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Total Crypto Market Capitalization and a Brief History

The market capitalization of cryptocurrency is on the verge of falling below $1 trillion. The peak of the global market cap was witnessed on April 2022, with a $2.67 trillion measure. Further, post the downfall of the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and its sister coin LUNA on May 2022, the market

March 6, 2023 2 mins read

Investment Firm Multicoin Capital Reportedly Suffered 91.4% Loss in 2022

A copy of Multicoin Capital’s yearly investor letter revealed a 91.4% loss for the hedge fund in 2022. The fall was blamed in the letter on the tumultuous year for cryptocurrencies and the direct and indirect effects of the FTX crypto exchange’s closure. The letter stated: “While the fund successfully

March 5, 2023 2 mins read

Struggling Silvergate Announces Closing of Crypto Payment Network

On March 3, Silvergate, a cryptocurrency bank, stated that it will be closing down its digital asset payment network. Citing a “risk-based decision” as the reason for the move. This action was taken after the bank’s shares dropped by 59% in the previous five days on worries that it would

March 5, 2023 1 min read

Lawsuit Against MicroStrategy Over Tax Evasion Dismissed by Court

A legal lawsuit against MicroStrategy, an American business intelligence company, was rejected by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The lawsuit claimed that MicroStrategy assisted its co-founder, Michael Saylor, in avoiding paying income taxes. A new filing claims that in October, Saylor and MicroStrategy asked the court to

March 4, 2023 2 mins read

Is it Another Wave of Crypto Crash?

Another crypto industry giant Silvergate Capital is in danger of collapsing less than four months after Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research filed for bankruptcy. The global cryptocurrency market cap plummeted from $1.13 trillion to $1.02 trillion in just three days. The warning spread throughout

March 4, 2023 2 mins read

Crypto Firms Severe Ties With Struggling Crypto Bank Silvergate Capital

On Thursday, several cryptocurrency firms issued statements crafted to distance themselves from the crypto-friendly bank Silvergate Capital, whose shares have experienced a dramatic drop following the announcement that the firm would delay the publishing of its annual report and could report additional losses. Recently it was revealed that Coinbase, the

March 3, 2023 1 min read

UK Banks Including HSBC Impose Restrictions on Crypto Dealings

This week, two major UK banks—Nationwide Building Society and HSBC Holdings Plc—tightened restrictions on retail clients’ access to cryptocurrency assets in the wake of recent scandals and regulatory cautions in the sector. The building society advised its clients on Wednesday. That the daily limit for using a debit card to

March 2, 2023 2 mins read

Is Payment Giant Visa Still Open To Crypto Partnerships?  

The world’s leading payment giant, Visa, stepped up to deny the news of temporarily halting their crypto services on Twitter. The seeming news involved the payment giants – Visa and Mastercard – and caused high speculations in the financial sector. Clearing those all, Visa’s Head of Crypto, Cuy Sheffield, declared

March 2, 2023 2 mins read

Top Cryptocurrencies February Price Track

The start of 2023 and February’s excitement over the cryptocurrency market turned to struggle at the end of Feb. After a prolonged 2022 bearish, the market signals recovery from Jan 1st, but the recent Federal regulator’s scrutiny over the crypto industry led top digital assets to face unstable price momentum. 

March 1, 2023 3 mins read

Visa & Mastercard to Halt New Crypto-Related Services

In the wake of the crypto industry meltdown, the two largest credit card giants, Visa and Mastercard, plan to pause new partnerships with cryptocurrency firms. This action from the multinational payments service company comes after the crypto exchange FTX and cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy, which sent shockwaves to

March 1, 2023 1 min read
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