One of the country’s largest crypto exchanges has fallen under investigators’ scrutiny over allegations of embezzlement by company executives.
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Venture capital investments into blockchain continue to free-fall: Report
Q4 2022 saw investment capital inflows of $2.3 billion, continuing the trend since April sparked by the collapse of Terra and subsequent fallout.
Nifty Gateway co-founders resign amid Gemini woes
Nifty Gateway was founded in 2018 and acquired by Gemini in 2019.
Nifty News: Porsche ends 'low effort' NFT mint early, Oreo dunks into the Metaverse and more
Porsche’s first foray into NFTs appears to have flopped after recording underwhelming sales and was heavily criticized by the community.
Saudi Central Bank still researching CBDC, but no decision on deployment
Saudi Arabia's central bank stressed that no decision has been made to launch a CBDC in the Kingdom, but it will continue to research use cases.
Casual gamers a ‘critical’ audience for blockchain games: GameFi execs
Many casual gamers are still reluctant to play games that use blockchain tech, but gaming execs believe one good game could change that.
Surojit Chatterjee to retain 249,315 shares of Coinbase stock after departing company
The former chief product officer will receive a healthy severance package, as he departs from his previous role at the exchange.
SushiSwap passes 100% fee relocation, 10.9M SUSHI clawback proposals
100% of trading fees on the platform will soon be redirected to the SushiSwap treasury for maintenance and expenses.
Listen-and-Earn allows Bitcoin payments for podcasters and listeners
The Fountain podcasting app announced a partnership with ZEBEDEE to allow podcast creators and listeners the ability to earn Bitcoin for their time spent with content.
TradFi and DeFi come together — Davos 2023
On this episode of Decentralize With Cointelegraph, the team reflects on their week in Davos covering the World Economic Forum as crypto and TradFi continue to collide.
Keith Comito is at the intersection of blockchain, longevity and decentralized science
The co-founder of Lifespan.io is harnessing the power of decentralization to support cutting-edge scientific and technological discoveries.
Wormhole hacker moves $155M in biggest shift of stolen funds in months
Blockchain transaction history shows that the hacker transferred the funds onto a DEX and then went on to cycle funds around different DeFi protocols.
NFT-delivered court orders an answer to blockchain-related litigation: Lawyers
Despite whether the defendant sees the court notice, getting served by NFT ‘limits what the defendant’ can do with the funds according to legal experts.
‘Tremendous time' to start a blockchain company, says Pantera General Partner
Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital believes now could be a good time for new entrepreneurs to enter the crypto space.
Crypto tracker picks up trail of funds heisted from Harmony Bridge in June
The crypto detectives traced funds stolen by North Korean Lazarus Group through two mixers and various networks to identify 350 addresses where the funds remain today.
Token dump following Binance listing raises insider trading suspicions
Coinbase director Conor Grogan speculated it could be either a rogue employee or a trader who might have access to the losing API.
Cardano recovers from an outage on 50% relay and block-producing nodes
An anomaly apparently caused around half of Cardano’s nodes to disconnect and restart over the weekend, with the root cause still under investigation.
Bitcoin price surge: Breakthrough or bull trap? Pundits weigh in
Bitcoin nearly broke its record for the longest streak of daily green price candles this month, but many believe its recent surge could be short-lived.
Vitalik Buterin divulges the ‘largest remaining challenge’ for Ethereum
While the concept of stealth addresses appears complex in theory, Buterin previously described it as a “low-tech approach” compared to other Ethereum privacy solutions.
Davos-launched blockchain project aims to be the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs
A SWIFT-style system for bank-issued and regulated digital currencies was launched by a firm involved in building China’s national blockchain project.
Terra lending protocol Mars to launch mainnet
The Mars Hub will launch an independent Cosmos application chain and issue MARS to users who hold the token during the two snapshots on Terra Classic.
Binance Charity to provide over 30K Web3 scholarships in 2023
Among the education centers involved include colleges in Australia, Cyprus and Germany, Nigerian-based tech hub Utiva, Women in Tech, and two Ukrainian organizations.
Binance's SWIFT banking partner set to ban USD transfers below $100K
Binance stressed that credit and debit card payments will continue to be accepted and that non-USD bank transfers would still be processed through the SWIFT payment system.
Bitcoin price rally provides much needed relief for BTC miners
Bitcoin’s prolonged breakout above $22,000 is easing pressure on razor thin profit margins for BTC miners.
DeFi should complement TradFi, not attack it: Finance Redefined
Top 100 DeFi tokens continued their bullish momentum into third week of January with majority of the tokens trading in green on weekly charts.
GameFi needs a wider choice of products to take off, Animoca Brands CEO says
A wider choice of quality games is what is needed for bringing the masses into GameFi, according to Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands.
NFT Steez and Cryptoys CEO discuss the future of toys and entertainment within Web3
NFT Steez chats with Cryptoys CEO Will Weinraub about the future of toys, entertainment and play in blockchain-based games.