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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sells off Entire GBTC Holdings, Allocates $100 Million to Bitcoin Futures ETF BITO
28.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest has reportedly offloaded its entire Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) holdings, following a recent trend of divestment. Earlier this month, the asset management firm liquidated nearly $45 million in GBTC shares and over $150 million in Coinbase...
Digital Asset Products Record $103 Million Inflows as Assets Under Management Maintains $52 Billion Position
28.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Luisa Cryptocurrency funds recorded $103 million inflows in the penultimate week of the year as institutional investors keep momentum toward a spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Recent data provided by CoinShares shows massive inflows...
Elon Musk Weighs in on NFT Technology — Here’s What He Thinks
28.12.2023
Image Source: YouTube/Fox News Elon Musk has again shared his opinion about the current structure of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), noting that embedding JPEG images into a blockchain can establish exclusive ownership for enthusiasts. On December 27, Musk responded to a comment on his platform,...
South Korean Biz Exec Bailed as ‘Bithumb Market Manipulation’ Probe Continues
28.12.2023
Source: Global Image Archive/Adobe A South Korean court has released a media mogul and business executive on bail as a probe into market manipulation and insider trading at the crypto exchange Bithumb continues. The executive, Won Young-sik, is the former CEO of Chorokbaem Group, the parent firm...
Taproot Wizards Contributor Launches Script To Remove Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions
27.12.2023
Source: Pixabay A contributor to Taproot Wizards has launched a script to reject Ordinals inscriptions. In an X post published on Tuesday, Rijndael, Taproot Wizards’ chief technology officer, announced that he had published a script to “rid your node of inscriptions.” “Merry Christmas,...
Bitzlato Suspends Bitcoin Withdrawals Indefinitely After Founder Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting
27.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Crypto exchange Bitzlazo has temporarily suspended the withdrawal of Bitcoins from its platform. In a Telegram post published on Wednesday, the Hong Kong-based crypto exchange announced that it had suspended special balance withdrawals and technical customer support as a “temporary...
Crypto Analyst Lark Davis Predicts Ethereum Price to Surge to $15,000 in 2024 — Here’s the Latest
27.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock Cryptocurrency analyst Lark Davis has predicted that Ethereum will reach a price of $15,000 per coin in the upcoming bull cycle of 2024-2025. Despite the asset’s relatively subdued performance this year, Davis foresees a significant upswing that could potentially yield...
Most Top Crypto Apps Track Users: Robinhood Most Data-Hungry, Binance Brings a Surprise
27.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / tashatuvango Popular cybersecurity company Surfshark recently analyzed the 15 most popular crypto apps to find out how much data each collects. They found that nine of these use collected data to track their users. But it’s not just how much data is collected, but how it’s...
Web2 Platforms Aim To Make Web3 Development Easy, But Will This Hurt The Industry?
27.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens Web3 activity has increased over the course of 2023. According to a recent report from DappRadar, the decentralized application industry (dApp) achieved a milestone of 3.4 million daily Unique Active Wallets (dUAW) in November. The report notes that this...
Worldcoin (WLD) Launches World ID 2.0 with Iris Scanner Orb Authentication in Singapore
27.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The global project focused on digital identity and finance, Worldcoin (WLD), has recently introduced World ID 2.0 in Singapore, in the latest sign of growing global interest in proof of personhood and the Worldcoin project, allowing users to verify their humanness at an Orb....
$2.2 Billion Illegal Forex Operation Busted by Chinese Authorities Using Crypto Platforms
27.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Alen Chinese authorities have reportedly dismantled an illegal underground banking operation that moved some $2.2 billion between China and other countries using overseas “virtual currency trading platforms.” On December 24, an account on social media app WeChat run...
Blockchain Security Firms Warn of Advanced AI Crypto Scams in 2024
27.12.2023
Source: Adobe / ink drop Blockchain security firms are cautioning crypto projects and investors about the looming threats of more sophisticated AI-powered scams in 2024. Despite the improvement seen in scam and hack-related losses, dropping from $4 billion in 2022 to $1.7 billion in 2023, experts...
Solana and Avalanche Take the 2023 Throne with 620% and 290% Price Growth + More News
27.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Vector Archive Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: 2023 Winners: Solana and Avalanche Take the Throne with 620% and 290% YTD Price Growth Waterfall Network...
Polygon Price Prediction as Attention Shifts to MATIC – Next Top 10 Coin?
27.12.2023
Polygon Price Prediction as Attention Shifts to MATIC – Next Top 10 Coin? / Source: Investing.com As the rally in Solana (SOL), which recently exploded higher to become the fourth largest cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of $48 billion, cools, attention is shifting to another altcoin...
Solana Price Prediction as SOL Drops 10% – Time to Buy the Dip?
27.12.2023
Solana. Source: Adobe The price of SOL, the native cryptocurrency of the smart-contract-enabled layer-1 Solana blockchain protocol, continues to cool following a meteoric rise in the past few weeks. SOL was last changing hands around $112 per token, down roughly 10% from highs printed earlier...
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s Wealth Surged by $25 Billion Despite Legal Troubles in 2023
27.12.2023
Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Entrepreneur ME Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has seen his estimated wealth jump by almost $25 billion in 2023 despite his guilty plea to US criminal charges in November, which may result in his imprisonment next year. CZ’s remarkable financial growth...
Hong Kong Government Seeks Public Input on Legislation for Stablecoin Supervision
27.12.2023
Source: Pexels The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have jointly introduced a public consultation paper outlining a legislative proposal to regulate issuers of stablecoins. This move is prompted by the increasing prominence...
How Rejuve is Using AI and Blockchain to Improve Health and Longevity
27.12.2023
Source: rejuve.ai The company called Rejuve is using artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency to improve individuals’ health and longevity. According to the website, Rejuve is “harnessing the prowess of sophisticated AI” to create intricate, dynamic models of human bodily...
Bitrace Report Examines Money Laundering with Stablecoins
27.12.2023
Source: iStock/kali9 A recent report by blockchain researcher Bitrace has shed light on the potential use of stablecoins in money laundering activities. The report, published on December 26 and translated by Wu Blockchain, highlighted two distinct scenarios in which stablecoins, specifically...
South Korea to Mandate High-Ranking Public Officials to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings by Next Year
27.12.2023
Source: CJ Nattanai/Adobe South Korea has announced that high-ranking public officials will be required to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings starting next year. In a Wednesday press release, the country’s personnel ministry said this proactive approach is intended to address potential...