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Celsius Stories Littered With ‘People Familiar With the Matter’ Sources, Report Claims Lender Struggles With Arguments Over Bankruptcy
28.6.2022
The embattled crypto lending platform Celsius has kept withdrawals and transfers frozen since June 12 and told the Celsius Network community that the “process will take time.” Since then, Celsius users are wondering why they are still receiving weekly rewards, and reportedly...
Bank of America Says Crypto Winter Concerns Haven't Frozen Investor Interest
28.6.2022
Blockchain technology is the most significant evolution of software since the internet, the report said
Terra Blockchain Temporarily Stops Block Production, Aims to Restart Network With a Patch
12.5.2022
At 12:14 p.m. (ET), the Twitter account operated by the Terra team announced that the Terra blockchain network had been halted. According to the Terra developers’ tweet, Terra validators needed to apply a patch to further disable delegations. Terra Blockchain Halts in Order to Prevent...
Bitmex Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Says Bitcoin Could Drop to $30K Amid a Stock Market Rout
11.4.2022
The co-founder and former CEO of Bitmex, Arthur Hayes, has published a new blog post concerning the current state of cryptocurrency markets. Hayes says currently there’s an inability to recognize the cyclical nature of markets and the “inconvenient truth” that is crypto is...
Bosnian court sides with Bitcoin miner in frozen bank account case
29.3.2022
The second-largest Italian bank would have to pay $144 million in compensation to the mining farm, the judge rules
Co-Founder of Bitmex Predicts Gold Rising to $10K, Bitcoin Marching to $1 Million
18.3.2022
On March 16, Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitmex, published a blog post called “Energy Cancelled,” which describes the economics behind the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Hayes explains in his 26-minute long opinion piece that historians may point...
Canadian Police Begin Unfreezing Accounts Tied to Freedom Convoy as Trudeau Revokes Emergencies Act
24.2.2022
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has ended the use of the Emergencies Act invoked last week to deal with the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. The Canadian police have also instructed financial institutions to unfreeze accounts previously frozen. “The situation is no longer...
Ruby on Rails Creator Capitulates on Bitcoin After Seeing Canadian Government’s Response to Freedom Convoy
23.2.2022
The creator of Ruby on Rails says the situation in Canada is “terrifying” and “a real wakeup call.” He admits that he was wrong about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. “A few months ago, I would not have found it credible if you said a three-week peaceful protest...
'Frozen' Bitcoin Tied to Canadian Protests Lands at Coinbase, Crypto.Com
22.2.2022
The situation shows the limitations of a government’s ability to thwart transactions on decentralized systems – but also the limitations of those systems to circumvent such sanctions
Despite Recent Threats From Canadian Officials, ‘Real Crypto’ or Decentralized Assets Cannot Be Frozen
20.2.2022
Over the last week, there’s been a lot of discussion about Canada ‘freezing’ digital currency accounts that are associated with the Canadian trucker’s Freedom Convoy. Amid the topical conversation, it should be stressed that decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin...
Trudeau’s Government Warns More Accounts Will Be Frozen — Freedom Convoy Truckers Hold Their Ground
18.2.2022
The Canadian government has warned that more financial accounts and cryptocurrency wallets will be frozen as law enforcement attempts to end the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. However, truckers are standing their ground even after the police arrested two protest organizers. Prime Minister Justin...
Canadian Gov’t Says It Has Frozen Crypto-Related Bank Accounts – and Will ‘Freeze More’
18.2.2022
The Canadian government is going ahead with its controversial moves to end the “truckers’ protest” over COVID-19 restrictions that has brought much of the nation to a standstill – by freezing bank accounts and sharing crypto addresses with financial institutions in an effort to cut...
$2.2M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Stolen — Victim Says Incident Was ‘Arguably the Worst Night’ of His Life
31.12.2021
According to reports, roughly $2.2 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were stolen from a collector. The owner of the NFTs Todd Kramer said the incident was “arguably the worst night” of his life. Furthermore...
Threat of Nested Exchanges and What Binance Is Doing to Combat Them
13.12.2021
Nested exchanges are becoming a popular tool for money launderers. Learn all about nested exchanges/services and what we’re doing to combat them as well as how to avoid them and why accounts get blocked or frozen because of them. Main Takeaways: A nested exchange provides crypto trading...
Nigerian Judge Rules in Favor of Accused Crypto Startup, Accounts to Be Reopened
27.10.2021
A Nigerian Federal Court judge recently ruled that the two frozen bank accounts belonging to Rise Vest Technologies, which is accused of trading cryptocurrencies, must be reopened. CBN’s Bank Account Freeze Order Dismissed In a ruling that overturns the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s...
Last-gasp Negotiations Fail as All But 4 S Korean Crypto Exchanges Frozen out of Fiat Markets
24.9.2021
offering crypto-to-crypto-only services.This means that only the “big four” exchanges – Upbit, Korbit, Coinone, and Bithumb – who have already
Tether Frozen in Poly Hack Returned to Owners, Fuelling Centralization Debate
26.8.2021
The tether (USDT) that was frozen by its issuer Tether during the recent Poly Network hack have been returned to their rightful owners, Tether announced. However, this has raised concerns that this particular part of the cryptocurrency space is not as decentralized as it claims to be.
On Wednesday...
Nigerian Central Bank Freezes Bank Accounts of Fintech Firms, Accuses Them of Violating Forex Regulations
19.8.2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reportedly frozen bank accounts belonging to four fintech firms for up to 180 days after a Federal High Court in Abuja acceded to an “ex parte motion.” The ex parte motion, which is a form of temporary suspension, was granted after a Nigerian chief...
Poly Network Says Stolen User Assets on ETH Have Been Returned, Except Frozen USDT
13.8.2021
On Friday, a few days after the initial hack for $611 million, the Poly Network project detailed that the company has obtained all the assets stolen minus the frozen tether that was blacklisted by Tether Limited. The Poly Network team said they are in control of the funds along with “Mr....
Poly Network Hacker Says ‘In the Defi World Code Is Law’ While Returning Millions in Defi Tokens
12.8.2021
Two days after the notorious Poly Network hack, the hacker continues to send funds back to the project. On August 12, the Poly Network hacker so far has returned millions worth of ether, thousands of uni tokens, 1,032 wrapped bitcoins, and 96 million in stablecoins. The day prior, after returning...