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Australian Crypto Wallet CoinSpot Hacked for $2.4 Million Worth of Ether – Report
9.11.2023
Source: Pixabay / Werner Moser Crypto sleuth ZachXBT has reported an exploit, involving Australian crypto platform CoinSpot, allegedly suffering over $2 million worth of Ether. According to a Telegram post by ZachXBT in the early hours of Thursday, attackers drained funds from CoinSpot’s hot wallet...
Coinbase Launches Leveraged Crypto Futures for US Traders With Nano-Sized BTC and ETH Contracts
1.11.2023
Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) introduced regulated leveraged crypto futures for its U.S. customers Wednesday, now available to Coinbase Advanced users. The trading platform currently offers nano-sized contracts at one-hundredth of a bitcoin and one-tenth of an ethereum. Coinbase Financial...
South African Crypto Platform Pins Hope on ‘Phased Asset Recovery’ Proposal
30.10.2023
A South African crypto investment platform has expressed hopes that an asset recovery proposal will result in users regaining access to funds blocked after its custody partner froze withdrawals. The crypto platform said it has also engaged regulators whom it hopes will help expedite resolution...
Standard Chartered-owned crypto platform Zodia launches in Hong Kong
30.10.2023
Demand for crypto in Hong Kong is mainly driven by institutional investors rather than retail customers, Zodia CEO said
Tech Enthusiasts Are Eagerly Awaiting This AI-Powered Crypto Platform – What’s the Buzz?
27.10.2023
As 2023 unfolds, the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrencies is becoming more than a talking point among tech enthusiasts—it’s turning into a distinct market category. Following sizeable investments from major technology players like Microsoft, interest...
Centralized Mining Pools ‘Antithetical to the Ideals That Gave Rise to BTC and the Blockchain Movement’ — Tomer Afek
22.10.2023
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the crypto platform Spacemesh, has argued. To back this assertion...
Crypto Investors are Buzzing About This AI Crypto Platform – What's the Hype?
20.10.2023
Raising $1.92 million in its ongoing LPX token presale so far, Launchpad XYZ is attracting a varied pool of cryptocurrency investors by offering both utility and time-limited incentives. The presale's proceeds are slated for the development of a platform focused on diverse Web 3.0 applications...
Crypto Experts Predict Bright Future for This AI-Powered Crypto Platform – Here's Why
19.10.2023
In a competitive field where traders and analysts are on the lookout for potential opportunities, yPredict is gaining traction as a platform offering a unique combination of traditional statistical models and AI trading tools.
Designed to provide a complete trading solution, yPredict is in...
Crypto Platform Ripple Joins Growing List of MPI License Holders in Singapore
4.10.2023
The Singapore subsidiary of crypto payments giant Ripple has officially received its Major Payments Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The MPI license will allow Ripple Markets APAC Pte Ltd, the local arm, to provide digital payment token services in...
Hong Kong and Macao Police Nab Four More Suspects in JPEX Crypto Platform Scam
2.10.2023
The Hong Kong and Macao police have nabbed four additional suspects in connection with the JPEX cryptocurrency platform scam.
According to a recent report from The South China Morning Post, two Hong Kong individuals, apprehended in Macau, have been returned to the city-state where they would...
Crypto Platform Bybit to Suspend UK Operations Starting October 8 – What's Going On?
22.9.2023
Digital assets exchange Bybit, which cited early this month that new marketing rules in the UK would hinder its operations, will no longer accept new account applications from UK residents, starting October 1.
The new rules, announced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), apply to...
Vivek Ramaswamy Plans to Have Crypto Policy Ready by Thanksgiving
22.9.2023
Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is working on a crypto policy framework that he aims to finalize by Thanksgiving. The Republican criticized the regulation-by-enforcement approach of U.S. government agencies like the securities regulator under the administration of President Joe Biden and vowed...
Is It Too Late to Buy VeChain? VET Price Blasts Up 12% and This New Crypto Platform Uses AI to Find the Next Low Cap Gem
13.9.2023
VeChain (VET) is enjoying a bullish resurgence following the news that leading CEX Coinbase will be adding support for VeChain and VeThor (VTHO).
The listing news comes amid rock-bottom price action for native token VET, which has bled-out -94% since its all-time high at $0.28 in April 2021....
Today in Crypto: Bank of Russia Reveals Official CBDC Logo, Revolut Shuts Down Crypto Platform for its US Customers, US DoJ Asks Sam Bankman-Fried's 'Bail be Revoked and Defendant be Detained'
4.8.2023
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Revolut Suspends U.S. Crypto Platform Over Regulatory Uncertainty
4.8.2023
The digital bank said U.S. customers will not be able to access crypto via its platform starting Oct. 3
Australian Regulator Sues Etoro to ‘Protect Consumers From High-Risk CFD Products’
4.8.2023
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed a lawsuit against the crypto platform Etoro. The lawsuit relates to Etoro’s contract for difference (CFD) product which ASIC alleges to be in breach “of design and distribution obligations and of Etoro’s license...
Crypto Platform HashKey Becomes First Licensed Exchange in Hong Kong to Offer Retail Services
3.8.2023
Crypto exchange HashKey has become the first digital asset entity to receive a license under Hong Kong’s new crypto licensing regime.
HashKey Exchange, a subsidiary of HashKey group, announced Thursday that it had obtained the upgrade of Type 1 and Type 7 licenses, allowing the platform to “expand...
Turkish Court Sentences Founder of Defunct Crypto Exchange Thodex to More Than 7 Months in Prison
20.7.2023
A Turkish court has sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, to an effective seven months and 15 days in prison. During the trial, Özer denied being an executive of the crypto exchange when the platform allegedly failed to furnish the Tax Inspection...
Haru Invest Fallout: South African Crypto Platform Says Customers Can Only Access 76% of Crypto Holdings
30.6.2023
The South African crypto platform, Revix, said on June 28 that customers can now only access just over three-quarters (76%) of their crypto assets. Revix said the move to block customers’ access to 24% of their crypto assets was made after one of its primary service providers Haru Invest...
Binance Opens Regulated Crypto Platform in Kazakhstan Amid Regulatory Challenges in the West
22.6.2023
Binance has launched a regulated cryptocurrency exchange in Kazakhstan amid growing regulatory troubles in the West.
In a Wednesday blog post, the world's largest crypto exchange said it is launching the new platform after it secured a permanent license from Kazakhstan’s AIFC Financial Services...