Ordswap, a marketplace that allows users to inscribe, auction and trade Bitcoin Ordinals, has devised a method for users to retrieve their private keys as it scrambles to regain control of its website domain. In an Oct. 10 X (Twitter) post, the Ordswap X account shared an online tool that purports to help users who
Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing sideways price action could flip bullish as early as November if it behaves similarly to previous cycles leading up to a halving event, according to market observers. On Oct. 10, crypto analyst Miles Deutscher cited a chart from CryptoCon, noting that the recent patterns for Bitcoin are similar to those seen in
Binance-spearheaded Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), a co-investment project aiming to support the cryptocurrency industry in the aftermath of the FTX collapse, may not have been as effective as desired, a new report suggests. After announcing the IRI in November 2022, Binance spent $15 million in its BUSD (BUSD) stablecoins out of its total commitments of
The Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Hut 8 continues to accumulate self-mined BTC amid the ongoing merger deal with the industrial cryptocurrency miner, US Bitcoin (USBTC). Hut 8 mined 111 Bitcoin in September 2023, bringing its self-mined BTC reserves to 9,366 Bitcoin, the firm announced on Oct. 10. The amount of Bitcoin mined by Hut
A Bitcoin developer has proposed a new way to bring more expressive off-chain smart contracts to Bitcoin without needing a soft fork. Announced in an Oct. 9 white paper titled “BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin” by ZeroSync project lead Robin Linus, BitVM enables Turing-complete Bitcoin contracts without altering Bitcoin’s consensus rules. “Any computable function can be
The hacker responsible for stealing over $400 million from FTX and FTX.US in November could be using the hype around Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial to further obfuscate the funds, said CertiK director of security operations Hugh Brooks. Only days before the start of Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, the FTX hacker, known as “FTX Drainer,” began moving millions
Nonfungible token (NFT) platform OpenSea says it is unaware of any evidence pointing to a former employee being involved in the infamous AnubisDAO rug pull in 2021 following new accusations on social media. In an Oct. 6 thread on X (formerly Twitter), the anonymous account NFT Ethics tagged OpenSea, asking it to respond to accusations
Bitcoin (BTC) ground higher on Oct. 10 after the start of legacy market trading saw “de-risking” take over. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin’s price preserves weekly support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price stability returning ahead of the Wall Street open. Bitcoin bulls had lost their footing as the week
Blockchain data flagged by Coinbase director Conor Grogan indicates that Alameda Research redeemed over $38 billion for Tether (USDT) tokens in 2021 despite not having the equivalent assets under management. Onchain data shows that Alameda was responsible for minting $39.55B of USDT, a number that is 47% of Tether’s circulating supply today A previous report
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation presented its regulatory roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) on Oct. 7. The roadmap was published on the ministry’s website and states that it aims to help local companies prepare for adopting a law analogous to the European Union’s AI Act. It also seeks to educate citizens on protecting themselves from AI
Representatives in the European Union are reportedly negotiating a plan for additional regulations on the largest artificial intelligence (AI) systems, according to a report from Bloomberg. The European Commission, European Parliament and the various EU member states are said to be in discussions regarding the potential effects of large language models (LLMs), including Meta’s Llama
The astrology-themed nonfungible token (NFT) project Lucky Star Currency (LSC) has performed an exit scam for over $1 million, according to an Oct. 9 report from blockchain security firm CertiK. The project’s deployer account called the “withdrawToken” function on both the NFTMerge and AdwardCenter contracts, removing over $1 million in LSC from them. These tokens
On Oct. 3, United States District Court Judge Analisa Torres rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) motion to appeal its loss against Ripple Labs, the company behind the XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency. Torres denied the SEC’s motion, claiming the regulator failed to meet the burden to show that there were controlling questions of law
The Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) of Brazil is planning to start a second regulatory sandbox program in 2024. Speaking at Rio Innovation Week on Oct. 4, the superintendent of institutional investor supervision with the CVM, Daniel Maeda, said the regulator will be exploring a regulatory sandbox for use cases of tokenization, potentially starting in
Pro-crypto candidate for the United States presidency Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., often known simply as RFK Jr., announced on Oct. 9 at a rally in Philadelphia that he was dropping his bid for nomination in the Democratic primary to run as an independent instead. “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate,” he said. Kennedy
Hong Kong’s police force has raised the alarm after 11 Hong Kong-based Binance customers were targeted in a wave of phishing scams sent through text messages. Hong Kong police warned users of the scam in an Oct. 9 post to its Facebook page dubbed “CyberDefender.” “Recently, fraudsters posing as Binance sent text messages claiming that
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has likened former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to infamous American fraudster Bernie Madoff and accused the media of giving the former FTX CEO a “free pass.” Bernard Lawrence Madoff was the mastermind behind the largest known Ponzi scam in history, estimated to be worth $64.8 billion. At one point, Madoff served
One of the friendliest European jurisdictions to crypto, Cyprus, might bring its industry regulation to tighter standards. According to an Oct. 10 report by the Cyprus Mail, the local Ministry of Finance intends to amend the existing Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law. The ministry has presented its amendments package to the Parliamentary Committee
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is looking for permission to probe the alleged involvement of FTX lawyers in the issuance of $200 million worth of loans from Alameda that were approved by Gary Wang. As previously reported in the build-up to the highly anticipated trial, an Oct. 1 court ruling provisionally barred Bankman-Fried from apportioning blame
Renowned pro-XRP lawyer, Jeremy Hogan, who has been at the forefront of providing insights into the Ripple vs. US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case over the last years, recently shared a detailed breakdown of possible outcomes in the ongoing legal battle. In his most recent tweet, Hogan, known for his in-depth YouTube video updates,
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