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Crypto Market Plummets Post 0.50 Basis Points Interest Hike by Fed

The Federal Reserve authorized a lesser interest-rate boost than previous ones this year but indicated intentions to keep increasing rates next year to battle excessive inflation, sending the price of cryptocurrencies down along with U.S. markets. Inflation in the United States is at a 40-year high, therefore the Federal Reserve

December 15, 2022 2 mins read

Citi Downgrades Robinhood’s Stock From Buy to Neutral

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) stock was downgraded from “Buy” to “Neutral” by Citi because of uncertainty surrounding the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) upcoming market structure proposals. Along with Citi’s cautious equity market outlook, and the effect of the collapse of FTX, a cryptocurrency trading platform, on Robinhood Markets’

December 14, 2022 2 mins read

Mexico NFT Market Intelligence Report 2022: Market is Expected to Grow by 46.3% to Reach $1.12 Billion in 2022 – Music Festivals are Using NFTs as Part of their Marketing Strategies – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Mexico NFT Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook – 50+ KPIs on NFT Investments by Key Assets, Currency, Sales Channels – Q2 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. NFT industry in Mexico is expected to grow by 46.3% on an annual basis to reach US$1123.7

December 14, 2022 5 mins read

Australia Plans Major Revisions in Crypto Regulations by Early 2023

Australia’s government said on Wednesday, December 14 that it is doing the necessary to enhance crypto service provider regulation. The government plans to issue a discussion paper in early 2023. In order to determine which kind of digital assets they want to regulate. Moreover, the Australian government is contemplating major

December 14, 2022 1 min read

USDT Stablecoin Issuer Tether Pledges to Eliminate Loans by 2023

In light of the rising speculation that Tether’s increasing amount of secured loans may lead to the downfall of the stablecoin issuer, Tether issued an official statement later today. The cryptocurrency corporation has decided to reduce its credit exposure to zero by 2023. Tether’s statement reveals the company is strengthening

December 14, 2022 1 min read

Binance Withdrawals Surge after the FUD on its Proof of Reserve Report

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, flooded with withdrawals on Monday following several news stories about the controversy among the Department of Justice (DOJ) charges. In addition, Binance native token BNB has experienced significant declines in its market cap.  According to the CoinDesk report, Binance’s net outflows

December 13, 2022 1 min read

Sam Bankman Fried Imprisoned by Bahamas Police Force

Sam Bankman Fried, the CEO of the shuttered crypto exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas on December 12 after US prosecutors filed criminal charges. According to an announcement from the Bahamas Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Ryan Pinder, SBF was arrested by the Royal Bahamas police

December 13, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Exchange Bybit Provides Merkle Tree-based Proof of Reserves

Bybit, another major cryptocurrency exchange, has joined the chorus of its peers calling for more openness in the wake of the FTX disaster. Its Merkle Tree-based proof-of-reserve technology was disclosed to the public on December 12. Through this new endeavor, Bybit’s users will be able to independently check the exchange’s

December 12, 2022 2 mins read

DeFi Protocol Lodestar Finance Exploited in Flash Loan Attack

On December 10th, a flash loan attack was conducted using the Arbitrum-based Lodestar Finance lending protocol. An attacker, as reported by Lodestar, artificially inflated the value of the plvGLP token used on the PlutusDAO platform. And then used that token to drain the platform dry of all available liquidity. Lodestar

December 12, 2022 1 min read