Japanese police arrest alleged masterminds behind $55M ‘AI-led‘ crypto scam
Four men have been arrested in Aichi Prefecture for allegedly running a fraudulent crypto scheme that drew in 20,000 Japanese...
Year: 2021
Nifty News: Muse frontman drops track as NFT, Chimps create NFTs and more…
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy is tokenizing and selling a song recorded on the same guitar Jeff Buckely used to record...
Uniswap v3 launches Optimistic Ethereum layer two scaling in alpha
Long-awaited layer two scaling is finally being launched on Uniswap v3, albeit in a limited format initially. The long-awaited layer...
ChainSwap announces compensation and ‘deep audit’ plan after $8M exploit
The project will airdrop governance tokens to holders according to balances prior to the hack.
Billionaire SBF says FTX may one day buy Goldman Sachs and CME
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has said that acquiring Goldman Sachs and CME “is not out of the question,” if the...
Thales raises $2.5M for binary options platform in Synthetix ecosystem
Binary options and sports betting will soon be launched on the Synthetix-based Thales platform. A decentralized finance project providing binary...
Gemini plans to beat Binance through compliance, aims to become the ‘fastest tortoise’ in the race
The recent regulatory backlash against Binance could give a competitive advantage to regulated exchanges. Gemini exchange co-founder Cameron Winklevoss has...
Blockchain Groups From Major Universities Are Powerful Voters in Defi Governance Protocols
Data shows a number of groups from major universities are participating in decentralized finance (defi) governance. For instance, out of...
A Group of Users Is Battling Binance to Get Their Money Back After May’s Crash
A group of Binance customers are seeking to get their funds back after the platform froze in May. These users...
Bitcoin Will Eventually Be Transacted More Than Fiat Currency, Say 35% of Australians Surveyed
A new survey finds that 35% of Australians believe bitcoin will eventually be transacted more than fiat currency. Almost the...
UAE Central Bank Unveils Plan to Launch Digital Currency
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has unveiled its plan to launch a digital currency as part of...
Concern as Uniswap-backed ‘DeFi Education Fund’ dumps $10M worth of UNI
The recently formed DeFi Education Fund has come under fire for abruptly announcing it had liquidated half of the 1...
Bit Mining raises $50M to take operations out of China
Bit Mining is looking to exit China’s market in response to the recent government crackdown on mining. Shenzhen-based crypto mining...
Uncertainty prevails as December 2021 Bitcoin futures show an inverted pattern
The inverted pattern in the Bitcoin futures curve is a signal that investors’ confidence in BTC price continues to slump....
21Shares partners with German brokerage to offer crypto ETPs for savings accounts
“We are very excited to offer German clients who wish to add Bitcoin and other crypto assets to their savings...
