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An Open-World Game With BOTW Vibes, Except You're Not Human
21.12.2022
The Gecko Gods is an upcoming exploration and puzzle game by Louis Waloschek (and other collaborators) that puts the player in control of a gecko crawling its way around an open island. The game saw a bit of an uptick in interest yesterday as the developer announced it will come to Switch, and...
Bitcoin price fails to retake $17K with market ‘not prepared’ for dip
21.12.2022
Bitcoin remains stable, but that will not last long, BTC price analysis agrees
Next Financial Crisis Will Be From Crypto if It's Not Banned: Indian Central Bank Governor
21.12.2022
India's central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has predicted that the next financial crisis will come from private cryptocurrencies if these are regulated and not banned outright
Economist Peter Schiff Warns Bitcoin May Not Rise When Other Financial Assets Rebound
21.12.2022
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has warned that the price of bitcoin may not rise when other financial assets rebound, even though the crypto fell alongside them. “The bitcoin bubble popped and collectors will be selling no matter what happens to financial assets,” he predicted....
FTT Breaks $1 Support for the First Time Since FTX Collapsed, Token Struggles With Dwindling Trade Volume
20.12.2022
Despite FTX’s collapse last month, the trading platform’s crypto token FTT had managed to not plummet all the way down to zero, and surprisingly it hovered below the $2 per unit region after Nov. 12, 2022. For 38 days FTT remained above the $1 per unit area up until Dec. 19, as the token suddenly...
Report: Nigerian Lawmakers Set to Pass Law That Diminishes Central Bank Influence on Crypto
20.12.2022
Nigeria is expected to designate cryptocurrency as capital for investment if the country’s House of Representatives votes to approve a bill that seeks to amend the Investments and Securities Act of 2007, a report has said. A Nigerian lawmaker, Babangida Ibrahim, suggested that the Central...
Elon Musk Promises to Step Down as Head of Twitter — Edward Snowden Throws His Name in the Hat for CEO
20.12.2022
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has promised to step down as head of Twitter. As the billionaire seeks a new CEO to run the social media platform, privacy advocate Edward Snowden threw his name in the hat, stating that he takes payment in bitcoin. “The question is not finding a CEO,...
With Binance, Everything Is Not Fine
19.12.2022
As the financial health of Binance grows more uncertain, CEO "CZ" has offered nothing but red flags, says Genevieve Roch-Decter (CFA), the CEO of GRIT Capital
New FTX CEO Told Members of Congress SBF’s Family ‘Certainly Received Payments’ From the Business
19.12.2022
According to multiple reports, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents face scrutiny over their reported involvement with their son’s business operations. The two Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but the current FTX CEO, John J....
National Bank of Kazakhstan Publishes Whitepaper for Digital Tenge
18.12.2022
The central bank of Kazakhstan has completed the second phase of testing for its digital currency and published a whitepaper. The studies carried out by the regulator on its introduction did not identify significant risks for the country’s financial stability and economy. Monetary Authority...
US Senator: Cryptocurrency Cannot Be Stopped, FTX Collapse Isn’t an Indictment of Crypto
18.12.2022
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey says illegal actions by crypto exchange FTX must be separated “from perfectly lawful and innovative cryptocurrencies.” Emphasizing that “The collapse of FTX is not an indictment of crypto,” he noted that “cryptocurrency cannot be stopped”...
TVL in Defi Slides Under $40 Billion, Tapping a Low Not Seen Since February 2021
17.12.2022
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has fallen below the $40 billion mark for the first time since the first week of Feb. 2021. On Dec. 17, 2022, the TVL in defi is roughly $39.53 billion after dropping more than 4% in value during the past 24 hours. Value Locked in Defi...
Gemini Customer Data Leak Was Advertised for Sale on Hacker Forums for 30 BTC in September
17.12.2022
On Dec. 14, 2022, the crypto exchange Gemini revealed that some Gemini customers have been the target of phishing attacks that the firm believes stem from a third-party vendor leak. While reports disclosed that Gemini’s leak was approximately “5,701,649 lines of information pertaining...
‘I’m Not a Regulator, But I Can Take a Look’ and 20 Crypto Jokes
17.12.2022
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Billionaire Investor Mike Novogratz Says Not All Crypto Exchanges Are Criminal Organizations Like FTX
17.12.2022
Mike Novogratz, CEO of crypto investments company Galaxy Digital, has said not all crypto exchanges are run like the now-collapsed FTX.
In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on December 15, Novogratz said not every crypto boss is trying to steal users' money and that not all crypto platforms...
Big Short Investor Michael Burry Says Audits of Crypto Exchanges Like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless’
17.12.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says the problem with auditing cryptocurrency exchanges, like Binance and FTX, is the same as when he started using a new kind of credit default swap. “Our auditors were learning on the job,”...
Kadena CEO Stuart Popejoy on blockchain design: proof of work is a feature, not a flaw
16.12.2022
The former JPMorgan executive shared how he learned to love crypto and why the Kadena is not letting go of its firm embrace of proof of work
Reports Suggest Caroline Ellison Is Working With Feds and Snitching on FTX Co-Founder Bankman-Fried
16.12.2022
Following the arrest of the former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), spectators continue to wonder where ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is, and whether or not she turned on SBF. A few reports suggest Ellison is “likely working with feds” and it’s possibly the reason why Ellison...
Dutch central bank says KuCoin is not licensed and 'illegally offering services'
15.12.2022
"This may increase the risk of customers becoming involved in money laundering or terrorist financing," said De Nederlandsche Bank
Rare Puts Conker’s Face On Something That’s Not A New Game, Again
15.12.2022
In the 20 years since Microsoft acquired Rare in 2002, the studio has only produced one actual game in the Conker series, which was the 2005 remake of Conker’s Bad Fur Day called Conker: Live and Reloaded on the original Xbox. I don’t know how well a foulmouthed squirrel passing through a series...