Forkast
Altcoins
Bitcoin and Ether rose in Asian trading on Tuesday afternoon. Top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies also mostly strengthened, led by gains in Dogecoin and Litecoin
Ningwei Qin
Bitcoin News
FTX Trading and its affiliates will resume paying wages to employees globally and to some non-U.S. contractors and service providers
Ningwei Qin
Bitcoin News
The cryptocurrency lender was hit by the earthquake set off across the industry by the collapse and bankruptcy of the FTX crypto exchange this month, and other companies are looking vulnerable.
Danny Park
Regulation
Christine Lagarde of the European Central Bank said regulating cryptocurrency in the EU is an “absolute necessity” following the collapse of Bahamas-based exchange FTX.com.
Lachlan Keller
Regulation
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to pay over US$362,000 to settle claims that it violated sanctions against Iran, the Treasury said Monday.
Dylan Butts
Metaverse Platforms
The metaverse has the potential to improve access to opportunities and create a better version of the offline world. How do we prevent it from perpetuating society’s ills?
Danny Phan
Bitcoin News
Crypto lender BlockFi Inc. and eight of its affiliates have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the U.S.
Danny Park
Economic Impacts
Bitcoin and Ether fell in Tuesday morning trading in Asia as U.S.-based crypto lender Blockfi filed for bankruptcy overnight in what is seen as another casualty of the collapse of the FTX exchange this month.
Lachlan Keller
Altcoins
LINE’s cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., BITFRONT, has announced closure on Monday to shift its focus to developing LINE’s blockchain ecosystem.
Danny Park
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Asset tokenization and DeFi hold tremendous potential for the finance sector, writes Han Kwee Juan of DBS Bank. Here's how the Singaporean government is at the forefront of change.
Han Kwee Juan
Market Analysis
Companies based in the U.S. and South Korea have filed for more than 75% of patent applications related to the metaverse, VR and AR.
Danny Park
Regulation
Nigeria seeks to advance digital asset trading in the country but is drawing a distinction between digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
Megha Chaddah
Regulation
South Korean prosecutors may charge Terraform Labs cofounder Daniel Shin with fraud for promoting the Terra stablecoin as a payment method despite multiple warnings from financial regulators that it was against the law.
Danny Park
Regulation
Changpeng Zhao tweeted that Binance's proof of reserves have “absolutely no negative balances involved” after the exchange released its PoR on Friday.
Timmy Shen
Bitcoin News
Reports of civil disobedience, protests and clashes with the police in cities and universities in China are unnerving financial markets in Asia
Lachlan Keller
Altcoins
Australian blockchain fintech startup Ettle Pty Ltd. has completed the first transaction on its recently launched Australian dollar-pegged stablecoin, AUDE.
Lachlan Keller
Altcoins
Bitcoin was little changed in Monday morning trading amid mixed results from the other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies following a relatively muted few days of trading over the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S.
Lachlan Keller
Bitcoin News
Singapore-based crypto lender Matrixport is hoping to raise US$100 million at a valuation of US$1.5 billion, according to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources.
Pradipta Mukherjee
Bitcoin News
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance released its proof of reserves (PoR) on Friday to provide transparency on user funds.
Pradipta Mukherjee
