After a series of back-and-forths regarding Do Kwon’s extradition, it appears that the Terraform Labs co-founder and former CEO may finally be handed over to South Korean authorities after the Appellate Court of Montenegro confirmed a previous decision to extradite him to his native country. Terraform Labs’ Chief Executive Officer, who was arrested in March […]
In its letter to District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday, the legal team behind the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has contested the sentencing recommendation put forth by the Department of Justice last week. The US prosecutors had previously proposed a prison term of 40 to 50 years for the former FTX CEO, but the […]
Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been accused of laundering $1.2 billion of illicit funds through the OFAC-sanctioned platform, as per the latest report. Since his arrest in August 2022, Pertsev has dismissed the allegations of breaching money laundering laws. The latest indictment from the Netherlands claims that Pertsev was involved in money laundering on […]
Bitcoin’s price was heading south for several consecutive days, culminating in a price dump below $61,000 yesterday amid fears of what the US central bank will announce in regards to its monetary policy. However, the asset went on a roll yesterday after the Federal Reserve outlined no significant changes. The rest of the market followed […]
Bitcoin’s price has been on a downright spiral for the past several days, losing way more than ten grand after charting a new all-time high last week at nearly $74,000. Although many experts warned that such a correction could arrive and forecasted a ‘healthy’ 20% retracement before another leg up, the community wonders how low […]
Binance disclosed in its 16th proof-of-reserves (PoR) snapshot that its assets exceeded $100 billion as of March 18. The exchange views this milestone not merely as an “arbitrary number” but as evidence of continued trust in Binance and a strong indication of the crypto markets’ solid performance. Binance’s User Asset Holdings Surge In a blog […]
Asset management firm Fidelity wants traders of its proposed spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be able to stake their assets upon the product’s approval. The financial giant included the request in an amendment of its November 17 application to launch a spot Ethereum ETF in the United States. Fidelity Includes Staking in ETF Proposal […]
A Federal High Court in Nigeria has ordered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, to release comprehensive data of all local users trading on its platform to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the clampdown on the firm for its alleged role in the devaluation of the naira continues. According to a report […]
NodeMonkes, Bitcoin’s premier NFT collection, has surged by over 50% in the past 24 hours, surpassing Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) in market capitalization. According to data from CoinGecko, NodeMonkes witnessed a 53.3% surge in its floor price, making it the second-largest NFT collection in terms of market cap. NodeMonkes and Runestone’s Floor Price Surge […]
Bitcoin’s price has been on the decline for the past several days and the landscape worsened earlier this morning when the asset fell to a 13-day low of under $64,500. The altcoins are in even worse shape, and the total liquidations have skyrocketed to more than $400 million on a daily scale. BTCUSD. Source: TradingView […]