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SCBX Pcl – formerly known as Siam Commercial Bank – withdrew its intentions to purchase a 51% stake in the crypto asset firm Bitkub for $500 million. The financial institution said the exchange needs to solve its regulatory issues before going back to the table. Despite being close to shaking hands with Bitkub, the organization scrapped plans to acquire a majority stake in the platform for 17.85 billion baht ($497 million). However, its decision is not final, and a possible...

Well-known crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka “BitBoy Crypto,” recently filed a lawsuit against fellow YouTuber Erling Mengshoel Jr., aka Atozy. While the former claims that Atozy’s eight-month-old video titled “This Youtuber Scams His Fans … Bitboy Crypto” caused him significant distress and damage to his business and reputation, in addition to inflicting emotional distress, the community isn’t buying it. Even as BitBoy Crypto has his troupe of ardent followers, Armstrong...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged three residents of Miami – Esteban Cabrera Da Corte, Luis Hernandez Gonzalez, and Asdrubal Ramirez Meza – with defrauding banks and a cryptocurrency platform for over $4 million. The men used fake identification to buy digital assets, while later, they lied to financial institutions that the transactions were not authorized so they could net more money. For their crime, the trio faces up to 30 years in Federal prison. Halting the...

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s placement of popular crypto tumbler Tornado Cash as an entity on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanction list has raised many eyebrows. The subsequent removal of its source code from the Microsoft-owned GitHub, which also shut down the user accounts of three individuals who contributed code to the project, prompted an outcry from privacy and free speech advocates. While forks of the open source software have remained...

A group of leading Indian blockchain influencers with expertise in trading, NFT, Metaverse, cybercrime, etc., recently announced the formation of the India Blockchain Forum (IBF). The event at Hyderabad in India’s Telangana state was attended by the state government’s principal secretary for industry, commerce, and information technology, Jayesh Ranjan, said media reports. Hyderabad is India’s second largest tech hub after Bengaluru. IBF to Adopt Collaborative Model The...

The leading athletic apparel company – Nike – has surpassed many prominent names with its NFT sales this year. According to the latest stats, Dolce & Gabbana, Tiffany, Gucci, and Adidas are reaping millions from NFTs, but it’s Nike that tops the chart. Dune Analytics researcher Noah Levine’s data showed the above businesses leading the NFT wave. Nike’s NFT-related projects have generated over $185 million in revenue, placing itself as the biggest earning brand. The iconic...

CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer’s name has become almost synonymous with finance television. But that hasn’t stopped him from giving some regrettable investment advice over the course of years. Despite being a prominent personality in the finance world for decades, his deeply ill-fated predictions have attracted significant ire from the community. On a lighter note, another well-known trader is now inverse trading against him. Crypto trader AIgod is the one behind the cheeky...

Hodlonaut’s request to be put to be placed under judicial management with the Singapore High Court was agreed upon, but the judicial managers – Samtrade Custodian Limited and S.A.M Fintech Pte Ltd – disagreed with the lender’s proposed candidate. By avoiding the forced liquidation of assets, the company had earlier said that undergoing judicial management would provide it with the best chance of recovery instead of filing for suspension. According to the latest announcement,...

SudoRare – a decentralized non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace – is reportedly the latest crypto project that had rug-pulled its customers. The project, established earlier today, shut down its operations six hours after launch after it was rug-pulled for 519 ETH (around $850,000 going by current prices). The blockchain security company – PeckShield – indicated that the wrongdoers behind the protocol have already sent the drained funds to three different wallets, each...

The American investment management company – Invesco – reportedly launched a Metaverse fund, which will invest in large, medium, and small-cap firms that have stretched their operations to the virtual reality. Last year, the investment giant filed documents to launch two crypto-based ETFs in the USA. Several months later, though, it blamed the US SEC for its unfriendly stance on such products and abandoned its plans. Hopping on the Metaverse Bandwagon According to a coverage...