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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA – would reportedly require local digital asset providers to take additional steps in preventing criminals from employing cryptocurrencies. The watchdog would also turn its sight towards bitcoin ATMs as it believes that drug dealers often use these machines. FINMA Targets Criminals Operating with Crypto According to a Finews report, Switzerland’s financial regulator – the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority or...

Ripple may not be the most beloved company in the crypto-verse, but its perseverance and desire to grow despite setbacks is something to be recognized. RippleX, Ripple’s branch focused on boosting the development of technologies around the XRP Ledger, has recently announced its first wave of XRPL grants, and it is embracing the NFT mania.  According to an official announcement, RippleX distributed $2 million in total value among 25 chosen applicants from 10 different...

The Head of Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management – Dennis Lynch – believes bitcoin has the ability to gain in times of economic disruption and he referred to the asset as “anti-fragile.” ‘Bitcoin Is Like Kenny from South Park’ In a recent conference, the American businessman and executive at Morgan Stanley – Dennis Lynch, revealed his positive stance on bitcoin. He sees it as “anti-fragile,” meaning that it could resist market disorders and even prosper...

Well, here’s something that’s likely to anger a few environmentalists in the coming weeks. A new report issued by the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) says that bitcoin and crypto mining are only likely to contribute to about 0.9 percent of global carbon emissions in the coming future. Crypto Mining Isn’t That Bad, According to New Report The topic of crypto mining has been a controversial one. Over the past several months, many high-ranking individuals with...

The entire market has been fairly uncertain throughout the past week, though one event stands out from the rest. On September 20th, Bitcoin’s price crashed to around $5,400 on Pyth Network oracle’s BTC/USD feed. Pyth is an oracle network based on Solana and it aims to bridge blockchains and real-world data. This is highly needed in the field of cryptocurrencies to provide relevancy, accuracy, and interoperability. However, on September 20th, between 12:21 and 12:23 UTC, the...

Just a day or so after announcing sanctions on crypto exchanges that engage in illicit transactions or the processing of ransomware payments, it looks like the U.S. Treasury Department is taking regulatory action against Suex, a crypto trading platform that has allegedly taken part in facilitating ransomware in the past. Suex Has Been Reprimanded According to the Treasury, ransomware is becoming a serious problem. Payments totaled more than $400 million last year alone,...

Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

Ethereum Ethereum is down a sharp 21% this week as the coin sits beneath $3000. The sell-off started on Monday when ETH slipped beneath the neckline of a head & shoulders pattern and the 50-day MA. Initially, the market found support at $3000 but would continue to fall beneath it on Tuesday to find support at $2770 (.786 Fib Retracement). ETH did rebound on Wednesday and Thursday as it climbed back above $3000. However, it lost another sharp 9% today, causing it to break...

Portfolio manager at Los Angeles-based TCW Group, Bryan Whalen, has stated that crypto investors are asking big institutions for loans against their digital assets. The comments came at a Morningstar Investment Conference this week, according to Bloomberg. Whalen went on to indicate that: “The market is starting to knock on the doors of big institutions, even in the bond world.” Borrowers issue bonds to raise money from investors who are willing to lend them money for a...

Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...