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Ripple CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler for Dictating Which Crypto Tokens Are Securities
1.4.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the authority to determine which crypto tokens are securities, rather than relying on the legislation that governs his agency’s power. “It’s time...
Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum
24.3.2023
After launching ZkSync Era for developers-only last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening it to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of Polygon’s planned rollout on Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”
Receivers of Arbitrum Airdrop start claiming ARB tokens
24.3.2023
The Arbitrum airdrop has commenced. As expected, the beneficiaries have begun the process of laying claim to their fair share of the ARB tokens. The airdrop will also be witnessing an amount of 1.16 million tokens that have been duly kept aside for the consumption of the early users in the form...
Arbitrum Airdrop Goes Live: ARB Price Drops More Than 85%
23.3.2023
On Thursday, the Arbitrum airdrop claiming process went live and ARB markets dropped more than 85% lower than pre-IOU market prices recorded the day before. Arbitrum airdropped just over a billion ARB tokens, or 11.6% of the total supply. At noon ET, more than 474 million tokens had been claimed....
Hindenburg Research reports Block short position, claiming fraud facilitation and inflated metrics
23.3.2023
"Block has wildly overstated its genuine user counts and has understated its customer acquisition costs," said the report
ARB Token Airdrop: Anticipation Spurs IOU Markets for Arbitrum’s Native Cryptocurrency Asset
23.3.2023
A week ago, the Ethereum layer two scaling solution Arbitrum announced the launch of its native token called ARB, and since then IOU markets have launched giving some indication of how much the token may be worth. ARB claiming begins March 23 and when people get their coins on exchanges,...
Project claiming to be 'AI-powered' drains $1M from users
20.3.2023
The project, which is called Harvest Keeper, claimed to optimize trading processes and promised a 101% return on investment within 21 days
World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Says Crypto Is ‘Really Dangerous’ but Can Be Useful for Remittances
23.2.2023
World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says cryptocurrency is “really dangerous” and “only speculative.” While claiming that crypto is for those who “want to have a kick out of gambling,” he noted that it could be useful for remittances. Sir Tim Berners-Lee...
Federal Judge Rules NBA Top Shot NFTs May Be Considered Unregistered Securities
23.2.2023
A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case arose in 2021 when an NBA Top Shot collector sued Dapper Labs, claiming that the NBA Top Shot...
BIS General Manager Casts Doubt on Stablecoins, Claiming Tokens Do Not Benefit From Regulations or Central Planning
22.2.2023
According to Agustin Carstens, the head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), cryptocurrencies have lost the “battle” against fiat currencies issued by the world’s central banks. While speaking at the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Wednesday, Carstens stressed that...
FTX Warns Community of Phony ‘Debt Tokens’ and Scams Claiming to Be Affiliated With the Bankrupt Exchange
19.2.2023
On Friday, debtors who control the official FTX Twitter account warned the community to “be on alert for scams from entities claiming to be affiliated with FTX.” They also noted that neither FTX debtors nor any entity related to the company has issued any IOU crypto assets...
FDIC Tells Crypto Exchange CEX.IO to Stop Claiming US Dollars Held in Its Wallets Are Insured
15.2.2023
The agency issued a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday
Hackers Attack Domain Registrar Namecheap; Flood of DHL and Metamask Phishing Emails Follow
13.2.2023
On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, the domain registrar Namecheap’s email account was compromised by hackers. Subsequently, a large number of individuals received phishing emails claiming to be from Metamask and DHL. These emails originated from the email platform Sendgrid, a service used by Namecheap...
Three Arrows Capital Co-Founder Announces New Crypto Venture Open Exchange Amid Bankruptcy Controversy
10.2.2023
Following the recent court filing from liquidators for Three Arrows Capital (3AC) claiming frustration with the 3AC co-founders for allegedly failing to respond to subpoenas sent via Twitter. Su Zhu, one of the co-founders, recently tweeted about his new crypto venture, Open Exchange. The exchange...
Economist Peter Schiff Explains Why Bitcoin and Gold Are up This Year — ‘They’re Rising for Opposite Reasons’
25.1.2023
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has explained why bitcoin and gold are going up this year. “They’re rising for opposite reasons,” he said, claiming that the price of gold is climbing as investors view the metal as a hedge against inflation and a weaker dollar. Peter Schiff...
NYU Professor ‘Dr. Doom’ Says 99% of Crypto Is a Scam — Tells Investors to ‘Absolutely Stay Away’
20.1.2023
NYU Professor Nouriel Roubini, aka Dr. Doom, has warned that “99.99% of crypto is a scam, a criminal activity, a total real-bubble Ponzi scheme that is going bust.” He advised investors to “absolutely stay away” from crypto, claiming that most people in the crypto space...
FTX’s $5.5 Billion in Alleged ‘Liquid Assets’ Includes Locked SOL Cache and Illiquid FTT Holdings
19.1.2023
Two days ago, bankruptcy administrators and FTX debtors published an update for unsecured creditors claiming the discovery of $5.5 billion in liquid assets. Roughly $3.5 billion of these funds are cryptocurrency assets, with 11 different digital currencies classified as “liquid...
Korean Court Orders Crypto Exchange to Pay Customers Suffering From Service Outage
16.1.2023
South Korea’s supreme court has upheld the ruling for Bithumb, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to pay damages to more than a hundred customers who filed a lawsuit claiming they suffered financial losses resulting from the exchange’s service outage. Bithumb...
Poland’s Consumer Protection Agency Opens Case Against Cryptocurrency Exchange
15.1.2023
The body ensuring that consumer rights are respected in Poland has initiated proceedings against a crypto exchange falsely claiming to be Polish. The trading platform also misled customers that it was operating with the regulatory approval of the financial authorities in the country. Belize-based...
Scammers impersonate US State Department, claiming to help affected FTX users
28.12.2022
The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation urged investors to do due diligence before putting their funds on any crypto platform