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US Government Expands Charges Against North Korean Hackers- Authorities Describe Them as The ‘World’s Leading Bank Robbers’
19.2.2021
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed new charges against the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. The hackers are allegedly responsible for stealing over $1.3 billion in cryptocurrencies and fiat during coordinated cyber-heists. North Korean Hackers Also Developed and Deployed...
Evolve Becomes Second Canadian Issuer to Win Approval for Bitcoin ETF
16.2.2021
It may encourage U.S. regulators to approve their first bitcoin exchange-traded fund
NYDIG Registers for a Bitcoin ETF, Morgan Stanley Named a Participant in SEC Filing
16.2.2021
Just recently, during Microstrategy’s “Bitcoin for Corporations” event, Stone Ridge Asset Management and New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) founder, Ross Stevens, explained that he sees a “wall of money” entering the bitcoin space. A week later after that...
Watch: The 2nd Annual Blackest Awards Winners!
16.2.2021
We’re so happy to bring you the winners for our 2nd Annual Blackest Awards. Around here, we call them The Skippies because we get down like that. Well, as with most awards shows, some awards are televised—unlike the revolution—while others are awarded before the show. Since we don’t have a show,...
Industry Group Says Hong Kong’s Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Traders Underground
15.2.2021
Hong Kong’s plan to restrict cryptocurrency investment to professionals means retail investors could move to unlicensed venues, said Global Digital Finance
2021 Crypto Market Stats Show a Number of Other Coins Gained More Than Bitcoin
13.2.2021
During the end of 2020 and into 2021, a great number of digital assets have seen significant gains and the bearish season that followed 2017 has turned its course. Bitcoin touched an all-time price high on February 11, 2021, reaching $49k per coin and three-month stats show bitcoin is up 198%....
Market Wrap: Ether Sets New Highs as Bitcoin Stays Below $49K
12.2.2021
Despite choppy price action, news over the past few days has been extraordinarily bullish for the leading cryptocurrency
Black BTS Fans Share Why They 'Purple' This K-Pop Group
11.2.2021
Sabrena Khadija realized just how much of a BTS fan she was one freezing morning in Times Square back in 2017. A friend invited her to stand in line at 4 a.m. to be one of the first people to buy the seven-member band from South Korea’s BT21 merchandise…and she didn’t say no.Read more
CME Ethereum Futures, Explained
11.2.2021
Ethereum futures are now live on the CME exchange. But what does that mean exactly and how do you trade them?
Group of Men, One Company Indicted for Handling Stolen Coincheck XEM
11.2.2021
Source: iStock/Marco_Piunti
Prosecutors in Japan have pressed charges against 13 people and one corporation accused of handling stolen NEM (XEM) tokens raided from the c.USD 530 million Coincheck hack in early 2018, still the biggest crypto exchange security breach in history.
At least four people...
Launchpool Plans to Launch an Egalitarian Model for All Stakeholders
10.2.2021
Launchpool : noun – A group of crypto industry participants who pool together resources to launch projects. The concept behind the project is to bring investors together, aligning all for the benefit of everyone and the project. Each investor is put on the same footing and given the same...
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Smashes $15 Billion, CME Registers Over $33 Million in ETH Contracts
9.2.2021
Following the revelation that Tesla now owns $1.5 billion in bitcoin, crypto spot markets across the board skyrocketed. Data shows that crypto derivatives markets also saw significant demand as bitcoin futures open interest tapped $15 billion on Monday. Moreover, this week was the start of ethereum...
When QAnon Blows Up Your Friend Group
8.2.2021
My ex was the first person to tell me about Q. This was near the end of 2016, and we were in the beginning stages of our relationship. I took it as us having the same, passive interest in conspiracy theories. The kind of interest where you go, “LOL sounds like a Dan Brown novel!” I laughed it...
Bitcoin Price Surpasses $44k Handle, ETH Futures Launch, Tesla’s Balance Sheet BTC Praised
8.2.2021
The price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high on Monday after the community discovered that Elon Musk’s firm Tesla added $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to the company’s balance sheet. At press time, bitcoin is meandering over the $43k handle and has an overall market capitalization...
Industry Players Weigh In As CME Group’s Ethereum Futures Go Live
8.2.2021
The CME Group’s ethereum (ETH) futures offering has gone live, meeting a 6pm Eastern Time (UTC 11am) target – and marking a historic first for the second-largest cryptoasset by market capitalization.
The major derivatives exchange said that its liquidity backers for the financially settled...
Asset Manager Stone Ridge’s NYDIG Sees Wall of Money Coming Into Bitcoin — Institutions Grow Beyond Owning BTC
8.2.2021
The founder of Stone Ridge Asset Management and the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) sees a “wall of money” coming into bitcoin based on his firm’s order book. The executive believes that institutions are just getting started and we will see an explosion...
Blockchain Firm Labs Group Taps Enjin to Tokenize Real Estate Assets
6.2.2021
The year has started with a batch of announcements regarding tokenization in various sectors. On this occasion, a blockchain gaming platform announced its collaboration with Labs Group to issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of real estate assets. Global Real Estate Market Is Valued at $228 Trillion...
Bitcoin is not a bubble anymore, Amber Group CEO says
5.2.2021
Bitcoin will still have notable value fluctuations, but it's out of bubble territory, according to Michael Wu
Billionaire Bitcoin investor backs away from California governor bid
5.2.2021
Citing the need to focus on business, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has put his political aspirations on hold
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
5.2.2021
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused venture capital fund backed by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones and hip-hop star LL Cool J. The crypto VC fund was invoked by Scher, the private equity...