Crypto news

A few days ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of digital asset management company Grayscale Investments in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court ordered the agency to review its rejection of Grayscale’s application to turn its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust fund (GBTC) into a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). This caused an uproar in the community as crypto assets, including bitcoin (BTC), surged...

After several days of enhanced volatility, including a pump and dump for over $2,500 in each direction, BTC has finally calmed on a daily scale and stands close to its familiar ground of around $26,000. Most altcoins are also a lot less volatile now, with UNI being among the few with substantial increases over the past day. BTC Calms at $26K Several weeks of mostly sideways trading came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday when Grayscale recorded a massive court victory over the SEC...

Global financial messaging network – Swift – announced successfully facilitating a variety of blockchain interoperability tests with multiple financial institutions like Citi, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), BNP Paribas, and BNY Mellon. For this purpose, Swift tapped the Web3 services platform Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) The company said the experiments are part of its wider strategy to ensure secure, global interoperability as new technologies and...

The security services platform that offers protection against Web3 bugs – Immunefi – estimated that hackers and fraudsters have drained approximately $23.4 million worth of digital assets from crypto projects in August. While the figure might sound significant, it is 92% less than the recorded losses in July when wrongdoers siphoned over $320 million. Last Month’s Numbers As analyzed by the platform, the exact losses that crypto projects suffered due to such attacks in August...

A recent roundtable at Bitcoin Miami 2023 questioned if bitcoin is as slow and as inefficient as many analysts claim it is. Panelists also found themselves wondering what the role of crypto company Strike was when it came to the future of BTC. Bitcoin is Stronger Than Most of Us Think Bitcoin has often been dubbed an “outdated” token. While it was the initial form of crypto and gave birth to the digital finance arena, there are many assets that have emerged since...

Could the new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) application submitted by BlackRock really be a gamechanger for the crypto arena? According to some analysts, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The BlackRock ETF Could Really Change Things ETFs are nothing new. In fact, travel around the world and you’ll see many countries have permitted them, even the United States. The problem is that they are all based on other commodities such as oil, copper, etc. Very...

The Switzerland-based financial institution that focuses on cryptocurrencies – SEBA Bank – has reportedly secured an approval-in-principle from Hong Kong’s securities regulator.  The company now needs to comply with additional conditions for final approval before being eligible to provide digital asset services to local consumers.  One Step Away From Offering Crypto Services Based on a Bloomberg coverage, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission intends to grant the...

Bitcoin experienced an unanticipated decline from the $29K mark, leading to a substantial breakdown of the pivotal 100-day and 200-day moving averages. Following the bearish trend, how low can BTC go? Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart After plummeting from the $29K threshold, Bitcoin’s price dropped below the critical 100-day and 200-day moving averages, finding support amid the significant $25K level, where a bounce was initiated. This sudden upward surge was a...

Argentina’s technology and cryptocurrency sectors have recently surged with World ID, a project by Worldcoin, reaching an all-time high in user verifications. On Aug. 30, Argentina set a new record with 9,500 citizens verifying their identities through World ID. While this might be considered a growing crypto adoption sign by some, it’s also quite controversial given Worldcoin’s issues with authorities and the community. World ID is an innovative identity protocol that...

Jesse Pollak – the protocols lead for popular digital currency exchange Coinbase – believes that everyone on Earth will be introduced to blockchain and crypto within the next seven years. Coinbase Rep Thinks Everyone Will Be On-Chain in Seven Years In an interview, Pollak recently stated: Our feeling is that there’s so much growth ahead of us. We have less than ten million people on-chain today. There’s going to be eight billion people on-chain over the next...