Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The scheduled trial of Russia’s digital ruble has been postponed; it was due on April 1. This is because the regulatory framework necessary for the pilot to proceed is yet to be adopted, as the state-owned news agency TASS reports. As per the s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On Wednesday, Australian opposition senator Andrew Bragg introduced a new bill to the country’s parliament to implement a licensing regime for crypto exchanges. If passed, the bill would require Australian crypto exchanges to obtain a license t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crackdown on the crypto industry shows no signs of slowing down. The regulator continues to target firms and major players in the sector. In the latest move, the SEC has filed charges against Beaxy...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On-chain data shows XRP profit taking has surged to its highest level since August 2021 as the price has climbed another 17% in the last 24 hours. XRP Profit-Taking Volume Is Currently More Than Two Times The Loss-Taking Volume According to data from...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A popular self-custodian wallet, MetaMask, recently dispelled rumors of a snapshot or airdrop circulating the Internet. Following this occurrence, the firm highlighted the need for maximum caution, given the continuous rise in fraudulent activities i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
OKX, a Seychelles-based crypto exchange ranked among the top 20 exchanges of the world, becomes the latest to enter Hong Kong due to its crypto-friendly regulations. Other crypto firms that previously revealed plans to set up a base in the city inclu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a press release shared with Bitcoinist, developers at Telegram launched a new crypto feature supported by the TON blockchain. Starting today, users from the platform can purchase a premium subscription with TON. The new feature is part...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Kraken crypto exchange has announced a new partnership with Williams Racing on Twitter. This achievement marks the first sponsorship deal between Formula 1 teams and crypto firms this year. The deal will allow Kraken to illuminate its brand logo on W...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Proposals included in the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act,” better known as the RESTRICT Act, and forwarded to the United States Congress, is worrying privacy advocat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin has once again found its way above $28,000 despite the widespread uncertainty in the crypto market. This recent bullish move follows the news that Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao were being sued by the Commodities Futures Trading Commissio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Signature Bank has given cryptocurrency companies and depositors a deadline of April 5 to withdraw their funds, as their deposits were not included in a rescue deal recently arranged with Flagstar Bank. The Michigan-based bank, which is a subsidiar...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As on-chain data shows, Voyager Digital has begun cashing out US dollars that have been flushed into the bankrupt crypto lender’s coffers through the sale of Shiba Inu (SHIB), Ether (ETH) and the Voyager Token (VGX). Last month, $610 million wo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
FTX co-founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, is facing yet another criminal charge, this time for allegedly bribing Chinese government officials with $40 million worth of cryptocurrency. According to federal prosecutors, this marks the 13th cha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Davos Protocol is a low-risk, yield-generating, stable asset-driven DeFi ecosystem that addresses the issues of transparency, capital inefficiencies and increasing centralization currently prevalent in the stablecoin space. Recently, we caught up wit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Galaxy Digital held its Fourth Quarter 2022 Shareholder Update Conference Call on March 28, during which CEO Mike Novogratz addressed a variety of pressing issues impacting the industry. From the collapse of the once might crypto exchange FTX to the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Following recent actions by US authorities against the US crypto industry, Operation Choke Point 2.0 has become more apparent than ever. At the center of the campaign is the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which recently sent a Well Not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ticketmaster is partnering with Avenged Sevenfold to launch its Ethereum NFT token-gating feature, in a bid to put an end to scalping, bot activity, and long wait times. As part of this partnership, the heavy metal band tested the feature with its De...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
While the European government is still working on its regulatory approach towards cryptocurrency regulation, a part of the body, which is the lawmakers, have earlier today published a new rule targeting crypto users with unverified identities. The la...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Despite CFTC suing Binance, Bitcoin on-chain data has so far shown no signs of FUD developing among traders on the cryptocurrency exchange. Bitcoin On-Chain Metrics Related To Binance Are So Far All Normal Yesterday, news came out that the US Commodi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) parent company Yuga Labs has released Legends of the Mara, a collection-based 2D strategy game with its companion collection. The game allows Otherdeed holders and players to claim a free Vessel and discover it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Some people believe Bitcoin is digital gold, while others think it’s rat poison. But exactly does artificial intelligence think of it? We decided to ask ChatGPT precisely this important question. Keep reading to find out the top ten reasons Cha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
BlockFi, a bankrupt crypto lender, has agreed to provide refunds totaling over $100,000 to its California customers who continued to repay loans despite a trading suspension on November 10th of last year. The Department of Financial Protection and In...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The UK government had unveiled its intention to introduce nonfungible tokens (NFTs) through the Royal Mint. This announcement was made last year in April. This announcement was accepted with great enthusiasm by the Chancellor at the time, Rishi Sunak...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a Reuters report, new charges have been unveiled against Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. Bankman-Fried, who founded one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has been accused of bribing...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) has published a new whitepaper to which Ripple Director of CBDC Product Management Anthony Ralphs was a contributor. Ripple called attention to this development in a tweet and blog post today. The latter explains th...
