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Coin Cloud, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the US and Brazil, filed for bankruptcy this January 8, leaving nearly $500 million in liabilities. The crypto winter and the collapse of major companies like FTX, Alameda Research, and Blockfi, among others, has left Coin Cloud suffering from its aftermath. According to Coin Cloud’s filings, its largest creditor would be Genesis Global Trading, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, to whom the company owes more than...

Trust Wallet – a multi-chain crypto wallet provider – provided a statement on Wednesday explaining recent events allowing for $4 million to be stolen from one of its users.  The company chalked the theft’s cause up to a social engineering attack by an organized crime unit in Rome, rather than a flaw in its software.  On Monday, rumors began to circulate about a Trust Wallet user who lost $4 million in funds to a scammer who had merely taken a picture of the user’s balance. No...

Cryptocurrency exchanges will supposedly not promote their products and services during Super Bowl LVII this Sunday (February 12). The bear market in 2022 shook the industry to its core, wiping out close to $2 trillion and causing multiple bankruptcies. One of the most active advertisers at last year’s Super Bowl was FTX, whose demise in November still echoes across the industry.  From ‘Crypto Bowl’ to No Ads at All The most anticipated event in the National Football League...

The US-based cryptocurrency miner TeraWulf produced 157 BTC in January, a 25.6% increase compared to December.  Snow blizzards towards the end of 2022 crippled its operations and increased electricity bills. The weather normalized in January, hence the better production results. Expansion Plans for 2023 TeraWulf boosted its mining activities with an increased number of machinery last month. It received 6,100 miners from Bitmain, bringing the total to 18,000. Additional 15,900...

Binance, the biggest exchange in crypto, seeks to revive trust in the industry after an onslaught of hacks and scams that ravaged its reputation last year.  The company is helping bring together a consortium of fellow businesses intent on proving how well the space can cooperate with regulators. Bringing Back Trust As reported by CoinDesk, the consortium already includes multiple companies, spanning from individual projects, to exchanges, to blockchain analytics firms. Its...

As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues vying for regulatory presence over the crypto market, a high-profile industry lawsuit looks poised to answer more questions about how far its authority should reach.  Lawyers defending Ishan Wahi – a former Coinbase manager accused of insider trading – are challenging the SEC’s claim that a list of 9 cryptos Wahi interacted with are, in fact, securities.  Which Cryptos Are Securities? Per an argument filed on Monday,...

The cryptocurrency industry, in general, became a lot more popular in the past couple of years. This saw the development and launch of hundreds, if not thousands, of decentralized applications (dApps) in various fields, such as DeFi, gaming, learning, trading, investing, and whatnot. There are many reasons for this, including but not limited to the massive bull run in 2021, the rise of non-fungible tokens, the popularity of memecoins, and more. This saw hundreds of thousands...

The crypto industry has again crossed the $1 trillion mark. The space – which was given several heated blows over the past 12 months – has seen its overall valuation fall from about $3 trillion in the beginning of 2022 to less than $1 trillion by the time the year ended. This means more than $2 trillion was lost to time over the course of one year. Crypto Is Returning to Form The crypto arena dealt with several problems throughout 2022, which will likely go down as one...

The single edition non-fungible token (NFT) of professional basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo was sold for 113.9 ETH ($187,000) on Sorare NBA over the weekend. Sorare NBA is a licensed NFT-driven fantasy basketball game, and the sale set a new milestone, being the platform’s highest single transaction since its launch in October 2022. The 1/1 Antetokounmpo NFT was auctioned through Sorare NBA’s Ethereum-based platform. The sale price of the NFT was thrice the price of the...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Coinslotty.com, the online crypto casino managed by Stable Tech N.V., celebrates its first milestone with 100 gift boxes. In a press release published on AP News, Stable Tech N.V. announced that CoinSlotty.com reached its first big milestone since its November 2022 launch. The company’s flagship crypto casino has officially closed 100 affiliate partnership deals, and they are showing their gratitude by sending some unique gifts to all...