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Bitcoin Prices Climb Over 10% After Federal Court Forces SEC To Reconsider Grayscale ETF Conversion
24.10.2023
Bitcoin prices rose more than 10% today after a federal appeals court forced the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to reevaluate its prior decision to reject Grayscale's attempt to convert its bitcoin trust to a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF).
The world's most prominent digital currency...
Dormant $144M in Bitcoin From Defunct Abraxas Darknet Market Moved After Years of Inactivity
23.10.2023
According to the onchain analyst Zachxbt, 4,800 bitcoins taken from the now-defunct darknet marketplace Abraxas were transferred to a bitcoin mixing service. Abraxas exit scammed in November 2015 after less than a year, and the bitcoins had remained untouched since then. $144M in Bitcoin from 2015...
BTC Valued at $144M Sent to Coin Mixer From Defunct Darknet Market After Eight-Year Wait
23.10.2023
An entity has moved 4,800 BTC ($144M) to a coin mixer from a wallet tied to defunct darknet marketplace Abraxas, which closed in 2015
Bitmain to Support Aleo’s PoW Blockchain With Latest Antminer Release
23.10.2023
Crypto mining rig manufacturer Bitmain plans to release a new Antminer supporting the proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain network Aleo. The announcement comes after Bitmain’s recent launches of filecoin and kaspa machines and the company’s latest series of bitcoin miners. Aleo’s...
Lightning Network Developer Warns About Major Vulnerability, Abandons Security Tasks
23.10.2023
Antoine Riard, a Lightning Network (LN) developer, recently disclosed a major vulnerability affecting Bitcoin’s scaling layer. This vulnerability, which was addressed with a series of mitigations, involves a “new transaction-relay jamming attack” that can affect shared funds...
Ex-General Counsel Sheds Light on FTX’s $7B Gap in Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial
22.10.2023
FTX’s former general counsel Can Sun testified Thursday in federal court that he was shocked to learn FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) had secretly transferred billions in customer funds to his hedge fund Alameda Research. Sun told prosecutors he resigned the day after realizing the scope...
Morgan Stanley: Crypto Winter May Be Over, Crypto Spring ‘Likely on the Horizon’
22.10.2023
Global investment bank Morgan Stanley believes that “crypto winter may be in the past and that crypto spring is likely on the horizon.” An analyst at the bank explained that historically, most of bitcoin’s gains come directly after a halving event that occurs every four years. Morgan...
MultiversX Launches Strategic Partnership With Google Cloud to Further AI and Big Data Ambitions in the Web3 World
20.10.2023
PRESS RELEASE. After outlining a comprehensive strategy to spearhead the development of blockchain-powered tools and Web3 solutions that leverage and extend the reach of emerging AI technologies, MultiversX, the leading layer-1 smart contract platform, has announced a strategic partnership with...
Investors rush to stake-2-earn Bitcoin Minetrix after it raises $1.8M just in 3 weeks
20.10.2023
Investors are rushing to the stake-2-earn project Bitcoin Minetrix ($BTCMTX) as it crosses the $1.8 million milestone in just three weeks. With just three days to go at the current prices, the FOMO is officially kicking in for this groundbreaking project that combines staking and cloud mining....
Bitcoin eyes $30K, XRP price jumps 6% after Ripple's legal victory
20.10.2023
Bitcoin keeps heading higher as BTC price strength flies in the face of a hawkish Fed, but concerns over a retracement are building
Peter Schiff: ‘No One Needs Bitcoin’
20.10.2023
Peter Schiff, a renowned economist and gold bug, has criticized Bitcoin’s role and utility in today’s economy. According to Schiff’s remarks, Bitcoin is useless, and its advocates are like a cult, trying to convince people to buy bitcoin after buying it themselves. Peter Schiff:...
XRP Registers Biggest Single-Day Gain in 3 Months After SEC Drops Charges Against Ripple's Leaders
20.10.2023
XRP gained 6.5%, the biggest single-day percentage rise since July 13
Crypto exchange Binance restores euro services after new fiat partners
20.10.2023
Euro payments, deposits, and withdrawals are back on for European Binance users months after the severance of services by PaySafe
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Ripple Executives, All Charges Dismissed — Ripple Calls It ‘a Surrender by SEC’
20.10.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dropped all charges against Ripple’s executives, CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen. “The SEC made a serious mistake going after Brad & Chris personally — and now, they’ve capitulated, dismissing...
Grayscale Files New S-3 With SEC, Pushing to Convert Bitcoin Trust Into NYSE Spot ETF After Court Win
19.10.2023
Grayscale Investments, the leading digital asset manager by assets under management (AUM), unveiled on Thursday its latest submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This move seeks to list the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) as a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca....
Aptos Resumes Network Activities After Five Hours; OKX and Upbit Temporarily Halt Transactions
19.10.2023
Layer 1 blockchain Aptos has announced normalcy to its operations following a five-hour outage that impacted trading activities including a temporary suspension from two exchanges.
The company disclosed a return to the status quo via a social media post on X (Twitter).
“The issue has since been...
Aptos resumes operation after 5-hour outage that 'impacted' transactions
19.10.2023
Aptos suffered a five-hour outage, coincidentally in the same week that the network launched this time last year
Digital Euro Enters ‘Preparation Phase’ — ECB Says ‘Digital Euro Would Make Data Protection a Priority’
19.10.2023
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to move its digital euro project to the next phase after two years of investigation. The “preparation phase” of the digital euro will involve “finalizing the digital euro rulebook and selecting providers that could develop a digital euro platform...
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Foresees Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval in 2023
18.10.2023
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be approved in 2023. “It’s going to get approved, we think it happens this year,” the American investor said on Wednesday. Billionaire and Crypto Investor Mike Novogratz Say There’s Been a ‘Huge Psychological...
Ethereum DeFi protocol Hope Lend drained after exploit
18.10.2023
The protocol, which had 526 Ether in total value locked, was emptied in an attack on Oct. 18