Category: News
Latest news on blockchain, cryptocurrencies and the crypto world in general.
China Will Continue to Pressure Crypto Trading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe People’s Bank of China (PBoC) plans to continue applying a regulatory pressure on cryptocurrency trading.
A New Law Affecting the Crypto Industry Might Be Approved in the US
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome US senators have introduced a bill that if approved would change the filing requirements for all crypto-related companies.
Payments Company Square to Buy Afterpay for $29B
Reading Time: < 1 minutePayments company Square has just announced it is buying the Australian installment plan service Afterpay for $29 billion.
XinFin Enters Into Association with Guarda Wallet and Simplex to Allow Easy XDC Purchases
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSimplex-powered fiat onramp functionality Guarda Wallet has just added support for instant purchases of XinFin’s XDC token.
Someone Pays 12 ETH for Steve Jobs’ NFT Job Application
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSteve Jobs’ 1973 job application has been sold for 12 Ethers.
PayPal to Start Offering Access to Cryptos to its UK Customers
Reading Time: < 1 minutePayPal has just announced it intends to start offering access to cryptocurrencies to its British customers.
OKCoin Receives Regulators Approval in Malta and The Netherlands
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has just received the regulatory approval in Malta as well as new licenses in the Netherlands and Puerto Rico.
Smartlink Expands Involvement in Tezos Ecosystem by Becoming Corporate Baker
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmartlink, a smart contract platform developed on the Tezos blockchain, has just announced it has become a corporate baker.
Mutual Fund Based on BTC Futures is Launched in the US
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAsset manager ProFunds has just rolled out “the first US mutual fund that mirrors Bitcoin performance before expenses are paid.”
Robinhood Unveils Starting Price of its Shares for IPO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDigital asset platform Robinhood has just announced the starting price for its shares during the company’s planned IPO is $38.
Tezos Launches New Grant Program
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Tezos ecosystem has just announced a new grant program aimed at supporting builders and creators.
DeFi Lending Firm Aave to Launch an Institutional Platform
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAave, a decentralized finance firm, is launching Aave Arc, an institutional DeFi platform, the company CEO Stani Kulechov has said.
Dorsey: Bitcoin Could Be Integrated in Twitter in the Future
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, has said that Bitcoin will play an important role in Twitter in the future.
A White Hat Hacker Steals $8M From THORChain And Demands 10% Reward
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA white hat hacker has stolen $8 million from cross-chain decentralized protocol THORChain and has reportedly asked the project for a 10%.
Thesis Attracts $21M in Series A Fundraising
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCryptocurrency venture studio Thesis has just completed a Series A funding round in which the company has attracted $21 million.
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has Invested in BTC
Reading Time: < 1 minuteElon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said in a discussion with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood that SpaceX owns Bitcoins.
FTX Raises $900M and Reaches $18B Valuation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCryptocurrency exchange FTX has just completed a new fundraising in which the platform has attracted $900 million.
Dogecoin Daily Trading Volume Hits Nearly $1B in Q2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDogecoin’s trading volume has increased 13-fold during the second quarter of the year to nearly $1 billion.
White Hat Hacker Saves $117,000 From MetaMask User
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA white hat hacker has helped a MetaMask user, a browser-based cryptocurrency wallet, save about $117,000 from his wallet. As reported by The Block, a MetaMask user posted last July […]
People’s Bank of China Releases Digital Yuan WhitePaper
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe People’s Bank of China, the central bank of the country, has just published the whitepaper of the e-CNY, the digital version of the yuan.
Cross-chain Decentralized Exchange ThorChain Loses 4,000 ETH
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThorChain has just fallen victim to a hacker attack that has resulted in the loss of about 4,000 Ethers (valued at $7.6M).
Volume of Fraudulent Crypto Transactions Hits $1B
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe volume of illegal transactions in which digital assets have been used has hit $1B between July 2020 and July 2021.
Square is Launching a Bitcoin-focused Platform
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSquare has just announced it plans to launch an open platform for developers of non-custodial, inclusive and decentralized financial services.
Custody Platform Fireblocks is Integrating With Polygon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFireblocks has recently announced it has partnered with the platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development Polygon.
Revolut’s Valuation Hits $33B After Attracting $800M
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe valuation of British fintech company Revolut has just hit $33 billion after its latest funding round.
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