Coinbase customers, who had previously sued the crypto exchange over unauthorized crypto transfers, have continued to hold back their account information in a bid to block efforts to move their case to arbitration. A renewed emergency motion filed in federal court revealed that the plaintiffs agreed to provide the necessary information encompassing emails, usernames, and Ethereum addresses, in exchange for a protective order. According to the filing with the US District Court...
Read More »The Top Bitcoin and Crypto Stories of 2022
2022 is on the verge of disappearing forever, and Live Bitcoin News is looking back one last time on the biggest digital currency stories of the year. The Bitcoin Price The biggest story of 2022 revolved around how poorly bitcoin did. What was once one of the largest and most worthwhile assets around sank to the bottom of a deep financial pit, and the currency has refused to get up. In November of last year, for example, the world’s number one digital currency by market...
Read More »Crypto Exchange Wash Trading Stats Depict Worrying Picture
It’s no secret that wash trading continues to plague the crypto market. A paper titled “Crypto Wash Trading,” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), found that an overwhelming number of unregulated crypto exchanges account for a sizeable portion of wash trades. The nonprofit research organization studied 29 major exchanges, such as Binance, Coinbase, and Huobi, as well as lesser-known exchanges from a period of July 9th to November 3rd, 2019. Wash...
Read More »2022 in Review: Top 15 Stories of the Year
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Read More »Bitcoin to End 2022 With a 65% Yearly Drop: Weekend Watch
For better or worse, 2022 is about to end, and the bitcoin bulls are in a hurry to send this rather violent year packing. The asset’s price tumbled amid macroeconomic hurdles, industry collapses and scams, and everything in between. The micro scale doesn’t give much hope either, as BTC slipped to a new 10-day low of way below $16,500 yesterday. Bitcoin’s Nightmare Year Comes to an End After the massive bull market of 2021, in which bitcoin skyrocketed to an all-time high of...
Read More »Huobi Reportedly Plans Mass Layoffs and Salary Cuts
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Huobi will lay off a significant portion of its workforce and cut the salaries of senior employees, according to Chinese reporter Colin Wu. Last month, the exchange debunked speculation that it would slash its headcount because of the high number of employees at the company. But people familiar with the matter have confirmed that Huobi will move forward with the plan while also cutting the paychecks of its senior executives. Huobi to Cancel...
Read More »Bitfarms CEO Emiliano Grodzki Resigns Amid Industry Struggles
Emiliano Grodzki has stepped down as CEO of leading Bitcoin mining firm Bitfarms, joining a long list of crypto executives who resigned from their positions amid the bear market this year. The mining company named Geoffrey Morphy as its new CEO, promoting him from his role as president and chief operating officer (COO). “Our foundational work over the last years built the strength and depth of skills we needed to navigate external factors. I’m even more optimistic today...
Read More »Did SBF Just Cash Out $684K?
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has reportedly cashed out $684,000 worth of crypto assets despite court restrictions on spendings above $1,000. On-chain DeFi analyst BowTiedIguana took to Twitter to unravel the location where SBF transferred the funds. Following the Money Trail After Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail last week, the FTX boss sent all the ether (ETH) in his public wallet to a new wallet...
Read More »VP of Bithumb-Linked Company Found Dead in Seoul: Report
The Vice President of Vidente, referred to as Mr. Park, was found dead in front of his house in southern Seoul. Vidente happens to be the largest shareholder of Bithumb Holdings Co., the firm behind the South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb. According to local news reports, Park was under investigation on charges of embezzlement and manipulation of stock price. The exec was also rumored to have been overseeing accounting for Kang Ji-Yeon and her brother Kang Jong-Hyun when he...
Read More »Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Comments on Solana’s Future
Last month, the Solana ecosystem was at the forefront of the FTX saga, taking a significant hit from the company’s bankruptcy filing. Since then, projects have left the network, while the native token lost a significant chunk of its USD value. Interestingly, the blockchain, once regarded as an “Ethereum Killer,” has received support from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. In a Twitter post on December 29, Buterin said the recent events in the crypto industry had washed away...
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