Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
MetaMask, a major crypto wallet, has partnered with MoonPay to enable direct bank transfers for crypto purchases in Nigeria, allowing users to access crypto faster and cheaper without using credit or debit cards. Nigeria is a major market for MetaMas...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Bitcoin's profitability challenges the narrative of depreciating volatility. 88.50% of Bitcoin's tradable days were profitable for hodlers, with just 11.56% being unprofitable. Understanding market cycles is crucial for investors, while some prefer d...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has ordered local banks to report on cryptocurrency transactions amid concerns over the contagion of recent banking collapses, including that of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The regulator is seeking...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
ZenGo has discovered a security vulnerability called the "red pill attack" in decentralized applications or dApps. The vulnerability allowed malicious dApps to steal user assets using opaque transaction approvals. Many leading vendors, including Coin...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
DeFi insurance firms paid out $34.4 million in claims in 2022, including $22.5 million for the collapse of Terra Luna and $4.7 million for FTX. DeFi insurance now covers eight major categories, but more work is needed to scale. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Decentralized web developer Tomi has secured $40 million in funding to attract content creators to its surveillance-free alternative to the internet. The project, led by a DAO, uses TOMI as its native token for monetization. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The Australian Bankers Association (ABA) has launched a cost of living review to determine how the COVID-19 epidemic, global supply chain restrictions, geopolitical tensions, and other factors have raised Australia's already high cost of living. The...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Taiwan's top administrative authority, the Legislative Yuan, will regulate cryptocurrencies via the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). Chairman Huang Tien-mu declared that the FSC would supervise Taiwan's crypto business, but not NFTs. The FSC s...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Users have reported that the AI-based decentralized application project Harvest Keeper has stolen approximately one million dollars from their accounts in what is likely to be a fraud. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Crypto.com has obtained a minimal viable product (MVP) preparatory license from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) to offer spot and derivatives instruments of virtual assets. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Synthetix has secured a $20 million investment from Web3 investment and quantitative trading firm DWF Labs. The partnership will see DWF Labs tasked with increasing SNX token liquidity and market making across centralized and decentralized exchanges,...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The DLT Science Foundation (DSF) has been launched with the aim of promoting the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and providing grant support to its university network. The network includes prestigious institutions such as the London S...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Arbitrum's recent airdrop of its governance token has generated significant hype, which has helped another layer-2 scaling solution, zkSync, see significant growth in the last week. Despite not having a native token or announcing any airdrop, zkSync...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
NFT wash trading has surged for the fourth consecutive month, with a total volume of $580 million across the top six marketplaces, according to a report from CoinGecko. The report attributed the rise in volume to the overall recovery of NFT marketpla...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has notified its Canadian users that it will no longer provide services or allow new account openings in Canada, starting on March 24, 2023, due to new regulations. Existing Canadian customers must close open positions in...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
FTX US and Alameda Research have filed a complaint against FTX Digital Markets, alleging that the Bahamas-based company was a "fraudulent enterprise" used to conceal the issue of the firm's ownership. The complaint claims that the claims made by FTX...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
A hacker who drained $197 million from Euler Finance returned 3,000 ETH ($5.4 million) to the deployer address, following a $1 million reward announcement by Euler Finance. The attacker used a multichain bridge to transfer funds from the BNB Chain to...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried in the FTX case is preparing to present a revised bail package to the judge after he expressed concerns about the entrepreneur's use of encrypted-messaging apps and VPN services while on bail. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Binance has responded to a letter from U.S. Senators sent earlier this month requesting information about the crypto exchange’s operations in the country, including its balance sheet. Despite omitting financial data from the letter, Binance reportedl...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan has placed a bet worth $1 million on Bitcoin's price reaching $1 million by June 17. Srinivasan accepted the wager from pseudonymous Twitter user James Medlock, who bet $1 million that the Un...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America (MBCA) has requested that the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) extend insurance on all deposits for the next two years, which would immediately halt the outflow of deposits from smaller banks and...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Swiss regulators are reportedly considering emergency measures to accelerate the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, Switzerland's largest bank. The Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority believe that the acquisitio...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
HSBC UK Bank, which acquired Silicon Valley Bank UK for just one pound, has reportedly approved multi-million-pound bonuses for its staff and senior executives. The bonus pool, totaling between £15m and £20m, was described as "modest" by insiders and...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The recent fall of major banks in the US has reignited discussions about the most effective ways to safeguard the economy. Economist Peter Schiff argues that increasing banking regulations could contribute to a worsening economic crisis, while a grou...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The $197 million DeFi hack on Euler Finance has been linked to North Korea after blockchain investigator Chainalysis identified that 100 ETH from the stolen funds was transferred to an address associated with North Korea-linked actors. While Chainaly...
