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Tiantian Kullander – Co-Founder of the crypto firm Amber Group – unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at the age of 30. The bear market negatively affected his firm, which had to dismiss around 10% of its staff earlier this year. In addition, Amber Group recently revealed it had been an “active trading participant” on the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. It remains unknown whether his death has some connection to the aforementioned events.H However, he’s not the only one with...

The latest US job report brought some brief volatility for bitcoin, but the asset remained calm overall, around $17,000. Most altcoins are also quite stagnant now, and the only exceptions are UNI, LEO, and QNT. Bitcoin Calms at $17K Following last weekend’s lack of any volatility, bitcoin headed straight south on Monday, dipping to $16,000. The bulls stepped up at this point and pushed it north to almost $17,000. After a few days of being unable to break above that level,...

Embattled cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex is all set to be acquired by V Ventures, a subsidiary of Thoresen Thai Agencies Pcl, for $100 million. The venture capital fund is reportedly offering $30 million in cash, and the rest will be paid in crypto tokens. According to Bloomberg, V Ventures will acquire about 90% of Zipmex. The court hearing said crypto received from the agreement will be deployed to gradually unlock customers’ frozen wallets in the platform by early April....

The past seven days were filled with a lot of information as the situation around FTX keeps unraveling. The former CEO of the exchange – Sam Bankman-Fried, had multiple appearances, but they may have spurred more questions than they answered. Before we get there, though, it’s important to note that the market managed to add around $20 billion to its capitalization, which is a step in the positive direction. Bitcoin managed to gain 2%, while ETH is up a total of 6% in the past...

The world of cryptocurrency is facing multiple challenges on a daily basis, and it seems that they keep coming. One that’s particularly common and even fundamental for the majority of the projects and coins is their lack of fundamental, intrinsic value. This is the most commonly-used argument of crypto skeptics, and its proponents can be found in all corners of the business world. For instance, the head of the Bank of Korea said that cryptocurrencies are completely devoid of...

GoTo is the worst large tech IPO of 2022 after plunging for 10 consecutive sessions amid the global selloff.GoTo is the worst of the largest tech Initial Publis Offerings (IPO) this year, according to reports. The shares of the Indonesian startup plunged for 10 consecutive sessions as fears regarding an expiring lock-up heated up. GoTo’s post-IPO stock selloff makes it the worst-performing company among 11 internet and tech-inclined platforms that generated over $500 million in IPO listings...

In a recent interview, Brian Armstrong – the CEO of popular digital currency exchange Coinbase – commented that he “overestimated” bitcoin as a hedge against inflation, and he’s learning now – like so many other traders – that bitcoin is not yet ready or mature enough to handle the hard-hitting economic factors that the country has been facing over the last year and a half. Brian Armstrong Says He was Incorrect About Crypto In a podcast discussion, Armstrong commented: Frankly, I’ll admit,...

Once again, Bitcoin miners went significantly lower in terms of monthly revenue, raking in only about $472 million in November.Bitcoin (BTC) mining continues to prove unprofitable as monthly revenues keep going down from previous values. According to data studied by The Block Research, the month of November saw Bitcoin mining revenue dwindle by almost 20% from its October value to reach a two-year low of 472 million.Bitcoin Mining Revenue Suffered in November amid Various Market...

Both Ambit Finance and Binance Labs will work together on launching future DeFi apps with a focus on innovation, security, and risk control.Earlier today, December 2, crypto exchange Binance announced a strategic investment of up to $4.5 million in Ambit Finance. The investment will come through Binance Labs, a venture capital arm of Binance.The goal behind this investment is to provide a boost to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on BNB Chain. As a result, Ambit and Binance Labs will...

The CFTC chair accepted that he had conducted nearly 12 meetings with SBF in the last 14 months before bankruptcy. SBF was looking to secure a clearinghouse license for FTX subsidiary LedgerX.It’s not a new story that FTX‘s disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried was in close contact with US lawmakers. However, the latest report suggests that Bankman-Fried also met with some high-level officials at the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) more than 10 times over the last 14...