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Tether Announces Q1 Profit of $1.48 Billion and Discloses Bitcoin, Gold Reserves
11.5.2023
Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a profit of $1.48 billion for the first quarter of this year, after rising interest rates helped the company earn higher returns on its massive reserves.
In addition to announcing the massive billion-dollar profit, Tether revealed in a press release...
Account abstraction could bring the next billion users to Ethereum: Ambire CEO
11.5.2023
In episode 19 of Hashing It Out, Ambire founder and CEO Ivo Georgiev explained a new technology aiming to bring increased flexibility and security to the Ethereum network
XRP Price Prediction as $1 Billion Trading Volume Floods In – Can XRP Reach $3 in 2023?
11.5.2023
The XRP price has dropped by 0.5% in the past 24 hours, dipping to $0.425301 amid a similar fall for the cryptocurrency market as a whole.
XRP is now down by 7.5% in the past week and by 18.5% in the last 30 days, yet it has risen by 25% since the start of 2023, with the wider market so...
FTX Bankruptcy Sees $44 Billion Claims from U.S. Internal Revenue Service
11.5.2023
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed tax claims worth a staggering $44 billion against bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated entities.
According to recent bankruptcy filings, the IRS has put forth a total of 45 claims against FTX companies related to unpaid taxes which could...
Seoul Court Greenlights Seizure of Do Kwon’s Assets Worth $176 Million
11.5.2023
According to a local report, South Korean prosecutors have been given the green light by the Criminal Division of the Seoul Southern District Court to seize assets owned by Do Kwon, the co-founder and former CEO of Terraform Labs. The report discloses that a total of 233.3 billion won ($176...
Iran Shuts Down Over 8,000 Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in 3 Years
10.5.2023
Authorities in Iran have closed down more than 8,000 underground facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past three years, local media reported. Despite the government’s crackdown, illegal crypto mining continues to account for a serious amount of energy consumption, official figures suggest....
Paypal’s Latest Report: $1 Billion in Crypto Assets, Holdings Are Predominantly BTC and ETH
10.5.2023
Payments behemoth Paypal has disclosed in a Form 10-Q financial report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is holding nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency assets. This news comes on the heels of Paypal’s announcement that Venmo now facilitates external...
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Files Claims Worth $44 Billion Against FTX Bankruptcy
10.5.2023
The largest of the claims includes a $20.4 billion claim against Alameda Research LLC, which details nearly $20 billion in unpaid partnership taxes
PayPal's Crypto Holdings Approach $1 Billion, Primarily in Bitcoin and Ether
10.5.2023
PayPal has disclosed that it holds nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrencies on its balance sheet, mainly consisting of BTC and ETH.
In its latest quarterly financial performance report, the financial payments giant revealed that it holds $943 million worth of customer assets in bitcoin, ether...
Meme Token PEPE Plunges Below $1 Billion Mark Amidst Market Decline
9.5.2023
The recently launched meme token, inspired by Pepe the Frog and dubbed PEPE, experienced a 12% decline against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, plummeting its market valuation beneath the $1 billion threshold to a present $790 million. Concurrently, the total meme coin sector faced a 7% loss against...
$3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin: The Silk Road hacker’s story
9.5.2023
The Silk Road hacker lived the high life for a decade with his stolen billions — but was caught due to a transfer of pocket change
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection Following SEC Lawsuit
9.5.2023
Bittrex Inc., the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware after being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to register with the regulator. The exchange reportedly has over 100,000 creditors and liabilities ranging...
Binance Shifts $4.4 Billion in Bitcoin as Crypto Exchange Temporarily Pauses BTC Withdrawals – What's Going On?
8.5.2023
Binance has moved a large stash of Bitcoin between its crypto wallets over the weekend as the platform halted BTC withdrawals citing network congestion.
According to an analysis of on-chain data by CryptoQuant’s Head of Research Julio Moreno, Binance moved about $4.4 billion worth of BTC across...
‘Landmark’ Crypto Law Proposed in New York to Establish ‘Strongest and Most Comprehensive’ Crypto Regulations in US
8.5.2023
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has proposed “landmark” crypto legislation that claims to be “the strongest and most comprehensive set of regulations on cryptocurrency” in the United States. “Rampant fraud and dysfunction have become the hallmarks of cryptocurrency and it is time...
Digital Assets for 1 Billion Rubles Issued in Russia in a Month
7.5.2023
Platforms authorized by the Russian government issued digital assets worth around a billion rubles in April, the local press reported. The spike in the volume has been attributed to Russian companies experimenting with new financial instruments amid limited access to traditional capital. Russia’s...
Defi Market Holds Steady at $49.31 Billion TVL, Lido Finance Leads the Pack With 24.82% Share
6.5.2023
Since April 18, 2023, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has been fluctuating just below the $50 billion threshold. As of today, the TVL amounts to $49.31 billion, registering a 1% increase within the last 24 hours. TVL in Defi Shows Signs of Improvement, Yet to Surpass...
PEPE memecoin hits $1 billion market cap fueled by Binance listing
5.5.2023
The price of the new frog-themed memecoin has surged more than 4,000% since its inception on April 14
Cash App Bitcoin revenue tops $2 billion in the first quarter
5.5.2023
Block’s Q1 earnings report reveals a 25% year-on-year increase in Bitcoin revenue from the fintech firm’s flagship product Cash App
Gaming Studio Bitblox to Build On-Chain Games for $68B Online Gambling Industry
4.5.2023
Bitblox Games will exclusively build crypto games on the Hxro Network, a Solana-based distributed liquidity layer for betting applications
Sui Blockchain Price Prediction as SUI Token Launches on Binance Exchange and Sees $1 Billion Trading Volume in 24 Hours
4.5.2023
Sui launched its mainnet yesterday, with the layer-one blockchain seeing its native SUI token surpass $1 billion in 24-hour trading volume on Binance.
As of writing, SUI's price stands at $1.33, with the proof-of-stake token initially being offered at $0.10 as part of a public sale to users...