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The founder and top executive of Bit Connect – a now extinct cryptocurrency exchange – is being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his potential role in fraudulently collecting approximately $2 billion from investors several years ago. Bit Connect Is at the Center of a Legal Battle A civil case against the founder of the company was filed four months ago in May of this year. Satish Kumbhani – an Indian citizen – was formally charged by the SEC for...

Following the announcement by core contributor “DeFi Ted,” COVER price plummeted 16% as trading volumes soared. Cover Protocol, a DeFi insurance cryptocurrency minted on Ethereum, will no longer receive support and development after engineers in the core team left suddenly. The insurance coin’s core contributor, “DeFi Ted” announced the project would be shutting down early Sunday morning. COVER had a market cap of around $21 million at the time he made the announcement....

It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto hack is in the books. This time, the victim is a platform known as Cream Finance, which at the time of writing, is reporting losses of approximately $34 million. Cream Finance Loses a Lot of Dough The money was taken after a hacker exploited an opening in the firm’s system. Cream Finance is a decentralized organization that offers lending programs to crypto traders. Individuals can earn interest yields on many different...

Vitalik Buterin decided to run “a random Twitter experiment” yesterday in the form of an Ask Me Anything post. Twitter users, which the co-founder of Ethereum had either followed or mentioned, were permitted to comment with any question they had for the young Ethereum co-founder, on subjects personal, political, philosophical, economic, or simply trollish in nature. Though only a tiny fraction of Twitter was given a chance to speak with him (only his 300 followers), those who...

In a recent discussion, Gary Gensler – the present head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – stated that major cryptocurrency platforms and exchanges need to embrace and cooperate with regulators if they wish to maintain their present levels of trust amongst customers. It’s a statement that arguably suggests Gensler knows absolutely nothing about cryptocurrency. Gary Gensler Is All About Regulation During the discussion, Gensler comments: At about $2...

Last month, Justin Sun, the founder of the popular blockchain TRON, purchased one Ether Rock for $500,000 and he believes that the art is like Picasso in 1932. Ether Rocks is one of the oldest non-fungible token collectibles that started gaining traction earlier this year. The NFT collection was launched in December 2017 and consists of 100 digital rocks that were tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain. Shortly after they were created, ETHRocks sold for 0.0999 ETH which was...

The battle for $50k continues as the bitcoin price is trading above and below the key level. On Friday, September 3rd, 2021, Bitcoin successfully made the first daily close above the $50k mark since May, a sign of strength for the bulls. Trading volume came in 36% above average on Coinbase, indicative of strong spot buying. In addition, BTC short liquidations came in below average, indicating the recent price rally was spot-driven rather than short covering. Chart by...

After touching a multi-month high above $51,000, bitcoin has retraced slightly and currently stands around the coveted $50,000 mark. Most altcoins have also stalled on a 24-hour scale, except for Polygon, which has surged by roughly 20% in a day. Bitcoin Stands Around $50K Ever since the primary cryptocurrency recovered from its dip to $46,300 at the start of the month, the bulls have had control over the market. They pushed the asset to and beyond $50,000, as reported...

The CEO of blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis is optimistic that the bitcoin price will rise above $100,000 before the end of 2021. $100k by December 2021 In a Bloomberg interview on Thursday (September 3rd, 2021), Michael Gronager, who is also the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, asserted that bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, in general, are still in a bull run state. Earlier in August, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell noted that the market was still in the...

The Congress of El Salvador has voted unanimously to approve a $150 million fund that will allow for bitcoin to fiat conversions in the country. El Salvador Is Really Pushing BTC Forward El Salvador is the first country to declare bitcoin legal tender. The country will permit bitcoin transactions for goods and services as though bitcoin was fiat currency beginning on September 7, though the journey has come with a few ups and downs, the first one arguably being that El...