Author: Chris Smith
Alchemy Pay Gets License in Indonesia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlchemy Pay has announced that it has received a license from the Central Bank of Indonesia to operate as a payment system operator.
Circle’s CEO Says SEC Should Not Regulate Stablecoins
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCircle CEO Jeremy Allaire has urged the SEC not to regulate stablecoins as securities.
Gary Gensler: Cryptocurrencies Should Be Recognized as Securities
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to Gary Gensler, chairman of the SEC, any cryptocurrencies with the exception of Bitcoin can be classified as securities.
3AC’s NFT Collection is Put Up for Sale by Liquidators
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe collection of NFTs collected by bankrupt crypto hedge fund 3AC will be put up for sale.
Base Protocol Token Rises by 275% After Coinbase Launches its L2 Network
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe price of the BASE token has jumped from around $2 to a high of $7.5.
Reddit Co-founder Bought 50K ETH in 2014
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, invested $15,000 in Ethereum at 30 cents in a 2014 presale.
BIS: The Majority of Retail Bitcoin Investors Are Suffering Losses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe average retail investor lost about half of the funds invested in Bitcoin from 2015 to 2022.
Arbitrum Network’s Activity Approaches Ethereum’s
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe daily volume of transactions in second-tier network Arbitrum has approached the milestone of 1 million.
Cameron Winklevoss Believes Asian Investors Will Help Bitcoin Grow
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCameron Winklevoss believes digital currencies will increase in value due to the activation of Asian investors.
A Top FTX Executive Will Plead Guilty to Fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFTX’s former CTO intends to plead guilty to fraud for his role in the crypto exchange.
OneCoin Founder Was Murdered
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRuja Ignatova, founder of cryptocurrency pyramid scheme OneCoin, was killed in November 2018 on a yacht in the Ionian Sea.
Gaming-focused Web3 Startup Nefta Raises $5M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGaming-focused infrastructure startup Nefta has recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
Blur CEO Urges NFT Creators to Boycott Competitor OpenSea
Reading Time: < 1 minutePacman, the head of NFT marketplace Blur, has called on the creators of non-fungible tokens to ignore competitor OpenSea.
South Korea’s Financial Watchdog Will Investigate Staking Services
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Korean financial regulators will explore services to provide staking services to local crypto exchanges.
Experts: Number of Bitcoin Users Will Grow to 1 Billion by 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of users of BTC in the next three years will grow from the current more than 300 million to 1 billion.
Crypto Miner Iris Energy Plans to Increase its Hashrate from 2 EH/s to 5.5 EH/s
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia-based mining company Iris Energy has announced it will increase in crypto mining capacity from 2 EH/s to 5.5 EH/s.
NYDFS: Paxos Has Violated its Obligation to Conduct Individual Periodic Risk Assessments
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInfrastructure company and stablecoin issuer Paxos reportedly failed to secure BUSD, which could lead to misconduct.
PayPal Suspends the Development of its Stablecoin
Reading Time: < 1 minutePayPal announced last week that it was suspending the development of its digital currency.
Vitalik Buterin Donates $152,000 in ETH to Earthquake Victims
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently sent 99 ETH to Ahbap.
Tether Earned $700M in Q4 2022 Net Income
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTether Limited recorded a net profit of $700 million in October-December.
Bank of England Submits Concept of Digital British Pound for Public Discussion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bank of England has this week introduced the concept of CBDC.
Altcoin CHZ Rises 15% After Project Announces Mainnet Launch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChiliz, the operator of the Socios platform, has released the Chiliz Chain 2.0 (CC2) mainnet.
65% of BTC Addresses Have Become Profitable Again
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe share of profitable addresses in the network increased to 65% in early February.
Crypto Industry Will Help Turkey After Earthquake
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCrypto companies and and trading platforms have pledged help to Turkey after the devastating earthquake the country has suffered.
MicroStrategy CEO Calls for Accelerating US Crypto Regulation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor believes the US authorities need to take steps to speed up the adoption of legislation on digital currencies.

























