While the SEC’s designation of some cryptocurrencies as securities has shaken the market, the development companies behind these assets have strongly rejected the regulator’s characterization. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Binance and Coinbase has resulted in widespread volatility in the crypto market. As part of its legal actions, the regulator identified 19 new cryptocurrencies as securities. According to the SEC, “Coinbase makes these...
Read More »Robinhood Scrutinizing Tokens Designated as Securities by SEC
Crypto market prices have tumbled significantly since the news began to make rounds. Altcoins like Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and many other tokens face the possibility of being delisted from Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD), after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Binance and Coinbase Global inc (NASDAQ: COIN) for trading unregistered securities. At present, Robinhood is taking another look at the digital assets offerings on its...
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) and Broader Crypto Market Come Crashing Down Following SEC Lawsuit on Binance
After SEC’s action on Binance, Bitcoin and the broader crypto market tanked instantly. Altcoins face heavy correction to the tune of 7-8% with Binance BNB suffering the most. The filing of the lawsuit by the US SEC against crypto giant Binance sent shockwaves across the entire cryptocurrency market on Monday, June 5. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader cryptocurrency market have corrected by over 4%. As of press time, the Bitcoin (BTC) price is down by 4% and is...
Read More »Tether (USDT) Hit New Market Cap ATH as Adoption Grows
USDT has become the most traded stablecoin, especially after the de-pegging of Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) earlier this year. United States-dollar-backed stablecoin Tether (USDT) has hit an all-time high in its market capitalization based on existing market data. The new milestone has helped Tether exceed its previously set all-time high of $83.2 billion which was announced back in May 2022. USDT is currently the third largest cryptocurrency by market cap which at the time of writing is...
Read More »Formula One Ticket Provider Platinum Group Unveils NFT Tickets for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix
The NFT tickets will be minted via the Ethereum scaling layer two blockchain Polygon (MATIC). The sixth race of the 22-round season for the Formula One (F1) Grand Prix held in Monaco over the weekend has attracted the attention of crypto enthusiasts. Furthermore, as a country within the European market, which recently passed the Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) legislative standards, it is bound to attract significantly higher crypto enthusiasts during the F1 event. As a result,...
Read More »Tether (USDT) Emerges as Prefered Stablecoin amid US Banking Crisis with Over $86B in Total Supply
The stablecoins market is expected to significantly grow amid the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other digital assets globally. The rise of the Tether (USDT) stablecoin has been undisputed for several years. The Tether (USDT) stablecoin runs on more than 10 blockchains including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Tron, among others. On the Ethereum network, Tether (USDT) has more than $36 billion in supply with about 4.3 million holders. The Tron network holds a vast amount of...
Read More »Wakweli Inked New Partnership with Blockchain Lawyers Group for Web3 Certification
The partnership between Wakweli and the Blockchain Lawyers Group will offer a number of notable advantages that include but are not limited to boosting the liquidity of the entire Wakweli ecosystem. Wakweli, a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) certification protocol, has announced its latest partnership with the Blockchain Lawyers Group (BLG) as it seeks to establish its outfit as one of the most legitimate for certifying tokenized assets. As contained in the Press Release shared with Coinspeaker,...
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) Price Jumps Past $29,000 Soon after Fed Rate Hike
Amid the unfolding banking crisis and interest rate hikes, Bitcoin has been showing strong resilience attempting another breakout above $30,000. On Wednesday, May 3, the US Federal Reserve announced another 25 basis points rate hike taking the US funds rate to more than 5% for the first time since 2007. In hours after the Fed announced the rate hike, Bitcoin (BTC) made a quick surge of more than 2% taking the price above $29,000. This Bitcoin price surge amid the recovery in the broader...
Read More »Google Cloud Joins Hands with Polygon Labs to Boost Web3 Adoption
As part of the partnership, Google will bring the Blockchain Node Engine, which is Google’s fully managed node hosting service, to the Polygon ecosystem. In a recent development, Google Cloud announced its partnership with Polygon Labs and will thus make it easier for developers to build, launch, as well as grow their Web3 products and other decentralized applications on the Layer-2 scalability platform of Ethereum. This strategic alliance will help in boosting the transaction throughput...
Read More »CyberConnect Community Token Sale & Registration on CoinList Announced
The CyberConnect CYBER token initial coin offering takes place on CoinList on May 18th, three days after the registration deadline. CoinList recently announced the registration and sale of its CyberConnect Community tokens would soon be underway. In a blog post, the digital currency exchange said the sale of the user-empowering decentralized social network’s tokens begins on May 18th. The deadline for registration would be three days earlier on May 15th. Priced at $1.80 per token, the...
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