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North Korea isn’t too happy that it’s been called out by the United States for its repeated roles in cyberattacks designed to make off with stolen digital currency funds. The country is home to several hacking groups – including Lazarus, one of the most notorious organizations of its kind – and has allegedly stolen several billion dollars in digital currency over the years as a means of funding its ongoing nuclear program. North Korea and Its Long, Illicit History The...

California – which arguably has some of the strictest financial laws in the United States – is lifting a recent ban on political candidates accepting cryptocurrency donations. Thus, anyone running for office in the Golden State can now accept donations in the form of BTC, Ethereum, or any other digital asset. California Permits Crypto Political Donations The ban on crypto donations in California had been in place since 2018. The reversal occurred at the hands of the Fair...

Audius – a non-fungible token (NFT) music platform – is the latest victim of a cybertheft. Attackers made off with approximately $6 million in digital currency units. Audius Loses a Lot of Crypto The big clincher with Audius is that it puts all the power in the hands of those who share their music with users on the enterprise. As a fully decentralized platform, musicians can post their songs which are then purchased in the forms of NFTs. From there, they earn all the...

Stellar lumen price started a fresh decline from the $0.13 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.1150 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $0.1240 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $0.105 and $0.100 support levels. Stellar lumen price is trading below $0.1250 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.3900 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.355 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $0.3780 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $0.330 and $0.325 support levels. Ripple price is declining below $0.355 against the US Dollar, similar...

The high number of fake crypto trading apps has earned the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The organization is now issuing warnings to traders saying they need to do their due diligence before utilizing a crypto investing platform or application so that they don’t fall victim to potential scams. The FBI Is Noticing a Lot of Fake Crypto Apps The FBI says since the beginning of 2022, nearly 30 separate individuals have lost close to $4 million after...

Not long ago, Tesla – the electric car company brought to the financial forefront by South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – announced it had sold a lot of its bitcoin. No doubt the company experienced heavy losses given that when it first bought BTC in 2021, the asset was trading in the $50K range. Elon Musk Will Still Buy BTC in the Future Now, bitcoin is not even half that and trading for about $24,000 per unit, though Elon Musk says that his company would be open to...

A former Coinbase employee and two of his comrades have been arrested by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following reports that the employee had conducted insider trading and passed along confidential information to his cohorts about which coins would be listed on the exchange in the future. A Man Who Worked with Coinbase Has Been Arrested The former employee – a man named Ishan Wahi – was part of the team at Coinbase that listed assets on the trading platform. The data...

The U.S. Treasury is doing additional research on crypto. The organization is looking to study the benefits, risks, and disadvantages that come with the space to align itself with the recent crypto executive order issued by “sleepy” Joe Biden. The Treasury Wants to Know About Crypto The crypto executive order came about several months ago. Biden garnered temporary praise for being the only acting president to engage in pushing crypto regulation, though this praise...

What needs to happen for the crypto market to finally bottom out? When Will Crypto Finally End Its Own Destruction? This is a question that is ringing in the ears and minds of analysts and industry heads everywhere, and the sentiment is that there needs to be a few things. The first is improvement in macroeconomic factors. Things like inflation need to subside, and the economy and the stock market also need to show signs of fixing themselves fast. Analysts also say that...