UK regulator warns against 111 unregistered crypto companies... and FOMOThe Financial Conduct Authority has warned U.K. consumers of dealing with 111 unregistered crypto firms, calling it “a very real risk.”Jun 23, 2021Brian Quarmby
Fireblocks faces lawsuit over deleted keys to $72M Ether walletThe crypto-custody firm claims that it was the client’s responsibility to back up the private keys.Jun 23, 2021Martin Young
Brave takes aim at Google with privacy-protecting search engine beta Brave hopes users will want to search the web without being tracked.Jun 23, 2021Martin Young
Bitcoin heading for worst quarter since start of 2018 bear marketBitcoin appears poised to post its second-weakest quarter since the start of 2014.Jun 23, 2021Samuel Haig
Hedge fund that shorted GameStop closes as $1.13B GME stock offer completesGameStop has completed a stock offer worth nearly $1.13 billion to fund growth, while a hedge fund that incurred losses from shorting GME is closing down.Jun 23, 2021Brian Quarmby
US miner raises $105M to recycle waste coal into cryptoStronghold Digital Mining has raised more than $100 million in two private placements supporting its model for sustainable Bitcoin mining.Jun 23, 2021Samuel Haig
Bitcoin price bounces to $33K but analysts say ‘it’s too early’ to call a bottomDip buyers stepped in as Bitcoin price fell to $29,000 but analysts caution that China’s crackdown on BTC mining and a lack of buy volume mean the crypto market has not found a bottom yet.Jun 22, 2021Jordan Finneseth
Institutional exchange launches crypto debit cardTouted for its ability to allow users to "leverage the digital assets in their day-to-day lives,” the Bakkt Visa debit card is now available for online and in-store purchases.Jun 22, 2021Turner Wright
ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security U.S. securities regulators are still going after ICO cheats from the 2017-18 bull market. Initial coin offerings raised tens of billions of dollars during the last major cryptocurrency bull market.Jun 22, 2021Sam Bourgi
MicroStrategy stock tanks with Bitcoin as S&P 500, Nasdaq rally MSTR shares declined by as much as 12% on Tuesday as the broader U.S. stock market showed signs of strength.Jun 22, 2021Sam Bourgi
Blockchain Capital secures $300M funding from PayPal, VisaBlockchain Capital has attracted investment from PayPal, Visa, and other investors to the tune of $300 million for its Fund V LP.Jun 22, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Bitcoin price clings to $32K as on-chain metrics hint at further downsideChina’s continued crackdown on Bitcoin mining and OTC transactions, along with prolonged technical weakness, triggered BTC’s drop to a 6-month low.Jun 22, 2021Jordan Finneseth
Biden nominee for Treasury Dept will prioritize crypto regulationBrian Nelson said he would push for implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, “including new regulations around cryptocurrency.”Jun 22, 2021Turner Wright
With crypto mining banned in Iran, local authorities seize 7K rigs The police chief of Tehran said authorities had raided 50 locations across the Iranian capital in the last 48 hours, discovering 3,000 illegally operating crypto miners.Jun 22, 2021Turner Wright
Norwegian FSA sees urgent need for crypto investor protectionNorway’s Financial Supervisory Authority says it only supervises crypto companies for money laundering.Jun 22, 2021Helen Partz
Powers On... El Salvador is the unlikely leader for sovereign adoption of Bitcoin as national currencyThe question is not whether Bitcoin will be the future of money; the question is how, where and when it will be the future of money.Jun 22, 2021Marc Powers
A ‘seismic mining shift’ may be driving Bitcoin price below $30K: Report The benchmark cryptocurrency slipped briefly under the $29,500-level on June 22 as a Glassnode report indicated the possibility of miner capitulation in China.Jun 22, 2021Yashu Gola
Rescuing crypto workers from terrible US job conditions: John Paller“70% of people in the US labor force are sitting in jobs they hate.”Jun 22, 2021Elias Ahonen
Germany commemorates Euro 2020 soccer team with NFTsThe German Football Association will create player NFT cards that can be used in Sorare’s Global Fantasy Football game.Jun 22, 2021Helen Partz
Bitcoin drops below $30K to 6-month lows: Watch these next price support levelsDownward selling pressure sees Bitcoin swiftly take out $30,000 support as Binance users report technical difficulties.Jun 22, 2021William Suberg
DeFi hub Karura emerges as first Kusama parachain slot auction winnerPolkadot’s canary network, Kusama, is set to see decentralized finance hub Karura become the first parachain.Jun 22, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
UN sees blockchain technology as tool to fight climate crisisThe U.N. will keep exploring the uses of blockchain technology to improve the reliability of data on harmful greenhouse gas emissions.Jun 22, 2021Helen Partz
A16z taps Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validatorDeutsche Telekom’s T-Systems MMS is now a public validator on Celo via its Open Telekom Cloud infrastructure.Jun 22, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Denied electricity, world’s 5th-largest mining pool leaves China for KazakhstanCrypto mining pool BTC.com is leaving China after local authorities withdrew its power supply.Jun 22, 2021Marie Huillet
China’s crackdown means Bitcoin is working, says crypto miner A former crypto exchange engineer believes that China’s ban on Bitcoin mining is “fantastic news.”Jun 22, 2021Erhan Kahraman
Automated market makers are deadWith the right tokenomic models, the liquidity war raging between AMMs on underlying chains will move to a new battleground.Jun 22, 2021Anthony Foy
VanEck files for a new Bitcoin futures mutual fund with US SECVanEck’s new “Bitcoin Strategy Fund” will invest in BTC futures, pooled investment vehicles and exchange-traded products providing exposure to Bitcoin.Jun 22, 2021Helen Partz
‘Say something, Elon Musk!’ Dogecoin sheds $70B in market cap since SNLDOGE is down 70% from its all-time highs as a trader reiterates that altcoins have “no bottom.”Jun 22, 2021William Suberg
Bitcoin bear market confirmed? Analysts at odds over whales’ BTC exchange movesWhale selling pressure is too great to preserve the bull market for now, one warning says, while similarities to 2017 provide a silver lining for hodlers.Jun 22, 2021William Suberg
Existing Indian law could impose 2% levy on crypto bought from offshore exchangesExisting law in India could mandate a 2% levy on cryptocurrency purchases from offshore-based exchanges servicing India’s market.Jun 22, 2021Brian Quarmby