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Distressed crypto lending platform Vauld was granted another period of extension of creditor protection from the Singapore High Court until March 24, during which the company will work out revival plans. Vauld halted withdrawals for its customers last summer after being hit by an unprecedented $200 million worth of withdrawals in under two weeks amidst excessive turmoil in the market. The lender, backed by Coinbase Ventures, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, and...

Coffeezilla – the popular YouTuber and “Internet Detective” covering crypto scams – is now accusing the mixed martial arts legend Khabib Nurmagomedov of “scamming” his followers with NFTs.  The former UFC lightweight champion said his new collection will give fans access his his “private club,” while enabling holders to mine Bitcoin.  Khabib’s NFT Collection Nurmagomedov launched his NFT collection in partnership with GoMining, for whom he became an ambassador in October...

Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has cautioned users to withdraw assets from all wallets created with a mnemonic phrase as the company continues investigating an exploit that led to a $10 million loss. The wallet provider tweeted on February 26, warning users that “a targeted attack was carried out against a group of high-profile MyAlgo accounts.” MyAlgo Urges Users to Withdraw Funds MyAlgo further explained that the attacked users had significant amounts of assets in...

Nishad Singh – the former head of engineering at bankrupt crypto exchange giant FTX – pleaded guilty to six criminal charges related to his activity with the firm during a court hearing on Tuesday. The ex- executive’s crimes include wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and violation of campaign finance laws.  Another Guilty FTX Executive The plea, reported by Reuters,  was accepted by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan and is the...

Robinhood Markets said it received an investigative subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in December. The agency’s move is part of a major crackdown against the digital asset industry after the dramatic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire last year. The disgraced crypto mogul was recently hit by fresh criminal charges relating to political donations he made while running FTX. According to its latest 10-K filing, the subpoena is in regard to...

Yuzo Kano – Co-Founder of Japan’s leading cryptocurrency platform BitFlyer – reportedly seeks to spearhead the firm as a CEO again after stepping down in 2019.  He also wants to terminate the tension between the current management team and shareholders and steer the entity to an initial public offering (IPO). A Possible Comeback After Four Years As reported by Bloomberg, the 47-year-old Japanese entrepreneur wants to serve as the CEO of BitFlyer once again to establish it as...

It was on February 24, 2022, that Russia launched the military offensive on Ukraine. On the completion of one year of the war, Chainalysis came up with a report tracking crypto donations to both Russia and Ukraine. The report says Ukraine received nearly $70 million and pro-Russian groups $5.4 million in crypto donations since the war broke out last year.  Crypto Donations to Ukraine   The donations to Ukraine came mostly in ETH, BTC, USDT, and USDC, with their shares being...

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase estimated in its latest study that every fifth American has already hopped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon.  There are more HODLers among youngsters and people of color. Crypto Can Update the Financial System Coinbase surveyed over 2,000 American adults to determine their thoughts on the current global financial network and check their sentiment on digital assets. 20% of the participants admitted owning bitcoin or alternative coins despite...

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is willing to enable clients of its non-banking members to trade cryptocurrencies.  Its proposal comes as a result of the turmoil experienced in the sector last year, which according to numerous watchdogs, was a prerequisite for imposing stricter regulations. Authorizing NBMs The TASE – Israel’s only public stock exchange – wants to expand the authorized activities of its non-banking members (NBMs) to allow customers to trade digital...

Solana outages have yet again sparked questions about the design of the premier Layer 1 blockchain. The validators tried to restart the network twice over the weekend after the on-chain activity froze. At one time, Solana was processing only 93 TPS. Following the performance degradation, the validator community eventually had to opt for a synchronized chain restart of the network. Solana Outage Again According to the official blog post, the cause of the outage has not been...