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Cash flow from Bitcoin to the Ethereum market has significantly contributed to today’s price bump according to Lewis Harland, Decentral Park Capital’s portfolio manager. After consolidating for the past two weeks, the Ethereum (ETH) market has begun gaining traction over Bitcoin (BTC) during the early New York trading session on Tuesday. According to the latest crypto market data, Ethereum’s price rallied to a 24-hour high of around $1,886, up over 3 percent during the day. With over $30...

Open exchange, or “OPNX,” the crypto exchange created by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the founders of the bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, launched on Tuesday, April 4. The platform’s launch will include a distribution of its native token called FLEX. OPNX CEO said users can trade spot and futures in a statement on Twitter. “We are here building OPNX because we want to help the industry,” xyz stated, adding, “Right now, there are over 20 million claimants...

[PRESS RELEASE – Victoria, Seychelles, April 4th, 2023] Wallet upgrade also includes first-of-its-kind independent ‘Emergency Escape’ 2/3 asset recovery feature OKX, the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 technology company, today upgraded its OKX Wallet to become the first Web3 wallet to utilize leading-edge multi-party computation (MPC) technology in combination with its support of an industry-best 37 blockchains. In addition, the wallet...

[PRESS RELEASE – Lisbon, Portugal, April 4th, 2023] Guarda Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet, and Simplex by Nuvei, an industry-leading fiat-to-crypto on-ramp solution provider, have launched a promotional deal for zero-fee cryptocurrency purchases when paying with EUR. This means that European users can now buy BTC, ETH, and LTC at no additional charge. This joint promotion by Guarda Wallet and Simplex is available exclusively from 3 April to 9 April 2023. It applies...

The decentralized lending platform was exploited in a March 13 flash loan attack, causing it to lose $197 million worth of crypto assets. In the late hours of Monday, the Euler Finance hacker finally returned the outstanding sum of $31 million, bringing the recovery efforts to a conclusive end. The decentralized lending platform was exploited in a March 13 flash loan attack, causing it to lose $197 million worth of crypto assets. And shortly after the hack, Euler Finance offered the...

When Virgin Orbit went public, its valuation was pegged at around $4 billion, however, the tides have shifted over the past few months with the company’s market capitalization now pegged at around $65.38 million. Satellite launcher and space technology company Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: VORB) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States bringing a solemn end to its months of financial instability. As reported by CNBC, the bankruptcy was filed in the US Bankruptcy...

The state of Connecticut is freaking out over how much crypto fraud has occurred through its growing network of bitcoin and digital currency ATMs. Thus far, millions of dollars have been stolen from multiple residents, many of whom are over the age of 60. Connecticut Is Concerned About Crypto Fraud The crypto space is largely unregulated, meaning whatever money gets stolen from one’s account will likely be gone forever unless law enforcement agents can jump on the matter...

The insiders of the now-defunct Signature Bank have reportedly sold over $100 million of shares in the years after the bank shifted its focus to attract cryptocurrency companies. According to an analysis conducted by the Wall Street Journal, Signature Bank’s chairman, its former chief executive officer, as well as his successor collectively sold around $50 million of shares over the past three years. The trio, whose sales accounted for around half of the amount sold, served...

WonderFi (WNDR), Coinsquare and CoinSmart as a combined entity will have a total of 1.65 million users and more than $600 million in assets under custody.  On Monday, April 3, three Canadian crypto exchanges – WonderFi (WNDR), Coinsquare and CoinSmart – announced their plan for a merger thereby creating the country’s largest regulated crypto trading platform. Executives from the respective exchanges said that the merger would help them function effectively while giving a new edge in...

The two banks also assure of plans to allow the platform to accommodate central bank digital currencies in the future. Earlier, Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB jointly announced the launch of a new public blockchain-based platform, so|bond. According to the announcement, the platform will be focused on improving the efficiency of issuing digital bonds, albeit with a little twist of sustainability. That is, while the network is not exactly fixated on green bonds, it still aims to be...