On Monday, the Securities Commission of Malaysia (SC) said that it has filed charges against Huobi Global Limited and its CEO, Leon Li, for illegally running a DAX. The crypto exchange was urged by the Commission to remove access to its website and mobile app in the nation. The Malaysian
U.S. prosecutors have filed charges against a Russian national who they say was involved in several ransomware scams. That together brought in about $200 million, most of it in cryptocurrency. Hospitals, schools, and even police stations were hit by ransomware attacks. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev was a member of the Lockbit,
On the “Nakamoto Stage” at Bitcoin 2023, the Democrat candidate for President of the United States made some bold promises. When asked about his personal experience with Bitcoin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to defend Americans’ rights to acquire and use the cryptocurrency if he were elected president. The presidential
Vivek Ramaswamy is the second US presidential contender in 2024 to announce that he would take Bitcoin contributions. Saying, “Give $1,” Ramaswamy said that he would take Bitcoin contributions. This news broke just two days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made history by becoming the first U.S. presidential contender to
Local media in Brazil reported on May 19 that Binance’s Brazilian payment processor, Latam Gateway, has been awarded a license by the country’s central bank to function as a payment institution and electronic money issuer. In a recent statement, Binance said that Brazil is one of its most promising international
RenQ Finance is gearing up for its highly anticipated launch on May 22nd, marking a significant milestone for the project and the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Exciting News🤩 Get ready for the launch of #RENQFinance on Uniswap!🥳 Save the date🗓: May 22nd at 5 pm UTC🕔 But that's not all!
The new “Phygital” Toy Collection & Experience for the popular NFT collection Pudgy Penguins on the online retail behemoth Amazon has resulted in skyrocketing curiosity and sales. Over 20,000 Pudgy Penguins were sold in the first two days, resulting in sales of over $500,000, as reported by Luca Netz, CEO
President Joe Biden said at the G7 summit that he had discussed the need for a bipartisan accord with all four congressional leaders before leaving for the trip. Biden has said that the Republican plan is not acceptable. Biden specifically mentioned cryptocurrency while stating that he would not support a
The most notorious privacy-focused blockchain now supports non-fungible tokens (NFTs), although this has not been welcomed by everybody. As with Bitcoin Ordinals, anybody may use Mordinals (or Monero Ordinals) to inscribe data alongside transactions on the Monero blockchain. The Monero community has raised a number of concerns. Including a loss
The decentralized cryptocurrency blender Tornado Cash already had difficulties before an attacker took complete control of the governance by submitting a fraudulent proposal. An attacker gained 1.2 million votes for a fraudulent proposal at 3:25 PM ET on May 20. Because the proposition obtained over 700,000 valid votes, the attacker
