Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Recently submitted court filings to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware have shown a sequence of financial transactions that preceded the decline of FTX in November 2022. The aforementioned papers suggest that the majority of these...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The global Google search traffic for the organic term “cryptocurrency” is at the lowest point in five years, reflecting a shift in user sentiment. Even though prices of top crypto assets, including Bitcoin, are way above 2018 lows at spot rates, mark...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao made a confident assertion last July that decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, is poised to rise above centralized finance, or CeFi, in terms of prominence and significance within the financ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Crypto startups faced a startling setback in August as venture funding plummeted to less than $500 million, marking the lowest point in over two years, according to data from The Block Research. This decline marks the fourth consecutive month of dwi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Cryptocurrency has long been a contentious subject in China, with the government imposing strict regulations and outright bans on various aspects of the industry. However, a recent report from China’s People’s Court challenges this histor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In its latest court filing, the legal team representing Ripple Labs – the company behind the XRP token – argued that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doesn’t have the grounds to request an appeal. This come...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The battle between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs over the regulatory status of XRP took a dramatic turn last week. The latest powerplay? A Hail Mary interlocutory appeal from the authority. The agency tried appealing a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
MakerDAO Co-founder Rune Christensen has suggested the DeFi project utilize a fork of Solana’s codebase to build its proposed “NewChain.” Back in May, the MakerDAO announced its “Endgame” network update aimed at improving the protocol’s “efficiency,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Grayscale is known to be one of the largest holders of the flagship cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. However, a recent report by crypto analytics platform Arkham Intelligence suggests that the asset manager could also be the entity with the second-largest Et...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Jay Clayton, has weighed in on the ongoing applications for Bitcoin (BTC) spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) by various asset managers, including BlackRock, WisdomTree, and Ark Invest. Despite...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has been going through an interesting phase since the billionaire took over and crypto enthusiasts can’t help but hope that Dogecoin is in the grand plan of things. This is because the social media platform has underg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Robinhood, the popular online brokerage platform, has successfully executed a significant share repurchase agreement, acquiring $605 million worth of shares from Emergent Fidelity Technologies, owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the bankrupt c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The crypto space, long viewed as particularly vulnerable to cyber criminals due to its nascent stage, faces fresh malware threats. A recent joint report from top intelligence agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom underscores this ongoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In an effort to maintain decentralization and promote responsible and sustainable blockchain growth, a group of large Ethereum stakers have voluntarily agreed to devote themselves to a self-limit rule that would restrict the scope of their staking ac...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
On-chain data shows the Chainlink exchange supply has observed a plummet, something that could turn out to be bullish for the asset’s price. Chainlink Supply On Exchanges Has Registered A Drawdown Recently According to data from the on-chain an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Bitcoin (BTC) and the entire cryptocurrency market are currently caught in a sideways trading pattern, leaving investors grappling with uncertainty. In a market where prices can swing dramatically in a matter of minutes, such stability can be unsettl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has revised its Bitcoin electricity consumption estimates, addressing longstanding concerns about the accuracy of its Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). The new study, titled &...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Ivan Bianco, a popular Brazilian crypto streamer known as Fraternidade Crypto, recently experienced a devastating loss of over $60,000 during a live-stream session. The event transpired when he inadvertently disclosed his private keys to the public,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Retired soccer player Ronaldinho Gaúcho has been accused of an alleged $61 million cryptocurrency scam. And after being missing in action for two hearings, the Brazilian Legend has finally spoken up. Ronaldinho’s Casualties Soccer star Ronaldin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Artificial intelligence and crypto take center stage in the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) second Trends, Risks, and Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report of 2023. ESMA’s report highlights the ever-evolving landscape of crypto...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a bid to bolster trust and safety, Ripple’s developer arm, RippleX, has proposed a significant amendment to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The feature, aptly named “Clawback,” is designed to provide issuers with enhanced control over the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The price of Bitcoin experienced a notable increase after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit determined Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was mistaken in rejecting Grayscale’s request to transform its prominent...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a groundbreaking revelation, on-chain researcher BoringSleuth has unveiled a series of connections that link the enigmatic founder of Shiba Inu, known as Ryoshi, to some of the most influential figures and organizations in the crypto space. The re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Per a Bloomberg Law report, in an upcoming fraud trial scheduled for October, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is preparing to call seven expert witnesses, potentially paying them up to $1,200 an hour, to testify on his behalf. According to a letter...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
As the crypto market heads toward another Bitcoin halving expected to trigger a bull market, crypto founders are gearing up to start launching their startups in a more profitable climate. If you are one of these startup founders interested in crypto,...
