New FTX CEO Told Members of Congress SBF’s Family ‘Certainly Received Payments’ From the Business
19.12.2022
According to multiple reports, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents face scrutiny over their reported involvement with their son’s business operations. The two Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but the current FTX CEO, John J....
Gate.io experiences slowdown in deposits and withdrawals due to node maintenance
18.12.2022
In a statement, the crypto exchange said that users' funds are safe and transactions are still being processed
XRP Price Prediction – Can XRP 10x in the Next Bull Market?
18.12.2022
Given the market slowdown, XRP price prediction remains bearish, as it has broken through a symmetrical support level at $0.3735. However, XRP is now trading just above the double-bottom support level of $0.3470. Will XRP be able to 10x in the next bull market? Let's find out!
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While Miners Deal With Low BTC Prices, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Target Expected to Increase 3% Higher
18.12.2022
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty target is expected to increase on Dec. 19, 2022, after printing the largest reduction recorded in 2022 on Dec. 5, at block height 766,080. During the last 2,016 blocks, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been around 254.3 exahash per second (EH/s), and block intervals...
Sam Bankman-Fried Reverses Decision to Contest US Extradition Request After a Few Nights in Bahamian Jail
18.12.2022
It was just a few days ago that Sam Bankman-Fried, the ex-billionaire CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda, decided to contest a US extradition request for his central role in the FTX meltdown that defrauded thousands of investors. However, after spending a few nights...
Sam Bankman-Fried Reverses Decision to Contest US Extradition Request After a Few Nights in Bahamian Jail
18.12.2022
It was just a few days ago that Sam Bankman-Fried, the ex-billionaire CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda, decided to contest a US extradition request for his central role in the FTX meltdown that defrauded thousands of investors. However, after spending a few nights...
Gemini Forms Creditors Committee With Houlihan Lokey to Resolve Genesis Liquidity Issues
18.12.2022
Roughly two weeks ago a report from the Financial Times (FT) claimed Genesis Global Capital owed $900 million to Gemini customers and the publication’s sources noted that the exchange was attempting to recover the funds by creating a creditors committee. 31 days after Gemini paused the Earn...
Crypto Whales are Accumulating These Little Known Altcoins – Here’s Why
18.12.2022
Crypto whales are people or groups who hold a large amount of a given cryptocurrency--and they're always on the hunt for ways to increase the ROI of their crypto portfolios. One way they do this is to buy promising cryptos early in their development and during presales, which allows them to...
Amazon's new series 'NFTMe' explores NFT culture and disruption worldwide
18.12.2022
The show features artists, collectors, and industry professionals across the world
Donald Trump Trading Card NFTs Skyrocket in Value Despite Being Mocked for His ‘Major Announcement’
18.12.2022
After the former 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump revealed his non-fungible token (NFT) trading card collection, Trump’s NFTs sold out within hours after the announcement. Statistics from Opensea, three days after the sale, show that the Trump NFT trading card...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as $10,000,000,000 Volume Comes In – BTC to the Moon?
18.12.2022
Investors appear to be preoccupied with the final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, as the cryptocurrency market is devoid of volatility on Sunday. Given this, the Bitcoin price prediction hasn't changed much throughout the day, as BTC remains above the important support level of $16,550. ...
Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit
18.12.2022
Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss the point. Crypto Long & Short is CoinDesk's weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and analysis for the professional investor