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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has claimed that Binance has failed to provide sufficient documentation despite previously agreeing to expedited discovery. BAM, the organization responsible for Binance’s US affiliate, has submitted approximately 220 documents. However, the SEC’s legal representatives have alleged in a new filing that many of these documents consist of “unintelligible” screenshots and lack essential dates or signatures. Binance-SEC Courtroom...

The cryptocurrency market has remained mostly flat for the past 24 hours, and Bitcoin has been unable to make a move throughout the period. However, this might as well be a stepping stone and a preparation for an attempt at $27K. Most of the altcoins have remained flat with certain exceptions, so let’s dive in. Bitcoin Preparing for $27K? Bitcoin’s price has failed to produce anything of substance throughout the past 24 hours and remains largely situated around where it was...

Coinbase, one of the most popular crypto exchanges, continues its expansion journey with the official launch of its Web3 wallet designed to facilitate transactional interactions for major institutions with Web3, DeFi, and NFTs. Per Coinbase’s statement, this crypto wallet will rely on MPC tech to enable clients to store tokens from supported networks, access funds, interact with dApps and smart contracts, and tap into decentralized liquidity to trade a wide range of assets....

The latest market manipulation report from Solidus Labs, specializing in crypto-native trade surveillance and risk monitoring, has identified wash trading activity of at least $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency on Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs) since 2020. Solidus Labs Exposes Wash Trading in DEXes Solidus Labs analyzed a sample of approximately 30,000 DEX liquidity pools and found that wash traders manipulated 67% of them. Wash trading refers to traders...

Shiba Inu is getting ready for the next bull run. In a new post, the content strategist of the project, Lucie, took it to X to calm the community while also talking about the team’s future plans. Let’s dive in. SHIB Readying for a Bull Run The content strategist of the Shiba Inu ecosystem – Lucie – took it to X to talk about future plans while also making some clarifications to calm the community down. …There’s no need to worry. The market is the market, and FUD is just a...

There’s been an interesting ongoing discussion among XRP aficionados on Twitter lately, with some laying arguments as to what the future of Ripple should look like so that it supports the company’s vision, as well as that of XRP holders. A community member, Yassin Mobarak, took it to X to comment: I’m sensing Ripple is shifting from reliance on XRP in cross-border payments to new use cases such as institutional custody of digital assets, derivatives, CBDCs, and carbon credit...

Bitcoin’s price has been consolidating above the $25K support level following the recent drop from the key $30K zone. However, for the price to reach a new high and break past $30K, there is still much work to do. Technical Analysis By Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has been rejected from the $25K support level and is trending higher. Yet, the 50-day and 200-day moving averages around the $28K mark are two significant resistance levels that the market...

In October 2020, PayPal, the world-renowned digital payment platform, announced its foray into the cryptocurrency market. This landmark decision meant that the platform’s vast user base, consisting of hundreds of millions of individual consumers and millions of merchants, could now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies directly from their PayPal account. In addition, transactions can be conducted using these digital currencies. This article will delve into PayPal’s journey...

Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau (ESB) is investigating local cryptocurrency exchanges. This action comes in response to the bureau’s discovery that unregulated exchanges operating in the country have led to a loss of 3 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (over $80 million) in uncollected taxes. Earlier, Ukrainian regulators voted to tax crypto gains 18% as of 2024. Meanwhile, Kyiv has been working to align its cryptocurrency regulations with the European Union (EU) in recent weeks...

Ripple’s XRP has been one of the most popular cryptocurrencies for the past three years, and most of it probably came from the importance of the company’s case against the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In fact, as CryptoPotato recently reported, the cryptocurrency ranked very high in a list that tracks the performance of various coins in terms of social engagements. XRP ranked third, following only Bitcoin and Ethereum. And while a lot of the attention goes toward...