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Months after suffering one of the worst hacks in crypto history, the popular exchange KuCoin has announced it had successfully recovered all stolen funds. The company’s CEO reassured that no customer has sustained any financial loss following the event.KuCoin Recovers Stolen FundsAs reported back in September 2020, a group of unknown attackers exploited the hot wallets belonging to the KuCoin exchange. While the initial estimations suggested that the stolen amount was at around $150 million,...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, has launched a beta version of a contactless and borderless crypto payments product by the name of Binance Pay. The exchange will enable its users to send and receive crypto payments worldwide, similarly to PayPal.The Crypto PayPal?Presented earlier today by the company’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, Binance will launch its latest product – the Binance Pay. Currently, in a beta stage.“Binance Pay is a basket product that we plan...

Guggenheim Partners’ CIO Scott Minerd sees the cryptocurrency industry as a growing and valuable part of the global economy. He doubled-down on his long-term bullish BTC prediction but said that investors need to be wary of the speculative price increase from October 2020 to early January 2021.Minerd On BTC’s Price DevelopmentsThe executive at the Wall Street behemoth has been openly discussing BTC’s price movements and making projections ever since Guggenheim filed documents with the SEC to...

Although bitcoin has already existed for over a decade and grown to be one of the largest assets by market capitalization, new data reaffirms the narrative that it’s still early in its adoption phase. However, it expands fast as the number of users on the BTC network 12 years after its launch coincides with what the Internet used to be… in 1997.Bitcoin Vs. The Internet: Userbase EditionThe vast global network that connects computers worldwide, known as the Internet, is among the most notable...

The billionaire investor, Shark Tank personality, and Dallas Mavericks NBA team owner, Mark Cuban; took a few hours to share his knowledge in an AMA with members of the r/WallStreetBets subreddit. He touched on several topics, mostly relating to the collapse of the stock pumping movement and the blockchain industry’s potential.Mark Cuban may have several decades of Wall Street experience, but judging him for what he said on the AMA, he is currently standing on the side of the retail traders....

The first consequence following the GameStop fiasco could be right behind the corner for one of the key players involved – Robinhood. The company has reportedly paused its IPO plans, while Robinhood’s Co-Founder, Vlad Tenev, will likely appear in front of the US Congress to testify on his firm’s controversial actions.Robinhood’s Tenev To Testify In Front Of Congress?The US-based financial services company Robinhood made the news in a rather unpleasant for the company’s way, following last...

The Wall Street Bets saga is undoubtedly the most interesting thing that happened to the global financial markets in the past few months. A group of Redditors managed to cause mayhem on Wall Street, but is the game over?Wall Street Bets – a Short Story?January was an exciting month. A group called Wall Street Bets propelled a movement that evolved into a protest against Wall Street in the face of large hedge funds. Millions of people weighed in to exploit the fact that some funds had been...

Barely a week after its launch, the new non-fungible token (NFT) project, Hashmask, takes the NFT market by storm. Earlier today, a rare Hashmask was sold at 97,2 ETH, worth $139,100 as of today’s price.What Are Hashmasks?Hashmasks are living digital art collectibles that have been created by more than 70 artists from across the globe. There are a total of 16,384 unique digital portraits as of now.Each of these artworks is uniquely designed to be part digital art and part digital collectible....

By employing its recently-launched multi-chain solution for exporting data to new blockchains, the decentralized exchange IDEX has launched a Binance Smart Chain trading infrastructure. As a result, the platform will onboard new assets and reduce trade settlement costs sharply.IDEX Joins Binance Smart ChainLaunched last year, the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) blockchain works in parallel with Binance Chain to support smart contracts functionality. The latest integration to BSC comes on behalf of...

The U.S. SEC has charged three individuals on an initial coin offering scam, where their company Bitcoiin2Gen squeezed more than $11 million from retail investors. The ICO, which took place in 2018, involved actor Steven Seagal as a promoter of the newly created token.Defrauding Investors with More than $11MThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) went after three individuals, allegedly defrauding hundreds of retail investors. The U.S. watchdog has charged them on a 2018 initial coin...