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Bitcoin tried to recover some of its recently lost value in the past 24 hours but was stopped in its tracks and is back down to $22,300. The altcoins are quite stagnant on a daily scale, with EOS losing all of its yesterday’s gains. Bitcoin Maintains $22K The low trading volumes of last weekend helped bitcoin remain around $23,000 for most of it. The start of the working week saw the asset pushing toward $24,000. In fact, BTC managed to tap that level once on Wednesday, but...

The emergent NFT marketplace Blur may have raised an open battle against the once-market leader, but the latter appears to be making a comeback, albeit slowly. According to Dune Analytics data compiled by sealaunch.xyz, the percentage of unique users on OpenSea saw an uptick since taking a plunge in mid-February. Simultaneously, it was found that there has been a significant decrease in the average sale size per user on Blur after the airdrop. Since the event, the trading...

Coinbase acquired One River Digital Asset Management (an investment manager that provides institutional clients with exposure to cryptocurrencies) without disclosing the terms and the sum of the agreement. The deal comes a few weeks after the two entities rolled out a separately managed account (SMA) platform for wealth management firms. Greg Tusar – Coinbase’s head of institutional product – said the recent acquisition aims to “bring more institutional capital” into the...

In a post-FTX world, it’s really hard being a crypto executive. Not only are your bags empty and revenues down, but you also have United States financial regulators breathing down your neck with subpoenas one day, and lawsuits the next. It’s understandable, then, why industry leaders like Brian Armstrong may wish to present themselves to both media and authorities with their state-worshipping foot forward.  As the CEO of Coinbase – America’s largest crypto exchange – one...

Bitcoin’s massive crash on Friday drove it south to just under $22,000 to mark its lowest price tag since February 14. The altcoins experienced similar enhanced volatility, but most have calmed since then. Ripple’s XRP and EOS are among the few alts with notable gains. Bitcoin Slipped Below $22K Despite the rising volatility at the end of February, bitcoin managed to close the month with a slight increase and stood at around $23,000. The first few days of March saw a price...

LedgerX – cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and a subsidiary of the collapsed giant FTX – will reportedly cease its partnership with Silvergate Bank. It urged users to receive wire transfers via the New York-based Signature Bank. Switching to Another Partner According to a Bloomberg coverage, LedgerX differentiated itself from the embattled financial institution focused on cryptocurrencies – Silvergate Bank. It advised customers to refrain from using it to receive domestic...

Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has cautioned users to withdraw assets from all wallets created with a mnemonic phrase as the company continues investigating an exploit that led to a $10 million loss. The wallet provider tweeted on February 26, warning users that “a targeted attack was carried out against a group of high-profile MyAlgo accounts.” MyAlgo Urges Users to Withdraw Funds MyAlgo further explained that the attacked users had significant amounts of assets in...

Yuzo Kano – Co-Founder of Japan’s leading cryptocurrency platform BitFlyer – reportedly seeks to spearhead the firm as a CEO again after stepping down in 2019.  He also wants to terminate the tension between the current management team and shareholders and steer the entity to an initial public offering (IPO). A Possible Comeback After Four Years As reported by Bloomberg, the 47-year-old Japanese entrepreneur wants to serve as the CEO of BitFlyer once again to establish it as...

Solana outages have yet again sparked questions about the design of the premier Layer 1 blockchain. The validators tried to restart the network twice over the weekend after the on-chain activity froze. At one time, Solana was processing only 93 TPS. Following the performance degradation, the validator community eventually had to opt for a synchronized chain restart of the network. Solana Outage Again According to the official blog post, the cause of the outage has not been...

The US authorities alleged Vladimir Okhotnikov, Olena Oblamska, Mikhail Sergeev, and Sergey Maslakov – the founders of the dubious cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage – to have orchestrated a global pyramid scheme that conned investors with approximately $340 million. All defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and could receive a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail. Another Multi-Million Scam? A federal grand jury in the District of...