Coinbase has reportedly replaced the head of its custodial company while the U.S SEC decides whether to approve a spot Bitcoin ETF. Bloomberg reports that Aaron Schnarch, CEO of Coinbase Custody, has stepped down from his position. Rick Schonberg, who has been a senior fintech executive at Coinbase since 2021
December 31, 2023 2 mins read
As a move toward becoming a center for virtual assets, Hong Kong has suggested strict restrictions for stablecoins. But the new change might make things tough for widely used stablecoins. Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC), according to experts, might be in jeopardy since the regulation is more stringent than
December 30, 2023 1 min read
Mathew McDermott, head of digital assets at Goldman Sachs, has highlighted the possible effects on the crypto market of approving spot Bitcoin and ether ETFs. According to McDermott, this change has the potential to greatly increase institutional support for digital currencies. He claims that the market’s liquidity will be improved
December 30, 2023 2 mins read
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore has issued a public warning against a new kind of cyber fraud that employs deepfake technology. Recent Facebook posts of his have drawn attention to the proliferation of videos purporting to show him encouraging crypto frauds, which he claims are the product of
December 29, 2023 2 mins read
Over the last 30 days, zkSync—Ethereum’s Layer 2 scalability solution—processed 34.7 million transactions, surpassing the Ethereum mainnet in terms of volume. L2Beat statistics shows that over the same time period, 34.2 million transactions were registered on Ethereum’s mainnet. Arbitrum followed with 31.4 million transactions in the last 30 days. On
December 28, 2023 1 min read
An attack was found in the Levana perpetual swap protocol on the Osmosis blockchain. Someone without authorization took over $1.1 million from Levana’s liquidity pools over the course of 13 days. The protocol lost 10% of its liquidity due to this occurrence, which was a major loss. Many factors contributed
December 28, 2023 1 min read
A significant platform vulnerability was discovered at Telcoin, a developer of mobile-focused financial applications. Peckshield, a blockchain security business, and the Telcoin Discord community forum both acknowledged that the attack caused users to have over $1.2 million stolen from their accounts. As a result of a glitch with the company’s
December 27, 2023 1 min read
Another 1 billion USDT has been “authorized but not issued,” as stated by CEO Paolo Ardoino of Tether, the firm behind the stablecoin. Whale Alert, informed on December 25 via twitter that Tether Treasury has minted one billion USDT ($1 billion). The CEO of Tether, Ardoino, then issued a public
December 26, 2023 2 mins read
According to OKX CEO Jay Hao, several people have been asking him to list new BRC-20 tokens. As a result, he has brought attention to certain requirements that must be satisfied prior to the listing being made. The CEO of OKX has said that he is grateful to his friends
December 25, 2023 2 mins read
Investors and the Nigerian economy stand to benefit from the new stablecoin, the cNGN, which is being developed and managed by a consortium of Nigerian institutions. Anonymous insiders within the project have confirmed that the cNGN token is linked to and supported by the Nigerian naira, the official currency of
December 23, 2023 2 mins read
