As China updates the smartphone app powering its CBDC trial, visitors to the People’s Republic of China may now preload their digital yuan wallets using Visa and Mastercard payment methods. The e-CNY app, currently under beta testing, may be downloaded from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store
News and speculation on hacks and scams crucially ignite like wildfire in the crypto realm. At present, Islamic Coin, a Shariah-compliant project that secured one of the largest fundings of $400 million in June, faces intense scrutiny and accusations. Islamic Coin (ISLM) is the native cryptocurrency of HAQQ, a layer-1
The leading altcoin, Aptos (APT), has experienced a bullish flip, surging by 11%, despite recent turmoil in the cryptocurrency market. This surge follows a major security breach on Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, which had dire consequences for thousands of investors. Early Sunday morning, Upbit made a shocking discovery:
Toncoin (TON), a noteworthy Layer-1 blockchain, had emerged as a beacon in the middle of a bear market. The community took notice of its recent price increase after it announced its partnership with Telegram. The official collaboration of the TON network by Telegram was front and center on September 13
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s September 2023 ETH transactions totaling over $3.9 million were discovered by blockchain analysts. The co-founder of Ethereum, has made a splashy move in the midst of a volatile situation in the crypto market by putting a large sum (approx. $630k) of Ethereum into Coinbase recently. Buterin’s
In the past few weeks, Ethereum (ETH), the second largest market capital-holding cryptocurrency, has encountered a challenging environment marked by bearish pressure, setbacks, and negative sentiments from industry luminaries. These factors have contributed to ETH’s decline; while it briefly reached $1666 in September, it could not sustain these gains for
In a surprising turn of events, Pepe, the memecoin, has sent shockwaves throughout the cryptocurrency market with an unexpected surge in the past 24 hours. The price catapulted from $0.000000616 to $0.0000007236, currently stabilizing at $0.0000006911. This astonishing rally represents a remarkable 13% increase in value within just one day.
In light of new allegations of extortion, former Ethereum adviser Steven Nerayoff has launched a new assault on Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. This comes after XRP attorney John Deaton made the shocking admission that he has seen some of the receipts Nerayoff has that demonstrate problems in the Ethereum ICO
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past week. Starting with a recovery phase from its five-month low of $1,538 on September 12th, it managed to climb to $1,666 by September 18th. However, a subsequent three-day drop saw its value fall to $1,576. Despite the
The plan to sell 116 million OP tokens to seven individual purchasers have been made public by Optimism as part of its treasury management strategy. Considering the current market price of OP tokens, the sale will generate approx. $159M. While it was speculated that Optimism will “dump” its tokens on
