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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...

Despite another attempt to overcome $35,000, bitcoin has continued to trade inside the tight range of $33K to $35K.In contrast, large-cap altcoins, along with some DeFi ‘stars’ had performed a lot better. This includes a new ATH for Binance Coin, Ethereum rising above $1400, getting near the previous January 2018 ATH range. On the other side, XRP has plummeted following the recent gains.Binance Coin Surpassing $50 To New ATHMost of the large-cap altcoin market is well in the green against the...

After a sharp drop that led BTC for another retest of $32,000, the asset has recovered and climbed back up to nearly $34,000, as of now. However, its dominance continues to decrease as some alternative coins have outperformed their leader, including XRP surging above $0.60.Bitcoin Eyes $34,000The primary cryptocurrency went through a roller-coaster on Friday after Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk updated his Twitter profile to include “Bitcoin” as the only description.The asset responded with an...

The largest US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has classified bitcoin and several altcoins as institutional assets following the developments in 2020. In its yearly report, the company has confirmed the growing institutional interest, the maturing market, and, somewhat surprisingly, the expanding appetite from corporations towards ETH.2020 Established Bitcoin As An Institutional AssetThe challenging last year saw the emergence of Bitcoin as an asset fit to serve the needs of institutional...

Following the highly volatile few days in which BTC displayed $6,000 price moves in both directions, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $34,000. At the same time, XRP and a few more altcoins have exploded in value and reduced BTC’s dominance to 62.5%. Uniswap’s UNI token even hit $20.XRP’s Massive Surge Reclaims #4th SpotThe past few days have been anything but boring in the cryptocurrency space – from the retail-driven hype for Dogecoin and up to four-digit gains, through the Elon...

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which offers its institutional and accredited investors to take advantage of private placements on several occasions throughout the year, has reopened the initiative of its shares.Grayscale announced resuming the Ethereum Trust private placement earlier, thus enabling accredited investors to allocate funds into the company’s product following the second-largest cryptocurrency.Private placement means a sale of an asset to a pre-selected number of investors and...

After a highly volatile day prompted by Elon Musk’s Bitcoin engagement on social media, BTC has retraced back to around $34,000, as of writing these lines. Most alternative coins also went along the ride, and the total market cap has sustained the $1 trillion mark.Bitcoin’s 24 Hours Wild RideThe primary cryptocurrency was struggling in the past several days as it even dipped beneath $30,000 on a few occasions that were quickly bought by the bulls. As a result, Bitcoin dominance was fading,...

BitcoinBitcoin is up by a cool 20% over the past week as it currently trades near the $35,700 handle. The number 1 ranked cryptocurrency had been trapped within a range for the majority of the week as it oscillated between $33,000 and $30,000.Looking at the larger picture, Bitcoin was trading within a descending triangle pattern since hitting the new ATH price at $42,000 in early January 2021. It had spiked beneath the lower boundary of this triangle at $30,000 throughout the week but managed...

The off-chain decentralized computation platform Cartesi has launched a layer-2 solution to work on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The so-called Optimistic Rollups aims to decrease the high transaction fees by orders of magnitude and support scaling by taking computational demands off-chain.Cartesi’s Optimistic Rollups For The ETH NetworkThe Ethereum network, arguably the most utilized blockchain in the field with various ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and serving as the underlying technology...

The cryptocurrency market capitalization has exploded above $1 trillion as Bitcoin surged to $38,000 following a recent pro-BTC action taken by Tesla’s Elon Musk.The alternative coins joined the ride as well, including Ethereum touching $1,400 and XRP surging above $0.28.Bitcoin Touches $38K Following Musk’s EngagementCryptoPotato reported earlier that the primary cryptocurrency was struggling with maintaining its price above $32,000. While the bears were looming in, a compelling development...