Ripple’s case against the Securities and Exchange Commission is one of the most important ones to watch this year. Its impact is likely to span across the entire industry as the court’s decision on whether XRP is a security will likely also influence other cryptocurrencies. That said, the chances of Ripple winning have increased following […]
[PRESS RELEASE – New York, NY, June 28th, 2024] ApeChain, being built on behalf of the ApeCoin DAO, will now be able to support efficient, low-cost zero-knowledge proof verification zkVerify, a modular protocol optimized for zero-knowledge proof verification developed by Horizen Labs, has successfully integrated into ApeChain’s Jenkins Testnet, the highly anticipated Arbitrum Orbit Chain. This […]
Jesse Powell, the co-founder and chairman of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has donated $1 million in digital assets to the United States presidential campaign of the pro-crypto candidate Donald Trump. In a Friday tweet, Powell revealed that the donation was mainly in ether (ETH). The Kraken founder has now declared publicly his support for Trump […]
Bitcoin sustained a more than 6% decline over the past week. The back-to-back corrections temporarily pushed the asset below $60,000. Although it has rebounded since then, its recovery appears to have stalled around $61,500, causing concern among investors about further losses. This is especially true as the US government transferred 3,940 BTC to Coinbase Prime […]
On June 27, Binance announced that it is implementing stricter measures to address account misuse, including enhanced monitoring of all account activities. The company stated that it has recently detected instances where certain account features on the platform are being “misused or exploited to gain unfair advantages, such as a better fee rate and higher […]
CleanSpark (CLSK) – one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining firms – announced on Thursday that it had acquired one of its smaller competitors, GRIID Infrastructure, in an all-stock deal. The $155 million deal immediately brings 20 megawatts (MW) of additional power to CleanSpark to bolster its mining operations. Another 400 MW of power […]
The layer-2 ecosystem remains robust with protocols and EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) scaling platforms growing rapidly and becoming ubiquitous, contrary to some bearish claims, said Ethereum community member Ryan Berckmans in a post on X on June 26. His comments came in response to a post from Movement Labs founder Rushi Manche, who said, “EVM […]
According to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, a Bitcoin wallet that had been inactive for 14 years has reemerged. The entity deposited 50 BTC worth around $3.05M to Binance. Early Bitcoin Miner Wallet Moves 50 BTC The dormant wallet, belonging to an early Bitcoin miner, sprang to life on Thursday, moving its entire balance of 50 […]
The past couple of days were action-packed, with the cryptocurrency market experiencing considerable volatility. Fortunately, this time, it was leaning toward the upside as most of the coins attempted to recover from the declines suffered at the beginning of the week. In this recap, we will examine what happened with Ripple, Shiba Inu, and more. […]
According to data shared by Lookonchain, the German government has transferred an additional 750 BTC, valued at approximately $46.35 million. Around $15.41 million or 250 BTC of this amount was sent to crypto exchanges Bitstamp and Kraken. Despite these transfers, the entity still maintains a significant Bitcoin reserve, currently holding 45,609 BTC, which has an […]