Africa Has Some of the ‘Highest Grassroots Adoptions in the World’ — Chainalysis Crypto Preview
While Africa is seen as one of the smallest cryptocurrency markets, according to a preview of Chainalysis’ Geography of Cryptocurrency...
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China’s Hebei Province Begins Crackdown on Crypto Mining and Trading, Reports Reveal
Authorities in the Chinese province of Hebei have reportedly launched a campaign against cryptocurrency mining and trading. According to a...
Opensea NFT Marketplace Claims Employee Profited From Insider Information
On September 15, the top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Opensea, revealed that an Opensea executive profited from insider trading. “Yesterday...
ABEY Is One of the Fastest-Growing Blockchains in the World Adding 20,000 New Addresses Each Week
This week, ABEY has announced that it has been adding an average of 20,000 active ABEY 2.0 addresses each week...
Does Evergrande’s $300B debt crisis pose systemic risk to crypto industry?
As onlookers predict top Chinese property developer and commercial paper issuer Evergrande will default, some analysts believe the firm poses...
BTC holds $48K as Evergrande forms ‘Lehman Brothers moment’ for China
Comparisons to 2008 flow in as traditional finance receives a fresh blow from a firm "too big to fail." Bitcoin...
Data center operators have ‘no problem’ with new Russian crypto crackdown
As Russia works to “more clearly prohibit the use of cryptocurrency,” the country's largest data center operators aren’t really worried....
Nifty News: Nafty launches naughty NFT site, Dutch DJ pushes limits of physical NFTs
Nafty has launched an erotic-themed NFT marketplace, while DeviantArt is tracking down art theft on NFT marketplaces, and the Rugby...
SkyBridge raises $100M for Algorand fund and files for crypto company ETF
Anthony Scaramucci revealed that SkyBridge currently holds $700 million worth of cryptocurrency. Alternative investment firm SkyBridge capital hopes to expand...
Fidenza artist slams knock-off NFT project from ‘honest pirates’ on Solana
SolBlocks admits that while they did pirate the code, their NFTs are not copies of Tyler Hobbs’ Fidenza collection. Tyler...
Canada’s ‘Mad Max’ Supports Bitcoin — Says ‘I Hate How Central Banks Are Destroying Our Money and Economy’
Maxime Bernier, a former cabinet minister nicknamed “Mad Max” and the leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), says...
US Senator Warren Presses SEC to Address Crypto Exchange Outages, High Transaction Fees, Financial Inclusion
At the U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on the chairman of the Securities and Exchange...
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Warns Regulators Will Kill Bitcoin If the Crypto Becomes ‘Really Successful’
Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, believes that if bitcoin is “really successful,” the...
There’s a Bitcoin boom among Baby Boomers reports BTC Markets
Crypto asset investing has become more popular with Aussie boomers according to the country’s largest exchange. Australian cryptocurrency exchange BTC...
Aussie crypto fund manager sentenced to 7 years for stealing $54M from investors
A fund manager has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that cheated...
