Crypto news

It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto hack is in the books and a lot of money has been stolen. This time, the victim is a digital currency platform known as Qubit Finance, a defi trading arena. The company is reporting losses of approximately $80 million at the time of writing. Qubit Finance Has Lost Quite a Bit of Money As we have seen from recent reports, crypto crime is growing like crazy, and it makes sense when one looks at how well some of the leading digital...

The government of El Salvador and the American financial technology provider – AlphaPoint – joined forces to improve the technology for the Chivo wallet. The feature allows access to bitcoin for millions of Salvadorans. Chivo Wallet With an Upgraded Version Last year, El Salvador put its name in the spotlight after becoming the first state to accept bitcoin as a legal tender inside its borders. The authorities also introduced the Chivo wallet – a crypto wallet where locals...

Bitcoin has been suffering heavily as of late. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has lost nearly $30,000 from the recent all-time high it hit back in November of 2021. During that time, the asset was trading for roughly $68,000, but today, the currency is stuck at around $37,000. Still, that isn’t stopping men like Jeremy Allaire – the CEO of Circle, a stable coin provider – from having big beliefs about bitcoin. Jeremy Allaire Is Confident in BTC In...

The world’s biggest corporate bitcoin holder MicroStrategy has reported a $146 million impairment charge on its digital asset investment. MicroStrategy Loses $147 Million in an Impairment Charge The day after MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced that his company bought 660 BTC worth $25 million, the firm reported a loss of $146.6 million in an impairment charge on account of its bitcoin holdings. Business intelligence software maker MicroStrategy said this in its Q4...

A recent estimate by the Russian government has revealed that locals currently own more than 16.5 trillion rubles ($214 billion) worth of cryptocurrencies. Russians Control 12% of Crypto Market According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, this figure represents approximately 12% of the total value of global crypto holdings or one-third of the market cap of Russia’s stock index. Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, the report noted that the crypto holdings...

Bitcoin and crypto has been around for many years, but none of the well-known assets of today have hit a peak. None have reached mainstream acceptance levels, and there are several people out there wondering what it’s going to take for these currencies to be given their due. Why Is Crypto Not Further Ahead? A recent panel of experts – including Chris Smith, founder of BIG Esports; Josh Marcus, COO at Rumble Gaming, and Evan Heby, senior marketing manager at Tipalti – sat...

Meta (formerly Facebook) started the development of its own stablecoin Libra in 2019. Facing public backlash, it tried rebranding it to Libra. Now, Zuckerberg’s company finally gave up, selling Diem’s intellectual property to an investment bank. The former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, shared his views on the failed project with Michael Saylor, the man in charge of MicroStrategy. Meta’s mistake was working on a currency it owned – instead of using an open protocol like Bitcoin,...

Cryptocurrencies are here to stay and soon mainstream investors will realize the vast opportunity within the down market residing across multiple blockchains. The so-called Crypto Winter will end at some point and no endless talk of regulatory restrictions will be able to contain investor interest in decentralized finance. Regardless of the current market conditions, some new tokens have weathered the storm pretty efficiently by offering true value and future potential. ...

The government of the African country Botswana has reportedly passed a bill to impose a comprehensive regulatory framework on cryptocurrency trading. The initiative is part of its efforts to tighten anti-money laundering measures. According to a recent coverage by Bloomberg, Botswana will become the next nation to implement rules in its cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Virtual Assets Bill (as the proposed legislation is called) was approved unanimously today (February 2)....

After some hard days, SHIB is starting to give clear bullish signals that may emerge in the renewal of a possible price rally. Key Support level: $0.000018 Key Resistance level: $0.000023 While SHIB continues to consolidate under the key resistance at $0.000023, the MACD has turned bullish. The longer price maintains its current level the higher the chance for a breakout. The support at $0.000018 is unlikely to be retested if this momentum continues. Chart by...