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Whale invests $100k in Green Bitcoin: Is this the next crypto to explode?
21.3.2024
Investors are showing massive interest in Green Bitcoin. After a recent $100k investment by a whale, the project started trending on the list of the best cryptos to buy. And that is for a reason. This next crypto to explode combines Bitcoin and Ethereum’s features in the best possible...
Crypto Lender Celsius Pursues $2B Pre-Bankruptcy Exodus
21.3.2024
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius has begun demanding customers who made major withdrawals in the three months preceding its bankruptcy to return their funds or face legal action.
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Dutch Prosecutors Reportedly Charge Tornado Cash Developer With Money Laundering
21.3.2024
Alexey Pertsev, a developer for Tornado Cash, has reportedly been indicted by prosecutors in the Netherlands. They accuse him of laundering $1.2 billion. Pertsev’s attorney confirmed the prosecutors’ intent to charge his client. According to Dutch prosecutors, while a crypto-mixing...
Vitalik Buterin Unveils ‘Rainbow Staking’ and a ‘Recovery Hard Fork’ at Ethtaipei
21.3.2024
During the Ethtaipei 2024 event in Taiwan, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin introduced “rainbow staking,” a new conceptual framework designed to allow protocol service providers to engage in a differentiated menu of protocol services. Rainbow staking aims to enhance the economic value...
Crypto Bank Meld to Launch Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
21.3.2024
Meld will launch borrowing and lending services against tokenized RWA in partnership with German-licensed DeFi platform Swarm Markets.
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Local Coffee Chain in DC Teams Up with Coinbase to Accept Crypto Payments
21.3.2024
A local coffee chain in Washington, D.C. has partnered with Coinbase to introduce crypto payments to its customers.
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Kraken Unveils Crypto Custody Service for US Institutional Clients
21.3.2024
Crypto exchange Kraken launched a crypto custody service in the US targeted at institutional clients on Wednesday. Kraken Financial, a state-chartered bank based in Wyoming, will provide the service.
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How XRP sets the standard for crypto security?
21.3.2024
XRP is a type of cryptocurrency. It is necessary for the Ripple ecosystem to work. Ripple aims to change international payments by using XRP as an intermediate token to facilitate speedy and affordable transactions between financial institutions. Just like with physical currency, digital assets...
SEC Requests More Funding to Regulate Crypto Sector
21.3.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted its 2025 budget request, which will partly fund the securities watchdog’s efforts to regulate the crypto sector. “We’ve seen the Wild West of the crypto markets, rife with noncompliance,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler...
Economists Rally Behind Honduras in $10.8 Billion Legal Fight Over Crypto Island Project
21.3.2024
A group of 85 economists has supported the Honduran government’s decision to leave the World Bank’s arbitration body, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), amidst a legal conflict with the crypto island project Próspera Inc., which seeks $10.8 billion...
Uzbekistan Increases Monthly Fees for Crypto Market Participants
21.3.2024
Uzbekistan's National Agency for Prospective Projects (NAPP) has announced a new directive to raise the monthly fees for those involved in the cryptocurrency market within the country.
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Coinbase to Provide Key Infrastructure for Blackrock’s Tokenized Investment Fund
21.3.2024
Coinbase has been chosen as a key infrastructure provider for Blackrock’s newly unveiled tokenized investment fund, the crypto exchange has revealed. “This is the latest progression of our digital assets strategy,” said Blackrock’s head of digital assets. “We are focused...
South Korean Tax Dodgers Out of Pocket as Authorities Seize $768,500 Worth of Crypto
21.3.2024
South Korean “tax dodgers” have been dealt another blow, with tax authorities in the city of Hwaseong confiscating cryptoassets worth over $768,500.
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Bitcoin Rallies Post-Fed Rate Announcement, Shorts Worth $151.69M Liquidated
21.3.2024
The valuation of bitcoin (BTC) tapped the $68,000 mark merely 17 hours following its dip to $60,760 per unit. Following the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) session, the entire crypto market has seen a 5.9% upturn, with bitcoin rising 6.8% versus the U.S. dollar. Crypto Market...
Russian Crypto Mining Hotspot Cracks Down on Illegal Miners
21.3.2024
The Russian crypto mining hotspot of Irkutsk appears to be cracking down on illegal and quasi-legal miners.
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Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXScreener – PIPI, PNUT, FAP
21.3.2024
As crypto markets pump in wake of a more dovish than expected Fed policy announcement, with Bitcoin (ETH) and Ether (ETH) bouncing 11% and 14% from intra-day lows to near $68,000 and $3,500, trader hunting for the top crypto gainers today are flocking to the on-chain markets.
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SEC Probing Crypto Firms to Classify Ethereum as a Security: Fortune Reports
20.3.2024
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly served a number of key businesses in the crypto industry with subpoenas in relation to obtaining records about the Ethereum Foundation, a new report reveals. According to Fortune, SEC Chair Gary Gensler is leading the agency...
Crypto Lender Genesis Requests US Bankruptcy Court to Approve ‘Settlement Principle’
20.3.2024
The insolvent cryptocurrency lender, Genesis, has petitioned a U.S. bankruptcy court to approve a proposed settlement principle announced on Feb. 28. According to an update, if the court approves the settlement, Genesis Earn users will receive all of their digital assets back in kind....
Ripple And SEC File Sealing Proposal In Forthcoming Remedies Brief
20.3.2024
Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agreed on March 19 to seal a proposal to address concerns about an upcoming remedies-related brief in their ongoing legal dispute. The proposal was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. It aimed...
Powell: Economy Progresses but Inflation Still ‘Too High’ to Adjust Benchmark Rate
20.3.2024
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) declared that there will be no change to the federal funds rate for the time being. The committee emphasized its intention not to lower the target rate until there is “greater confidence that inflation is moving...