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Bitcoin’s volatile performance as of late continued in the past 24 hours as the asset touched $25,000 once again before falling back down by $500. Several altcoins are well in the green as well, with OKB stealing the show and tapping a new all-time high beyond $50. Bitcoin Stopped at $25K Again It was just several days ago when the primary cryptocurrency had dipped to $21,500 amid the ongoing regulatory scrutiny by the United States authorities. However, the landscape changed...

Gilbert Armenta – the former boyfriend of Ruja Ignatova (more famous as the “Cryptoqueen”) – will reportedly spend five years in jail for participating in the fraudulent cryptocurrency project OneCoin. The Bulgarian-born Ignatova – the Founder of the infamous Ponzi scheme – sits on the FBI’s ten most-wanted list. She was last seen in 2017 in Greece, while some sources hinted she could have been killed. Armenta Gets Five Years, Instead of Seven According to a Bloomberg...

The cash withdrawal restrictions imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have made a strong case for Bitcoin as a solid store of value and a censorship-resistant currency. Nigeria is currently facing a shortage of physical cash after the CBN redesigned its banknotes, causing the old bills of the local naira currency to become useless. The policy prompted citizens to flood banks and ATMs to swap their old bills for new ones. Nigeria Limits Cash Withdrawals With the...

Cathie Wood, Founder and CEO of Ark Invest, continues to be bullish on Coinbase, whose share price is down by nearly 85% from its all-time high of $348.98 on November 12, 2021.   Making the third investment in two months and fourth since November, Ark Invest acquired $9.2 million worth of COIN shares on Friday, media reports asserted.   A Bloomberg report from three months ago said Ark Invest made $56 million worth of Coinbase shares in November 2022 alone. Ark Invest’s COIN...

In a YouTube video shared on their channel, the cybersecurity team at Unciphered demonstrated a critical security vulnerability for the OneKey wallet that they discovered during research. As is customary for the white hat discovery of vulnerabilities, the video was released after it was patched. Lacking Customary Encryption Unciphered, a cybersecurity startup whose main focus is recovering lost crypto for clients who no longer have access to their wallets, presumably...

The popular Canadian rapper – Aubrey Drake Graham (better known as Drake) – won $1,262,000 worth of bitcoin after the Kansas City Chiefs came out victorious on Super Bowl LVII and Patrick Mahomes scored a touchdown. His last year’s bet was also successful, bringing him a profit of $300,000 in BTC. Super Bowl is Immune to ‘Drake’s Curse’ The singer tried his luck on this year’s Super Bowl betting on numerous events. He wagered $700,000 worth of bitcoin on the Kansas City...

Jacob Blish, the head of business development at Lido DAO, the decentralized autonomous organization behind the largest liquid staking protocol, believes the recent SEC crackdown on crypto staking services could cause new challenges for decentralized finance (DeFi). According to a Bloomberg report, Blish opined that the state of crypto staking in the U.S. depends on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final resolution. SEC Crackdown on Staking Could Affect DeFi...

Bitcoin had tapped $22,000 hours before the latest regulatory scrutiny coming from the US, this time going after Paxos and the BUSD stablecoin the company issues. Somewhat expectedly, the altcoins have reacted even worse, with HBAR, APT, FTM, GRT, and a few others dumping by double digits. Bitcoin Back Below $22K Bitcoin was performing a lot better at the start of the month when it pumped above $24,000 for the first time in over five months after the latest interest rate hike...

One of the longest-standing cryptocurrency exchanges – Bitstamp – registered with the Financial Markets Authority in France. Thus, it followed other rivals, including Binance and Crypto.com, which already secured the green light from the watchdog. Bitstamp previously received approval from other European countries, including Italy and Spain. Entering the French Market France’s top monetary regulator – the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) – added Bitstamp to the list of...

Terrence A. Duffy, chairman and CEO of leading derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), disclosed that his company has noticed some growth in demand for its crypto products since November. During a recent interview with CNBC’s Closing Bell, Duffy made the revelation when he was asked about the state of institutional demand for its Bitcoin futures product. CME Records Uptick in Crypto Products The CME chief executive believes market conditions in 2022 could...