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Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Charges in ‘Epic’ FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Fraud – This is All You Need to Know
4.1.2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Tuesday, where the judge scheduled the trial against the former crypto mogul to begin in the fall.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan decided during Tuesday’s hearing that Bankman-Fried’s trial will begin on October 2 this year....
Ukrainian Investigators Raid Illegal $4m Crypto Exchange
4.1.2023
Ukraine’s new economic intelligence unit has unearthed a “cryptocurrency conversion center” – an illegal crypto exchange – with a “turnover of hundreds of millions of hryvnias.”
The Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BEB), per a report from LB.ua, claimed that its officers had “exposed...
Nigerian Crypto Exchange Roqqu Gets European Union Virtual Currency License
4.1.2023
The Nigerian crypto exchange Roqqu recently announced that it obtained a virtual currency license that allows it to offer its services in 28 European countries. According to Israel Ololade, the head of product at Roqqu, the European Union license “aligns with the brand’s drive to become...
South Korean Prosecutors Fail in Bid to Jail Ex Bithumb Boss
4.1.2023
South Korean prosecutors have been thwarted in their efforts to send the former head of the crypto exchange Bithumb to prison for eight years.
Per TVChosun, a branch of the Seoul Central District Court acquitted Lee Jung-hoon on fraud charges. Lee had been accused of wrongdoing in a case dating...
Indonesia to launch national crypto exchange in 2023: Report
4.1.2023
The platform comes as a part of the plan to shift the regulatory oversight from the commodities agency to the securities authority
MEXC launches a $20 million fund to support key Sei projects
4.1.2023
MEXC has announced the launch of a $20 million ecosystem fund to support the Sei Network adoption. MEXC is a reputed crypto trading platform, featuring in the top 3 crypto platforms in Asia and 10 across the globe. It was founded in April 2018, and according to our MEXC exchange review, the venture...
'Binance is the crypto market': Arcane crowns the exchange 2022's winner
4.1.2023
Following the fallout of FTX, implementing zero fee BTC trading and some notable global acquisitions Binance’s market dominance has surged throughout 2022
Executive Linked to Crypto Exchange Bithumb Found Dead Outside His Home: Report
4.1.2023
An executive of the largest shareholder of cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb was found dead outside his home. He allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a building while under investigation by Korean prosecutors for embezzlement and stock market manipulation. Executive Found Dead Amid...
3 reasons why it could be a rocky week for Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins
3.1.2023
BTC volatility is at a record low, inflows to spot markets remain muted and this week’s economic calendar suggests that volatility is set to rock the crypto market
Declining Interest Leads to Poor Market Performance for Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks
3.1.2023
After transitioning from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the Ethereum community saw the launch of two new PoW Ethereum forks: ethereumpow and ethereumfair. In the past four months, the value of both coins has dropped by 94.8% to 98.4% in U.S. dollars. PoW Ethereum Forks Ethereumpow...
Is it Too Late to Buy OKB as Price Pumps Up 25% in 7 Days? Traders Give Their OKB Price Predictions
3.1.2023
In light of its recent run to the upside that has seen the OKB token gain over 23% in the last week and nearly 35% in the last month, despite a broadly stagnant broader cryptocurrency market, investors are asking whether it might now be too late to buy the cryptocurrency. Have the easy gains also...
Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Insists Digital Currency Group Needs to Resolve Liquidity Issues in Open Letter to CEO Barry Silbert
3.1.2023
Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, published an open letter to Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO Barry Silbert on Jan. 2, 2022, stating that it had been 47 days since withdrawals from Genesis had been halted. In the letter, Winklevoss claimed that DCG owes $1.675...
Report: Syrian Central Bank Devalues Local Currency by Nearly 50%
3.1.2023
The Syrian central bank recently announced the nearly 50% devaluation of the Syrian pound’s exchange rate versus the greenback from 3,015 per dollar to 4,522 per dollar. The central bank also warned currency speculators that it will take steps to end activities that undermine the stability...
Ex-Bithumb Chairman Acquitted in South Korea $100M Crypto Exchange Fraud Trial: Report
3.1.2023
Prosecutors in South Korea were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for Lee Jung-hoon, who was acquitted in the first court hearing
Bernstein Says Crypto Exchange Binance Is Not Likely to Fail
3.1.2023
The exchange demonstrated its robustness when about $6 billion of customer funds were withdrawn on Dec. 13, the report said
Zodia Custody Appoints Crypto Exchange Bitstamp’s Julian Sawyer as Chief Executive Officer
3.1.2023
Sawyer was Bitstamp's CEO and a co-founder of U.K. lender Starling Bank
Lightning Network gets physical form in Australia with Bitcoin ATM
3.1.2023
Lightning-enabled Bitcoin ATMs promise to offer instant transaction support and a significant cut in cost from traditional crypto ATMs
Binance Reportedly Close to Sealing Deal for South Korean Exchange Gopax
3.1.2023
Binance is allegedly close to sealing a deal to buy a majority stake in the South Korean crypto exchange Gopax – per multiple domestic media reports. Outlets are claiming that the deal has been agreed in principle. But they note that a few final remaining legal and procedural hurdles still need...
BONK to go live on MEXC in Assessment Zone
3.1.2023
MEXC announces the launch of trading for BONK, a project by Bonk Inu, by initially enabling the trading pair BONK/USDT. According to the timeline shared by the MEXC exchange platform, deposits are already active, and trading is scheduled to start on January 3, 2023, at 11:00 UTC. Withdrawals will...
V Česku je stále 844 serverů s Microsoft Exchange zranitelných pomocí ProxyNotShell
3.1.2023
V České republice je stále řada zranitelných serverů provozujících Microsoft Exchange. Podle služby Shadowserver jde o 844 serverů, které je možné zneužít skrze zranitelnost ProxyNotShell. Údaj je platný k letošnímu prvnímu lednu, upozornil CESNET