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Digital Asset Funds Flip Positive for First Time in 4 Weeks: CoinShares
8.7.2024
CoinShares attributes the inflows to recent price weakness prompted by defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox initiating preparing to initiate repayments to creditors
Canada to sanction LiquiTrade for Securities Act violation
8.7.2024
BCSC finds LiquiTrade guilty of running an illegal exchange, which could result in sanctions ranging from fines to a ban
Canada to sanction LiquiTrade for Securities Act violation
8.7.2024
The BCSC finds LiquiTrade guilty of running an illegal exchange, which could result in sanctions ranging from fines to a ban
Coinbase-posing scammers steal $1.7M from a user amid a string of attacks
8.7.2024
A victim who claims to have lost $1.7 million said a scammer called them claiming to be from Coinbase and sent emails that looked like they came from the crypto exchange
Coinbase-posing scammers steal $1.7M from a user amid a string of attacks
8.7.2024
A victim who claims to have lost $1.7 million said a scammer called them claiming to be from Coinbase and sent emails that looked like they came from the crypto exchange
Weekend Wrap: Germany moves $80M more BTC, Vitalik donates 100 ETH and more
8.7.2024
The German government has moved $80 million worth of BTC to an unknown wallet; Vitalik Buterin donates 100 ETH to make Ethereum “great again,” and more
$1M bug bounty for Solana Firedancer client goes live this week
8.7.2024
Firedancer is a highly anticipated new validator client for the Solana blockchain and its creator is calling on devs to look high and low for any critical bugs
$1M bug bounty for Solana Firedancer client goes live this week
8.7.2024
Firedancer is a highly anticipated new validator client for the Solana blockchain, and its creator is calling on developers to look high and low for any critical bugs
Global South View: US Politicians Aren’t Saviors of Crypto; Innovation Should Precede Regulation
8.7.2024
Donald Trump and other U.S. politicians’ embrace of crypto has sparked hope and encouraged stakeholders who see lobbying as a way to influence policymakers. However, lingering doubts about the sincerity of politicians should serve as a warning, reminding innovators that they thrive when...
Latam Insights Encore: Paraguay Anti-Bitcoin Mining Stance Is a Net Negative for the Nation’s Development
8.7.2024
Welcome To Latam Insights Encore, a deep view of Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency-based news last week. In this edition, we examine the possible outcomes of the war that Paraguay is waging on illegal (and now legal) bitcoin mining operators, and how this might make...
Celebrity crypto tokens will ‘absolutely’ catch SEC’s eye: Lawyers
8.7.2024
Celebrities who have brazenly shilled their own memecoins on X in recent months run a high risk of attracting the attention of the SEC and class action lawyers
Karma served: Pink Drainer gets hit with address poisoning scam
8.7.2024
“The scammers have been scammed” — notorious crypto-draining took kit just lost 10 ETH to a wallet poisoning attack
South Korea Launches Continuous Monitoring for Crypto Transactions
8.7.2024
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will introduce a continuous monitoring system on July 19 to track suspicious cryptocurrency transactions. Developed with local digital asset exchanges, this system aligns with the country’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which aims...
Latam Insights: Paraguay Raises Bitcoin Mining Power Fees, Bolivia Praises Stablecoins as Dollar Proxy
7.7.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay raises bitcoin mining power fees, Bolivia talks about the utility of stablecoins as dollar alternatives, and Kavak tokenizes debt in Brazil....
First Digital Debt Offering Fails to Get Traction in El Salvador
7.7.2024
The first digital debt offering registered in El Salvador has reportedly failed to gather the necessary interest to continue. The issuance, intermediated by Bitfinex Securities to build a Hilton hotel at El Salvador International Airport, raised $342,000 from interested investors, less than...
Canadian Regulator Probe Determines That Liquitrade Operates an Illegal Crypto Exchange
7.7.2024
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) said its investigation into Liquitrade’s crypto asset trading platform found that the company operated an illegal exchange. The probe also determined that users were trading contractual rights, not crypto assets, as the platform had claimed....
Justin Sun Developing Gasless Transaction Stablecoin Solution for Tron and EVM Chains
7.7.2024
Justin Sun, founder of Tron, a smart contracts-enabled blockchain, has announced that his team is developing a gas-free transaction solution for stablecoins. This means that stablecoin movement fees will be free for the users, with issuers having the opportunity to pay for these. The service...
Solana has impacted Africa’s crypto market maturity - Exchange exec
7.7.2024
Adopting any technology is based on the strength of its community and Solana has proven that with its African community
Solana has impacted Africa’s crypto market maturity — Exchange exec
7.7.2024
Adopting any technology is based on the strength of its community, and Solana has proven that with its African community
Robinhood Moves Forward With Acquisition of Bitstamp
7.7.2024
Robinhood Markets Inc. is moving forward with its acquisition of Bitstamp Ltd., a global cryptocurrency exchange. As part of this process, Robinhood Crypto LLC has submitted a change of control application to the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), which announced it received...