Crypto news

The prolonged bear market reduced the interest in cryptocurrencies and hampered the operations of numerous industry players. Some leading exchanges, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, Bybit, and Kraken, laid off a chunk of their workforce to cope with the challenging times.  The trend seems to be similar at the start of the new year despite the recent revival of the market, with Gemini, Blockchain.com, Coinbase, and many others announcing a new wave of layoffs. The Dismissal...

2022 was a crazy year for bitcoin and cryptocurrency. With all the talk regarding the fall of bitcoin’s price and value, it became easy to forget about some of the more obscure coins. Now, many of those assets are coming back into the fray, including Litecoin, which many analysts think is about to make a major comeback and become one of the biggest, most talked about assets of the new year. Litecoin Is Back, Baby! One of the reasons Litecoin is returning to everyone’s...

Less than a month into the new year, the market is already showing sustainable signs of recovery, and the “creative destruction” that transpired could ultimately be a huge win not just for the consumer but also in terms of regulatory protections and rapid innovation, as well as lowered cost structures. Despite the many ups and downs, crypto has become a serious player in the world economy. Investors are still pouring their portfolios into the asset class. According to OKX’s...

Bitcoin initiated another leg up late on Friday and tapped $23,500 but was stopped in its tracks and has returned to familiar ground. Most altcoins have charted more impressive gains, led by Avalanche, MATIC, OKB, Dogecoin, and others. Bitcoin Back Down to $23K It was last week when the primary cryptocurrency skyrocketed from $21,000 to a multi-month high above $23,000. This solidified the asset’s positive start to the new year, in which it has already shot up by roughly...

97 % der institutionellen Anleger glauben, dass der Bitcoin Kurs ein neues Allzeithoch erreicht Institutionelle Anleger gehen davon aus, dass es das beim Bitcoin Kurs noch längst nicht gewesen ist. Sie gehen von einem starken Jahr aus, und sind auch mittelfristig zuversichtlich. Dies zeigt eine aktuelle Studie der in London ansässigen Investmentgesellschaft „Nickel Digital Asset Management“. Konkret glauben 38 Prozent der Institutionellen, dass der...

The FBI announced the takedown of Hive, a ransomware network with members across multiple states in Europe and North America, in a recent press release. The US agency stated that they had been on the case since at least 2021. Hackers Hacked Despite the efforts of the FBI, the network was tough to crack. However, in July of 2022, law enforcement was able to penetrate the cybercrime group’s control center, gaining access to the decryption keys that were to be given to victims...

The Biden Administration announced on January 27th that it will launch a new legal framework for cryptocurrencies in the coming months to combat the multiple cryptocurrency scams that impacted the crypto market last year, causing multi-million dollar losses. According to a statement published by the White House, “2022 was a tough year for cryptocurrencies.” Hence, this new regulatory framework aims to ensure that cryptocurrencies cannot undermine the financial stability of...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is targeting investment advisors for potentially offering digital asset custody to its clients without meeting proper criteria. Citing three unnamed sources, Reuters reported that the Commission is probing advisers’ efforts to follow the rules around custody of clients’ digital assets after the implosion of FTX. The investigation has not been made public yet, but the enforcement staff of the SEC has sought details...

A new bill introduced to the New York Senate seeks to make certain cryptocurrencies a legal form of payment for state agencies. This would include accepting crypto as payment for civil penalties, fines, taxes, and other fees charged by the state.  As detailed in the legislation set forth on Thursday, accepted cryptocurrencies would include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash, though it could include more.  Specifically, the legislation describes cryptocurrency as...

The popular on-chain sleuth ZachXBT recently called out two growing Twitter accounts for perpetrating multiple NFT-related scams over the past month.  The analyst explained the timeline of events on Friday, including their sudden rise to prominence and the rug pulls they’ve managed to pull off.  Calling Out the Scammers As outlined in the analyst’s Twitter thread on Friday, Twitter handles @radako and @Fitz_lol suddenly began using NFT profile pictures and tweeting about NFTs...