Crypto news

Bitcoin only intensified its recent price drops by slumping to just under $20,000 for the first time in about six weeks. The alternative coins suffer, too, leading to almost $400 million in liquidations from over-leveraged traders. CryptoPotato reported the relatively stable price movements from bitcoin in the past week or so. After falling by $4,000 in the previous week, BTC spent most of this one around the $21,000 mark. It challenged $22,000 a few days ago but to no...

Sarath Ratanavadi – CEO of Gulf Energy Development – reportedly stated that his company will invest in blockchain ecosystems to diversify some of its profits. The decision comes despite the broad market collapse and the strict stance that local watchdogs have taken towards the sector. Ratanavadi is known as the second-richest person in Thailand. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his fortune nears $12 billion, while his corporation supplies energy to Thailand,...

India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at the offices and residences of CoinSwitch Kuber as well as its CEO and directors. The financial crime investigating agency is reportedly investigating a possible violation of the Foreign Exchange Maintenance Act (FEMA). The searches were carried out after the ED officials found that the top executives of CoinSwtich Kuber, an India-focused a16z-backed crypto exchange, were not cooperating with the...

In an attempt to stay afloat, Zipmex has asked for meetings with the Securities Exchange Commission in Thailand as well as other government agencies as it works on a recovery plan. The firm intends to introduce its investors to the watchdogs. In a statement, Zipmex said, “We have requested meetings with Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission and regulators in the country where we operate to introduce our investors to regulators and present our recovery plan to...

Tornado Cash was added to the US sanctions list by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on August 8. Two days later, Alexey Pertsev, a coder tied to the crypto mixing service, was arrested by Dutch authorities. The blacklisting and the subsequent events sparked an outcry from privacy proponents, with many protesting and engaging in acts of civil disobedience. But according to intelligence firm, Kharon, Pertsev was formerly employed by a company linked to Russia’s...

A handful of lawmakers in the U.S. are pushing to do away with crypto taxes on small transactions. Will Crypto Taxes Become a Thing of the Past? Right now, capital gains taxes are required on all crypto transactions that garner profits for their owners. Let’s say you buy $100 worth of bitcoin. You hold onto it for some time and that $100 eventually becomes $1,000. You then sell the BTC. You’ve made $900 in profit through that transaction, and you’ll likely owe taxes to...

Victoria, Seychelles – KuCoin, a leading global cryptocurrency trading platform, announced that its venture capital arm KuCoin Ventures makes a strategic investment in Pixie, the world’s first fully functional crypto-based photo and video sharing social network in Web3 with the SocialFi concept. Pixie is an entertaining social media platform that can let users earn cryptocurrency. Like a web3 version of TikTok and Instagram, Pixie took the lead in realizing SocialFi in...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] A tattoo shop for NFTs? Meet Metadolls the project that brings art, dolls, tattoos and NFTs together Tattoos have been around for thousands of years, but what will happen to them now that the metaverse has arrived? A Transcendent Creative and Utility Concept Alejandro Rincón is a colombian plastic artist, his passion for poems, art, tattoos and human expression led him to think of an idea with transformative power. Dolls are...

The past seven days were relatively unproductive in the cryptocurrency markets – at least in terms of price development, but this doesn’t mean there wasn’t volatility. The total capitalization seems to be hanging by a thread slightly above the coveted mark of $1 trillion. This time last week, Bitcoin was trading at around $21,700 but quickly retraced below $21,000. The price spent quite some time battling with this area, and it appears that even until this moment, there’s no...

Another crypto bankruptcy declaration is in the books. Following several straight weeks of bearish trends and companies either liquidating or being forced to declare bankruptcy, it appears another firm has fallen victim to the collapse traders have been witnessing for the past eight months. This time around, the company declaring bankruptcy is Zip Mex, a Singapore-based crypto exchange operating mainly in southeast Asia. Zip Mex Isn’t Doing So Well The proceedings...