Christie’s auction house is reportedly closing its digital art department, but will continue to auction NFTs under a broader category.
Stephen Katte
Stephen Katte is an Australia based journalist who joined Cointelegraph in 2022 as a writer on the Asia-Pacific news desk. He mainly covers crypto crime and regulatory related content. Previously, he wrote gambling related articles for casinos and covered international news with a focus on the United States. He also covered local Australian news with regional papers under the banner of major media company’s Fairfax Media and Nine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from the University of Canberra. Stephen has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Australians still feel bank ‘friction’ despite years of crypto progress Crypto bosses say the government now needs to bring in clear rules, so regulators and banks can distinguish the good from the bad actors.
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XRP Army made a difference in Ripple’s SEC lawsuit: Crypto lawyer Crypto lawyer John Deaton says anyone who denies the “XRP Army” affected the outcome of the SEC and Ripple court case is either ignorant or lying.
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World Liberty burns 47M tokens in bid to pump price as slide continues World Liberty Financial has turned to burning tokens in an attempt to stem a price drawdown its cryptocurrency has seen since it started trading publicly on Monday.
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Crypto expected to handle a tenth of post-trade market by 2030: Citi survey A survey of over 500 finance executives found they expect tokens and digital assets to handle 10% of the post-trade market turnover in just five years.
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Crypto thefts hit $163M in August as hackers shift strategy Kronos Research CEO Hank Huang tells Cointelegraph that crypto exploits often rise alongside crypto prices as hackers try to cash in on the boom.
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Hackers are using the ‘classic EIP-7702’ exploit to snatch WLFI World Liberty Financial token holders are reportedly being drained of their WLFI tokens. One security expert points to a phishing exploit tied to Ethereum contracts.
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BTC whale now holds $3.8B in ETH, in sign of ‘market maturity’ During a 12-hour buying spree over the weekend, the “Bitcoin OG” whale gobbled up 96,859 spot Ether after selling 4,000 Bitcoin.
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Ethereum is very much ‘the Wall Street token,’ VanEck CEO says VanEck CEO Jan van Eck said banks must adopt the blockchain to facilitate stablecoin transfers within 12 months or risk falling behind.
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Investment advisers ’dominating’ with $18.3B in Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Crypto analysts told Cointelegraph that investment advisers increasing their Ether and Bitcoin exposure signals a shift to portfolio-driven allocations, with more room to grow.
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US appeals time served sentences for HashFlare Ponzi schemers Prosecutors appealed the sentences given to HashFlare founders Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, after arguing the pair should get 10 years in prison.
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CFTC’s Johnson confirms she will depart regulator next week Kristin Johnson, the CFTC's last remaining Democratic commissioner, confirmed she will leave the regulator on Sept. 3.
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UAE reportedly holds $700M in mined Bitcoin: Arkham UAE’s holdings were previously speculated to be as much as 420,000 Bitcoin from sources such as criminal seizures. The new figures are far less impressive.
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Altcoins make Bitcoin better by acting as beta testers: Tim Draper Altcoins allow developers to test new functions and applications, which eventually make it onto Bitcoin, American venture capital investor Tim Draper said.
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Bitcoin bear market is likely years away: Trump adviser David Bailey Trump’s crypto adviser, David Bailey, said there won't be a Bitcoin bear market for several years, but analysts aren’t so sure.
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Australia has busted 14K online scams since 2023, crypto cited in 21% ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads.
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Bitcoin whale who held for 7 years sells $76M to go long on Ether The whale had 14,837 Bitcoin worth over $1.6 billion, dating back to purchases from crypto exchanges Binance and HTX over seven years ago.
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Crypto giants launch ‘Beacon Network’ to track and freeze stolen crypto The Beacon Network is an “end-to-end kill chain for illicit crypto assets, moving from detection to action in minutes rather than days,” TRM Labs said.
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WazirX users approve restructuring plan again after court rebuff WazirX has been trying to get a restructuring plan through the Singapore High Court to start returning funds to users impacted by the $234 million hack in 2024.
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3D-printed housing company adopts Bitcoin, NFTs in blockchain pivot Lib Work is dipping its toes into Bitcoin, a month after using NFTs for the first time to tokenize the designs of one of its 3D printed houses.
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Google takes 14% stake in Bitcoin miner TeraWulf, becoming top shareholder TeraWulf’s chief strategy officer, Kerri Langlais, said Google has become its largest shareholder, providing “powerful validation” from a leading tech giant.