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SEC penalizes Tai Mo Shan for falsely fixing TerraUSD’s $1 peg. The settlement includes a $123M punishment, emphasizing tougher crypto market oversight. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposed a $123 million fine on Tai Mo Shan Ltd., a subsidiary of Jump Crypto, for misleading investors about the stability of TerraUSD. This algorithmic stablecoin, issued by Terraform Labs, collapsed in May 2022. It brought about a catastrophic loss of $40 billion in investor assets. According to...

Days after Binance introduced its pre-listing token selection pool, Binance Alpha, it launched 29 tokens with mixed performances. Data shared by crypto analysts Sankin shows that out of the listed cryptocurrencies, 17 have seen their values increase while 12 experienced declines. Small-Cap Tokens Lead the Pack In a December 23 post on X, Sankin noted a trend where smaller market-cap assets generally performed better than their larger counterparts. Those with fully diluted...

Ki Young Ju proposes using Bitcoin to reduce U.S. debt by acquiring 1 million BTC by 2050, boosting financial strategy. A new strategy proposes using Bitcoin to help reduce U.S. debt. Over the past 15 years, Bitcoin’s market capitalization has surged to $2 trillion, driven by $790 billion in capital inflows. Ki Young Ju, the CEO of CryptoQuant, revealed these details on his X account. This shows that this year alone, Bitcoin contributed $1 trillion by injecting $352 billion in inflows....

UAE reaches $40 billion in Bitcoin holdings. It has positioned itself as a global leader in cryptocurrency adoption with favorable regulations and investments. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly reached $40 billion in Bitcoin holdings. This move has made a significant move in the cryptocurrency market. The development exhibits the country’s increasing part in the worldwide reception of blockchain innovation and computerized resources. Both the country’s government and private...

Things are heating up in the meme coin space again. Koma Inu (KOMA) is leading the way, jumping 40% in a single day to grab traders’ attention. But KOMA isn’t the only coin posting gains. The new meme-themed project Wall Street Pepe (WEPE) has raised $35 million in presale – and some experts believe it could explode after hitting the open market. How Koma Inu Rallied Over 3,500% in Just Two Months Koma Inu launched on the BNB Chain in early October, right as meme coins were...

Coinbase report highlights stablecoins’ growth, predicting $3 trillion market cap, driving faster, cheaper global payments beyond trading. Coinbase recently released its crypto market outlook for 2025, highlighting five key areas. First, stablecoins have become a major force in the crypto world. Their market capitalization increased by 48% in 2024 to $193 billion. According to experts, this number could reach $3 trillion by the end of the next five years. This trend will continue as more...

Bitcoin’s sudden drop below the $100,000 mark on December 19th marked the start of a market-wide downturn that saw the broader crypto market cap dip to as low as $3.13 trillion after hitting a new ATH of $3.79 trillion on December 17th. Altcoins followed suit, and the meme coin space suffered some of the heaviest blows, dropping below $100 billion and having its top five tokens dip 10-30% over the week. As panic selling bolsters the losses over the past 48 hours, presales...

TL:DR; Cardano’s native cryptocurrency, alongside the rest of the market, has slumped hard on a weekly basis, dropping to well below $1. However, history shows that similar corrections have been followed by massive gains for the asset, with predictions of up to $6. ADAUSD. Source: TradingViewADA’s recent price performance could be analyzed from two main perspectives – short-term and long-term. When looking at the past ten days or so, the landscape is quite gloomy. Within this...

After heading toward $100,000 yesterday, bitcoin’s price has taken another wrong turn as the asset has lost over three grand since then. The altcoins are also deep in the red, with massive daily price declines from the likes of SOL, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, LINK, SHIB, and many others. BTC’s Short-Term Recovery Although the business week started quite spectacularly for BTC, whose price skyrocketed from $101,000 to a new all-time high of over $108,000 by Tuesday, it actually turned...

Bitcoin Schweiz Die Schweiz, bekannt für ihre Innovationskraft und finanzielle Stabilität, nimmt auch im Bereich der Kryptowährungen eine besondere Stellung ein. Eine aktuelle Studie der Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), die im Auftrag von PostFinance durchgeführt wurde, hat das Verhalten und die Präferenzen von Krypto-Investorinnen und -Investoren in der Schweiz genauer unter die Lupe genommen. Dabei wurde deutlich: Revolut, Swissquote und Binance gehören...