Former New York governor advised OKX over $505M federal probe: Report
3.4.2025
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX reportedly hired former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to advise it over the federal probe that resulted in the firm pleading guilty to several violations and agreeing to pay $505 million in fines and penalties.Cuomo, a New York-registered attorney, advised OKX on legal...
Crypto Carnage: $509M Wiped Out Post-Trump Tariff Bombshell as BTC, ETH, SOL Spiral
3.4.2025
Bitcoin ( BTC) experienced a swift and pronounced decline hours after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled new tariff measures, collapsing to an intraday floor of $82,352 by 7:15 p.m. ET. Trump’s Tariff Tremors Traders swiftly mobilized, engaging in a high-stakes contest to reverse the digital...
EY updates privacy L2 as nixed Tornado Cash sanctions ease fears
3.4.2025
Big Four accounting firm EY, formerly Ernst & Young, has changed its enterprise-focused Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Nightfall to a zero-knowledge rollup design as it says corporate clients are more comfortable with privacy solutions with easing US sanctions.EY said in an April 2 announcement...
Kraken Secures Restricted Dealer Status in Canada Amid 'Turning Point' for Crypto in the Country
3.4.2025
Kraken announced it will offer free Interac e-Transfer deposits for Canadian users to reduce friction for newcomers to the platform
Nigeria’s CBN Calls 5,000 and 10,000 Naira Banknote Report ‘Fake News’
3.4.2025
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed as fake news a report stating it issued ₦5,000 and ₦10,000 banknotes to enhance cash transactions. The CBN said the report, circulating on social media and claiming the new banknotes would become legal tender on May 1, 2025, did not originate from...
Trump imposes 10% tariff on all countries, reciprocal levies on trading partners
3.4.2025
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing reciprocal tariffs on trading partners and a 10% baseline tariff on all imports from all countries.The reciprocal levies on will be approximately half of what trading partners charge for US imports, Trump said. For example...
US lawmakers press SEC for info about Trump family-backed crypto firm
3.4.2025
Two Democratic lawmakers in the US Senate and House of Representatives have called on acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda to preserve information regarding World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm backed by President Donald Trump’s family.In an April 2 letter...
Curve Finance clocks $35B trading volume in Q1 2025
2.4.2025
Curve Finance, a decentralized lending protocol and exchange, notched record-breaking trading volumes of nearly $35 billion in the first quarter of 2025, a spokesperson for the protocol told Cointelegraph. Trading volumes increased more than 13% from the first quarter of 2024, largely due to...
Trump’s Tariffs Target Global ‘Cheating’ as BTC Dips and Stocks Slide After Hours
2.4.2025
President Donald Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on global imports and declared April 2, 2025, “Liberation Day” for American industry, as U.S. stock markets climbed and bitcoin briefly surged during his address. Trump Targets China, EU With New Tariffs President Donald Trump marked...
Fidelity introduces retirement accounts with minimal-fee crypto investing
2.4.2025
Fidelity, a financial services company with $5.9 trillion in assets under management, has introduced new retirement accounts that will allow Americans to invest in crypto nearly fee-free.The three accounts — a tax-deferred traditional IRA and two Roth IRAs (one is a rollover) — permit...
Gold Rush 2.0: China Unearths Colossal 1,000-Ton Treasure Trove
2.4.2025
Geologists have announced the discovery of a massive 1,000-ton gold deposit in northeastern China. Deposit Discovery Occurs Amid Gold Rally Chinese geologists recently claimed to have discovered a 1,000-ton deposit of gold in the country’s northeast. This latest discovery comes a few months after...
The Protocol: Vana Introduces Token Standard for Data-Backed Assets
2.4.2025
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