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African Crypto Exchange Yellow Card Closes $40M Series B
19.9.2022
Polychain Capital led the round, which comes less than a year after the Series A
Argentine Inflation Skyrockets to Almost 80% YoY as Crypto Adoption Grows
19.9.2022
Argentine inflation numbers were revealed last week, with the interannual Consumer Price Index (CPI) registering record levels reaching 78.5%. This puts the country second only to Venezuela in Latam in terms of high inflation, with prices rising almost 8% during August, hitting the pockets...
UK Financial Regulator Issues Warning Against FTX Crypto Exchange
19.9.2022
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issue a warning to consumers not to conduct any business with the FTX crypto exchange.
In a statement first issued on 16 September, the FCA states that "This firm is not authorised by us and is targeting people in the UK."
The regulator issues...
Crypto Miner Bitdeer Bought Physical Safety Vault Le Freeport For Over $28M: Report
19.9.2022
The miner is looking to go public via a SPAC merger
Crypto Exchange FTX Not Authorized in UK, Financial Watchdog Warns
19.9.2022
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority warned Sam Bankman-Fried's firm may be providing financial services or products to local customers without its authorization
J-pop to Go Crypto with IEO-funded Idol Group to Debut in 2023
19.9.2022
J-pop is ready to take the crypto plunge, with Japan’s biggest pop producer set to debut a new “idol group” (a boy band or girlgroup) in the metaverse – a project that will be funded through an initial exchange offering (IEO).
In a press release, a Japanese crypto-pop crossover project named...
Crypto Prices Are Crashing Because of What’s Coming on Wednesday
19.9.2022
The week is off with bulk of the cryptocurrency market trading in the red, which is largely attributed to the upcoming rate hike announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank.
According to a report by Yahoo Finance, Fed officials are expected to deliver a third-straight 75-basis-point increase...
Videogame Studios Are Giving up on Play-to-Earn And Why That’s Actually Good For Crypto
19.9.2022
Major video game studios are scaling back plans to develop their own blockchain-based play-to-earn titles, amid an ongoing downturn in the GameFi and wider cryptocurrency sectors. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, NFTs and cryptocurrencies introduce a speculative and profiteering element...
Videogames Studios Are Giving up on Play-to-Earn And Why That’s Actually Good For Crypto
19.9.2022
Major video game studios are scaling back plans to develop their own blockchain-based play-to-earn titles, amid an ongoing downturn in the GameFi and wider cryptocurrency sectors. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, NFTs and cryptocurrencies introduce a speculative and profiteering element...
Market Concerns Cause Crypto Market Cap to Fall Below $950 Billion
19.9.2022
Digital currency is in the freefall condition as the market trends with a bearish tone, especially past 24 hours which have shown unexpected signs. The overall crypto market cap goes below the mark of $950 billion. Every cryptocurrency is aimlessly riding the bear despite holders hoping to recover...
Vietnam Crypto Miners Complain About Losses From Ethereum’s Merge
19.9.2022
Miners in Vietnam have expressed grievances over the loss of business following Ethereum’s transition to a consensus mechanism that does not require the energy-intensive computing they were providing. Many are in trouble, local media reported, quoting entrepreneurs and mining enthusiasts....
Australian Senator Proposes Crypto Bill Targeting China's Digital Yuan
19.9.2022
The proposal lays out disclosure requirements for banks that could make China's central bank digital currency available for use in Australia, and seeks to set up licensing frameworks for stablecoin issuers
British regulator lists FTX crypto exchange as 'unauthorized' firm
19.9.2022
The Financial Conduct Authority claims that the company “may be providing financial services or products without authorization.”
Crypto market bloodbath leads to $432M in liquidation
19.9.2022
The current market downturn is being attributed to a number of macroeconomic factors, such as higher-than-expected CPI data and a possible biggest Fed rate hike in 40 years
Working Group to Develop Efficiency Standard for Crypto Mining in Russia
19.9.2022
Crypto industry experts have formed a working group to draft a standard for energy-efficient and profitable cryptocurrency mining in Russia. The rules will aim to help developers and data center operators offer investors increased hardware uptime. Russia Prepares to Improve Efficiency of Mining...
Top 5 Coins that Pay Crypto Dividends
19.9.2022
In the traditional sense, a dividend is a distribution of profits from a company's stock or debt to its shareholders. Now, you may wonder, can cryptocurrencies then pay dividends? Surprisingly, the same concept also exists in the global crypto asset markets.
Read on to learn more about crypto...
Study: Samsung Named Most Active Investor in Crypto and Blockchain Startups
19.9.2022
Between September 2021 and mid-June 2022, Samsung invested in 13 crypto/blockchain companies thus making the South Korean corporation the most active among the top 40 corporations. Google’s parent Alphabet firm, on the other hand, tops the category of top corporations that participated...
Sports sponsorship is helping legitimize crypto in Australia — Coinjar exec
19.9.2022
Luke Ryan of CoinJar says sporting partnerships “helps shift the image of crypto away from the idea that it’s only there as speculative mania.”
Number of Youtube Crypto Stream Scams and Fake Domains Explodes in H1 2022
19.9.2022
A report issued by Group-IB, a Singaporean cybersecurity company, has found that the number of cryptocurrency scams that use fake domains has exploded during the first half of 2022. The number of these domains has grown fivefold, and most of these campaigns, though registered with Russian...
Carlita, DJ Tennis, and Calamar Crew to Headline AFTER 2049, the Official Closing Event for Asia’s Largest Web3 Conference
19.9.2022
PRESS RELEASE. TOKEN2049, Asia’s premier crypto conference, announced the DJ line-up of AFTER 2049, the official closing event of this year’s September edition. Headlined by Istanbul-based DJ and producer Carlita, electronic icon DJ Tennis, and Moojo, Mo-Shi and Leon (Calamar Crew)...