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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published a new report detailing the dynamics of darknet markets and fraud shops after the former giant Hydra Market collapsed due to joint actions from authorities in Germany and the United States. After the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Hydra in April and German agencies ordered its closure, average daily revenue for all dark web markets fell from $4.2 million to $447,000. Total...

NFTs have come to Bitcoin – and they’re quickly taking the network by storm. On Wednesday, BitMEX blog provided reviewed the adoption of Ordinals, the NFT-enabling protocol that’s been a subject of heated debate in the Bitcoin community over the past week. Just how much steam is the new feature generating on-chain? Ordinals: The Data Going by BitMEX’s numbers, the number of Ordinals transactions per block skyrocketed in February 2023, surpassing an average of 225 on February...

All eyes in the crypto community have been on the SEC and its decision to pursue certain crypto staking offerings in the States. After Kraken, many believe Coinbase will be next to have to settle with the regulator, which is why the largest US-based exchange decided to address the matter. Our Products Are Not Securities: Coinbase The exchange’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, asserted in the blog post that the company’s staking services do not meet the Howey test criteria,...

Nexo will stop providing its Earn Interest Product to US customers as of April 1, 2023. This is a direct consequence of the company’s recent settlement with US regulators, in which it had to pay $45 million in fines. Recall the agreement reached between Nexo and the US SEC as well as NASAA, which “concluded on a no-admit-no-deny basis and closed all multi-year-long inquiries” into the crypto lender. The company now announced that it will stop the Earn Interest Product for all...

The Canadian University of Dubai (CUD) partnered with Binance to enable students to pay their fees in digital currencies. With the recent collaboration, the exchange dived deeper into the local ecosystem. It received a cryptocurrency license from Dubai’s regulators in September last year.  Settling the Semesters in Crypto The world’s leading crypto platform disclosed the partnership on its Twitter account, saying current and future students of the CUD are allowed to settle...

A study by BanklessTimes revealed that 67% of respondents aged 27-42 consider bitcoin a safe haven. Previous polls have shown that millennials are among the most active demographic groups in the cryptocurrency space and have a friendlier outlook than older generations. BTC Emerges as an Important Asset for Millennials According to Jonathan Merry – CEO of BanklessTimes – the primary cryptocurrency is a vital investment instrument for millennials as it offers financial freedom...

According to figures provided by Messari, the decentralized digital platform – Tron – made a revenue of $47.9 million in the last quarter of 2022, a 25% increase compared to Q3.  The entity also recorded a surge of average active daily addresses and average daily transactions. Better Results Despite the FTX Collapse In its most recent research, Messari outlined that 2022 has been a “rollercoaster” year for the cryptocurrency sector. Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions took...

By the end of 2022, PayPal held over $600 million in digital assets in crypto on behalf of its users. That included $291 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and $250 million in ETH.  According to PayPal’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the remainder of its $63 million in crypto was spread between Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC). In total, the firm held $604 million in digital assets. In dollar terms, that’s less than what the firm held in Q3 – when...

India’s retail CBDC pilot, launched on December 1, has onboarded 50,000 users and 5,000 merchants. In the two-month period, 0.77 million e-rupee transactions were carried out, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. Right now, digital rupee (e-rupee) transactions are available in a closed group of banks, cities, and merchants. India CBDC Plan will Go Slow “We want the process to happen, but we want the process to happen gradually and slowly. We are in no hurry to make something...

The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology reportedly approved the launch of the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center.  It will be based in the capital Beijing and will focus on use cases that could boost the local economy.  Unlike BTC, China is Supportive of Blockchain  According to recent coverage, the newly-formed entity will try to advance the financial network of the most populous country by implementing the use cases of blockchain technology. The center,...