New York jury convicts two promoters of IcomTech crypto ‘Ponzi’David Brend and Gustavo Rodriguez were convicted of wire fraud conspiracy for helping promote and run the now-collpased fake crypto mining and trading scheme.Mar 18, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Cardano finally gets fiat-backed stablecoin USDM after huge delaysMehen Finance planned to launch USDM in early 2023 but saw delays after crypto-friendly banks shuttered in 2023 and its banking partner went to work with Circle.Mar 18, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Base surges to 2M daily transactions following Dencun upgradeThe 350% jump in Base daily transactions came amid a vast reduction in fees following the Dencun upgrade.Mar 18, 2024Martin Young
Bitcoin to enter pre-halving ’danger zone,’ but crypto CEOs remain bullishBitcoin has historically dipped in the weeks before the halving and might repeat such a move within the next week.Mar 18, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Solana activity flips Ethereum amid memecoin craze, even as txs failDegens were piling into Solana-based memecoins such as Book of Meme and SNAP as the network struggled to keep up with the surge of activity.Mar 18, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin price consolidation preps NEAR, APT, RNDR and MKR for more upsideBitcoin recovered the $68,000 level, triggering buying in NEAR, APT, RNDR and MKR.Mar 17, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
VC Roundup: AI-blockchain solutions winning investors’ hearts Utila, Synnax, Sahara, TON Foundation, UXLINK, and TEN are among the startups securing funding in the first half of March.Mar 17, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Remilia founder claims hack after Ether, NFTs transferredBlockchain records indicate that the said address has sold numerous NFTs linked to Milady, including NFTx staked ones, and has transferred $1 million worth of Ether to another address.Mar 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Reddit faces FTC probe over AI data practices ahead of IPOReddit mentioned in the filing that it is not surprised by the FTC’s interest in this area due to the unique nature of the technologies and business agreements.Mar 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Bitcoin traders eye $60K BTC price support as ‘huge’ futures gap opensBitcoin bulls remain confident despite BTC price hitting its lowest levels since March 6 in a brutal weekend sell-off.Mar 17, 2024William Suberg
Pro-XRP lawyer confident he can win Senate bid, sets $1M campaign goalJohn Deaton shared with his online following that he’s covered half of the campaign funds and asked if they could pitch in the rest via cash or crypto.Mar 17, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Starbucks says its NFT rewards program must come to an endStarbucks’ decision to end its NFT rewards program aligns with similar moves by other major companies in the last year.Mar 17, 2024Ciaran Lyons
OpenAI’s Mira Murati is ‘not sure’ where Sora’s training data comes fromDuring an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mira Murati offered vague responses when asked about the underlying data source for OpenAI’s Sora model.Mar 16, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankruptcy narrative revealed in new court documentsA Google document attached to the U.S. government sentencing memorandum reveals “random probably bad ideas” that Sam Bankman-Fried had to repair his public image.Mar 16, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Biden pressured to intervene in US citizens detention by NigeriaThe Chamber of Digital Commerce believes that Gambaryan’s detention is arbitrary, without due process, and presents a significant challenge to international law norms and diplomatic relations.Mar 16, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Nigerian SEC seeks to raise crypto exchange registration feeUnder the updated guidelines, digital asset exchanges and custodians must pay an application fee of 300,000 naira ($186), up from the previous 100,000 naira ($62).Mar 16, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Vanguard’s outgoing CEO sticks to anti-Bitcoin ETF stance, despite inquiriesVanguard CEO Tim Buckley is resisting customer pressure to offer a spot Bitcoin ETF despite several of the firm’s competitors already offering them.Mar 16, 2024Ciaran Lyons
US manufacturing firms are flocking to the metaverse — WEFAccording to the World Economic Forum, the automotive, energy, software, aerospace and defense industries are leading the way for industrial metaverse investment.Mar 16, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Prosecutors want $11B judgment, 40–50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-FriedSam Bankman-Fried asked for a maximum sentence of six and a half years, but he could get over 100 years.Mar 15, 2024Derek Andersen
Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump are crypto championsPresident Joe Biden hasn’t taken a particularly friendly stance toward cryptocurrency. On the contrary, he’s been a lot like his predecessor.Mar 15, 2024Nicholas Anthony
Mozaic Finance hacked for $2.4M via private key compromiseThe yield farming app was exploited through a possible private key compromise, according to a CertiK report.Mar 15, 2024Allen Scott
Dubai’s DIFC passes comprehensive digital asset law, new security lawThe center claims it has created the world’s first comprehensive set of legal characteristics of digital assets as property in a new, short law.Mar 15, 2024Derek Andersen
Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s institutional flow looms, Coinbase’s debt round, and moreThis week’s Crypto Biz covers the buzz surrounding Bitcoin, the outlook for Ether ETFs, Ubisoft as an XPLA validator, Coinbase’s challenges and global banks taking on blockchain.Mar 15, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Marathon to purchase 200MW Bitcoin mining center from Applied Digital for $87.3MMarathon Digital is closing in on the “Flux Capacitor” when it comes to sheer watts.Mar 15, 2024Tristan Greene
DeFi TVL breaches $100B, MakerDAO readies DAI ‘Endgame:’ Finance RedefinedThe total value locked in DeFi protocols has breached $110 billion — but it’s still short of the $189 billion all-time high recorded in November 2021.Mar 15, 2024Prashant Jha
Price analysis 3/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, ADA, DOGE, AVAX, SHIB, DOTBitcoin is showing the first signs of profit booking, but the bears are struggling to hold the price below $69,000, indicating buying at lower levels.Mar 15, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
Paris Hilton’s Roblox experience has driven $60M in media ad equivalencyThe self-proclaimed Queen of the Metaverse sold nearly half a million emotes on Roblox off a viral TikTok campaign.Mar 15, 2024Tristan Greene
Ethereum’s derivatives show strength despite 10% ETH price dropEther futures and options reflect pro traders’ confidence in the bull run.Mar 15, 2024Marcel Pechman
Bitcoin drops 9% from its ATH as the market shows signs of being ‘overheated’After a monstrous rally, the BTC price is showing signs of cooling off, with altcoins quickly following suit.Mar 15, 2024Nancy Lubale
NetMind platform ‘has not been compromised,’ claims team after miner hack FUDNetMind AI claimed that the token crash was caused by an individual miner being hacked, not by a platformwide exploit.Mar 15, 2024Allen Scott