Taiwan bans unregistered foreign crypto exchanges from operatingBesides local exchanges like Maicoin, major global crypto trading firms like Binance, Bybit and Kraken have also been serving customers in Taiwan.Sep 26, 2023Helen Partz
Venezuela extends reorganization shutdown of crypto agency to March 2024The government will spend six additional months reorganizing the entity, which it shut in March 2023.Sep 26, 2023David Attlee
Bitcoin gains legal recognition as digital currency in Shanghai, ChinaA similar report from another Chinese court in September recognized cryptocurrencies as virtual properties protected by law.Sep 26, 2023Prashant Jha
Bitcoin exchange volume tracks 5-year lows as Fed inspires BTC hodlingBitcoin spot exchange trading volumes have disintegrated since March, while BTC price action has gone barely anywhere, research shows.Sep 26, 2023William Suberg
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer renews request for temporary release from jailThe lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried has renewed a request for temporary release before his upcoming trial for preparation purposes.Sep 26, 2023Savannah Fortis
CZ appoints Binance security team to track Huobi HTX stolen fundsTo minimize the damage, HTX proactively offered 5% of the drained funds as a “white-hat bonus,” which would amount to nearly $400,000.Sep 26, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Taiwan’s major crypto exchanges form association to advance industry interestsMaiCoin Group, BitoGroup and Ace Exchange became the first three founders of the Taiwan Virtual Asset Platform and Transaction Business Association.Sep 26, 2023David Attlee
Bitcoin price at risk? US Dollar Index confirms bullish ‘golden cross’Concerns over the U.S. dollar’s impact on Bitcoin may be overstated by investors, particularly in the longer term.Sep 26, 2023Marcel Pechman
Ben ‘BitBoy’ Armstrong arrested on livestream over Lambo disputeCrypto influencer Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong has reportedly been arrested following a livestream outside the house of Carlos Diaz, a former business partner.Sep 26, 2023Martin Young
Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’Bitcoin Ordinals inventor Casey Rodarmor says a fungible token protocol like Runes wouldn’t leave as much “junk” on the Bitcoin network as that of BRC-20 tokens.Sep 26, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Crypto exchange Binance among firms eyeing new stablecoins in JapanBinance and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) are exploring the issuance of Japanese yen and other foreign currency-denominated stablecoins in Japan.Sep 26, 2023Martin Young
Optimism OP token slips 10% in week ahead of $30M token unlockOptimism slid as much as 10% in the week leading up to a scheduled token unlock that will see 24 million OP tokens released onto the market.Sep 26, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Celsius creditors vote in favor of reorganization planThe majority of Celsius creditors have voted in favor of a plan that will see approximately $2 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum returned to creditors.Sep 26, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Crypto exchange Binance reopens exchange services in BelgiumIn June, Binance was ordered to halt its services in Belgium “with immediate effect,” leading to the exchange redirecting Belgian users to its Binance Poland entity.Sep 26, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Vitalik Buterin’s Privacy Pool proposal is just the startVitalik Buterin’s September paper about Privacy Pools touched on an idea that could be the start of a new approach to privacy for crypto transactions.Sep 26, 2023Hugo Volz Oliveira
Crypto bills could be delayed as many prepare for US gov’t shutdownBills focused on crypto regulation, market structure and stablecoins could all be put on hold if U.S. lawmakers don’t reach a decision on government spending by Sept. 30.Sep 25, 2023Turner Wright
MetaMask ‘glitch’ caused opBNB recommended fees to be too high: ReportAccording to BNB Smart Chain, MetaMask was averaging recommended fees from multiple networks, causing opBNB recommended fees to be too high.Sep 25, 2023Tom Blackstone
NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain (updated)The Isle of Man and Florida-based computing startup Lonestar are partnering with NASA to pioneer a blockchain-verified, data storage solution on the Moon.Sep 25, 2023Tristan Greene
mBridge CBDC project preparing for new members, launch of minimum viable productThe project now includes central and commercial banks from China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE. Future new members were not identified.Sep 25, 2023Derek Andersen
Hong Kong to tighten crypto regulation, Thailand to tax crypto overseas: Law DecodedWhile Thai regulators aim to tax crypto earned overseas, Brazilian lawmakers seek to protect it from seizure.Sep 25, 2023David Attlee
SEC raises concerns over Coinbase in objection to Celsius restructuring planCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and chief legal officer Paul Grewal issued a joint statement questioning the SEC’s reasoning in its Sept. 22 objection.Sep 25, 2023Turner Wright
ChatGPT can now speak, listen and see imagesOpenAI collaborated with professional voice actors to train the models to speak.Sep 25, 2023Tristan Greene
Price analysis 9/25: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, TON, SOLThe strength in the U.S. Dollar Index could keep Bitcoin and select altcoins under pressure in the near term.Sep 25, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
$200M Mixin Network hack draws controversyXiaodong Feng, Mixin’s founder, immediately outlined a compensation plan but would only reimburse up to 50% of users’ assets for now.Sep 25, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin price fights for $26K as US dollar strength hits 10-month highBitcoin faces the highest levels in the U.S. Dollar Index of 2023 so far as BTC price action wobbles.Sep 25, 2023William Suberg
Huobi Global hacked for $7.9M: ReportHTX crypto exchange has been hacked, but it claims to know the identity of the attacker.Sep 25, 2023Tom Blackstone
Amazon invests $4B in Anthropic AI startup Amazon has agreed to invest $4 billion into the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic to develop high-performing foundation models.Sep 25, 2023Savannah Fortis
Digital yuan app adds prepaid Mastercard, Visa top-ups for touristsThe e-CNY app now allows tourists to top-up their wallets using Mastercard and Visa payments with a “recharge first and use later” option.Sep 25, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Binance exit aftershock: Can one resignation tip the crypto trust scales?The announcement of yet another top figure departing Binance coincided with an increased outflow of funds from the crypto platform. But can one executive resignation really have such an impact?Sep 25, 2023Alek Hidell
MicroStrategy buys $147M worth of Bitcoin, now holds 158K BTCMicroStrategy bought the latest Bitcoin stash at an average price of $27,053 per coin, or 9% lower than the average purchase price of its entire BTC purchase.Sep 25, 2023Helen Partz