Crypto

Parcl, a blockchain-powered real estate trading platform, has announced the launch of Austin, Texas, to its growing list of tradable city indexes. The addition of Austin, one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the United States, brings Parcl’s total number of tradable markets to 16, more than doubling its market pool for investors. The platform

Santiment, a blockchain analytics provider, reported that the current supply of Bitcoin on cryptocurrency exchanges stands at 6.4%, which is the lowest level since February 2018. The data reveals that crypto traders are continuing to withdraw their Bitcoin holdings from exchanges in favor of self-custody methods. This trend could be a result of the recent

Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, has updated the situation on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) response to the company’s repeated calls for regulatory clarity. In a recent filing, Grewal reported that the regulator has launched an outright attack on the digital asset industry this year and “repeated the fallacy that they haven’t

Tether has announced its plan to coordinate with a third-party exchange to conduct a chain swap to convert 750 million USDT from Tron to Ethereum ERC20. The company has stated that the total supply of USDT will remain unchanged during this process. A chain swap process allows traders to move their cryptocurrencies from one blockchain

BlockFi, the bankrupt lending platform, has announced that it needs to carry out updates before customers can withdraw their crypto assets held in wallet accounts. The platform has stated that this “work” should be completed by summer, and it will add new product functionality to its platform before allowing withdrawals. New Withdrawal Process BlockFi has

Mark Cuban, an American businessman, philanthropist, and television personality, has criticized the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for providing misleading guidance on which digital currencies could be categorized as securities. The SEC has received criticism for its unfriendly attitude towards the cryptocurrency industry, having recently filed lawsuits against two of the largest exchanges

JP Morgan has agreed to pay $290 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, a former financier and convicted sex offender. The plaintiffs accused JP Morgan of laundering money, enabling sex trafficking, and aiding Epstein while he was still a client of the bank. The largest bank in the United

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly adopted in recent years, with AI-based chatbots, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, gaining popularity. The cryptocurrency industry has also been impacted by AI, with a number of AI-related cryptocurrencies experiencing a surge in value at the beginning of 2023. Now, a gamified version of the Turing Test is revealing fascinating

The XRP price has been on a solid upward trend, but it recently reached a significant resistance region at $0.55. This resulted in a surge of volatility in the past few days, leading to a rejection toward the 100-day moving average and the channel’s middle trendline. Currently, the XRP price is consolidating without providing any

The United States is losing its share of the cryptocurrency market due to unclear regulations in the industry. According to a CryptoQuant research report, over half of the bitcoin (BTC) held by crypto firms for their clients has moved to offshore and international exchanges. BTC reserves on US-based crypto exchanges have fallen to 2017 levels,

Bitcoin experienced a significant drop yesterday, losing almost a thousand dollars before continuing to experience volatility throughout the day. Although alternative coins also experienced drops, they were much more modest than bitcoin’s. However, many alternative coins plummeted by double digits. The past 24 hours have seen some recovery, with many coins, including ADA, SOL, and

Mining is an essential component of many networks, particularly Bitcoin, as it involves verifying transactions and packing them into blocks to be sent to the blockchain. It is crucial to the concept of cryptocurrency, but it is also very technical. It requires complex hardware and software setups, sufficient electrical supply, and a dedicated storage space

Reginald Fowler, a 64-year-old entrepreneur from Arizona and former co-owner of the professional American football team Minnesota Vikings, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison. This comes after a joint investigation by the FBI’s Money Laundering Squad and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations. Fowler has also been ordered by the court to pay a forfeiture

According to a study conducted by the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), approximately 35% of Canadians who own digital assets have become victims of crypto fraud. The research analyzed data from a survey of 2,000 Canadian residents and found that fraudulent schemes related to cryptocurrencies are a significant issue in the country. The study also revealed

The cryptocurrency market has experienced a significant drop in the past 24 hours, and some altcoins have performed worse than others. Several of the worst-performing cryptocurrencies were named in the lawsuit that the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed against Coinbase. The SEC alleges that these altcoins are securities, including Cardano’s ADA, Solana’s SOL, NEAR,

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has pledged $100 million for Covid relief. This donation is in addition to the $90 million that was donated last year through the Crypto Relief project. The Donation Buterin, along with Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal, jointly decided that there were high-impact projects that needed follow-through grants. Therefore, they decided to

The altcoin market is currently experiencing a significant drop in value, with major cryptocurrencies such as Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Cardano (ADA) being heavily impacted. The heatmap below illustrates the current state of the market, with investors appearing to lack confidence during this time. While the reasons for this are not entirely clear, recent

In a recent interaction, Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has made it clear that digital assets are securities. He asserted that they should be registered with the agency before being offered to investors or meet the requirements to seek exemptions. He also added that exchanges that list cryptocurrencies

After more than a decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has finally charged the hackers who stole hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange giant, Mt. Gox. The primary culprits behind the heist have been identified as Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29). The DOJ stated in a press

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the largest bank in Australia, has announced new measures to battle scams in the country. As part of these measures, the bank will temporarily decline “certain” payments to cryptocurrency exchanges. The CBA will decline or hold crypto payments for 24 hours or more and place a A$10,000 ($6,650) limit on

According to Mike McGlone, Senior Macro Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, Ethereum (ETH) is currently trapped under the $2000 price point. Despite a stock rally, ETH has failed to sustain itself above that price, leading McGlone to believe that $2000 is a “resistance ceiling”. The NASDAQ 100 stock index tapped a 52-week high in Q2, but

In December 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Ripple with conducting an unregistered $1.3 billion security offering. The SEC alleged that Ripple’s cryptocurrency, XRP, is a security, which deprived potential purchasers of adequate disclosures about XRP and Ripple’s business and other important long-standing protections that are fundamental to the public market

Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, saw a 13% fall on Tuesday following a lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulatory agency accused Coinbase of violating securities laws. However, the SEC is not the only regulator charging Coinbase. The Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) has also targeted Coinbase for its failure to

On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. The SEC’s charges allege that Binance and its U.S. affiliate, Binance US, offered and sold securities without registering with the agency and acted as an unregistered exchange, broker-dealer, and clearing agency. The allegations

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed former commissioner William Hinman’s biography from its website. This comes just eight days before the SEC is required to provide unredacted copies of Hinman’s emails, which are seen as essential to the agency’s lawsuit against cryptocurrency giant Ripple. Hinman’s biography on the SEC’s site now only

John Forsyth, a Missouri emergency room doctor, crypto advocate, and co-founder of crypto project Onfo (ONFO), was recently found dead in northwest Arkansas after being reported missing for over a week. He was last heard from on May 21 through text messages with his fiancée. Authorities told the deceased’s brother Richard Forsyth that John’s corpse

Magic, a San Francisco-based wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider, has raised $52 million in a strategic funding round led by PayPal Ventures. The latest capital infusion brings the firm’s valuation to just under $500 million. Other participants of the fund round include Cherubic, Synchrony, KX, Northzone, and Volt Capital. Expanding Functionality and Integration The latest capital infusion