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The US-based cryptocurrency miner Riot Blockchain produced 740 BTC last month, a 62% increase compared to January 2022 and a new monthly all-time high for the company. The positive start of the year contrasts the disappointing production levels and shrinking revenue towards the end of 2022. Hitting an ATH Despite experiencing issues with its mining fleet, Riot produced a record amount of bitcoin in January – 740 BTC. CEO Jason Les revealed that the recent winter storms in...

A group of South Korean officials reportedly arrived in Serbia last week to look for the infamous Do Kwon. The 31-year-old has been on the run since the collapse of his blockchain protocol Terra. The latter’s native token – LUNA – and algorithmic stablecoin – UST – plunged to essentially zero last year, affecting numerous investors and the entire cryptocurrency market. As covered by Bloomberg, a team of South Korean authorities, along with a senior Justice Ministry official,...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol CoW Swap has suffered a smart contract exploit, leading to the loss of approximately 551 BNB ($181,600). According to reports, the attacker added a wallet address as a “solver” of CoW Swap and invoked a transaction to approve DAI transfers to SwapGuard before moving the assets to other addresses. A Settlement Contract Exploit Blockchain surveyor MevRefund first noticed the attack in the early hours of today. The maximal extractable value...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke more on the future direction of monetary policy following an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report on Friday. Here’s what he had to say: During an interview, Powell reiterated his comments from last week that the economy’s disinflation is still within its very early stages – particularly in the housing sector.  Friday’s jobs report, which showed over 500,000 jobs created in December, reiterated that point. “It kind of shows you why...

Crypto traders in Australia got scared a few weeks ago when they saw a phony Facebook advertisement claiming they needed “social credit scores” of approximately 100 or more to do business with crypto exchanges and trade digital currencies. Australia Fooled By Fake Crypto Facebook Post The Facebook post read as follows: BREAKING: Australian citizens can only access bitcoin if they have enough social credits – report. According to a new law, Australian citizens need at...

The largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – added its name to the list of companies that provided help to Turkish residents affected by the recent devastating earthquake.  It will give away $100 worth of BNB to each of its local users and launched a public donation address where everyone can contribute. Binance vowed to airdrop $100 in BNB to customers situated in Turkey’s most damaged cities from the earthquake, including Gaziantep, Kilis, Kahramanmaraş, Adana, Malatya,...

Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at the largest US-based crypto exchange, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. His brother did the same a few months back, receiving a 10-month prison sentence. CryptoPotato reported in July 2022 when the US Department of Justice charged Ishan Wahi, his brother Nikhil, and a third-party (Sameer Ramani) with insider trading for tokens that were about to be listed on Coinbase. According to the authorities, they...

Future Fintech Group Inc. – a developer of blockchain applications and a fintech services provider – has just finished building a new crypto mining center in the South American nation of Paraguay. Future Fintech Group Gives Way to Paraguay Crypto Mining Facility Xu Kai – the vice president of the Future Fintech blockchain division – expressed in an interview: I am very pleased that our FTFT Paraguay cryptocurrency mining farm has successfully deployed its first batch of...

Ripple’s price has struggled to break the significant descending trendline at $0.42 and is consolidating. However, it now faces the critical support level of the 200-day moving average. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Ripple’s price action has been dull after failing to surpass the $0.42 substantial resistance level, which also aligns with the descending trendline. The price plummeted slightly and reached the 200-day moving average at $0.395. Therefore, the...

Ethereum’s uptrend has been halted after reaching the major resistance at $1.7K. The price action seems choppy, while a short-term correction is what many expect. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Ethereum has surpassed the 200-day moving average and the multi-month channel’s upper trendline due to the recent bullish move of the whole market. However, the price declined from the major resistance level of $1.7K and is now consolidating beneath it. On the other hand,...