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Bitcoin at Risk of Snapping Historic Winning Streak, but 'Perfect Storm' Brews for a Strong 2024
15.12.2023
Investors moved the highest amount of BTC to exchanges since March, IntoTheBlock noted, signaling profit-taking after bitcoin's first eight-week streak of gains since 2017
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Discusses US Economy, Recession Risk, Soft Landing
15.12.2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes that inflation has come down meaningfully but there’s still further to go for the Federal Reserve to achieve its 2% inflation target. She noted that the central bank has two risks to manage. “One is that inflation doesn’t come down...
Ledger Library Exploit Alert: Users Warned Against Interacting With Dapp Front Ends Amid Wallet Drainer Risk
14.12.2023
According to several reports, there’s been an alleged Ledger Connectkit Library exploit and people are being warned not to interact with decentralized application (dapp) front ends. Reportedly, the library that maintained several dapps now contains a wallet drainer. Ledger Library Breach: Experts...
Global Banking Regulator Proposes Changes to Criteria That Give Stablecoins Preferential Risk Treatment
14.12.2023
The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision wants to tighten requirements that allow stablecoins to qualify as less risky than unbacked cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
US-China Rivalry Risks Cold War II, Warns IMF Official
13.12.2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s first deputy managing director has warned of the risk of Cold War II. Noting that in the Cold War, it was the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the IMF official stressed that now it is the U.S. and China. “If fragmentation deepens, we could find...
New Details of Binance’s Compliance Requirements Emerge in Unsealed Court Docs
11.12.2023
Source: X / @cz_binance New details have emerged surrounding Binance’s compliance requirements in the wake of the crypto exchange’s plea deal with the U.S. government, according to recently unsealed court documents. A forceful compliance agreement According to the court documents, Binance will...
Binance Founder CZ to Await Sentencing in US; Judge Cites Wealth Abroad as Flight Risk Factor
8.12.2023
Source: GeekWire/ Taylor Soper A federal judge in Seattle has ruled that Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former CEO of Binance, must remain in the United States while awaiting sentencing on money laundering charges. The decision overturned a previous ruling by a magistrate judge, who had allowed...
Basel Committee Seeks to Consult on Stablecoins Risk Treatment
7.12.2023
Regulators have been looking to regulate crypto and mitigate against the risks posed by banks exposure to crypto
Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens risk the Bitcoin network
7.12.2023
Bitcoin Network has reported congestion problems, and Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has said that inscriptions could be leaving traces of vulnerability. Thereby effectively spamming the Blockchain. This has not affected the trading values of BTC, with the token exchanging hands at $43,987.15...
Crypto Lending Firm Ledn Offers Low-Risk Custodied Loans
6.12.2023
Cryptocurrency lending company Ledn is offering customers crypto-backed loans where all the assets remain locked up with a qualified custodian, as the company adapts its centralized finance approach to a post-FTX world
3 Best Scandal Coins to Buy Now
4.12.2023
So-called “scandal” tokens are seeing a massive pump as risk appetite in the broader crypto market amps up as Bitcoin (BTC) hits fresh highs for the year above $42,000. Scandal tokens are cryptocurrencies/tokens associated with failed or defunct crypto projects/firms that were struck down...
TRX Trades at Premium on Poloniex as Arbitrage Lures Risk Takers
4.12.2023
Tron's native token [TRX] traded at a premium of up to 17% on recently-hacked exchange Poloniex over the weekend, creating a potentially lucrative arbitrage trade
15 Best Crypto Presale Projects for 2024
4.12.2023
Crypto presales allow investors to purchase cryptocurrencies at a hugely discounted price, but it can be tricky to find a project worth investing in and strike a balance between high risk and high reward. In this guide, we explore some of the best crypto presales to invest in of 2024 based...
Binance Rolls Out Third-Party Banking Agreement to Reduce Counterparty Risk
30.11.2023
Binance has announced the world’s first cryptocurrency triparty arrangement with a third-party banking partner, according to a press release put out by the crypto exchange Wednesday. Off-exchange collateral The agreement gives customers the option of keeping their collateral off-exchange with...
Xbox Exec Says AI Can 'Take Care Of' All Sorts Of Game Dev Problems
29.11.2023
Xbox’s chief financial officer, Tim Stuart, recently shared how excited he was about AI technology being used in game development. During a November 28 summit, Stuart told audience that it can now translate and localize games, handle coding, and even test games, too, which begs the question:...
UK City Minister Asks Regulators to Embrace Some Risk-Taking in Financial Markets
29.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Mary The new minister for the City of London has called on regulators to adopt a more accommodating approach towards risk-taking in a bid to revitalize the UK’s stagnating economy. Bim Afolami, who recently assumed his position as part of a ministerial reshuffle...
Big Tech Has Put Our Future at Risk. It’s Time to Fight Back
28.11.2023
The internet was supposed to make us more liberated and healthier. Instead, it stole our data, freedom and mental health, says Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt, who’s advancing a new digital infrastructure to support a better web and better world
Fireblocks launches trading system to mitigate centralized exchange risk
28.11.2023
The “Off Exchange” trading system was launched by Fireblocks, allowing institutions to trade without fully relinquishing custody
Ex-Binance CEO Could Be Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison, According To DOJ
27.11.2023
Source: GeekWire/ Taylor Soper Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) could be sentenced to up to ten years in prison following his exchange’s historic legal settlement last week, according to a new filing from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Justice Department’s statement comes amid ongoing...
Binance's Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao is a Manageable Flight Risk: U.S. DOJ
27.11.2023
U.S. argues that Binance's former CEO should remain free until sentencing – but only in the U.S