Blockchain

As Coinbase has pointed out,  fiat transfer fees can get as high as 3% to 6%. Through this partnership with Yellow Card, users will pay a maximum of 2% for each transaction. One of the benefits of cryptocurrency and blockchain being such barrier-breaking concepts is that people from all over the world can gain access to them. As such, projects and companies in the blockchain space often find themselves serving an international audience with all sorts of needs. Now, Coinbase, one of the...

The legal battle between the SEC and Ripple stems from the SEC’s allegation that Ripple engaged in unregistered securities sales, specifically through institutional sales of XRP. In a recent filing dated January 11, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested specific documents from Ripple Labs Inc as part of the ongoing legal proceedings between the regulatory body and the blockchain payments company.  SEC’s Document Requests and Interrogatory The two main...

Seit Jahren hat die Bitcoin Community darauf gewartet, dass die US-Börsenaufsicht den ersten Bitcoin-ETF genehmigt. Jetzt geben die Aufseher endlich grünes Licht. Die Entscheidung wird wahrscheinlich dazu führen, dass der Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, der etwa 29 Milliarden Dollar der Kryptowährung hält, in einen börsengehandelten Fonds umgewandelt wird, und dass konkurrierende Fonds von Mainstream-Emittenten wie iShares von BlackRock und Fidelity...

[PRESS RELEASE – Silicon Valley, California, USA, January 9th, 2024] Today, On-Chain™ Index Ventures, a pioneer in blockchain-native digital asset management, announces the launch of its groundbreaking investment platform. This innovative platform is designed to meet the evolving needs of asset managers, hedge fund managers, and family offices. The company stands out as the only enterprise to offer a platform that utilizes thematic smart contracts offering unparalleled...

Peculiar occurrences have unfolded just one week into 2024. In a bizarre turn of events within the crypto industry, an anonymous wallet spent 1.5 BTC to inscribe encrypted data onto the Bitcoin blockchain. Through 332 transactions, the wallet exhausted BTC equivalent to $66,000 at current market prices, embedding nearly 9 megabytes of encrypted data into the blockchain. Is this just a coincidental burst of activity, or is there a deeper motive at play? With the anticipation...

Argo Blockchain’s Nasdaq-listed shares (ARBK) experienced an 8.38% decline after the departure of its interim CEO and COO, Seif El-Bakly. According to data from the stock exchange, the drop saw the shares plummet to $3.50, significantly reducing the firm’s market capitalization to $183.7 million. Argo Blockchain Announces El-Bakly’s Departure According to the January 8 Operation Update report, El-Bakly, who had been at the helm of the company since February 2023 after the...

In the early hours of January 5, an intriguing Bitcoin transaction linked to Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallet stirred conversations in the community. An unknown user sent 26.9 BTC, valued at $1.17 million, to the Genesis wallet, the very first one ever created on the Bitcoin network. This transaction has sparked curiosity and speculation within the crypto space, as the funds are unlikely to be recovered. Mysterious Bitcoin Transaction to Genesis Wallet The sender initiated the...

CertiK’s latest report reveals a noteworthy decline in cryptocurrency security incidents in 2023. Total losses came down to $1.84 billion across 751 events, marking a 51% decrease from 2022. Moreover. each incident averaged $2.45 million in losses, with the top ten contributing $1.11 billion. Interestingly, the blockchain security firm found that the median loss per incident was a mere $101,132. November claimed the highest amount lost at $363,367,327 from 45 incidents, while...

The surge in crypto activity in late 2023 benefited Avalanche (AVAX) and NuggetRush (NUGX). Specifically, Avalanche, the modern, fourth-generation blockchain, reversed losses and emerged as one of the top-performing coins, even better than Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), partly because of the success of COQ, a meme coin similar to PepeCoin (PEPE). On the other hand, as Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) activity recovered, investors have...

Prominent blockchain security firm CertiK’s X account (previously Twitter) was hacked on January 5th. The compromised account, with a follower count of 342,900, stole crypto from users’ wallets through carefully disguised phishing links. One of the links posted falsely asserted that a vulnerability had been identified in Uniswap’s router contract. The misleading tweet urged users to visit a fake RevokeCash page, claiming it would enable them to reverse any vulnerable...