The growing number of crypto-related fraud and manipulation cases requires more resources from regulators, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Rostin Behnam, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Headlines about the loss of tens of millions of dollars in digital assets due to protocol exploits, phishing attacks, preying on vulnerable people, and other fraudulent and manipulative schemes have…
Terraform Labs and co-founder Do Kwon continue to attract more legal trouble in the wake of the collapse of the Terra ecosystem. After early reports of a possible congressional hearing and an investigation from ‘Grim Reapers’ financial crimes unit, the crypto firm has now come under the radar of the national tax agency. According to a report published in Naver news, South…
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed $1,000 lower on May 19 after a grim trading session on Wall Street the day before put pay to further upside. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Musk blasts ESG “scam” after S&P 500 exit Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $29,000 at the time of writing, having bounced at $28,600 on Bitstamp.…
Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is slowing hiring, citing the current down cycle in the market as a reason to rethink its staffing strategy. The company’s management believes the move will allow the trading platform to match its hiring needs with its business goals. Coinbase to Reassess Headcount Needs, Focus on Integrating Recent Hires Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced a…
In a positive twist for the nonfungible token (NFT) mania, Canadian singer Kiesza backs an NFT drop called MetaMoves in partnership with NFT marketplace Portion aiming to provide funds for patients who need prosthetics. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Kiesza said that being someone who experienced an accident, the singer empathizes with those who face the challenges of losing a…
Prices throughout the nonfungible token (NFT) market have suffered amid the broader market downturn, with the floor price of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection dropping more than 50% since the beginning of this month. BAYC’s floor price dipped to $198,000 on Wednesday, signaling a 52% drawdown in dollar-denominated valuation from May 1, where the cheapest available Bored Ape…
Bitcoin Argentina, an NGO dedicated to the promotion and expansion of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in the country, is going to take Bitcoin education to high schools. The project, called “Schools and Bitcoin,” will help educate high school students about the relevance of Bitcoin and the differences between this alternative system of money and the traditional fiat finance structure. Bitcoin Argentina…
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has created a “crypto native think tank” in an attempt to help shape the global conversation around policies for digital assets. The newly formed Coinbase Institute will also publish research on crypto and Web3. Coinbase tapped its Director of Policy Hermine Wong to head the institute. She previously served in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis…
The US Department of Commerce is calling for submissions on how it can establish a framework that will bolster American economic competitiveness in digital assets including crypto and stablecoins. The Department of Commerce (DoC) intends on publishing a series of 17 questions in a request for comment through the International Trade Administration. The request will be published in the Federal…
The Ethereum ecosystem is set for a “huge testing milestone” with the Ropsten testnet Merge set to be conducted on June 8. According to the Merge testnets page on Github, Ethereum DevOps engineer Parathi Jayanathi submitted a pull request for the Ropsten testnet Merge configuration code on Monday, suggesting the implementation is ready to go. Ropsten is one of several…
