The XRP price has been on a consistent downtrend since the US SEC announced its intention to file for an interlocutory appeal in its case against Ripple. In the two months that have followed Judge Analisa Torres’s ruling, the altcoin has shared all of its gains achieved from the victory. And now, as the XRP
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Global payment giant PayPal continues expanding its digital asset services, integrating new methods to sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). PayPal on Sept. 11 officially introduced new on and off ramps for Web3 payments, allowing users in the United States to convert their crypto to USD directly from their wallets into their PayPal balance. According to
Alex Mashinsky, founder and former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, filed a new motion in court seeking the dismissal of the United States Federal Trade Commission case against him “in its entirety.” The legal counsel for the former Celsius boss argued that the allegations against their client do not support the claim that he knowingly made
The ecosystem of layer-2 blockchain solutions powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs welcomes a new player as Manta Network takes its ZK-as-a-service platform live. Manta Pacific is a modular L2 aimed at powering Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-native decentralized applications (DApps) using ZK-proof technology. The platform offers a software development kit and ZK library that are touted
Gracy Chen, managing director of global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, advised her followers and friends not to scan their eyeballs in exchange for a few Worldcoin tokens.“There’s a huge privacy concern,” she tells Magazine, adding that she isn’t optimistic about its price prospects given the anticipated influx of WLD tokens in the near future. “There will
Executives from prominent mining and manufacturing firms believe market forces resulting from the fourth Bitcoin halving scheduled in 2024 could force the price of Bitcoin (BTC) past $100,000. Magazine editor Andrew Fenton spoke to Canaan vice president Davis Hui following a panel discussion at Canaan’s Avalon Bitcoin and Crypto Day (ABCD) in Singapore. Hui and
Milady Maker, a nonfungible token (NFT) project on the Ethereum blockchain, has fallen victim to a major exploit involving the platform’s fees and social media accounts. Charlotte Fang, co-founder of the Milady Maker NFT collection, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 11 to announce that a developer in the Milady ecosystem has managed to
Bitcoin’s spirit animal is the honey badger. Bitcoin evangelist turned Bitcoin Cash promoter Roger Ver first popularized the meme in 2013 when he paid $1,500 a month for a billboard in California to display “Bitcoin is the Honey Badger of Money.” Since then, the honey badger has been an elusive beast, occasionally appearing in memes
Binance.US has responded to the motion to compel and reply by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling most of the SEC’s requests “unreasonable” and “unduly burdensome.” Attorneys of BAM Trading Services, which operates Binance.US cryptocurrency exchange, on Sept. 12 filed sealed documents for opposition to the U.S. SEC seeking additional details from
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded off three-month lows on Sept. 12 as traders voiced suspicion over BTC price behavior. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin shorts feel heat as BTC price adds $1,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a snap return to levels seen after the weekly close on BTC/USD. Bitcoin had seen immediate
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero recommended regulators modernize its protection measures using technological advances as she warned that failure to do so would have a negative impact on American investors. Romero, speaking at the North American Securities Administrators Association’s annual meeting in San Diego, California, said that the government’s inability to keep pace with technology
The hackers behind cryptocurrency casino Stake’s $41 million hack have shifted another $328,000 million worth of Polygon (MATIC) and Binance Coin (BNB) tokens — its latest moves following the Sept. 4 exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK. The most recent transfer involved 300 BNB tokens worth about $61,500 to an externally owned address “0x695…” which
A debate has reignited among Bitcoiners over a six-year-old Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) to add “sidechains” on top of the network, with some warning it could increase scams on the Bitcoin network and others saying it will bring new users of the cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, one developer claims to have found a way to achieve the
Seemingly unfazed by a recent slew of court setbacks, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler remains headstrong that his agency should be the one to reign over crypto — with plans to tell lawmakers the same on Sept. 12. In the last two months, the securities regulator lost out to both Grayscale
Last week, two United States senators unveiled a bipartisan blueprint for artificial intelligence (AI) legislation. The framework put forward by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley advocates for mandatory licensing for AI firms and makes it clear that technology liability protections will not shield these companies from legal action. The framework proposes creating a licensing
While information today can be easily transferred over the internet via email or text, global payments on the other hand, have remained in a “fax era,” according to the former president of PayPal. In a Sept. 11 interview with CNBC, the former PayPal executive and co-founder of Bitcoin Lightning-focused payment service Lightspark said he believes Bitcoin’s Lightning
A group of crypto and blockchain firms joined together to create a Texas crypto advocacy group, according to a Sept. 11 announcement. The group is called “Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas,” and is founded by a16z crypto, Coinbase, Ledger, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, and Paradigm. The group is promoting “the development of coherent and
Blockchain could be used to authenticate the real from what is generated by artificial intelligence (AI), Congressman Tom Emmer suggested Sept. 11 at the Permissionless II conference. That would combine nicely with other progress being seen in United States cryptocurrency policy, he said. Speaking on a panel, Emmer began on a cautious note, saying the
Cryptocurrency asset outflows for the week of Sept. 3 through 9 totaled $59.3 million, bringing the current run to $249 million over four consecutive weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) experienced the bulk of activity last week, with its $68.9 million in outflows offset by Short Bitcoin inflows in the amount of $15.2 million and $0.7 million from
Bitcoin stands at the edge of a bearish breakdown, with a small possibility that the $25,000 support level could hold. On Sept. 11, Bitcoin (BTC) broke from its parallel range between $25,500 and $26,500, falling to an intraday low at $24,950. A daily close below $24,750 threatens a drop to the sub-$20,000 range, but there’s