press release PRESS RELEASE. The recent cryptocurrency market crash has shaken the trust of investors in several crypto projects. Investors are prompted to rethink and reevaluate the fundamental aim of digital currencies they have invested in. In fact, the crash has proved to be more severe for cryptocurrency enthusiasts who put their money in meme coins like Dogecoin (DOGE) and…
Month: August 2022
Fintech Giant Reportedly Applied in 2019 – Fintech Bitcoin News
The Nigerian fintech unicorn, Flutterwave, reportedly said it submitted an application for a payment service provider license to the Central Bank of Kenya back in 2019. The fintech also said it has remained in constant contact with the central bank and is hopeful it will get the license. CBK Allegations The Nigerian fintech giant Flutterwave has said it submitted an…
Bitcoin battles 2-month resistance amid ‘most hated’ stocks rally
Bitcoin (BTC) pierced the top of a stubborn trading range on Aug. 11 as a decidedly awkward rally took hold of risk assets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin retracement warnings intensify near $25,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting highs of $24,750 on Bitstamp, marking its best performance since June 13. The pair…
DeFi Token Powering Ethereum Staker Lido Finance Jumps 18%
The native token behind the popular Ethereum staking platform Lido Finance has rallied more than 18% over the past 24 hours. LDO, the 62nd-largest token with a market capitalization of nearly $860 million, is now changing hands at $2.75, according to data from CoinMarketCap. One of the primary reasons behind today’s bullish price action is likely the successful completion of…
NFTs and intellectual property, explained
Some of the biggest NFT collections out there right now — Bored Ape Yacht Club among them — have given full intellectual property rights to users. This is a significant (and you could argue a very generous) development. It effectively means that those who own Bored Ape NFTs have the potential to profit from them. We’ve seen Eminem and Snoop…
Did The US Government Just Declare War on Crypto?
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department added Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash, and a slew of addresses associated with the service, to its Specially Designated Nationals list—a classification typically reserved for terrorist organizations and enemy nations. In doing so, the Treasury effectively banned all Americans from using Tornado Cash, a tool that allows users to conceal the public trails of…
Mark Cuban faces class action lawsuit for promoting Voyager crypto products
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur who has been quite active in the crypto ecosystem for the past year, is facing a class-action lawsuit over his promotions of the bankrupt crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital. The Moskowitz Law Firm filed a civil suit in the United States District Court in Southern Florida against Cuban for promoting Voyager’s unregulated crypto products. The lawsuit…
OpenSea introduces new stolen item policy to combat NFT theft
As asset theft remains one of the biggest headaches in the nonfungible token (NFT) space, NFT marketplace OpenSea is making an effort to tailor its policy to incorporate additional measures against stolen items. In an announcement, the firm highlighted that its policies were made considering United States laws, were knowingly allowing the sale of stolen items is prohibited. However, the…
Ripple Labs Is ‘Interested’ in Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius and Its Assets, Company Spokesperson Says – Bitcoin News
According to a Ripple Labs spokesperson, the distributed ledger company is interested in learning about the bankrupt crypto lender Celsius and its assets. When Ripple’s spokesperson was asked if the blockchain firm was interested in acquiring Celsius, the company declined to say. The news follows Celsius customers begging the bankruptcy court to release funds over dire financial emergencies. Ripple Spokesperson…
Moroccan Capital Markets Regulator Launches Fintech Portal – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), the capital markets regulatory body in Morocco, announced recently that it has launched a fintech portal on its website. The new portal has been created in order to facilitate exchanges between the regulator and “companies involved in the innovative financial technology sector.” Portal to Help Promote Development of New Technologies Morocco’s capital markets regulator,…