North Korean hackers have stolen $2B of crypto since 2018: ReportTRM Labs estimates that North Korean hackers have stolen $200 million of cryptocurrency in 2023 alone.Aug 18, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
SpaceX Bitcoin write-down sparks confusion, Bitcoiners quiz Elon Musk Elon Musk revealed that SpaceX holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet in 2021 but the exact amount of company’s holdings remain unknown.Aug 18, 2023Prashant Jha
ChatGPT politically biased toward left in the US and beyond: ResearchEven after facing evidence that ChatGPT may have a political bias, the chatbot continued to insist that it and OpenAI were unbiased.Aug 18, 2023Helen Partz
Mantle pauses token migration to stop FTX converting $43M in BIT tokens to MNT A community member has argued that FTX’s BIT tokens should not be automatically converted because of disqualifying factors.Aug 18, 2023Ezra Reguerra
IBM Watson developer raises $60M for AI startup Elemental CognitionThe company provides two enterprise chatbot solutions, Cogent and Cora, which are tailored for diverse applications.Aug 18, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Cypher Protocol reveals $600K of stolen funds is now frozen on CEXs Solana-based Cypher Protocol has managed to stop around $600,000 of stolen funds from exiting various centralized exchanges.Aug 18, 2023Martin Young
Crypto firm Helio Lending gets bond sentence over false license claimsMelbourne-based crypto lender Helio Lending had previously pleaded guilty to falsely claiming it had an Australian credit license.Aug 18, 2023Jesse Coghlan
NFT marketplace OpenSea to disable royalty enforcement toolOpenSea’s royalty enforcement tool Operator Filter is going to be turned off, according to the NFT marketplace’s founder and CEO, Devin Finzer.Aug 18, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Why did Bitcoin drop? Analysts point to 5 potential reasonsBitcoin’s price fell approximately 8% in a span of 10 minutes, leaving crypto investors scrambling to make sense of the drop.Aug 18, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
SEC seeks to question Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin in KoreaThe Securities and Exchange Commission wants to question Daniel Shin on Do Kwon and Chai Corporation’s relationship with Terraform Labs.Aug 18, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Ethereum surges 11% after report SEC is set to approve Futures ETFThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t likely to block the debut of Ethereum futures ETFs, according to sources.Aug 18, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Real reason for China’s war on crypto, 3AC judge’s embarrassing mistake: Asia ExpressCrypto projects and holders face harsh sentencing in China, digital yuan airdrops to revive local economies, and 3AC saga’s latest twist.Aug 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin price briefly dips below $26K, falling to two-month lowsThe price of Bitcoin fell around 8% in just 10 minutes on Aug. 17, down to levels not seen since June 20.Aug 17, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Ripple, ConsenSys participate in Mastercard program to promote CBDC innovationThe payment processor has enlisted a range of market players in its quest for innovation and efficiencies in a technology that 93% of central banks are investigating.Aug 17, 2023Derek Andersen
Tornado Cash lawsuit judge sides with US Treasury in motions for summary judgmentCompeting motions for summary judgment saw a federal judge rule the U.S. Treasury was within its authority to declare Tornado Cash a sanctioned entity.Aug 17, 2023Turner Wright
Shibarium denies bridge issues, calls it FUDShytoshi Kusama, co-founder of the Shiba Inu ecosystem, blamed a massive influx of transactions and user activity for technical difficulties on Shibarium.Aug 17, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Tether discontinues Bitcoin stablecoin, citing lack of usageThe Tether (USDT) stablecoin will no longer be issued on the Bitcoin Omni Layer, while redemptions will still be open for at least a year.Aug 17, 2023Tom Blackstone
SpaceX wrote down $373M worth of Bitcoin back in 2021-2022: ReportElon Musk announced in 2021 that SpaceX had some Bitcoin holdings following an SEC filing showing Tesla planned to purchase $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency.Aug 17, 2023Turner Wright
Tragedy or rug pull? Inside the collapse of a ‘charitable’ NFT projectOrica NFT’s charity efforts have succeeded, but its tokenholders have not, and up until now, its co-founder was nowhere to be found.Aug 17, 2023Tom Blackstone
UK crypto businesses to comply with FATF Travel Rule beginning in SeptemberThe U.K. passed legislation in 2022 to make it one of the few countries in compliance with the extension of the Travel Rule to crypto.Aug 17, 2023Derek Andersen
Bitcoin price breaks from range with drop below $28K, and options tilt toward BTC bearsAbout $570 million in weekly BTC options expire on Friday, and the recent macro and crypto news events have further tilted the advantage to bearish traders.Aug 17, 2023Marcel Pechman
2024 could be very bullish for crypto — Here’s whyThis week’s episode of Market Talks discusses why 2024 could be bullish for the crypto industry and if crypto has weathered the storm.Aug 17, 2023Adrian J. Permal
Federal Reserve issues enforcement action against FTX-linked US bankMoonstone Bank, which renamed itself Farmington State Bank, received roughly $11.5 million from FTX’s sister firm, Alameda Research, through its holding company in 2022.Aug 17, 2023Turner Wright
Judge grants SEC request to file motion for appeal in Ripple caseThe SEC has until Aug. 18 to officially file its motion, and the defendants will have until Sept. 1 to respond.Aug 17, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Breaking: Coinbase to suspend USDT trading for Canadian usersUsers will still be able to deposit and withdraw USDT, DAI and RAI after the deadline, but trading will be suspended.Aug 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
BlockFi opens crypto withdrawals for eligible US users following court orderThe lending platform halted client withdrawals amid filing for bankruptcy in November 2022 but later petitioned the court for authorization to return user funds.Aug 17, 2023Turner Wright
Ethereum is a ‘dumpster fire' — Charles HoskinsonDespite assurances, discrepancies between Cardano’s theoretical network capacity and its utility remain.Aug 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Fuse CEO Mark Smargon says blockchain payments apps will rival Visa, not EthereumMark Smargon, CEO of Fuse, explains how blockchain-powered payments can fix the “broken traditional payment system.”Aug 17, 2023Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Bitcoin support levels to watch as BTC price aims at $28KBTC price still has “heavy support” at the $28,000 mark, with confidence in place that Bitcoin can avoid a deeper retracement.Aug 17, 2023William Suberg
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says Bitcoin mining needs better analytical toolsStablecoin issuer Tether is building specialized Bitcoin mining software aimed at using data analytics to optimize mining operations and boost production, Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino says.Aug 17, 2023Gareth Jenkinson