Russians Offered Ready-made Crypto Exchange Accounts Amid Restrictions
Russian crypto traders have been looking to obtain unrestricted accounts for global exchanges as their access to such platforms is...
Year: 2023
Crypto firms cut nearly 3,000 jobs in January despite Bitcoin’s rise
It was a tough month for crypto employees, with at least 14 firms announcing staff reductions, including Coinbase, Gemini, Digital...
BlockFi gets court nod to sell crypto mining assets
BlockFi reportedly wants to get bids in as quickly as possible, to make the most of the current market conditions....
Crypto wallets combat scammers with transaction previews and blocklists
New features aimed at protecting users come amid recent crypto thefts and phishing attacks targeted at well-known crypto executives and...
Mastercard, Binance to launch their second prepaid crypto card in Latin America
The Binance Card will let Brazilians make purchases in crypto, with real-time conversion from 14 crypto assets to fiat at...
FTX sister company Alameda Research sues Voyager Digital for $446M
FTX lawyers claim that Voyager Digital was complicit in its own collapse by “knowingly or recklessly” channeling customer funds to...
China’s Hainan to boost NFT oversight as digital yuan trial ramps
Hainan's market regulator wants to promote NFTs as part of the digital economy, but will actively work to weed out...
Millionaires flock to crypto: 82% sought investment advice in 2022
A recent study from deVere Group found a majority of their clients had asked their financial advisers about adding crypto...
Korean Government to Adopt Cryptocurrency Tracking System Within 5 Months
The South Korean government will adopt a cryptocurrency tracking system within the first half of this year, the country’s Ministry...
Arbitrum-Based Vest Exchange Emerges, Aims to Democratize Perpetual Futures
A new decentralized exchange (dex) on Arbitrum, called Vest Exchange, was announced this past weekend, and the team that created...
Elon Musk wants Twitter payments system built with crypto in mind
Twitter’s upcoming payments tool will initially support only fiat currencies, but Elon Musk wants it built to potentially support crypto...
SBF’s $250M bail guarantors should be made public, rules judge
A Jan. 30 ruling could see the identities of the two individuals who signed on as sureties for Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
Opinion: Should Bored Ape buyers be legally entitled to refunds?
It isn’t clear whether a 25-year-old European Union law means you should be allowed to get refunds on your NFTs....
Bitcoin premium hits 60% in Nigeria as country limits ATM cash withdrawals
The price of one Bitcoin (BTC) in Nigeria has skyrocketed to the equivalent of $38,000 in the local currency, the...
How Bitcoin mining saved Africa’s oldest national park from bankruptcy
The Virunga National Park's Bitcoin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo monetizes surplus energy for conservation efforts. Virunga...
