Serbian National Arrested and Extradited to the US for His Role in a $70M Crypto Mining Case
A Serbian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of defrauding investors out of more than...
Month: February 2021
Stablecoin flows hint at $50K Bitcoin after Tesla pump liquidates $500M in BTC shorts
Around $500 million worth of positions were liquidated within hours as the Tesla news caused Bitcoin to spike over $46,000....
Hackers post racist and offensive messages to Blockfolio users
A breach of Blockfolio’s signal feed saw racist messages sent to some users of the crypto portfolio platform. Some Blockfolio...
OKEx integrates .crypto domain-based payments from Unstoppable Domains
As more exchanges start to support the simplified address format, will error-prone text-string addresses become a thing of the past?...
Major Thai bank’s venture arm sets up $50M fund to invest in blockchain, DeFi
Siam Commercial Bank, over a century old, doesn't fail to keep up with the times. Siam Commercial Bank — Thailand's...
XRP risks losing top-5 crypto status as Polkadot, Cardano market caps hit $21B
A second usurping of XRP by Polkadot leaves it perilously close to exiting the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap....
Solana announces DeFi hackathon offering $200k in seed funding
Solana will host a DeFi hackathon offering a $200,000 prize pool and $200,000 in seed funding to aspiring developers. Solana...
Binance Labs backs Polkadot ecosystem with $2.4m investment in Plasm Network
Binance has mobilized nearly one-quarter of its Polkadot ecosystem fund to lead Plasm Network’s Series A funding round. Binance Labs...
Bitcoin’s Twitter-volume spikes to new all-time highs on Elon pump
Elon Musk has pushed Bitcoin’s social sentiment into new highs on Twitter. Social media activity for Bitcoin is at an...
Etoro’s Gooddollar Basic Income Initiative Aims to Fund 1 Million New Users With New Referral Program
An incentive of 100G$ will be given to registered users for new referrals, and 50G$ to new users as a...
Estonia’s Government Still Wants to Implement Stricter Rules for Licensing Crypto Firms
The new administration in Estonia is still planning to pursue an agenda to tighten rules for companies dealing with cryptocurrencies....
Cordoba Becomes the First Argentinean Province to Impose Taxes on Crypto-Related Activities
In Argentina, a provincial legislature has voted in favor of a bill to impose new taxes on gross incomes from...
ETH represented 80% of last week’s institutional crypto inflows
Institutions were aggressively accumulating ETH in the lead up to the launch of CME futures, with Ether products representing 80%...
Bitcoin volatility almost returned to ‘Black Thursday’ levels in January
A report from Kraken has identified last month’s BTC volatility at levels not seen since the ‘Black Thursday’ crash of...
G7 to discuss CBDC and digital taxation this week
The G7 will begin its Feb. 12 meeting on the subject of central bank digital currencies, before moving to digital...
