wave swept through cryptocurrency markets during Monday’s session. Volatility was high ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. consumer price index release, and with the depegging of BUSD. Cosmos also trade...

Brazilians Will Be Able to Pay Taxes With Crypto

Brazilians will now be able to pay part of their state taxes using cryptocurrencies. Banco do Brazil, a mixed ownership bank, is launching the option of paying a set of taxes with crypto, using Bitfy, a Brazilian cryptocurrency startup, as a payment...

Hackers Attack Domain Registrar Namecheap; Flood of DHL and Metamask Phishing Emails Follow

On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, the domain registrar Namecheap’s email account was compromised by hackers. Subsequently, a large number of individuals received phishing emails claiming to be from Metamask and DHL. These emails originated from the ema...

Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Hits 1-Month Low, Falling Under $1,500

Ethereum started the week trading below $1,500, as it was reported that Paxos will no longer mint BUSD. This has led to a depegging of the stablecoin, and comes ahead of the upcoming U.S. inflation report, which is also adding to today’s volat...

Paxos Receives Wells Notice from SEC, NYDFS Orders Issuer to Stop Minting BUSD

According to a report published on Feb. 12, 2023, the New York-based financial institution and technology company, Paxos, has received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding alleged violations of investor prot...

Income Tax Applies to Crypto Trading in Bosnia, Tax Administration Says

Individuals are expected to pay income tax on gains from cryptocurrency trading, the tax authority of Bosnia has determined. In the absence of dedicated regulations, the federal government in Sarajevo has set up a working group to assess various risk...

Coinbase Argues Its Staking Services Are Not Securities, Criticizes SEC Regulatory Approach

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Microsoft Reportedly Shutting Down Industrial Metaverse Focused Group

Software giant Microsoft is shutting down one of its most significant groups dedicated to the development and promotion of the industrial metaverse. According to reports, the company terminated its whole Industrial Metaverse Core group, which was com...

US Crypto Lawsuits Reach All-Time High With 42% Increase in 2022; SEC Cases Dominate Legal Battles

A new study on digital currency-related lawsuits since 2018 shows a 42% increase in crypto lawsuits in 2022. The highest number of claims in a single year was recorded last year, with 41 total claims in the United States. The research also shows that...

Bridgewater CIO Warns of Deeper, Longer, and ‘Much More Painful’ Recession Than What We’re Accustomed To

Bridgewater Associates’ co-chief investment officer has warned about a recession that is “much more difficult” and “much more painful” than what we’ve been accustomed to. “The dam has been broken where fiscal...

Pantera Capital on Bitcoin: We’re in Next Bull Market Cycle

Crypto-focused investment firm Pantera Capital says bitcoin has seen its lows and “we’re in the next bull market cycle.” Dan Morehead, the firm’s founder and managing partner, noted: “Over the long-term,...

Fed Governor Warns Crypto Prices Could Fall to Zero — Says ‘Don’t Expect Taxpayers to Socialize Your Losses’

U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has warned that crypto prices could fall to zero at some point. “Please don’t be surprised and don’t expect taxpayers to socialize your losses” when that happens, the Fed govern...

Block Sizes Exceeding 3 MB Now Common on Bitcoin Blockchain as Ordinal Inscription Demand Rises

Since Luxor, a bitcoin mining pool, mined a record-setting 3.96 MB block (#774,628) on the Bitcoin blockchain, block sizes have been larger than they were prior to that block height in the past 12 days. Statistics show that blocks larger than 3 MB ar...

Russia Releases Bitzlato Co-Founder Anton Shkurenko After Questioning

Russian authorities have released the recently arrested co-founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato, said to have processed illicit funds worth millions of U.S. dollars. Anton Shkurenko, who was questioned in Moscow, denies the French charges against him...

House Republicans Demand Answers From SEC Over FTX Co-Founder’s Arrest

On Feb. 10, 2023, Republicans Patrick McHenry of North Carolina and Bill Huizenga of Michigan, both members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler seeking answers about th...

Bitcoin Network Experiences Slight Dip in Difficulty After Record High

Bitcoin’s difficulty decreased 0.49% on Feb. 12, 2023, following a sustained all-time high of 39.35 trillion over the previous two weeks (2,016 blocks). The decrease in difficulty offers a brief respite for bitcoin miners, after the network re...

Ark Invest on $1.4M BTC, Possible Julian Assange-Linked File on Bitcoin Blockchain — Week in Review

Investment management firm Ark Invest has offered three bitcoin price predictions in a new report, including a bull scenario where bitcoin could reach $1.48 million per coin. In other news, a 7zip file possibly linked to activist Julian Assange was r...

Seoul Sanctions North Korea Over Crypto Theft

South Korea has imposed sanctions on the North in relation to a number of cyberattacks often resulting in the theft of cryptocurrency. The authorities in Seoul say the regime in Pyongyang is using the digital assets to fund its nuclear and missile de...

IMF Report on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption: Risks Averted, but Transparency Needed

According to a recent mission statement published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), El Salvador has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and has avoided risks so far. The IMF states that the risks have not materialized due to the limited use of bi...

Daily Raids on Crypto Farms as Abkhazia Intensifies Mining Crackdown

Authorities in Abkhazia are stepping up efforts to clamp down on cryptocurrency mining amid electricity shortages in the winter months. The government of the breakaway Georgian region announced it’s also taking measures to prevent imports of mining e...

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