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The Prosecution and the Defense in SBF Trial Face-off during Closing Arguments
1.11.2023
Defense attorney Mark Cohen claimed the prosecution in the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried “has sought to turn Sam into some sort of monster.” The defense likened the prosecution’s characterization of Bankman-Fried as a villain in a movie while failing to take “a...
Worldcoin’s World App Hits 1M MAU Six Months After Launch
1.11.2023
Six weeks after its launch, Worldcoin’s crypto wallet app, the World App, has reached over one million active users (MAUs) and achieved over four million downloads. World App has topped 4 million downloads in 6 months, making it one of the most popular hot wallets in the world....
Breaking: Some Multichain transactions are confirmed as queue unwinds
1.11.2023
Prior to November 1, the last transactions has taken place more than 117 days ago, according to Multichain's explorer tool
Celestia Project Surpasses $370M Market Cap Following Highly Anticipated Launch
1.11.2023
Celestia , a project focused on data availability in blockchain, launched its mainnet on Tuesday. Originating from a 2019 research paper by Mustafa Al-Bassam, the project has seen its market capitalization reach over $370 million overnight. The buildup to Celestia’s mainnet launch was defined...
Coinbase Rolls Out Bitcoin and ETH Futures for US Investors
1.11.2023
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of its native Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts for US retail traders. In a November 1 blog post, the US-based Bitcoin trading hub stated that the service is being rolled out via the Coinbase Advanced platform. Now, retail...
Turkey Aims to Leave FATF Grey List with Proposed Crypto Asset Legislation
1.11.2023
Turkey is taking steps to toughen its crypto regulations in an effort to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international financial crime watchdog, to remove it from the “grey list” of countries that have not done enough to combat money laundering and terrorist...
Prosecution Eviscerates SBF during Closing Arguments: “He Built a Pyramid of Deceit”
1.11.2023
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos, began closing arguments in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried this morning by claiming the FTX founder built a crypto exchange based on fraud. “He built a pyramid of deceit on a foundation of lies and false promises,” Roos said. “And when...
Institutional Firms Projects Ether As Crypto with The Biggest Growth Outlook: Survey
1.11.2023
Global wealth fund managers have backed Ethereum (ETH) as the asset with the highest growth projection despite a slow price increase in recent months, a new survey shows. A new CoinShares Digital Asset Quarterly Fund survey shows an analysis of market-related activities, regulation,...
Millions in Altcoins Sent from FTX and Alameda Research Wallets to Exchanges
1.11.2023
Crypto wallets associated with the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research have moved a significant amount of altcoins, sending a total of $13.1 million to various crypto exchanges overnight, on November 1. Data provided by the on-chain analysis firm Spotonchain...
DCG Hires Former Trump Impeachment Counsel in Defense Against NYAG Civil Lawsuit
1.11.2023
Digital Currency Group (DCG) has found itself under intense legal scrutiny after it was confronted with a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James on October 19. In an attempt to challenge the allegations, DCG has enlisted renowned litigator Barry Berke, who previously served...
Breaking News: SafeMoon Executives Charged by SEC for ‘Massive Fraudulent Scheme’ and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Securities
1.11.2023
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just charged crypto project SafeMoon and its top executives for “perpetrating a massive fraudulent scheme” through the unregistered sale of crypto asset security SafeMoon (SFM). As per a press release on the SEC’s website, the agency...
Pro-Bitcoin Senator Lummis Explains Why Crypto Is Not The Problem On Terrorist Financing
1.11.2023
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) corrected the record on crypto and terror financing on Tuesday after calling for crackdowns on crypto firms supporting sanctioned groups just days earlier. In a post to Twitter, the Bitcoin-supportive politician highlighted how crypto’s share of illicit...
Crypto VC Investments Continue to Take a Hit, Drop Another 10% MoM
1.11.2023
There has been a significant decline in publicly disclosed investment projects by crypto venture capitalists (VCs) during the month of October. Data from RootData indicate a 10% month-on-month decrease, with only 75 investment projects recorded compared to 83 projects in September 2023, as reported...
Cubist Revolutionizes Wallet Management with New Wallet-as-a-Service Platform
1.11.2023
Blockchain startup Cubist has publicly launched a new “wallet-as-a-service” (WaaS) product, seeking to tackle the wallet management challenges behind making account keys both readily available and secure. The CubeSigner WaaS “lets users request signatures through revocable signing...
3 Greenshoot Sectors in the Blockchain Space
1.11.2023
From “AI x blockchain” and zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin ordinal projects, there are plenty of bright spots in the Web3 ecosystem
Today in Crypto: Hackers Stole $1.41 Billion YTD and $22.2 Million in October, Google Cloud Launches Solana Network Dataset on BigQuery
1.11.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Security news Bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi published its ‘Crypto Losses in October 2023...
BitGo Secures Digital Asset Custody License in Germany
1.11.2023
Digital assets custody firm BitGo has obtained a cryptocurrency custody license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). According to a recent press release, the cryptocurrency firm has been granted a full license in Germany following years of operations in the country...
How a Ph.D. Student's Research Paper Turned Celestia Into $345M Blockchain Project Overnight
1.11.2023
This week's launch of the new "data availability" network Celestia came with an airdrop of the project's TIA tokens, one of the most anticipated giveaways in the crypto industry of the past year
Celestia launches its mainnet
1.11.2023
Celestia has announced that its mainnet is now live, effective October 31, 2023, at 14:00 UTC. The mainnet has been codenamed Lemon Mint and is not the first modular data availability network. Celestia has said this is a major milestone for the community that has supported them throughout...
Crypto Billionaire’s Nonprofit Acquires $500M Worth of AI Chips for Generative AI
1.11.2023
Crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, known as a co-founder major crypto companies like Stellar, Ripple, and Mt Gox, has launched a nonprofit with a mission to empower the development of generative AI. This nonprofit, registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) organization, recently purchased 24,000 Nvidia H100...