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Digital Asset Executives Raise $78 Million to Support Pro-Crypto and Responsible Regulations in 2024
18.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock Fairshakes has raised $78 million to fund pro-crypto legislators and support leaders who support blockchain innovation in the United States. A Dec 18 press release states the firm’s commitment to drive developments and positive policies around the industry after...
Arbitrum Transactions Reach New All-Time High During Inscriptions Frenzy
18.12.2023
Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum (ARB) reached a new all-time high in daily transactions over the weekend, joining Bitcoin under a waterfall of blockchain activity spurred by inscriptions. According to data from crypto market analysis platform IntoTheBlock, the network tapped 5.4 million...
Ex-Amazon Engineer Guilty of Historic $12.3M Crypto Heist
18.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens A former Amazon engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges, resulting in the first-ever conviction involving the hacking of a smart contract. Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer at Amazon, is now facing the possibility of up to five...
Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 Million Bunker Sounds Right Out Of A Video Game
18.12.2023
Mark Zuckerberg is worth over $100 billion. What does the world’s sixth-richest person do with all that money, besides lighting lots of it on fire to try to bring a Ready Player One-style metaverse to life? Apparently, he builds a sprawling mansion complex with a massive underground bunker that...
FTX Legal Fees Amount to $1.3 Million Per Day, Creditors Concerned
18.12.2023
Source: Adobe Bankrupt digital asset exchange, FTX has paid hundreds of millions in legal fees in a few months sparking reactions as creditors seek to recover their losses. Court filings show that over $118 million were billed on the exchange between August and October for professional legal fees...
Will Scorpion Casino (SCORP) Go To The Moon? Presale Rush Suggest Yes With Minimum Raise Goal Already In Sight
18.12.2023
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that is not part of Cryptonews.com editorial content. Scorpion Casino (SCORP) stands out as one of the most captivating projects to enter the market recently and the fact that it has rapidly raised $2.23 million is strong evidence of that. The project...
Bitcoin Development Platform Tap Protocol Secures $4.2 Million in Funding
18.12.2023
Source: trac.network Bitcoin Ordinals-based development platform Tap Protocol has raised over $4 million in an oversubscribed round, promising more “big” news to come. “We are happy to announce our successful fund raise of $4.2m which was oversubscribed by $13m+,”...
Digital Asset Investment Products Experience $16 Million Outflows, Breaking 11-Week Inflow Streak
18.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Andy Nowack Digital asset investment products witnessed outflows of $16 million last week, putting an end to an 11-week streak of consecutive inflows. According to the latest report by CoinShares, Bitcoin-based funds bore the brunt of the outflows, with a total of $32.8 million...
Million-Dollar NFT Heist: Apes to Art Blocks Stolen
18.12.2023
A massive cyber attack today breached online security by affecting NFT Trader, one of the most popular platforms for private individual trading. As a result, they fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in valuable Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Prized items came from a variety of collections...
Latam Insights: Volcano Bonds Target Q1 2024 Launch, Unblock Global $15 Million Bitcoin Flare Gas Bet
18.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Salvadoran Volcano Bonds might be launched in Q1 2024, Unblock Global raised $15 million for a flare gas mining project in Vaca Muerta, and Argentine...
Tap Protocol secures $4.2 million for Bitcoin Ordinals boost
18.12.2023
Trac Systems, a technology company based in Germany and also the parent organization of Tap Protocol, recently completed an unusually successful fundraising effort. The company disclosed that Sora Ventures led a financing round in which it raised $4.2 million. With this massive infusion of capital...
Blockchain-Based Private Credit Surges 55% as Companies Seek Financing Amid Rising Interest Rates
18.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay More companies are turning to blockchain-based private credit as they seek financing amid increasing interest rates, leading to a significant surge in this sector. According to RWA.xyz, a platform that tracks debt, active private loans through digital ledgers have risen...
FDUSD Rockets to $1.6B Market Cap, Becoming Fifth Largest Fiat-Pegged Crypto Amid Binance Concentration
17.12.2023
In the fortnight since Dec. 2, 2023, the stablecoin asset first digital usd (FDUSD) experienced a notable expansion, increasing its supply by 690 million coins. As of Dec. 17, 2023, this surge has elevated its market capitalization to a significant $1.61 billion. This period witnessed...
Bitcoin Miners Hit Record $9.97M Earnings From Ordinals; 61% of BTC Transfers Inscription-Driven
17.12.2023
In the wake of a substantial increase in onchain transaction fees for Bitcoin, the compensation to bitcoin miners from inscription-based transfers has hit a record peak in the last 24 hours. An estimated total of $9.97 million was allocated to miners, eclipsing the former high of $7.21 million...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as $860 Million Moved to Exchanges – Signaling Major Sell-Off Ahead?
17.12.2023
As the crypto market enters another week of trading, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a slight decline to $41,978, dropping by nearly 50% on Sunday. This move coincides with a significant amount of Bitcoin, worth approximately $860 million, being transferred to exchanges, which could be indicative of...
P2P Platform NFT Trader Falls Victim to Security Flaw, $3 Million in Blue-Chip NFTs Lifted
17.12.2023
Reports indicate, and the peer-to-peer non-fungible token (NFT) market platform has confirmed, that the NFT platform NFT Trader experienced a security breach. An assailant exploited an outdated smart contract, resulting in the theft of nearly $3 million worth of esteemed digital collectibles...
Solana’s JTO on a rollercoaster ride, InQubeta (QUBE) presale cruising past $6.8 million mark
17.12.2023
The crypto world is abuzz with the rapid rise and fall of Solana’s JTO token, a rollercoaster ride following its recent airdrop. Amidst this fluctuating market, InQubeta (QUBE) is making significant strides, steadily cruising past the $6.8 million mark in its presale, showcasing remarkable...
NFT Sales Soar to Over $500M; Bitcoin Leads With Unprecedented Growth
16.12.2023
Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have surged by 52.81% over the past week, reaching a total of $503.35 million. Bitcoin has emerged as the frontrunner in this week’s NFT market, generating $276.79 million in sales, surpassing Ethereum’s $99.67 million, which previously held the...
Retik Finance (RETIK) raises $1 Million in Presale, sets listing price at $0.15, approx 350% higher than present price
16.12.2023
In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrencies, new projects often emerge, seeking to make their mark and disrupt the status quo. Retik Finance (RETIK) is one such project that has recently made waves by raising an impressive $1 million in its presale. What’s even more noteworthy is...
$EGLD Pumps as KASPA Dumps. Presale Targets $1 Million Mark
16.12.2023
The cryptocurrency market is a volatile space, and the recent price movements of $EGLD and KAPSA are a testament to that, while $EGLD has been on a tear, KASPA has been experiencing a sharp downturn. Meanwhile, $GFOX, the new kid on the block is eyeing the coveted $1 million presale mark. In this...