South African Fintech Firm Raises $7.5 Million to Expand Financial Inclusion
Omnisient, a South African fintech startup, secured a $7.5 million Series A investment from Arise to support its mission of...
Year: 2024
JPMorgan Executive Sees Big Future for India’s CBDC Initiative
Naveen Mallela, global co-head of Onyx, JPMorgan’s blockchain and digital currency unit, highlighted the rapid adoption of blockchain technology in...
Former Square, Coinbase execs raise $58M for Bridge stablecoin network
Bridge seeks to build a global stablecoin payment network to rival traditional systems like Swift and credit cards.
Telegram CEO Durov visited Russia repeatedly since 2014: Report
The Important Stories investigation seemingly contradicts Durov’s public claims.
Altcoin season hasn’t arrived because everyone jumped ‘straight to the punchline’
A crypto analyst says that we haven’t seen this altcoin season because traders keep buying memecoins too early.
Solo miner wins $200K Bitcoin lottery with just 0.012% of hashrate
A solo Bitcoin miner operating as part of the Solo CK pool solved a block with just 0.012% of the...
Bitcoin mining CEO eyes hashrate contracts to offset rising costs
The slashing of the Bitcoin block subsidy from 6.25 Bitcoin to 3.125 during the April 2024 halving has placed financial...
Bloomberg adding Polymarket election data to Terminal
The move signals the crypto betting market’s growing importance.
India’s Central Bank Governor Discusses CBDC Progress and International Strategy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively exploring the potential of central bank digital currency (CBDC) on an international...
Crypto Firm’s CEO Stabbed in Court During Fraud Trial in Seoul
The CEO of cryptocurrency deposit service Haru Invest was stabbed in the neck during his fraud trial in Seoul. The...
Durov Unaware of French Arrest Warrant — Macron Denies Knowledge of Durov’s Visit
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was reportedly unaware of an arrest warrant issued against him in France, according to a source...
Binance CEO Addresses Allegations of the Exchange Seizing All Palestinian Funds
The CEO of Binance has responded to allegations that the cryptocurrency exchange seized all funds from Palestinians at the request...
Elon Musk, Tesla beat Dogecoin manipulation lawsuit
A US District Court Judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying that “no reasonable investor” could rely on Musk’s Dogecoin tweets for...
$12.1M fraud suspect with ‘new face’ arrested, crypto scam boiler rooms busted: Asia Express
A brand new facial reconstruction can’t hide crypto scammer, crypto scam boiler rooms in Malaysia and the Philippines busted: Asia...
Cipher Mining Boosts Bitcoin Data Center Portfolio With 300 MW Texas Site Purchase
This week, Cipher Mining Inc. revealed that it has acquired a sprawling 250-acre property in West Texas, which includes a...
