The French National Assembly's Economics Committee passed a law prohibiting social media influencers from endorsing high-risk financial services like cryptocurrencies. This legislation aims to promote transparency and…
A blockchain marketing agency's research reveals that over one-third of leading cryptocurrency projects failed to add new written content to their websites in 2023, reflecting a lack of focus on sustainable organic de…
South Korea has made a significant legal breakthrough by allowing the sale of seized cryptocurrencies, enabling the country's treasury to profit by approximately $37 million.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticizes government interference in the digital asset industry, citing concerns about negative impacts on major banks and recent banking failures.
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, highlights the need for balanced regulatory frameworks that prioritize the growth and innovation of the crypto industry in a competitive environment while maintain…
The new platform offers Bitcoin perpetual contracts denominated in Gemini dollars with up to 100 times leverage, expanding its derivatives offering for institutional and retail traders in selected countries in Latin A…
A former product manager at OpenSea, Nate Chastain, has been charged with insider trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is currently on trial. Chastain allegedly used his position to purchase NFTs that would be fe…
The SpecTor operation resulted in the arrest of 288 vendors and the seizure of $53.4 million worth of cash and crypto, primarily from dark web drug markets, as part of a broader crackdown on illicit crypto transactions.
Ripple lawyer John Deaton argues that the regulator is pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a security and exploiting legal ambiguity, with potentially "enormous" economic and legal consequences.
The proposed 30% tax on cryptocurrency miners aims to offset the negative environmental and social consequences of mining, but has faced criticism from industry experts who argue it would suppress the U.S. Bitcoin min…
Concerns over the additional energy demand from crypto mining prompt the power company to deny applications and the provincial government to endorse a moratorium.
Sotheby's, the renowned auction house, has taken its deep dive into the Web3 world a step further by launching a portal on its Sotheby's Metaverse platform where peer-to-peer secondary sales of NFT artworks are conduc…
Phantom, a self-custodial wallet, has added simultaneous support for Ethereum and Polygon networks to its mobile app and browser wallets. With this update, users can now access dApps across the Web3 landscape, includi…
Tron founder Justin Sun has issued an apology to Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao after the latter warned his followers that Sun might use Binance's Launchpool platform to farm large amounts of a new blockchain token n…
JPMorgan Chase's acquisition of First Republic, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, coincided with the Bitcoin network processing a record number of daily transactions on Sunday, surpassing its 2017 peak.
Crypto companies in the United States are warning against heavy-handed regulation, hoping that the United Kingdom takes a different approach. Web3 firms, including a16z, Coinbase, and Polygon, are urging the U.K. Trea…
A popular Facebook page known for its activism, has recently posted about a massive gain from a Shiba Inu investment that turned $8,000 into a whopping $5.7 billion return on investment (ROI).
US crypto entity, Poloniex LLC, which was previously affiliated with Poloniex crypto exchange, has agreed to pay $7.59 million to settle allegations of sanctions violations with the US Treasury Department's Office of …
The cryptocurrency industry is hoping to fight back against the recent crackdown by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a long-shot argument based on the "major questions doctrine" adopted by the Su…
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube has helped recover a hacked channel after preventing an attempt to promote an XRP cryptocurrency scam on the popular YouTube channel, DidYouKnowGaming, which has 2.4 million subscribers.
Dubai-based BitOasis has become the first broker-dealer to receive the minimum viable product (MVP) operational license from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), the crypto exchange announced on Monday.
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it is processing applications for digital exchanges on a trial basis in a bid to expand market participation in the country. The m…
Mastercard has announced plans to launch a new service called Mastercard Crypto Credential that will facilitate compliant transactions between users' wallets, starting with digital asset transfers between countries.
Binance announced on Friday that it will begin operations in the Japanese market, having acquired regulated crypto exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC) last year.
Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, has disclosed details of his visit to the Bahamas to meet with Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, during the firm's final days.
US lawmakers are planning to introduce comprehensive legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency sector within the next two months, according to Representative Patrick McHenry, chair of the House Financial Services Com…