Iran Shuts Down More Illegal Crypto Farms, Bringing Total to Over 5,300
11.9.2021
Authorities in Iran are continuing their crackdown on unauthorized cryptocurrency mining as electricity demand remains high. The country’s power utility company has so far closed down more than 5,300 illegal mining facilities, seizing an enormous amount of coin-minting machines. Power...
Stanford researcher-led Pledge raises $3M for decentralized lending protocol
11.9.2021
Researchers from Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley contributed to the development of the crypto-asset lending platform
SIX Swiss Exchange Receives Regulatory Approval to Launch Digital Asset Bourse
11.9.2021
Switzerland’s stock exchange SIX has won regulatory approval to launch its long-awaited bourse for digital assets. This authorization enables the exchange “to go live with a fully regulated, integrated trading, settlement, and custody infrastructure based on distributed ledger...
Not dead yet: Bitcoin network records 700,000th block as adoption grows
11.9.2021
Block after block, Bitcoin highlights the power of programmable monetary policy even as calls for its death grow louder
Trippy Bunny NFT donates 100% of mint proceeds to suicide prevention foundation
11.9.2021
Cryptocurrency donations platform The Giving Block facilitated the contribution, which totaled nearly $221,000 in GUSD
NFT space is an exciting challenge to remain competitive, says Sean Kelly
11.9.2021
Cointelegraph interviewed the founder of Chibi Dinos — an NFT project which raised over $2M — to discuss the potential of the NFT space
$30 Million Crypto Scheme’s Leader Pleads Guilty, Facing up to 20 Years in Prison
11.9.2021
The leader of a cryptocurrency scheme that swindled over $30 million from investors has pleaded guilty to fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said. He now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Leader of $30M Crypto Scheme Pleads Guilty to Fraud The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...
India’s Central Bank RBI Still Has ‘Serious Concerns’ About Cryptocurrency
11.9.2021
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das, has once again expressed concerns regarding the impact of cryptocurrencies on India’s financial stability. Crypto Presents ‘Serious Concerns’ to RBI The Indian government is currently awaiting the Cabinet to take...
Novi-FT? Facebook’s NFT support may not drive crypto adoption
11.9.2021
Facebook is exploring NFT-functionality in its Novi–Diem ecosystem, but how will the technological solution measure up to existing platforms?
Here are the BTC price levels to watch as $38K emerges as bulls' line in the sand
11.9.2021
A weekly close much below current levels would be a problem, analysis warns, as key moving averages hang in the balance
Grayscale’s BCH, LTC, ETC Trusts Now One Step Closer to Becoming ETFs
11.9.2021
On Friday, Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager in terms of assets under management (AUM), revealed that three trusts have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to become SEC reporting companies. The three trusts include...
Russian Police Arrest 2 Women, High-Ranking Members of Finiko Crypto Pyramid
11.9.2021
Law enforcement in the Russian republic of Tatarstan have made new arrests in connection with the crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko. Two women detained this week are believed to have attracted millions of dollars to the pyramid. The now collapsed Finiko lured investors from a number of countries in...