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Airdrop rumors result in a swarm of activity on MetaMask Swap and Polygon
18.11.2021
Airdrop hunters flocked to MetaMask Swap and the Polygon network in an effort to qualify for a possible token distribution from the popular cryptocurrency wallet provider
Bank of England Governor Warns Crypto Is Providing Means of Payment for Criminals
11.11.2021
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that crypto assets are providing another means of payment for people who want to conduct criminal activity. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey Sees Crypto Helping Criminal Activities The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, said...
Russian Officials Back Idea of Recognizing Crypto Miners as Entrepreneurs
10.11.2021
Cryptocurrency mining should be recognized as an entrepreneurial activity under Russian law and taxed accordingly, representatives of key ministries in Moscow and the parliament have indicated. Officials believe the regulatory move would benefit both the state and the crypto industry. Russian...
Kazakhstan expects at least $1.5B in economic activity from crypto mining within 5 years
29.10.2021
Kazakhstan currently ranks No. 2 in the world in terms of Bitcoin mining hash rate
Ethereum Tests All-Time High as On-Chain Activity Grows, SHIB Burns ETH
29.10.2021
The price of ethereum (ETH) briefly touched a new all-time high on Friday, with key on-chain metrics growing faster than competitors over the past month. Meanwhile, the current meme coin craze is also contributing to ETH’s value proposition, with shiba inu (SHIB) now consuming more gas than even...
Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC Discuss Allowing Banks to Hold Crypto on Balance Sheets
28.10.2021
A group of U.S. banking regulators is working on how banks can be allowed to offer crypto services and hold cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets. The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said, “If we don’t bring this activity inside the banks, it is going...
While Musk Mentions Doge Improvements, Dogecoin Developers Continue to Address Scaling Concerns
25.10.2021
On Sunday, Elon Musk discussed his relationship with the Dogecoin Foundation and he mentioned a few improvements he’d like to see implemented via Dogecoin Core’s codebase. Meanwhile, Github metrics show developers have been working on Dogecoin Core during the last few months and...
FinCEN Links More Than $5 Billion in Bitcoin Transactions to Ransomware
19.10.2021
FinCEN, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, linked more than $5 billion in bitcoin transactions to the most common ransomware variants out there. The organization stated in a report issued last week that the mean average total monthly suspicious amount of ransomware transactions...
S Korean Crypto Trading Has Eclipsed Stock Market Activity by USD 389 Billion
15.10.2021
South Korea’s crypto sector may have taken a battering at the hands of regulators of late, but the number of crypto investors in the nation has grown exponentially – to the point where the cumulative worth of transactions on the nation’s four biggest crypto exchanges has outstripped domestic stock...
Terminate Process on a Port from Command Line
10.10.2021
Once a week I have to deal with a zombie process or try to start a process that’s already running on its designated port. In most cases I use macOS’s Activity Monitor to kill the process, which is time-consuming. What if we could just kill a process on a given port from command line?...
‘DeFi or DoxFi’ Asks Community After Compound Founder’s Statement
1.10.2021
oreferrer" href="https://cryptonews.com/news/taking-coins-from-bugged-compound-contract-illegal-unethical-or-perfectly-fine.htm">reported, Compound Finance passed and executed a proposal on Wednesday, but soon reported “unusual activity.” Due to a bug in a smart contract, users were able to clai
Dydx Trading Volumes Explode After Latest Chinese Crypto Ban
1.10.2021
Dydx, a decentralized exchange, has seen its trading volumes explode in the last few days, surpassing other recognized decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and Pancakeswap. Some analysts have suggested this might be the result of the latest Chinese cryptocurrency ban causing China-based users...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Recover Ground, COMP Dives On ‘Unusual Activity’ News
30.9.2021
rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHUSD/">ETH jumped by almost 4% and it was able to clear the USD 3,000 resistance. XRP is back above USD 0.950, while ADA is consolidating below USD 2.15 and it could face hurdles near USD 2.20.Total market capitalizatio
The Biggest Crypto Economy, Bitcoin Reaches Verifone, Alibaba Ban + More News
28.9.2021
hern-western-europe-cryptocurrency-geography-report-2021-preview">according to Chainalysis. Having ranked second last year, CNWE’s new position in the top spot is the result of tremendous growth starting in July 2020, combined with a relative decline in activity in Eastern Asia, they added
China’s Crypto Crackdown: Fundamentals Still Show Bull Market Continuation, Bobby Lee Says ‘Don’t Panic’
24.9.2021
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, published a Q&A to its website which said that Chinese citizens participating in virtual currency exchange offshore is “considered illegal financial activity.” The PBOC also reiterated comments it...
Blacklisted Suex Addresses Received Over $900 Million in Crypto, Report Reveals
23.9.2021
Cryptocurrency addresses allegedly used by Russian exchange Suex, recently placed under U.S. sanctions, have received more than $934 million in crypto assets, blockchain analysis suggests. According to the Treasury Department, over 40% of the platform’s transactions involved criminal actors....
US Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Mining at Home + More News
21.9.2021
ilitating transactions involving illicit proceeds for at least eight ransomware variants - marking its first such move against a virtual currency exchange over ransomware activity. Some virtual curre
JPMorgan Strategist Estimates Ether’s Fair Value at $1,500 Amid Competition From ‘Ethereum Killers’
20.9.2021
A strategist at JPMorgan stated that ether’s fair value is way lower than its current price. According to a set of measurements based on network activity, he calculated ether’s value at $1,500, 55% lower than its market price. One of the reasons argued for this assessment, is that...
After Fed Members Disclose Million-Dollar Stock Trades Fed’s Powell Initiates Ethics Inquiry
17.9.2021
The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has directed his staff to start an ethics inquiry into the financial activities of Fed members, as a number of senior central bank officials are being questioned for their investments. Reports indicated last week that the president of the Dallas Federal...
China Goes After Camouflaged Crypto Miners Ahead of Winter Season
16.9.2021
y forces are now targeting those miners who claimed to be data researchers and storage facilities. Illegal mining activity has been discovered in colleges, research institutions, and data centers in several provinces. While some miners left the country since the beginning of the crackdow