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Bitcoin’s recent nosedives continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset slipped to a new three-week low of under $21,000. Ethereum is in a similar position, having lost another $100 daily. At the same time, Shiba Inu is among the few alts well in the green. Bitcoin Sees New Low The landscape was looking rather bright for the primary cryptocurrency until five days ago. At that point, it had skyrocketed to above $25,200, which was a two-month high. However, it couldn’t stay...

Binance’s US subsidiary announced receiving its Money Transmitter License from the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division. The latest move is part of the company’s plans to offer its fully regulated services in all of America’s 50 states and territories. Speaking about the license approval, Brian Shroder, Chief Executive Officer of Binance US, said, “We continue to take the necessary steps to ensure we are operationally compliant across...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (Thai SEC) has asked crypto investors in the country to be careful with DeFi transactions, terming them risky. The watchdog argued that local regulators have no control over the up-and-coming industry. Popular but Not Full-Proof In a statement on Wednesday, the financial and capital markets watchdog said DeFi services have become popular, especially deposit taking and lending services. But these services are risky as the...

Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has responded to critics who claim that the Vasil hard fork is being rushed after a critical bug was identified in version 1.35.2, which was supposed to be used for the upgrade. Hoskinson noted that everyone, including the network’s stake pool operators (SPOs), has thoroughly tested the code for months. He added that the vulnerability in 1.35.2 was removed in version 1.35.3, released earlier this week after the bug was found. Hoskinson:...

It has been a tough year for crypto miners who had to sell their coins to cover their costs and fund expansion as well as for the repayment of debts. But this trend appears to be continuing into the third quarter of the year for some. Bitcoin price successfully broke out before facing rejection near the $25,000 level. Since then, it has been on a downtrend. This has resulted in mounting sell pressure on Bitcoin miners. However, during the brief upswing in early August, they...

Things took a turn for the worse in the past seven days as the leading cryptocurrencies plunged. The total market capitalization is down some $115 billion in seven days as multiple leading coins dropped by double-digit percentages. With that said, let’s unpack. Bitcoin trades at around $21,500, which is exactly 10% below its price at this time last week. The leading cryptocurrency by means of total market capitalization failed to overcome the critical resistance at $25K, and,...

Analysts of prominent investment bank JPMorgan believe that Coinbase will be meaningfully benefitted from the upcoming Merge. In a note to the clients on Wednesday, analyst Kenneth Worthington said that the San Francisco-based crypto exchange has taken concrete measures in a bid to maximize the value of ETH staking for its clients. This is expected to result in higher revenue generation itself. Worthington asserted, “We see the staking revenue opportunity bigger...

Leading stablecoin issuer Tether has hired accounting firm BDO Italia to replace Cayman Islands firm MHA Cayman in overseeing its attestation reports for USDT reserves.  The USDT issuer said it plans to release its attestation reports every month, replacing the previous quarterly reporting arrangement.  Tether Hires Major European Auditor Founded in 1965, BDO Italia is an Italian financing advisory and accounting auditing firm, the world’s fifth largest public accounting...

While Ripple execs claim that the company has been unfairly treated by the SEC, Ethereum frontman Vitalik Buterin hasn’t been exactly silent either. In a fresh jibe, the latter accused the former of throwing Ethereum under the bus as “China-controlled.” The latest feud also started with a discussion of new regulatory changes in Canada with Ontario-based crypto exchanges – Bitbuy and Newton – imposing a 30,000 CAD annual “buy limit” for “restricted coins” for their users to...

Bored Ape Yacht Club saw a considerable increase in its overall sales volume and the number of traders for the past 24 hours. This happens as Bored Ape #5383 was sold for 777 ETH, worth some $1.45 million at the time of this writing. Bored Ape Yacht Club is arguably the most popular collection of non-fungible tokens and surely the one with the highest floor price. At the time of writing this article, the floor price sits at 72 ETH. Data from DappRadar shows that over the past...