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A new report by global capital markets data platform PitchBook revealed that crypto-focused companies raised $2.6 billion across 353 investment rounds in the first quarter of 2023. The amount raised signaled a 12.2% and 11% decrease in the quarter-on-quarter total number of deals and deal value, respectively. It also represented the fourth consecutive quarter of decreasing investment activity, as the amount was the lowest capital invested and deals completed since Q4 2020....

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Andy Baio – the former CTO of Kickstarter – has discovered something unusual about Apple’s Mac computers. They all seem to come with copies of the bitcoin whitepaper. The Whitepaper for Bitcoin is a Regular Mac Resident The whitepaper for bitcoin was first introduced on Halloween of 2008. During that time,...

Stock and crypto investing app Robinhood reported $441 million in net revenue in Q1 2023, up 16% from the previous quarter. Its increased numbers, however, did not come from its crypto business – which appears to be trending in the opposite direction. Crypto Down, Interest Up Per the company’s first-quarter results report on Wednesday, Robinhood’s transaction-based revenues increased 11% quarter over quarter to $207 million.  This included a 7% increase in options revenue to...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Police in North Kingston are warning residents about a whole new array of crypto-based scams that have made themselves prominent in the area. Crypto Scams: Will They Ever Stop? Crypto scams are nothing new. In fact, they’ve practically been around since the industry was first developed nearly 15 years ago, but...

The Presidential elections in Turkey (May 14) could have a pivotal role in the country’s future financial condition. They could also affect the local cryptocurrency industry since the two leading candidates – Recep Erdogan (the current political leader) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu – share entirely different views.  The former declared “war” on bitcoin in 2021 and supported the central bank’s efforts to launch digital lira. Kilicdaroglu stands on the opposite corner as a proponent...

Bitcoin’s troubles continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset charted a new two-month low before recovering over a grand. The altcoins are in the green today, with LDO taking the main stage with a massive double-digit price surge. BTC’s Pump and Dump Keeps Rolling The major news from the past week came when the US CPI numbers for April informed that the inflation rates had slowed down and were actually lower than the expectations. Bitcoin reacted positively to the news at...

The world’s largest crypto trading platform said it will be winding down its Canadian arm two years after being greenlighted to operate in the country. Binance mentioned a recent amendment in the local legislation that affected stablecoin deposits and purchases on exchanges. Binance announced its intentions on Twitter, saying it will “be joining other prominent crypto businesses in proactively withdrawing from the Canadian marketplace.” The exchange admitted that it was a...

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City reportedly brought to court 16 Vietnamese who might stand behind a $1.5 million crypto robbery and kidnapping. Interestingly, two of the defendants are former police officers. Vietnam is one of the global leaders in terms of cryptocurrency adoption. Despite its rising popularity, the government has not imposed a legal framework on the asset class.  The Movielike Story According to a local media outlet, the whole drama started in 2018...

On May 11, MetaMask revealed that it had added PayPal as a payment option for Ethereum purchases. However, the new payment channel is only available to U.S. users. “MetaMask is the first web3 wallet to enable users to buy ETH using PayPal, a leader in the digital payment space,” it said. The integration also supports ETH transfers from PayPal to MetaMask, creating more self-custody adoption. However, many of those responding to the tweet were more interested in when MetaMask...

Amidst regulatory tussle, an SEC disclosure revealed an expensive bill for Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s security benefits. The exec was granted security benefits of $6.3 million last year, representing more than triple the amount his security cost Coinbase the previous year. According to the public document, Armstrong’s total compensation for the whole of 2022 was $7.5 million, and received a flat salary of $1 million, while the remaining can be characterized as security...