Bitcoin News
Binance comes out swinging as report links it to money laundering
Top blockchain and crypto news: Binance BNB slips amid allegations. STEPN marches through attacks. Is China’s slowdown straining crypto prices?
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Altcoins
Majority of ApeCoin token holders vote to stay on Ethereum
A proposal by the ApeCoin (APE) decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to stay on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain is winning majority support from token holders, despite the efforts of some crypto whales to migrate the coin to its own chain. See related article: Otherdeeds NFT sale puts Ethereum scalability in glaring spotlight Fast facts The proposal […]
Dylan Butts
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Bitcoin News
Bitcoin passes half-billion mark in YTD inflow: CoinShares
Bitcoin’s total year-to-date inflows passed the half-billion mark at US$506 million after adding US$126 million last week, digital asset manager CoinShares reported. See related article: Crypto market reverses course after strong start to the week Fast facts Ethereum, on the other hand, saw outflows totaling US$32 million, enduring negative investor sentiment with nine straight weeks […]
Pradipta Mukherjee
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Regulation
What does Lael Brainard’s rise in the US Federal Reserve mean for the crypto industry?
The Fed's new No. 2 is ahead of the curve in her thinking — which bodes well for crypto's future around the world, writes a former colleague of Brainard.
Brandon Neal
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Blockchain Security
GST slips as STEPN’s update tripped by DDOS attacks
STEPN, the move-to-earn blockchain game, suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack during an “anti-cheating” update over the weekend, leading to network issues and user frustrations. See related article: Move-to-earn app STEPN to limit service in China Fast facts During the update, an attack of 25 million messages led to hours of server shutdowns, with some […]
Dylan Butts
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Altcoins
CoinSwitch Kuber launches rupee index for Indian crypto market
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch Kuber launched CRE8 on Thursday, a rupee index tracking the Indian crypto market. See related article: India gets second crypto unicorn within two months Fast facts CRE8 claims to give traders real-time information on the Indian rupee-based crypto market, based on trades on the CoinSwitch exchange. “Until now, investors in India […]
Pradipta Mukherjee
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Altcoins
Fidelity’s crypto arm wants to add Ethereum trading, plans hiring spree
Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto-focused subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has planned a hiring spree to extend services to include Ethereum trading and custody. See related article: Fidelity allows retirement investments in Bitcoin Fast facts Fidelity Digital Assets was founded in 2018 to enable institutional investors to store and trade Bitcoin — its parent company announced […]
Monika Ghosh
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Crypto Trading and Strategies
South Korea arrests man for allegedly stealing crypto based on personal data
South Korean police said Wednesday they arrested a man in his 30s on fraud charges for allegedly stealing about US$658,000 in cryptocurrencies based on personal data leaked on local social media platform Naver Band. See related article: Guilty verdicts handed down in S.Korea’s biggest crypto scam Fast facts The man allegedly stole cryptocurrencies from 90 […]
Danny Park