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The co-founder of Ethereum suggested that two other PoW blockchain protocols could transition to PoS in the near future. He also spoke about the Merge during the 2022 Mainnet blockchain event and gave a brief update about the next step in Ethereum’s development – the Surge. Ethereum made history on September 15, when it became the first large-scale blockchain protocol that successfully transitioned from proof of work to proof of stake. The ramifications of this significant...

Dan Morehead – head of the institutional asset manager Pantera Capital – thinks there might be many distressed financial sectors in the years to come, but the digital asset industry will not be among them. Similar to his previous statements, the executive argued that a crypto bull market is on its way, while blockchain technology will be employed by billions of individuals in the years to come. Bullish as Usual In an interview for CNBC, Morehead opined that cryptocurrencies...

Aiden Pleterski – a 23-year-old Canadian trader and self-described “Crypto King” – is being sued after allegedly failing to return at least $35 million to his investors.  Authorities have already seized $2 million in assets from the Ontarian, including two McLarens, two BMWs, and a Lamborghini. Crypto Trader, or Fraudster? Pleterski ran a business called AP Private Equity Limited, through which he promised to generate high returns for investors through well-timed crypto and...

Douglas-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinCorner has partnered with Seed Group, a company of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to facilitate Bitcoin transactions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under the agreement, Seed Group will aid in the expansion of CoinCorner’s operations across the emiratesand the wider Middle East as well as access to top decision-makers in the government and private sectors. Promoting the exchange’s Bitcoin transaction...

A Guatemalan circular Bitcoin economy known as “Bitcoin Lake” is leveraging Bitcoin ASICs to clean the nearby Lake Atitlán while generating income for the community.  As Bitcoin Lake Founder Patrick Melder explained, the “Kaboom” mining project is repurposing used cooking oil to help mine Bitcoin, rather than pollute the local environment.  Mining Helping the Environment? As Melder told Bitcoin Magazine, the project is a follow-up to prior attempts at cleaning the lake that...

South Korean law enforcement officers have reportedly confiscated around 260 billion won ($183 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from local individuals and businesses in two years as they were not abiding by local taxation laws. Not long ago, the authorities targeted the notorious leader of Terraform Labs – Do Kwon. He was accused of gifting tokens to family members as a way of tax avoidance. The Latest Crypto Seizure in South Korea According to a report by the domestic...

Ethereum’s Merge has done a lot to shift the issuance dynamics of ETH, fulfilling most of what was estimated by analysts and the Ethereum Foundation prior to the transition. However, there are still some nuances that need clarification as to if and when ETH can become deflationary, and its supply would cease to expand. Let’s dive in. Ethereum: Not Quite Deflationary According to ultrasound.money, the amount of ETH in circulation has risen by over 5,990 ETH since the Merge on...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action lawsuit against Ooki DAO, a crypto margin trading and lending platform for engaging in digital asset margin trading that only CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) can perform.  Ooki DAO also failed to adhere to customer identification requirements prescribed under the Bank Secrecy Act, the commission further alleged in its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...

Coinbase – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States – has been slapped with another multi-million dollar lawsuit.  The company has been accused of patent infringement through several of its services, over which the plaintiff is seeking $350 million in damages.  Another Coinbase Lawsuit Veritaseum Capital LLC filed the lawsuit on Thursday in a Delaware court. The firm claims that Coinbase has infringed a patent awarded to the company’s founder Reggie Middleton...

Some of the tech-savvy youngsters in Lebanon have reportedly shifted their focus toward cryptocurrencies amid the current monetary crash Earlier this week, the government closed all local banks due to ongoing risks for employees and customers. It remains unknown when the financial institutions will re-open, which might be one reason why locals started looking for alternative financial instruments, including digital assets. Crypto to the Rescue The economic situation in...