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Poloniex Settles Sanctions Violations for $7.59M to U.S Treasury

Poloniex, a cryptocurrency exchange located in Boston, has agreed to pay a staggering $7.59 million. This is to resolve sanction breach accusations with the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department. A press release from OFAC claims that the exchange violated more than 66,000 different penalties.

May 2, 2023 1 min read

Coinbase Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Insider Info and Biometric Collection

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) officials, including Chairman and CEO Brian Armstrong, have been named in a new lawsuit. It is alleged that they used insider knowledge to profit by $1 billion. During the stock’s public debut two years ago. On Monday, May 1st, the investor filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery

May 2, 2023 2 mins read

Ripple Releases 1 Billion XRP Worth Around $470M in Circulation

In the action brought forward by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple Labs and XRP holders are anxiously awaiting a Summary Judgment. Ripple, however, has released additional XRP into circulation as the day of reckoning draws near. Data shows that in two distinct transactions, Ripple released one billion

May 1, 2023 1 min read

Bitcoin Mining Firm Bitfarm Regains Nasdaq Listing Requirements

Bitfarms, a Bitcoin mining business located in Canada, said on Monday that it has once again met the standards to be listed on the Nasdaq. Bitfarms, a Bitcoin mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, will see a boost to its share price as a result.

May 1, 2023 1 min read

OKX Integrates zk-STARK Technology in Its Proof of Reserves

The Proof of Reserves (PoR) system at OKX, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 technology business, has taken a major step forward. Users will now be able to independently validate that their assets are backed by OKX reserves. Thanks to the exchange’s incorporation of

April 30, 2023 2 mins read

Terra Classic Team Reveals Revised Q2 Strategy and Goals

On Saturday, the Joint L1 Task Force, a group of Terra Classic (LUNC) developers, shared their Q2 plan, including the timeline for upcoming network enhancements, governance suggestions, and more. The development team is aiming to implement the Cosmwasm v1.1.0 update (parity) in May. It will let projects and builders on

April 29, 2023 2 mins read

FBI Raids House of Former Co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamas Subsidiary

Ryan Salame, the ex-CEO of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, allegedly had his house inspected by the FBI. The massive downfall of the once-prominent crypto behemoth has been followed by many months before the raid. Authorities, prosecutors, and disgruntled investors all say the exchange cheated its clients out of money, and they

April 28, 2023 2 mins read

Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Difficulty Climbs Amid New Hash Rate ATH

With the latest protocol tweak, mining has become more difficult, and the Bitcoin (BTC) network is exhibiting encouraging indications of strength. Glassnode, a cryptocurrency on-chain monitoring tool, reports that the most recent difficulty adjustment has set a new All-Time High (ATH) of 209 zettahashes (10^21) for the projected number of

April 28, 2023 2 mins read

Conventional Banks in Taiwan Can Soon Offer Crypto Trading Services

A month ago, Huang Tien-mu, chairman of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission, made it official that the commission would be responsible for crypto regulation in the region. There are two financial watchdogs in Taiwan. The Central Bank of the Republic of China and the FSC. Foreign exchange laws and monetary policy

April 28, 2023 1 min read

Is Cronos (CRO) Entering a Bullish Zone?

Cronos (CRO), the native cryptocurrency of the leading crypto exchange, Crypto.com, continued to surge. The CRO price climbed more than 13% from yesterday’s low of $0.06993 to $0.08065. At the time of writing, Cronos traded at $0.07921, which soared over 9% in the last 24 hours.  The leading altcoin saw

April 28, 2023 1 min read