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On March 28, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a person, Abdul Gafoor, one of the accused in the Morris Coin fraud case that erupted on the India crypto scene in January 2022 and still remains one of the largest such frauds in the country. ED is the economic intelligence wing of the Ministry of Finance, and it tracks high-value economic crimes. It took over the case in 2021 after several previous ones were registered against Morris Coin and its kingpin Nishad K.  ...

Chris Larsen – angel investor and co-founder of Ripple – is funding an environmental campaign to change Bitcoin’s code. Using his funds, a consortium of environmental groups will run ads across major newspapers to convince miners, software developers, and others to drop the network’s ‘proof of work’ consensus mechanism. Explaining Proof of Work To be clear, the environmental ‘lobby’ seeks not to end Bitcoin itself, but to see it shift toward a less energy-intensive security...

According to a recent poll conducted by StarkWare, 53% of the participants see cryptocurrencies as the “future of finance.” Unsurprisingly, young people (between 25 and 34 years old) are more bullish on the matter, as 68% believe in this concept. Crypto’s Integration Among Americans: The Latest Figures The blockchain-based entity – StarkWare – questioned 2,000 American adults of all ages to determine their viewpoint on the world of crypto and its future development. Per the...

As of Friday, the 19 millionth Bitcoin was officially mined, leaving only 2 million left to enter circulation. The Bitcoin network regularly produces new coins each time a block of transactions is added to its ledger. Each block is produced through a process called “mining”, whereby users race to solve a mathematical problem for completing the block using computer power. The first to produce the block is rewarded with the new Bitcoin, plus all relevant transaction fees. At...

Have you ever wondered how much money did the creators of the famed Dogecoin – arguably the most popular memecoin on the internet and the one that ignited a massive mania – made off their creation? Well, it turns out that it’s not a life-changing fortune, despite the fact that the project was once worth a whopping $80 billion. In a recent Twitter thread, Billy Markus, currently active under the Shibetoshi Nakamoto handle, revealed that he didn’t make all that much. The...

The California Macintosh and iPhone maker is in the process of ramping up its proprietary financial services technology and increasing Apple’s lending to iPhone users of Apple Pay. This is according to a Bloomberg report from earlier this week. The Cupertino high-tech giant sounds serious about the project, dubbing the effort “Breakout” and seeking to replace its fintech partners with in-house solutions and infrastructure to bolster payments processing, credit checks, and...

Intel’s new gaming chip is now available on laptops, and it’s being hailed by some in the crypto industry as a major disruptor to the cryptocurrency mining hash race. Here’s a short primer on Moore’s Law from Intel: “In 1965, Gordon Moore made a prediction that would set the pace for our modern digital revolution. From careful observation of an emerging trend, Moore extrapolated that computing would dramatically increase in power, and decrease in relative cost, at an...

BXM Operations’, a subsidiary founded by BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner and its CFO Stephan Lutz, failed to acquire the Munich private bank, Bankhaus von der Heydt. Both parties agreed to cancel the planned deal, German media reported on Thursday. The acquisition was greenlighted by German regulator BaFIN back in January when BXM Operations signed a purchase agreement with Dietrich von Boetticher, the bank’s current owner. A BitMEX spokesperson told the German media that “the...

The central bank of Jamaica doubled down on its plans to design a digital version of its national currency. The institution claimed that the financial product will benefit a considerable percentage of the residents who do not have access to basic monetary services. Jamaica’s CBDC to Help the Locals Jamaica is yet another nation that pursues the launch of a central bank digital currency. In February this year, the central bank announced that everything was ready for the...

The cryptocurrency-focused financial services company led by Michael Novogratz – Galaxy Digital Holdings – announced it will acquire the digital asset custodian BitGo between now and October 2022. Initially, the move was planned for the first quarter of the year. Delaying the Acquisition In May last year, Galaxy Digital agreed to purchase BitGo for approximately $1.2 billion. According to the agreement, the latter’s shareholders were supposed to receive 33.8 million on newly...