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Founder and former CEO of Digitex Futures Exchange, Adam Todd, has pleaded guilty to willingly leading the firm to fail to establish an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program. Notably, the former CEO’s plea was issued in a federal court in the Southern District of Florida on May 7. Former Digitex CEO Pleads Guilty The U.S. Attorney’s Office stated that Todd pleaded guilty to “willfully causing” Digitex to violate the Bank Secrecy Act. Indicted earlier this year, Todd was accused...

Bitcoin’s price rally has come to a halt over the last couple of months as the market consolidates. Yet, things are about to change soon, either for the better or for the worse. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart On the daily chart, it is evident that the Bitcoin price has been consolidating inside a large descending channel. The midline of the channel has recently rejected the price to the downside, and the market is testing the $60K level once again. If this...

The leader in Bitcoin mining has announced its financial performance for the first quarter of 2024, revealing an improvement since its emergence from bankruptcy. The company reported a net income of $210.7 million compared to a net loss of $0.4 million for the same period in 2023. Core Scientific’s Q1 Results Total revenue surged to $179.3 million, an increase from the $120.7 million recorded during the same period last year. Operating income also increased significantly,...

Coinbase’s Layer 2 network – Base – has witnessed a resurgence of user activity. Franklin Templeton’s latest analysis revealed that Base has received significant traction from SocialFi applications such as Friend.Tech. Friend.Tech’s model, which financializes social interactions, has drawn attention, particularly with the launch of its version 2 platform and the airdrop of its FRIEND token. Additionally, Base has experienced a notable surge in the supply of USDC on its...

Over the years, analysts and developers have touted Ethereum as a deflationary network, presenting the blockchain as ultrasound, aligning with Bitcoin’s sound money principle. However, that seems to have changed with the network’s latest upgrade. CryptoQuant analysts revealed in the firm’s latest weekly report that Ethereum ceased to be a deflationary network after the Dencun upgrade, implemented in March, which reduced the blockchain’s transaction fees by a substantial...

Bitcoin’s price saw a lot of volatility last week, especially before and after the US Fed’s most recent FOMC meeting, but managed to recover some ground during the current one. Let’s unpack. The primary cryptocurrency had dropped to a multi-month low of $56,500 last Wednesday, went on a volatile rollercoaster as the US central bank said it would not raise the interest rates, and began its recovery on Friday. At the time, BTC soared from under $59,000 to $62,000 in minutes and...

Following a bounce from the lower boundary of the current price range at $6.4, Polkadot experienced a surge, reaching the upper threshold, coinciding with a significant resistance area. Consequently, a slight rejection is anticipated, with the price targeting the lower part of the range. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Upon close examination of the daily chart, Polkadot is observed to be moving sideways, oscillating between the notable support level of $6.4 and...

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, are facing a new lawsuit from a group of plaintiffs from California and Florida alleging that they were deceived into purchasing unregistered securities. This is not the first of Coinbase’s legal hurdles following the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit from mid-2023. Lawsuit Alleges Coinbase Sold Unregistered Securities The new class action lawsuit was filed in the United States...

The stablecoin sector is not a stranger to controversies, but a recent study questions whether these assets are being widely used as claimed. According to the report, a new metric developed by American multinational payment giant Visa indicates that over 90% of stablecoin transactions aren’t made by genuine users, suggesting that these cryptocurrencies are far from being widely adopted for payments. Only 10% of Stablecoin Transactions Organic Visa, along with Allium Labs, has...

A wallet that laid dormant for 10.3 years has suddenly sprung to life, transferring all 687.33 bitcoins, worth almost $44 million, on May 6, according to Lookonchain’s latest findings. The wallet in question had received the 687.33 BTC, valued at $630,000 at that time, on January 12, 2014, when bitcoin’s price was $917 and, interestingly, a time when Satoshi Nakamoto was still on the scene. Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Wallet Comes Alive The movement of funds from such decade-old...