Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has scrapped plans to implement an inactivity fee after widespread outcries from users online.
The exchange had previously announced at the end of June that it would enforce a €10 ($1fee on inactive...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Ethereum investors who staked millions of dollars worth of Ether (ETH) tokens to become validators on its soon-to-launch proof-of-stake (PoS) network are now facing heavy paper losses.
Ether spot traders outperform stakers by 36.5%
In detail, invest...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
A Bitcoin (BTC) experiment on the Isle of Man involving the Lightning Network, 25 schoolchildren and the promise of a milkshake has yielded interesting results.
At Willaston School on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency nestled between the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Local think tank Infrawatch PH has sent a letter to the Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), urging the government agency to launch an investigation against crypto exchange Binance for promotions without permits.
The letter alleged...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Community-driven gaming firm, Planetarium Labs, has raised $32 million in Series A funding, backed by Animoca Brands, Samsung Next and WeMade. The funds will be used to build a blockchain-based gaming ecosystem in which players can participate in th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Investment Association, a trade body representing British investment managers, is speeding up the approval of blockchain-traded funds with digital tokens substituting traditional shares by local government and financial regulators.
As the Finan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Digital Currency Group’s market maker and lending firm Genesis Trading has confirmed that it had investment exposure in the now-liquidated Three Arrows Capital (3AC).
The insolvency and subsequent liquidation order of the embattled company sent shoc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Bitcoin (BTC) is due to give a definitive signal that a macro bottom is in this month, one analyst has concluded.
In a Twitter thread on July 6, popular commentator Wolf eyed key moving average data as proof that BTC price action will not be going l...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Since the closure of his bank in Puerto Rico, Peter Schiff has been at the receiving end of Bitcoin (BTC) proponents, reminding him this wouldn’t have happened if he was using BTC.
The latest to taunt the gold proponent is none other than El Salvado...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The hacker who exploited Solana-based liquidity protocol Crema Finance on July 2 returned most of the funds but was allowed to keep $1.6 million as a white hat bounty.
The bounty, 45,455 Solana (SOL), is worth a generous 16.7% of the $9.6 million Cr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has come out swinging against Gary Gensler’s “legendary” resistance to approving a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).
The hard-hitting opinion piece, published on Wednesday, called out the Gensler...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone is tipping that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) will rebound in the second half (2H) of 2022.
Sharing his thoughts to his 48,100 Twitter followers on Wednesday, McGlone saw positive signs in the data B...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Elon Musk’s tunnel construction firm The Boring Company (TBC) has begun allowing customers to pay for rides on its Las Vegas transit system using Dogecoin (DOGE)
A Wednesday report from CNBC said the new payment option via BitPay surfaced on July 1,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
US government officials who privately own cryptocurrencies are now banned from working on regulations and policies that could affect the value of digital assets.
A new advisory notice released by the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on Tuesday s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto investment startup platform Uprise reportedly lost around 99% of its assets worth about $20 million when it got liquidated shorting the Luna Classic (LUNC) token.
Uprise’s trading desk Heybit uses an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto investment startup platform Uprise reportedly lost around 99% of its assets worth about $20 million when it got liquidated shorting the LUNA token.
Uprise's trading desk Heybit uses an artificial intelligence (AI) trading system...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Ethereum has now completed its second-to-last major Merge trial on the public test network Sepolia, paving the way for its transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.
While it's been judged mostly a success, it was not incident free....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The leadership of the crypto-friendly charter city of Próspera in Honduras has hit back at reports it is facing a backlash from residents of the neighboring community of Crawfish Rock over its expansion plans.
A Tuesday article from The Guardian rep...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Trading across the cryptocurrency market was relatively subdued on July 5 as the ecosystem continues to digest the fallout from the Three Arrows Capital scandal and Voyager Digital announcing that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Crypto mining firm Riot Blockchain said it has begun relocating rigs from its New York data facility, with the majority intended to end up in central Texas.
In a Wednesday announcement, Riot said it has transitioned some of its mining rigs from a Ma...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator, is seeking comments on its communication on the classification of crypto assets as securities, investment instruments or financial instruments. Aimed at issuers, offerors an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
In this week’s newsletter, read about Binance’s partnership with the most-followed TikToker Khaby Lame. Check out how Vincenzo Sospiri Racing will use NFTs to authenticate car parts and how NFTs will gradually appear on Facebook and other Meta-owned...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to rise above the psychological level of $20,000 on July 6, a sign that bulls are trying to stall the brutal bear market. The retail traders are making the most of the current fall and are on a buying spree. Proof of this...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Many officials responsible for regulating the United Kingdom’s financial system have resigned following allegations Prime Minister Boris Johnson exercised “poor judgement” in appointing a member of the government.
In a letter to Johnson posted to T...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Porter Finance, a decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol based on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, announced Tuesday that it was shutting down its bond issuance platform. In explaining the discussion, Porter Finance said:
"Looking forward, we are n...