The legal team behind BitMEX’s first employee Greg Dwyer has managed to buy him more time in his ongoing case with U.S. authorities. They argued that Dwyer had less time to prepare for the proceedings while he was fighting extradition from Bermuda. In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Dwyer, along with the crypto exchange’s co-founders Ben Delo,…
Donate bitcoin to fight ALS and win Hal Finney stickers.The Running Bitcoin Challenge runs from January 1-10.Run 13.1 miles and get a limited edition gaiter. Join the Running Bitcoin Challenge from January 1-10 in honor of cypherpunk and Bitcoin early adopter Hal Finney and help raise money to fight ALS. Finney was diagnosed with ALS on August 5, 2009, and…
According to data recorded on December 28, there’s approximately 434,265.43 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped bitcoin tokens worth more than $21.3 billion across several blockchains. Ten different bitcoin-pegged projects exist today and the project Wrapped Bitcoin dominates 59.66% of all the tokenized bitcoin in circulation. Close to a Half Million Tokenized Bitcoin Circulates on Several Blockchains, Wrapped Bitcoin Dominates by 59% Toward…
By now you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin. You may have heard that it’s made some people rich. You may also have heard that it’s a new form of digital money, and that it’s the future of commerce; or that it’s a criminal enterprise, and that it’s bad for the planet. The messaging is confused and confusing — which is partly…
As the crypto industry’s most bullish year ever comes to a close, it’s time to look back on the tokens that captured the zeitgeist of the past 12 months. These are the coins that sparked a new trend, created a sub-niche, or defied the odds by gaining traction. Sometimes their emergence resulted in massive price hikes, sometimes extreme volatility. Many…
press release PRESS RELEASE. NFTs have exploded in terms of popularity and usage in 2021, and for good reason. Artists and content creators alike have been able to profit immensely from NFTs, and many traders have also been able to benefit from buying, selling and trading these non-fungible tokens. However, one project in particular is looking to change the way…
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped nearly $4,000 on Dec. 28 as the market offered a sharp reminder that the bull run would need to wait. BTC analysts eyes $44,000 BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting lows of $48,335 on Bitstamp at Dec. 28’s Wall Street open. The pair had passed $52,000 the…
DeFi money market platform Aave today added a new market using real world assets (RWAs) rather than cryptocurrencies. Previously, Aave users could only borrow and lend cryptocurrencies, with rates adjusting based on market demand. The initiative is in partnership with Centrifuge, a crypto company that lets businesses tokenize aspects of their operations such as trade receivables and invoices. Once tokenized,…
beginner Changelly continues to expand the supply of cryptocurrencies available on the platform. Thus, UOS tokens can now be effortlessly exchanged at floating rates. UOS is an ERC-20 token delivered by Ultra. The UOS token serves a variety of purposes within the Ultra platform, both at the protocol (staking) and at the app (transactions) level. Ultra describes itself as a…
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) plans to obtain information from commercial banks pertaining to some money transfers between private individuals, including clients trading cryptocurrency. The measure is likely to affect online crypto exchangers which the regulator accuses of conducting illegal operations. Central Bank to Check Transactions Between Russians Exchanging Crypto As part of efforts to clamp down on certain…
