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WSJ: The largest crypto exchange Binance goes down

After the fall of FTX, it seemed that the world of cryptocurrency had almost entirely passed into the hands of Binance - however, after a year, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange also found itself in trouble. The Binance empire is "tremblin...

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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance exits Russia and transfers Russian audience to CommEx

Binance has reached an agreement to sell all of its Russian business to the exchange CommEX. The disconnection process will take up to a year, and all assets of existing Russian users are promised to be kept safe until transferred. We realize that ...

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North Korean hackers stole $200 million worth of cryptocurrencies - likely to fund nuclear programs

From January to August 2023, hackers linked to North Korea stole $200 million in cryptocurrencies - about 20% of the total amount of cryptocurrencies stolen this year, according to blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs. According to the study, the stole...

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Is the patient rather dead? NFT market has entered its "worst period" - trading volume down 80%

Non-fungible tokens (NFT), which are most often associated with digital works of art or other collectible items, have lost much of their value since the wild start. According to DappRadar data, monthly NFT trading volume dropped sharply by 81% from ...

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Take-Two (Zynga) released the first crypto game on Ethereum

Zynga, a subsidiary of the publisher Take-Two Interactive Software (owner of the Grand Theft Auto franchise), specializing in mobile games, is releasing its first web3 game, which players will be able to access using the cryptocurrency Ethereum (ERC-...

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Singapore is the first country in the world to regulate stablecoins

Stablecoins are a type of digital currency whose exchange rate is attempted to be stabilized by being pegged to fiat currencies or exchange-traded commodities such as gold or oil. Currently, the stablecoin market is estimated at around $125 billion....

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US regulator takes on cryptoinfluencer who 'invested' other people's money in sports cars, watches and rare diamonds

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is actively pursuing lawsuits - this time the complaint is directed at crypto influencer Richard Heart, who is accused of using around $12 million of investor funds to purchase luxury items. Today w...

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Coinbase CEO: SEC demanded "all cryptocurrency except bitcoins be removed from trading"

According to Coinbase director Brian Armstrong, prior to the lawsuit, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) demanded that the cryptocurrency exchange stop trading all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin. Earlier, the SEC identified 13 cryptocu...

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Cryptocurrency for a retina scan: the launch of the Worldcoin project was met with mad queues in the world

This week, the crypto project Worldcoin launched and, judging by the publications of its founder Sam Altman (also the creator of ChatGPT), it immediately gained immense popularity - people were essentially lining up in huge queues to get a World ID (...

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried wanted to buy the island nation of Nauru with investor funds and build a bunker there

The latest lawsuit from FTX Trading reveals new details of massive fraud and personal desires of Bankman-Fried. In particular, the complaint states that the former director of the company's subsidiary hedge fund Alameda Research (and Bankman-Fried's...

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Tesla did not sell any of its $300 million worth of bitcoins last quarter

The main digital coin on Tesla's accounts remains "untouchable" for the fourth consecutive quarter. At the beginning of 2021, Tesla bought bitcoins for $1.5 billion and in the second quarter of last year sold nearly $936 million (or about 75% of its...

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Bloggers' social media cryptomemes will be treated as 'financial advertising' - UK regulator

Now "finfluencers" and their cryptopublications (even unpaid and cryptomemes) will be under close scrutiny of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). On July 17, the British financial regulator issued new guidance on financial advertising in social n...

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Ripple wins court victory over SEC - XRP cryptocurrency soared in value and pulled other coins with it

The market capitalization of XRP increased by $21 billion in just three hours. The sudden growth was driven by a decision from the Southern District of New York court in the case of the SEC against XRP creator Ripple, which has been ongoing since 20...

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Bitcoin fell below $25,000 for the first time in three months - in anticipation of a Fed interest rate hike

The cost of Bitcoin dropped below $25,000 for the first time since March 17. On June 15, in just 30 minutes, Bitcoin plummeted by 4% - from $25,867 to $24,819. At the time of publication, the flagship cryptocurrency is holding just above $24,985. Ov...

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More than $780 mln was withdrawn from Binance overnight - right after a lawsuit from the U.S. regulator

The data analysis company Nansen reports that investors have withdrawn around $780 million from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange in the last 24 hours. At the same time, the affiliated exchange Binance in the USA has registered a net outflow of $1...

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