Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
The Bitcoin network is treading unprecedented territory, with block fullness experiencing the longest period of in history, according to the latest data by Dune. As of press time, over 461,000 transactions are queued up in the mempool, a situation th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has initiated civil proceedings against Bit Trade, the provider of the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange in Australia, for disregarding design and distribution requirements for one of its tradi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Nobuaki Kobayashi, the Rehabilitation Trustee for the once-prominent Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has announced an alteration to the previously set repayment deadlines for creditors. Originally slated for October 31, 2023, the deadline of the Base Repa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a significant development, a former executive of Deutsche Bank, one of Germany’s leading financial institutions, has been handed a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in a crypto fraud scheme.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) issu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
A potential shift has recently been proposed within the Bitcoin Ordinals, a project spearheaded by its creator and primary coder, Casey Rodarmor. At the core of this proposal lies a pivotal component of the protocol: the inscription numbering system....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Since June, XRP has been on an upward trajectory in terms of liquidity. This liquidity has continued to maintain high levels even after the euphoria of the Ripple victory over the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has worn off, which could...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Data shows the Bitcoin market sentiment has returned to neutral today for the first time in September.
Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Has Surged Into Neutral Territory
The “fear and greed index” is an indicator that tells us about the gen...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
A report indicates that big tech giant Apple was working on a stock trading app for its devices along with banking institution Goldman Sachs. Across social media platforms, rumors began surfacing about a possible listing of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In recent years, crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ether have witnessed increased adoption in various countries worldwide. In a testament to this growing trend, South Korea’s tax organization disclosed that cryptocurrencies accounted for the largest...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Cross-chain bridges have emerged as a pivotal battleground in the ever-evolving war against crypto asset laundering, according to a recent report by crypto analytics firm Elliptic.
In a dramatic shift, the study reveals that the value of illicit cry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange is moving closer to completely cutting ties with its European payment partner Paysafe. Currently, a small portion of Binance users in the European Union (EU) have been blocked from fiat withd...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin exchange supply has resumed its downtrend recently, after earlier deviating towards a rise.
Bitcoin Percent Supply On Exchanges Has Dropped To 11.8%
As pointed out by an analyst in a post on X, the BTC exchange supply...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a stern message to the crypto industry, David Hirsch, the United States SEC crypto enforcement chief, has issued a warning that more punishment and charges are imminent.
Hirsch’s declaration comes as the Securities and Exchange Commission g...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
With two weeks to go until the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of the FTX crypto exchange, the United States Department of Justice has made a request of the judge handling the case. This time around, the DOJ has asked for an additi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a turn of events that has sounded alarms in the crypto community, Coinbase warned that it has observed a single mining pool, ViaBTC, controlling 53.8% of the Zcash network hash rate. The cryptocurrency exchange promptly took precautionary actions...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
One of the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, Balancer Protocol – an Ethereum-based automated market maker (AMM), has recorded the second hack in less than a month. In the ongoing hack, cybercriminals have hijacked the front-end we...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a recent development, Tether’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Paolo Ardoino has clarified the recent transaction that occurred in Tether’s treasury.
1 Billion USDT Authorized Not Issued
In a tweet shared on his X (formerly Twitter) platform, Ardoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In the world of crypto regulation, Germany’s financial watchdog, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), is taking on the role of an air traffic controller. Rupert Schaefer, a notable presence at BaFin, has garnered attention by dr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a fresh twist to the ongoing exploration of sidechain possibilities, Botanix Labs recently released a proposal for Spiderchain, a new layer 2 protocol for Bitcoin. With the community’s attention largely directed towards Drivechains, Jameson...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a recent development, one of the US most prestigious universities, Stanford, has agreed to return all donated funds from the defunct crypto exchange FTX following a lawsuit to recover them.
Why Stanford Is Returning FTX Donations
According to an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
In a meticulous and comprehensive analysis shared on X, prominent analyst Will Clemente delved deeply into Bitcoin’s current stance against the prevailing macroeconomic landscape, connecting broad fiscal trends with the future trajectory of the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched the USD Coin (USDC) on the Polkadot network, expanding the token’s native operations to 14 blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, etc.
According to a blog post by Circle on September 19, all...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Billionaire Elon Musk, a Dogecoin supporter, has seemingly been on a journey to eliminate bots from the X (formerly Twitter) platform after acquiring it back in 2022 for $54 billion. With multiple measures already put in place still not efficiently r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 7 months ago
Unreal Engine, a development framework for deploying interactive 2D and 3D content by Epic Games, has integrated LUKSO’s mainnet and standards in their recently enhanced Blockchain integration plugin, according to a September 19 tweet. The tool curre...