Veteran music streaming app Napster is making moves into the Web3 space, with the announcement of a planned $NAPSTER token launch on Algorand. The company has released a litepaper outlining its plans to build out its existing music streaming ecosystem on the layer-1 blockchain, though a launch date has yet to be announced. “Napster will unlock all the opportunities of…
The Lazarus Group, a well-known North Korean hacking syndicate, has been identified as the primary suspect in the recent attack that saw $100 million stolen from the Harmony protocol. According to a new report published today by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, the manner in which Harmony’s Horizon Bridge was hacked and the way stolen digital assets were consequently laundered bears…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reprimanded Three Arrows Capital (3AC), a battled hedge fund, for providing inaccurate information to the authorities. In a statement published Thursday, the MAS said that the firm violated capital requirements by having assets under management in excess of the permitted amount. When 3AC was registered as a fund management company in Singapore in…
Rosfinmonitoring is conducting hundreds of investigations into cases involving cryptocurrencies, the head of the agency announced. Hundreds of thousands of Russians take part in crypto deals abroad, the top regulator also reported to the Russian president. Russian Authorities Initiate 20 Criminal Cases Linked to Crypto Assets The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, also known as Rosfinmonitoring, is…
It’s another day, another upgrade for Ethereum as the world’s largest smart contracts platform has just rolled out a new major update. Called “Gray Glacier,” the upgrade occurred at block 15,050,000 on June 30 with the sole goal of introducing changes to the parameters of the network’s difficulty bomb, pushing it back by 700,000 blocks, or roughly 100 days. The…
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) fell on the final trading day of Q2/2022, trading in sync with riskier assets amid persistent fears of higher inflation and rising interest rates. And it could result in further declines heading into Q3. ETH price breakdown underway ETH’s price plunged nearly 5% this June 30 to $1,044 following a four-day losing streak. The ETH/USD…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a notice that crypto fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) provided the regulator with “false information.” 3AC reportedly opened an entity in the British Virgin Islands and, according to the MAS, “novated the management of its fund to an unrelated offshore entity.” In today’s reprimand, the regulator now indicates, however, that “this representation…
press release PRESS RELEASE. The cryptocurrency industry has certainly become oversaturated with hundreds of crypto projects being established everyday with many of them failing before ever reaching any significant milestone. The mass success of the industry has led to many believing they can achieve that very same amount of success despite not putting in as much work or providing as…
Crypto exchange Binance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), according to a June 30 announcement. Binance and SERC will work together to develop crypto regulations in the country. SERC is looking to leverage Binance’s technical expertise and experience in the field to develop its own legal framework for the digital asset…
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its bearish action overnight, with the leading cryptocurrency dropping to a new 52-week low of $18,993, according to data from CoinMarketCap. After staging a recovery, Bitcoin is currently changing hands for around $19,140 a piece, down 4.8% on the day. BTC has nearly lost half of its value over the past month amid serious inflation concerns and…
