Securities regulators from Montana, Texas, and Alabama have jointly filed enforcement actions against cryptocurrency trading platform YieldTrust.ai alleging it is “perpetrating a Ponzi scheme.” According to April 4 statements from the Montanian, Texan and Alabamian regulators, YieldTrust.ai and its Romanian owner, Stefan Ciopraga, claimed the decentralized application (dApp) called “YieldBot” is “powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence” and is “capable of…
Month: April 2023
Marathon Digital posts quarterly record of 2,195 Bitcoin mined in Q1
Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Marathon Digital reported a quarterly record of 2,195 BTC mined over the first quarter of 2023, currently worth around $62 million. Marathon explained in an April 3 update that the 2,195 mined BTC is a 74% increase from the first quarter of last year and a 41% increase from Q4 2022. It comes on the back…
Fed liquidity injections drive down US Treasury yields, but not Bitcoin price
Regulatory uncertainty and the recent enforcement actions taken against major crypto exchanges reduces the odds of Bitcoin breaking above $30,000 in the short-t… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/fed-liquidity-injections-drive-down-us-treasury-yields-but-not-bitcoin-price
Seoul Takes Control Over $160 Million in Assets of Former Terraform Employees, Founder – Bitcoin News
Authorities in South Korea have reportedly seized assets worth billions of won belonging to former representatives of Terraform Labs. The measure should prevent suspects in the case with the failed blockchain firm from selling property that may have been obtained with criminal proceeds. South Korean Law Enforcement Moves to Seize Terraform-Linked Real Estate, Report Prosecutors in South Korea have so…
Unbeatable Welcome Offer for New Players on BitSpinCasino – Promoted Bitcoin News
Step into the Cosmic World of Gaming with BitspinCasino’s Welcome Offer of up to 3 BTC. A Cosmic Entrance: New Players Get up to Free BitspinCasino, the new online casino that promises to take players on a journey through the cosmos, has made a grand entrance into the online gaming world. The casino is offering an unbeatable welcome offer of…
Free POAP? Not for Commercial Users of the Ethereum Attendance NFTs
Leading NFT attendance badge service POAP announced Tuesday that it will soon begin charging commercial clients for access to its services, ending the company’s years-long policy of offering all users unlimited POAP minting for free. “Our goal for the long run is to bring POAPs to humanity more broadly, and getting there will require long-term sustainability to be more of…
‘Criminal’ Trump NFTs Rise as Former President Faces 34 Felony Charges
An NFT collection centered on former U.S. President Donald Trump is gaining traction amid his historic indictment on 34 felony counts. But it’s not the one he’s endorsed, rather an unauthorized riff that swaps heroic undertones for iron bars and prison jumpsuits. The Ethereum NFT collection, called Trump Criminal Digital Cards, appears to be an unlicensed knockoff of Trump Digital…
NFT Sales Near $2 Billion in March as Blur Dominates Market
The NFT market surged in February, topping $2 billion in total trading volume per data from DappRadar—a 117% increase from the previous month. And that momentum remained nearly intact into March, with data showing only a slight dip to under $2 billion. Market-wide data from DappRadar, supplemented with additional on-chain data from Dune, points to just over $1.95 billion worth…
Trading for Arbitrum (ARB) starts March 23 – deposit now!
We’re excited to announce that Kraken now supports Arbitrum (ARB)! Funding and trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on March 23 at approximately 13:00 UTC. Add ARB to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting Arbitrum (ARB) and hitting Deposit. Already have ARB and a Kraken account? Click below to get started ⤵️ Ticker ARB Tradable against…
Latin America’s Biggest Investment Bank Just Launched a Stablecoin on Polygon
Latin America’s biggest investment bank, Brazil-based BTG Pactual, today announced the launch of its own stablecoin. Rio de Janeiro-based BTG Pactual said in a Tuesday statement that its BTG Dol token, available for clients now, is priced in U.S. dollars. BTG Pactual confirmed to Decrypt that the asset will run on the Polygon—the blockchain behind the 10th largest cryptocurrency by…