On Tuesday, one day after the U.S. Treasury sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash for its alleged role in cryptocurrency money laundering operations, intervals of 0.1 Ether (ETH) transactions began materializing from the smart contract to prominent figures such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and American television host Jimmy Fallon. It is not possible to trace the source of
FTX has announced that FTX Pay’s infrastructure has integrated with the social media and news aggregation forum Reddit’s Community Points system. The integration has been rolled out in the U.S., EU, Australia, and other countries worldwide. FTX Pay will also join Infura, P2P, Google Cloud, and other companies and projects in order to create a
Data shows around 300k in ETHUSD long positions have been closed on the Bitfinex Ethereum futures market, something that could provide impedance to the latest rally. Ethereum Long Positions Have Dropped By More Than 300k During The Last Few Days On Bitfinex As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the past data
Despite a massive wave of liquidations on the cryptocurrency market, some companies that sold their crypto over the past few months are not bearish on Bitcoin (BTC) at all. Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings was one of the companies that opted to sell crypto amid the crypto winter of 2022, liquidating 100% of its Bitcoin
On July 18, 2021, Bitcoin.com News researched the top five most expensive crypto assets and at that time there were two digital currencies worth five digits in value, two tokens worth four digits in U.S. dollar value, and one valued at three digits. Today, a lot has changed but currently, bitcoin and the token yearn
According to Twitter user @0xdev0, on Monday, Web3 development platform Alchemy and Infura.io blocked remote procedure call (RPC) requests to cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, preventing users from accessing the applications. The day prior, the U.S. Treasury placed 44 smart contract addresses linked to Tornado Cash in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list.
Crypto and equities markets took a bit of a tumble on Aug. 9 as traders grew a bit skittish ahead of tomorrow’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. The details of the print will shine a light on whether or not the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest hikes are effective in tamping runaway inflation and it could
After moving away from Bitcoin (BTC) payments years ago, online forum Reddit now seems to be inching closer to embracing cryptocurrency payments via a new partnership with the FTX exchange. Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX and Reddit announced in a joint statement on Tuesday that the platform intends to integrate Reddit’s Community Points in the
Uniswap moved to a one-week low on Tuesday, as crypto markets were mostly in the red during today’s session. The latest red wave in crypto markets comes days after several high profile tokens rose to multi-month highs. Filecoin was one such token, however it too declined today, falling for a third straight day. Uniswap (UNI)
On August 8, the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, and all the crypto addresses associated with the platform, were officially banned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Following the ban, the internet hosting service for software and open source code development, Github, erased some of the Tornado Cash commits and
Bitcoin (BTC) is facing fresh competition from altcoins this month as data shows that — technically — it is already “alt season.” Figures from CoinMarketCap and TradingView show that BTC currently makes up around 41% of the overall crypto market capitalization — its lowest since the start of 2022. Bitcoin sheds market cap prowess After
The upcoming Ethereum blockchain upgrade has received different reactions and comments within the crypto industry. The launch of the upgrade, also known as the Merge, is to be within August 2022. Many experts in the system have confidence that Merge could be a bullish event that would positively impact the blockchain. But there are still
Decentralized autonomous organizations come in all sizes and flavors. Some can seem sweet; others turn sour. It can be fun and interesting to create one that suits your needs and satisfies your hunger for something new. We talk to the master chefs — Noam Hof of DeepDAO, Stru Delman of Aragon, and Fabien of Snapshot
An Ethereum fork token that does not yet exist, dubbed ETHW, is trading under $100 across several crypto exchanges after debuting at $30. ETHW and ETHS begin trading ETHW is the native asset to the ETHPoW chain. ETHPoW, for now, is a possible new chain backed by proof-of-work (PoW) miners as the original chain switches
Recent news reported the constant increase of developers in some renowned digital currencies, especially Ethereum. The effect has increased the Web3 community strength and is looking to maintain this course in the long run. The news cited that the growth is a function of the participation of developers in the major ecosystems. According to the
Bitcoin fell below $24,000 in today’s session, as prices collided with a key resistance level. Following a strong start to the week, crypto markets were mostly in the red, with the global market cap down 2.98% as of writing. Ethereum was also trading lower, moving close to a breakout below $1,700. Bitcoin Following a strong
Marathon Digital, one of the biggest mining companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem, has posted its financial results corresponding to the second quarter of the year. The company revealed that even having increased its production by 8% when compared to Q2 2021, it recorded an impairment of $127.6 million on bitcoin holdings due to the fall
press release PRESS RELEASE. St. Barth, August 9, 2022 – KQuasars launches new astrophysical NFT collection. After studying with renowned physicists, meeting the CERN team and paying close attention to LIGO’s work, Kay Quattrocchi has joined forces with his son Harrisson Bordjel, inspirator and co-creator, and Sander Sturing a generative artist from the Netherlands, to
Mark Cuban, investor, Shark Tank star, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks is skeptical when it comes to the concept of the metaverse. In a recent interview, when asked about the definition of the metaverse, Cuban stated that the metaverse was “anything you want it to be,” declaring that buying land in the metaverse was
The Reserve Bank of Australia weighs in the central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) race to explore use cases for a CBDC in the country. It will collaborate with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a respective research project. As stated in an announcement from Aug. 9, the joint project of the Reserve Bank