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Leading American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has on-boarded new executives to lead its expansion plans in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) despite the intense bear market pushing several crypto entities into bankruptcy.   According to the exchange, the appointments are part of its ”Go Broad and Go Deep strategy’ for global expansion, which the company announced in Q3. CryptoPotato reported in July that Coinbase sought regulatory approval from several European...

The decentralized lending protocol AAVE has temporarily disabled its lending markets for multiple Ethereum-based tokens facing excess volatility and low liquidity. The 17 frozen assets include various defi tokens that are competitors to AAVE, such as Compound (COMP) and Curve Finance (CRV). On Sunday, Aave passed a near-unanimous governance vote to disable the markets, with only two votes against, and over 500,000 in favor.  In total, Aave’s frozen market list included the...

Private Twitter data pertaining to 5 million users was reshared in a hacker forum last Thursday after first being leaked in July.  Whereas July’s leak came with a price tag of $30,000, Thursday’s dump was provided for free.  User Private Info Revealed Pompompurin, the owner of the hacking forum HackerOne, confirmed to BleepingComputer over the weekend that his site was responsible for the initial data dump. Back in December, a Twitter API bug was discovered as part of the...

Andre Cronje – the so-called “Vice President of Memes” for the Fantom Foundation – provided an insider’s view into how the company has remained cash-flow positive across the past 4 years.  The developer noted that the foundation would “likely not be operational today” without decentralized finance (DeFi), and suspects the same is true for other firms.  Scaling Over One Cycle As explained in a blog post from Cronje on Sunday, Fantom ended 2018 with a fairly unprofitable ETH...

Bitfront – a cryptocurrency platform operated by internet company LINE Corporation – announced it will cease its services as of March 31, 2023. The entity asserted that its decision is not related to the recent collapse of FTX. The US-based exchange Bitfront informed its customers they should withdraw their assets by the end of March 2023 as it will halt all services and delete their information after that date.  It has already suspended new registrations and credit card...

Another former cryptocurrency giant has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. Thus, BlockFi has followed the example of companies like Celsius and Three Arrows Capital. The cryptocurrency lender’s troubles began as the bear market intensified earlier this year, especially after the Terra collapse. There seemed to be a lifeboat thrown by FTX a few months down the road as the exchange provided a $400 million loan to BlockFi and had the option to...

Priorities change according to the events, and Russia’s president may be taking notice. In a recent speech at the Artificial Intelligence Journey 2022 international AI and machine learning conference, Vladimir Putin spoke of the advantages of using a global payment system based on blockchain technology. For President Putin, the primary advantage would be the ability to have a global payments framework uncontrolled by foreign powers. However, he also mentions that using such...

Fundstrat’s head of research – Tom Lee – remains a bitcoin bull and believes the asset could serve as a proper investment tool for certain investors. He added in a recent interview that the entire crypto industry had a horrific year, but he expects the upcoming 2023 will not be the same. 2022 has indeed been a bad year for crypto, with ‘bad’ being quite the understatement. From the declines at the start of the year due to macroeconomic events to the implosion of Terra, which,...

The revenue Bitcoin miners receive is tumbling amid the depressing market conditions and lower prices. Somewhat expected, as the BTC dollar value goes down, so do the proceedings from mining. Data from Blockchain.com reveals that the revenue bitcoin Miners get is tumbling ever since the all-time high reached last year in November. At the time of this writing, it stands at around $11,670,337 for November 26th – the lowest it has been in exactly two years. Source:...

El Salvador’s government doubled down on its crypto initiatives by creating a National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) that will oversee all local projects related to the asset. The new agency will also be able to cooperate with other countries in matters associated with BTC. Enter ONBTC Despite the prolonged bear market, El Salvador’s authorities seem determined to advance their bitcoin strategy. According to a recent LinkedIn post, the government created a National Bitcoin Office...