Crypto exchange Binance has announced the hiring of Amjad Qaqish, a former member of the U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Criminal Investigation unit, as the Director of Global Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Reporting. Mr. Qaqish has over 30 years of service with the IRS, of which over 23 were spent as a Special Agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation agency,…
Bitcoin futures open interest continues to remain high after the launch of the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22. While Binance commands $5.81 billion and leads the pack, CME Group holds the second-largest position in terms of bitcoin futures open interest (OI) with $4.1 billion or 16.84% of the aggregate OI. Top Ten Derivatives Platforms Command More Than…
New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are the leading centers for crypto jobs in the U.S., according to a study conducted by LinkedIn for Bloomberg. The study found that the crypto industry has yet to adopt a single hub, with the three cities taking the lion’s share of crypto job hires in 2021, followed by Miami and Chicago. The…
Joel Dietz, founder of Metamask and founding team member of Ethereum, is a romantic at heart. He creates art as Cryptoapollo that reflects the intersection between traditional art and technology. I have a very classical romantic temperament, which can be hard to bring into the modern world since romantically inclined people can be suppressed in the modern economy, but I…
In brief Solana Ventures, FTX, and Lightspeed Venture Partners will co-invest $100 million into crypto gaming projects. The partners first investment is in startup Faraway, which is developing web browser-based games that run on Solana. Blockchain gaming is gaining momentum, between Axie Infinitys surge, interest from major publishers like Ubisoft and Electronics Arts, and increasing hype around The Sandbox and…
sponsored For many people the luxury market is out of reach. However, with LuxFi, that is no longer the case. The platform combines blockchain technology, NFTs, and a luxury goods market open to anyone, anywhere. LuxFi will mark a significant shift in the way luxury goods are traded, and how people acquire them. LuxFi is at the center of this…
Some of blockchains biggest venture firms have spearheaded a new investment fund dedicated to Web 3 gaming, also known as GameFi, potentially opening the door to a highly lucrative industry that sees cryptocurrency and blockchain merging with the traditional gaming sector. On Friday, Solana Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and derivatives exchange FTX announced the launch of a $100 million GameFi…
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound on Nov. 5 as fresh analysis argued that breaking $64,000 would produce a new all-time high. BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView So near yet so far for BTC price all-time high Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD drawing little attention as it tracked sideways around $61,000. After multiple days of such…
Public blockchain platform Nervos Network has announced the mainnet beta launch of Godwoken. The layer-two blockchain protocol integrates Ethereum Virtual Machine capabilities and optimistic rollup mechanics to provide instant transaction finality and low fees within an Ethereum-like environment. Built upon the existing Nervos layer-one network, the multichain solution seeks to capitalize on Ethereums well-documenteddrawbacks most notably, network congestion, high gas…
Disclaimer: This article initially reported that Kroger would accept Bitcoin Cash. It has since been amendedfollowing new information. American grocery store chain Kroger has denied claims that it is accepting cryptocurrency payments. The major retailer said that a press release stating it would accept Bitcoin Cash (BCH) at all of its stores, as well as for online purchases, was a…
