El Salvador’s Bitcoin One cannot remove Bitcoin enthusiasm from Nayyib Bukele, President of the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as a local currency i.e. El Salvador. Under the direct supervision of the El Salvadoran President, Bitcoin was legally recognized as a national currency through a legislature. The initiative was taken in 2021 and since…
One of the local newspaper agencies in Iran has recently published an update about the cryptocurrency mining industry. According to the report published by the agency, the cryptocurrency mining firms in Iran will be getting their mining equipment back. OCSSOP Ordered to Returned the Mining Equipment The latest reports suggest that the cryptocurrency mining firms…
Court documents show that the federal court in the Southern District of New York will arraign Sam Bankman-Fried on January, 3rd, 2023. Reports indicate that the disgraced crypto entrepreneur is planning on entering a plea in front of US Judge Lewis Kaplan in his fraud case in Manhattan. A no-nonsense judge Judge Ronnie Abrams had…
Just a few days back, Defrost Finance, one of the prominent trading platforms in the decentralized finance industry, faced a major exploit. As a result of the exploit, the company ended up losing $12 million, which was a huge loss for the company. The exploit took place a few days prior to Christmas. It has…
The criminal trial of disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried has not begun as yet and it has already become quite a sensation. US District Judge Ronnie Abrams had originally been assigned to oversee the case, but she recused herself from it, citing a conflict of interest. This meant that another judge had to be assigned….
Interior Ministry Granted Access to Crypto Data MVD which is the Russian Federal Ministry of Interior has been provided with access to the ‘Personal Account of a Law Enforcement Agency’. The portal is a ‘digital platform’ of the Ministry that has been authorized to access for fetching information of crypto wallet holders. Local news agency…
Russian Safeguards for Crypto Companies Since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the West has been active in placing several sanctions on Russia. On one hand, sanctions have limited Russia’s representation at a global level while on the other seriously affected its economy. The aim of sanctions is to weaken Russia’s financial…
User Restrictions Bybit, a globally renowned crypto trading platform, has recently overhauled its policies, particularly with regard to catering to global policies such as KYC. In this connection, Bybit made several changes in its policy concerning users, their access, and rights. The amendments made in Bybit policies show that some restrictions have been put in…
After the demise of the FTX, the third biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance adopted strict regulatory provisions to govern the investors. Moreover, the top management of Binance also exercises zero-tolerance behavior towards the accounts involved in illegal, unethical, and misleading trading activities. As a result of this current tilt in the policy Binance, the world’s biggest…
Digital-Only Bank South Africa has been at the forefront of many things and one of them being the adoption of technology. In terms of technology, South Africa is one of those countries where blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are embraced wholeheartedly. This can be further unearthed from the fact that South Africa has the privilege of…
RBF which is the Federal revenue collection authority of Brazil published data pertaining to crypto purchases in the country in October. RBF notes back-to-back record settings by local enterprises in crypto purchases during the months of September and October respectively. Record-Breaking Crypto Purchases It has been a while since when small, medium, and large-scale local…
The crypto meltdown that happened earlier this year had caused a liquidity crisis for many companies. However, it appears that Sam Bankman-Fried was not concerned. Executives of the FTX crypto exchange were begging the founder to preserve cash and avoid making any celebrity endorsement deals that require hundreds of millions of dollars. But, the 30-year…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of the FTX crypto exchange, remains in the spotlight even today, but for different reasons entirely. The former boss and the founder of the doomed FTX is currently under investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In fact, the disgraced entrepreneur…
The sudden collapse of FTX cast doubt among exchange users over their fund’s security held in custodial wallets. The revelation by Bahamas authorities of FTX Group filing for bankruptcy last week caused a widespread shockwave across the virtual assets market. The aftershocks of the sudden implosion of a key player in the global crypto assets…
MicroStrategy holds the most bitcoin than any other corporate company. Its bitcoin portfolio has over 128,900 bitcoin with a value of nearly $2.6 Billion in today’s market. The publicly traded software company plans to purchase more in the coming days. MicroStrategy to Sell Part of its Shares to Finance Bitcoin Acquisition MicroStrategy informed the Securities…
In 2022, Kazakhstan’s law enforcement toward the crypto sector took a huge turn. The former haven for crypto miners became a nightmare as the country imposed heavy sanctions on crypto miners. However, the latest report reveals that the country has given Binance approval to operate in the region. Binance announced that it had received in-principle…
Canada’s OSC (Ontario Securities Commission) has released a statement warning citizens about crypto exchanges. According to the report, the securities commission noted that some crypto exchanges in the country were unlicensed to offer securities. Among the companies are three KuCoin-related firms. Meanwhile, the latest warning from the OSC is part of its drive and mission…
A group of cryptocurrency lobbyists has forwarded a warning letter to the European Union commission to stop its MiCA bill from banning stablecoins. The crypto group stated that the MiCA proposal might have a devastating effect on the cryptocurrency markets if pushed. A few days ago, there were reports that EU members were debating a…
Crypto adoption thrives where there is official approval. And a government agency approving the use of digital assets could help boost its expansion. Financial institutions operating in South Africa and having crypto clients can now offer digital asset services. South Africa’s central bank has approved financial services providers to offer crypto services to their clients….
The United States-based crypto firm Ripple has partnered with the foreign exchange platform, Travelex, to facilitate cross-border payments between enterprises. Accordingly, the new development would see Travelex utilize Ripple’s XRP token to process transactions in Brazil. Meanwhile, Travelex will use RippleNet’s On-demand Liquidity (ODL) to facilitate payments between entities using XRP. The Brazilian Central Bank…
