Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
In a dramatic culmination to a turbulent period for Hodlnaut, the Singapore High Court has ordered the crypto lender’s liquidation, tasked with the daunting goal of reimbursing its 17,000 customers. The judicial decree follows Hodlnaut’s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
The U.S. dollar value of funds flowing into digital asset investment products or exchange-traded products (ETP) in 2023 now exceeds $1 billion. In the week ending Nov. 10, approximately $293 million flowed into ETPs. Bitcoin ETP trading volumes in th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Swan Bitcoin, a bitcoin exchange platform, announced recently that it would terminate accounts of users directly interacting with mixing services. The company explained that this was due to the pressure from banking institutions after the Financial C...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
João Pedro Nascimento, president of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), believes that drex, the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), will “kill” many cryptocurrencies. While established cryptocurrencies like...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Central Bank of Brazil confirms that unlicensed exchanges can still operate in the country; El Salvador w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Rumors circulated on Monday that Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has registered to launch an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF), following its registration of a spot ether ETF. However, Blackrock quickly denied the rumor, confirming...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
In a recent development, Terraform Labs has completed the acquisition of Pulsar Finance, a firm specializing in cross-chain analytics and portfolio management. The acquisition occurs as Terraform’s former CEO Do Kwon remains incarcerated in Mon...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
This week, the blockchain-based forecasting platform Polymarket’s figures indicate that Donald Trump is leading the race for the Republican nomination in July 2024. Trump is ahead of a group of 13 contenders, which includes a few not actively c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Cboe Digital has announced plans to offer margin futures trading for bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) starting January 11, 2024. The initiative, which features a platform integrating spot and futures trading, has garnered backing from a slew of finte...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
As the cryptocurrency market sails smoothly at a valuation of $1.4 trillion, bitcoin and ethereum have stabilized, mostly moving sideways. Yet, a handful of virtual currencies enjoyed robust gains on Monday, with memecoin (MEME) soaring 44.28%, leadi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Ethereum’s price action remains in the spotlight as it navigates above the $2,000 threshold, with key indicators suggesting a mix of neutrality and bullish signals. The digital currency’s recent upsurge reflects a growing bullish consen...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
The crypto market is abuzz with the prospects of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), sparking a rush of investments in anticipation of their approval. Investors and traders are bracing for the U.S. inflation report due to drop on Tuesday, which his...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
The Spanish securities regulator has recently hinted at investigating and sanctioning X (formerly known as Twitter) for allowing unlicensed providers to post crypto ads. According to Spanish law, social networks and other service providers must verif...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
PRESS RELEASE. Christopher Peacock, a visionary hailing from Paisley, Scotland, has journeyed from adversity to achievement through undeterred dedication and a relentless pursuit of personal and financial growth. Christopher’s remarkable path serves...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
The North Korea-backed hacker group is thought to be behind the Nov. 10 Poloniex hot wallet breach. A market research platform has said “a leakage of the private key” could be the reason why the hot wallet got breached.
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
A new lawsuit filed by entities overseeing the FTX bankruptcy process seeks to recover $935 million that was reportedly transferred to Bybit’s investment arm and others just before the former’s Chapter 11 filing in November 2022. Bybit is...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Amidst the global wave of new retail investment, France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has observed a significant uptick in the number of individuals holding crypto assets. A study conducted by the AMF, supported by the Technical Suppo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has shared a story of how executives of a Binance client were abducted and forced to empty their crypto wallets. CZ detailed how the cryptocurrency exchange was able to track the transactions and freeze over 94% of the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Global investment bank JPMorgan has warned investors that U.S. crypto regulations are unlikely to ease, even though the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lost several recent court cases against crypto firms. “It is far from clea...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Local reports suggest that Bithumb, a prominent crypto exchange in South Korea, is contemplating a public listing in 2025. Insider information indicates that Bithumb is considering a debut on Kosdaq and might transition to the Korea Exchange (KOSPI)...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Over the last three weeks, the transaction costs for bitcoin (BTC) have climbed sharply, reaching a peak of $15 per transfer just three days ago. Similarly, the cost to transfer ethereum (ETH) has jumped significantly. In the span from October 22 to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
On Sunday, November 12, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty metric climbed 3.55%, reaching a new peak of 64.68 trillion at block height 816,480. This adjustment marks the fifth consecutive rise in the network’s difficulty since September 19.
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Over the 90-day stretch from August 13 to November 11, 2023, bitcoin (BTC) along with a broad array of crypto assets have posted substantial increases. Data from Google Trends in this timeframe indicates a surge in searches for “bitcoin,&a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Berkshire Hathaway billionaire Charlie Munger may think Bitcoin is a “stink ball,” but director of global macro at financial giant Fidelity, Jurrien Timmer, says the asset is “exponential gold.” Find out wh...