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Binance and Huobi Freeze $1.4 Million in Crypto Linked to North Korea

17.2.2023
Crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi have frozen cryptocurrencies worth approximately $1.4 million linked to North Korea, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The firm noted that the stolen funds, which were dormant until recently, originated from the June 2022 hack of Harmony’s...

Stanford Alumni Revealed as Co-Signers of FTX Co-Founder’s $250M Bond

16.2.2023
According to the latest court documents in the fraud case involving former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Manhattan, the New York judge presiding over the case unsealed the co-signers of Bankman-Fried’s bond on Wednesday. The names of the two bail bond co-signers that were previously redacted...

The Blur Airdrop Unveils NFTFi on CoinEx: The DeFi Platform That’s Taking NFTs to the Next Level

16.2.2023
PRESS RELEASE. On February 14, the highly anticipated Blur airdrop was finally kicked off. According to Dune Analytics, as of February 15, over 40,000 addresses have claimed the Blur airdrop, with 8.2% of them receiving over 10,000 tokens. Most users received between 1,000 and 10,000 BLUR tokens...

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

12.2.2023
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 are now quite common, and demand for Ordinal...

Elementus Raises $10 Million to Bring Clear Blockchain Analytics to Institutional Customers

8.2.2023
Elementus, a New York-based blockchain firm, has raised $10 million as part of its Series A-2 funding round, led by Web3 VC company Parafi Capital. The raise, which values the company at $160 million, aims to allow Elementus to keep improving its processes for providing effective and sound...

Blockchain Analytics Firm Elementus Triples in Valuation Despite Crypto Winter

6.2.2023
Elementus increased its valuation significantly from a little more than a year ago in a new $10 million fundraise

Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain

4.2.2023
During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Ordinal Inscriptions...

Hackers Stole $3.8 Billion From Crypto Firms in 2022, Says Chainalysis

4.2.2023
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says 2022 was “the biggest year ever for crypto hacking,” with $3.8 billion stolen from cryptocurrency businesses. The firm added that decentralized finance (defi) protocol hacks accounted for 82.1% of all cryptocurrency stolen by hackers during...

Ethereum Network’s Rising Gas Fees in 2023: A Balancing Act of Growth and Cost

3.2.2023
Ethereum gas fees have increased 13.71% in the last two weeks, with the average fee rising from $4.52 per transaction to $5.14 per transfer on Feb. 3, 2023. Despite ethereum’s price seeing significant growth this year, its network’s gas fees have also seen a similar increase. As...

Blockchain Analytics Firm Chainalysis to Cut Jobs in Reorganization

2.2.2023
The cuts will reportedly affect less than 5% of Chainalysis' staff, or about 40-50 people

Blur NFT Marketplace Surges in Volume and Market Share, Rivaling Industry Leader Opensea

26.1.2023
Blur, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has seen a significant increase in volume since its launch in October. According to statistics from Dune Analytics, Blur has captured about 30% of the market share in terms of sales volume. The NFT marketplace leader, Opensea, commands 48% of...

Crypto Diversification Is Back in 2023

25.1.2023
Bitcoin can be viewed as protection from inept central banks (and, yes, a tool for speculation, too)

Darknet Market Solaris Hacked by Competitor, Elliptic Reveals

22.1.2023
A leading marketplace on the dark web, Solaris, has been hit by a rival, according to crypto analytics company Elliptic. The Russia-linked platform, which tried to occupy space vacated by the busted Hydra, is believed to have conquered up to a fifth of the illicit market before the hack. Solaris...

Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count

16.1.2023
Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, Ethereum processed 1.10 million onchain...

Dash 2 Trade Crypto Signs Up 7,000 Beta Users, Subscriptions to Signals and Analytics Dashboard Open in April

12.1.2023
Dash 2 Trade has signed up 7,000 users to the beta of its dashboard product featuring its presale scoring and analytics system. The beta release has had no marketing support, making this milestone all the more impressive. Community feedback has so far been overwhelmingly positive. Dash...

Bitcoin Network Braces for Notable Difficulty Increase in 3 Days

12.1.2023
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block and add it to the blockchain, is set to increase significantly on Jan. 15, 2023, according to current estimates. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty appears to be on track for a...