The National Assembly of Namibia has passed a law offering regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Thus, becoming the latest country in Africa to do so. A measure to govern virtual assets, cryptocurrencies, and VASPs in Namibia was enacted by the lower house of parliament on June 22. The purpose
July 7, 2023 1 min read
It seems that a Twitter account belonging to the Aptos Foundation has been hacked, with the perpetrators sending followers to a false website advertising the opportunity to take part in a phoney airdrop. The hacker tweeted that everyone who joined the airdrop will be able to claim free APT on
July 7, 2023 2 mins read
The U.S. SEC will meet with BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, and other spot Bitcoin ETF registrants next week. After resubmitting their applications to the U.S. SEC, all spot ETF hopefuls have now included information on their surveillance-sharing partners and other prerequisites. Bloomberg’s ETF experts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart tweeted on
July 6, 2023 2 mins read
Coin Metrics reports that this quarter, because of the rise in the value of BRC-20 tokens and Ordinals, Bitcoin miners have reaped an unexpected profit of several million dollars in transaction fees. Crypto analytics company claimed a previously “tepid fee market” for Bitcoin miners has been unexpectedly disrupted with its
July 6, 2023 2 mins read
Despite what may seem to be excessive price swings, Cardano’s (ADA) DeFi TVL has been trending upwards. According to DeFi aggregator DeFiLlama, the total number of ADA tokens locked on all of the DApps it monitors has hit a new all-time high of 557.62 million ADA. This figure has increased
July 5, 2023 2 mins read
Only days after Twitter’s “rate limit” occurrence, which temporarily curtailed how many tweets users may view each day, Meta intends to debut its new Twitter competitor, Threads, on July 6. A Meta-launched countdown site suggests that the launching of the platform, which is deeply integrated with the Instagram picture and
July 5, 2023 2 mins read
Credit Suisse has taken a giant leap in its support of women’s football in Switzerland by releasing an NFT art collection in collaboration with the Swiss Football Association (SFA). This partnership has two main goals. The first is to increase awareness of the sport. And second is to help the
July 4, 2023 2 mins read
After receiving feedback from authorities that their proposed exchange-traded fund for Bitcoin spot markets was inadequate, BlackRock has resubmitted a revised proposal. BlackRock has addressed one of the primary concerns the SEC has voiced when rejecting applications for Bitcoin spot ETFs in the past, saying it will be finalizing a
July 4, 2023 1 min read
The CEO of Gemini, Cameron Winklevoss, has called the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) a “toxic product” in a series of tweets. After the SEC rejected Gemini’s registration for a spot Bitcoin ETF a decade ago, Cameron recently vented his frustrations over the experience on Twitter. The CEO said that American
July 3, 2023 2 mins read
In light of recent regulatory changes in the U.S., crypto-friendly neobank Revolut will soon be delisting a number of digital assets from its platform. The Revolut team informed that the company plans to permanently remove tokens such as Cardano, Polygon, and Solana from its platform in the month of September.
July 1, 2023 1 min read
