The National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) Crypto Cell is a new unit of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) tasked with proactively investigating cryptocurrency-related crime. The NCA has announced that the inaugural squad would consist of five officers working out of the NCCU. While the NCA’s interest in combating crypto
Amid growing economic uncertainty, Amazon froze new hires at the start of Q4 2022. Following that, rumors spread that the tech behemoth planned to lay off more than 10,000 workers. Employees in the devices division, human resources, and retail were disproportionately affected. A recent article in The WSJ cited unnamed
After the commodities agency hands over cryptocurrency assets to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2023, Indonesia plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. Bappebti, the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, monitors the cryptocurrency and commodity contract exchanges in Indonesia. Didid Noordiatmoko, the interim chairman of Bappebti, has said that the
The Iranian government’s OCSSOP is giving back some of the mining hardware it confiscated during raids on underground cryptocurrency operations. According to the Financial Tribune, the Iranian courts issued the ruling. The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance cited the organization’s chairman, Abdolmajid Eshtehadi as saying: “Currently, some 150,000
Ethereum’s total transactions have more than quadrupled that of Bitcoin. However, BTC remained the most popular crypto in 2022. And, despite the fact that ETH has received more transactions, Bitcoin has remained in the same position. BTC remains the undisputed monarch. According to data from Nasdaq and Ycharts posted on
The governor of Morocco’s central bank, also known as Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), Abdellatif Jouahiri, has said that the country’s proposed bill on cryptocurrency is complete and would soon be given to interested parties. Jouahiri, purportedly speaking at a news conference. Stressed that the proposed law’s goal is to safeguard investors
Crypto miners were at risk due to the lengthy downturn market that was compounded by a slew of major disasters. Defaulted loans, quarterly losses, and record-breaking increases in Bitcoin hashrate were just a few of the problems miners were experiencing. There was selling pressure as a result of all these
Valkyrie Investments, the largest fund in the cryptocurrency industry, stated on December 28 that it had proposed to become the “sponsor and manager” of Grayscale’s Bitcoin (GBTC). Grayscale BTC is one of the biggest Bitcoin investment funds, which is now valued at 643,572 BTC ($10.6 billion). However, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust
In an interview broadcast on CBS on Sunday, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discussed the IMF’s outlook for the economies of the United States, the European Union, China, and the globe. She stated: “This is what we see in 2023. For most of the world
Luke Dashjr, a Bitcoin developer and one of the core developers, claimed his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key was hacked. This resulted in the theft of nearly almost 200+bitcoins on Dec 31. On January 1, he tweeted that the developer had stated that the hackers had gained access to his
