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Defi Rebounds: Total Value Locked and Token Prices Surge as 2023 Marks a Year of Recovery and Growth
26.12.2023
On April 3, 2022, decentralized finance (defi) protocols held approximately $163 billion total value locked (TVL). By the start of January 2023, this amount declined to $38.30 billion. Concurrently, in April 2022, the leading defi tokens by market capitalization were collectively worth $135...
The Rising Star in Meme Cryptocurrencies: Can NuggetRush Rival the Popularity of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu?
23.12.2023
TLDR NuggetRush (NUGX) is making waves in the crypto market, surpassing $1 million in its presale. Positioned as the hottest Play-to-Earn (P2E) meme coin, NUGX seamlessly combines memes and gaming, poised for explosive growth. Dogecoin (DOGE) whales continue to invest heavily, accumulating over...
Report: British Virgin Islands Court Freezes 3AC Assets Worth Over $1 Billion
23.12.2023
A court in the British Virgin Islands has issued an order to freeze assets worth over $1 billion belonging to the founders of the defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. The worldwide freeze order also bars Kelly Chen, the wife of Kyle Davies, from transferring or selling...
Scammers Banked $59 Million in Crypto Exploiting Google Ads
22.12.2023
Source: Adobe / zedtox Scammers have over the past nine months used a wallet-draining service named “MS Drainer” to siphon around $59 million worth of crypto from numerous victims, according to a recent report by blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer. The scam operated through Google...
Ark Invest Sells Additional Coinbase Shares Worth $24.2 Million
21.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock ARK Invest, a participant in the application process for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, has been consistently selling its holdings of Coinbase stock. This trend continued with the recent sale of another substantial batch of Coinbase shares....
Tackling NFT Theft With the Three Address Protocol
21.12.2023
The Three Address Protocol offers a structured strategy to safeguard non-fungible tokens (NFTs), dividing activities across three specialized addresses to combat digital asset theft. TAP: Candidate For The New Standard in NFT Security The NFT community has long been plagued by NFT thefts, with...
Court Freezes 3AC Co-Founders’ Assets Worth $1.14 Billion
21.12.2023
Source: Adobe/Christophe Fouquin A British Virgin Islands court has issued an order freezing approximately $1.14 billion in assets belonging to the co-founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC). According to Teneo, the firm’s liquidator, the court order prohibits co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle...
Chinese Bank Seals First-ever Cross-border CBDC-powered Precious Metals Deal
21.12.2023
Source: pla2na/Adobe The Bank of China has completed the world’s first cross-border CBDC-powered precious metals deal – a gold transaction worth some $14.1 million. Per the Shanghai Securities News and the China Securities Network, the deal involved the Shanghai Branch of the Bank of China,...
ARK Invest Sells Another $5.52M in Coinbase Shares as COIN Surges 107% Since November
20.12.2023
Source: Adobe / piter2121 Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest sold another 34,261 Coinbase shares worth $5.5 million on Tuesday as the price of the largest US-based crypto exchange’s shares topped $160, witnessing over 107% rise since early November. COIN is already up 5% in the pre-market today. Ark Invest...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sells $27.6 Million in GBTC Shares as Bitcoin Touches $43K Again
19.12.2023
Source: Ark Invest Instagram Cathie Wood led ARK Invest fund sold around 809, 441 Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares worth $27.6 million from its Next Generation Internet (ARKW) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Monday, the biggest sale in more than a year, Ark Invest Daily reported. The price...
Cipher Scales BTC Mining Operation with 37,000 Bitmain Antminers Worth $100M
19.12.2023
Source: Adobe/Photocreo Bednarek NASDAQ-listed Bitcoin mining firm Cipher Mining Inc. has announced the purchase of 37,396 units of the latest Bitmain Antminer T21 series. Making the announcement in a press release, the company disclosed that this acquisition amounted to approximately $99.5...
Mysterious 2015 Whale Transfers 2,101 BTC, Stirring $88M in Bitcoin
19.12.2023
On Dec. 18, 2023, a colossal cache of dormant bitcoins stirred after remaining inactive for eight years and ten months. The whale transferred 2,101 bitcoins, originating from 2015, now valued at $88.55 million, utilizing the prevailing BTC exchange rates. $88M Worth of Bitcoin Moved by Long-Dormant...
Ex-Amazon Engineer Guilty of Historic $12.3M Crypto Heist
18.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens A former Amazon engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges, resulting in the first-ever conviction involving the hacking of a smart contract. Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer at Amazon, is now facing the possibility of up to five...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as $860 Million Moved to Exchanges – Signaling Major Sell-Off Ahead?
17.12.2023
As the crypto market enters another week of trading, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a slight decline to $41,978, dropping by nearly 50% on Sunday. This move coincides with a significant amount of Bitcoin, worth approximately $860 million, being transferred to exchanges, which could be indicative of...
P2P Platform NFT Trader Falls Victim to Security Flaw, $3 Million in Blue-Chip NFTs Lifted
17.12.2023
Reports indicate, and the peer-to-peer non-fungible token (NFT) market platform has confirmed, that the NFT platform NFT Trader experienced a security breach. An assailant exploited an outdated smart contract, resulting in the theft of nearly $3 million worth of esteemed digital collectibles...
Alleged Crypto Investment Scam Worth $80M Sees Four People Charged With Money Laundering in U.S.
14.12.2023
The four allegedly obtained the money through so-called pig-butchering and other fraudulent schemes
Polygon (MATIC) Co-founder Jordi Baylina Has Bullish Outlook for 2024 – Everlodge (ELDG) to Disrupt $280T Market
14.12.2023
The Polygon (MAITC) crypto has seen an increase in appeal and activity as its ecosystem could see a massive surge in activity during the upcoming year, based on an official announcement by its co-founder. Everlodge (ELDG) is also capturing a significant level of attention, as it will introduce...
ECB Study Reveals Minimal Environmental Impact of Euro Banknotes – How Does Crypto Compare?
13.12.2023
Source: Adobe / nmann77 It’s not just crypto: old-fashioned banknotes have a noticeable energy footprint worth reducing, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). In a newly published report, the central bank outlined how the elaborate physical infrastructure used to support eurozone cash...
12 Best Bitcoin Sports Betting Sites for December, 2023
12.12.2023
Sports betting is a massive part of the global economy and is estimated to be worth around $250 billion across the world in 2023 – crypto betting is a rapidly-growing sector of the industry as customers switch to Bitcoin betting and crypto sportsbooks because of their huge welcome bonuses...
Crypto Whales are Stacking This Lesser Known Crypto AI Gem – What Does it Do?
12.12.2023
Crypto whales stack lesser-known crypto AI gem yPredict and its $YPRED token. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Cryptocurrency whales, the influential market movers whose trades spur noticeable price fluctuations, tend to have an uncanny knack for spotting promising digital assets ahead of...