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Crypto Exchange Huobi Global to be Acquired by About Capital
8.10.2022
The top-10 crypto exchange by volume will have a new controlling shareholder
Google to Require Government Authorization to Provide Advertising Services for Financial Products in Spain
8.10.2022
Google, the web search and software monolith, has announced that it will require authorization from government entities to lend advertising services to financial companies in Spain. This measure, which was also implemented in the U.K. back in 2021, is expected to be extended to more countries...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin, Other Risk Assets Fall Again Following Disappointing Jobs Data
7.10.2022
Investors are nervous about rampant inflation prompting yet another massive rate hike by the Fed, and the economic damage that might cause. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Gold and Silver Prices Slide Lower Following US Jobs Report — Analyst Says Data Suggests ‘Market Bottom Is in Place’
7.10.2022
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the precious metals gold and silver dropped in U.S. dollar value following the recent U.S. jobs report for September. The USD value of gold per troy ounce is awfully close to slipping below the $1,700 range, while the price of silver is teetering near the $20 threshold....
What’s Inside the FSOC’s Long-awaited Report on Crypto Regulation
7.10.2022
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) published its own highly anticipated report in response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto earlier this week, calling on Congress to define the line between a security and a non-security, at least as far as crypto is concerned
Dapper Labs Restricts Services to Russia Amid EU Sanctions
7.10.2022
The collective that’s home to NFT collections NBA TopShot and Crypto Kitties will no longer support wallets, accounts or custody services that are traced to Russia
Rich Investors’ Pathway to Crypto Just Got a Bit Easier This Week
7.10.2022
A major software platform used by registered investment advisers (RIAs) just added more crypto functionality
Policía brasileña emite órdenes de arresto contra el presunto líder de un esquema piramidal de US$767 millones
7.10.2022
Francisley Valdevino da Silva, conocido como el “jeque de las criptomonedas”, tiene 20 órdenes de incautación en su contra
Independent Examiner Ordered to Produce Interim Report About Crypto Lender Celsius
7.10.2022
The report’s findings may affect the court’s decisions about custodial accounts and preference claims
Valkyrie Funds, Ark Invest Say Crypto Has Hit ‘Bottom’ Amid Recession Woes
7.10.2022
Frank Downing, director of research at Ark Invest and Steven McClurg, co-founder of asset management firm Valkyrie, joined “First Mover,” to discuss why crypto may have reached its “bottom,” and their crypto-focused separate managed accounts (SMAs)
Sleuth Discovers Satoshi’s Long-Lost Bitcoin Version 0.1 Codebase, Raw Code Contains Bitcoin Inventor’s Never-Before-Seen Personal Notations
7.10.2022
On October 7, 2022, a bitcoin supporter named Jim Blasko explained that he discovered the oldest upload of Bitcoin’s version 0.1 codebase. The original code was thought to have been lost for more than a decade and with a “little browser hacking” Blasko was able to find the lost...
Powell’s Interest-rate Antibiotics Could Succeed, but Not Without Risk
7.10.2022
The Fed's battle against inflation could lead to overcorrection, but the same mechanism that’s reining in the economy is creating headroom for revitalizing it if things do go south
Brazilian Police Issue Warrants Against Alleged Leader of $767M Crypto Pyramid Scheme
7.10.2022
Francisley Valdevino da Silva, known as the "cryptocurrency sheik," has 20 seizure warrants against him
It's Lonely in the Metaverse: Decentraland’s 38 Daily Active Users in a $1.3B Ecosystem
7.10.2022
While metaverse platforms Decentraland and The Sandbox both have below 1,000 daily active users, they each have over $1 billion in valuation. Data might help explain the discrepancy
US Officials Charge California Resident With Using Bitcoin to Launder $5.3M in Drug Proceeds
7.10.2022
Federal officials alleged that John Khuu sold fake drugs for cryptocurrency, making over $5 million in the process
El crecimiento del empleo en EE. UU. se desacelera menos de lo esperado y bitcoin cae debajo de los US$20K
7.10.2022
El informe mensual de empleo publicado por el Departamento de Trabajo se ha convertido en uno de los indicadores económicos más importantes a observar mientras la Reserva Federal evalúa el estado de la economía
LFG Slow-Walks Plan to Repay Small-Time Terra Holders, Citing Legal Threats
7.10.2022
Luna Foundation Guard previously promised to repay "small" holders of the UST stablecoin with its remaining reserves
$4M in Crypto Sent to Pro-Russia Militias in Ukraine: Report
7.10.2022
Cryptocurrency worth at least $4 million and counting has been sent to groups supporting Russia's military in Ukraine, according to a Wired report. The analyses involved separate findings from cryptocurrency-tracing firms Chainalysis, Elliptic, and TRM Labs, along with investigators at Binance,...
Current Block Times and Estimates Suggest Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Is About to Catapult Much Higher
7.10.2022
As bitcoin is coasting along under the $20K region, the network’s hashrate is still riding high at 250.04 exahash per second (EH/s) following the all-time high (ATH) the hashrate tapped on October 5. At the time of writing, the current speed at which blocks are processed is faster than...
Biggest Movers: DOGE, SHIB Slide Following Better-Than-Expected Payrolls Report
7.10.2022
Meme coins were trading lower on Friday, as markets reacted to the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. The data showed that 263,000 jobs were added to the United States economy in September, versus the 250,000 expected. Both dogecoin and shiba inu fell for a third consecutive session. Dogecoin...