Crypto news

On September 03, the official YouTube channel of the South Korean government was compromised by a group of hackers who used it to promote a cryptocurrency scam with the image of Elon Musk, the electric car tycoon and Dogecoin enthusiast. According to local media outlet Yonhap News, the hackers changed the name of the government channel to “SpaceX Invest” to pretend it was related to the U.S. aerospace manufacturing and space transportation services company owned by Musk....

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC Thailand) has asked cryptocurrency companies operating in the country to include clear and visible warnings about the risks associated with virtual tokens and crypto investments. SEC Guideline on Crypto Ads In an email statement from last week, the capital market regulator asked companies to abstain from giving false and misleading information in their ads. They were also asked to provide information on advertising terms...

Despite pushing the price higher earlier in the week, the bulls have lost momentum as the days went on. As the date of the Merge approaches and the Ethereum market grows hotter, speculation about the future of the price has reached its peak. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart The formation of lower highs and lower lows suggests a bearish structure. The recent bullish leg stalled when it reached the resistance of the 20-day moving average line (in yellow). However,...

Zip Mex – a cryptocurrency exchange that operates in both Thailand, Australia, and Singapore – has announced that customers can once again access and withdraw their bitcoin and Ethereum holdings. This means approximately 60 percent of the company’s clients can once again enter their crypto accounts and extract their money. Zip Mex Says Customers Can Withdraw BTC, ETH The announcement follows news of ongoing withdrawal halts initiated by executives as they deal with...

Mike Novogratz and Galaxy Digital have always been there to support bitcoin. There’s no doubt about this, but has bitcoin been able to support them? Following the company’s recent Q2 reports, it appears BTC is abandoning both figures. Mike Novogratz Is Feeling the Burn Galaxy Digital is reporting that it lost more than half a billion in quarter two of 2022, nearly triple its losses for the same period in 2021. The company – which has become so tied to bitcoin – has...

It’s been over 9 months since Bitcoin’s all-time high at $69K in November 2021. The cryptocurrency continues its gruesome downtrend and has yet to show any signs of recovery. The market is currently quiet, but next week’s price action could be key to determining the mid-term future. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart Looking at the daily chart, the price has been consolidating in a tight range between $19,500 and $20,500 over the past few days, showing little intent...

A few months ago, Fidelity – one of the biggest retirement account firms in the world – announced that it was going to allow customers to put some of their retirement savings into digital currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. Fidelity Rubs Senators the Wrong Way The news saw many traders and investors hitting the roof. This would surely make all crypto legitimate and mainstream, but it also rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, especially democrat senators. They scoffed...

Famous American actor and comedian Bill Murray has become the latest victim of hackers, losing $185,000 worth of Ether (ETH) just a few hours after closing his non-fungible token (NFT) charity auction.  According to on-chain data from Etherscan and additional information from Murray’s team, the hackers breached and started to drain the actor’s wallet at around 7:00 p.m. ET on September 1.  Hackers Steal Sick Girl’s Donation The attack occurred after Murray completed the...

It appears that the bears are slowly taking control over the market in the short term as the primary cryptocurrency trades below $20K, and the majority of other coins look indecisive at best. Of course, there are certain exceptions. Bitcoin Losing $20K The $20,000 level is one of significant importance. Apart from being a psychological mark, it also contains technical and fundamental support, being the high of the 2017-2018 bull market. With that said, BTC has been flirting...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has identified two suspects who may be responsible for the theft of $265,000 from decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol KyberSwap in an exploit earlier this week.  Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) disclosed the findings on Twitter today, noting that the company has shared the intel with KyberSwap and the appropriate law enforcement agencies.  KyberSwap Suffers Frontend Attack On September 1, the DEX protocol suffered a frontend security...