Another busy week is shaping up on the US economic calendar with key inflation data and the minutes from the March Federal Reserve meeting. Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures are due out, and market participants eagerly await them as they are a leading inflation indicator. Additionally, the Q1 2024 earnings season kicks off on […]
American tech giant Google recently filed a lawsuit against two developers for uploading almost 90 fraudulent crypto investment applications on its online store, Google Play, which they used to defraud unsuspecting victims. Despite the company’s previous attempts to take down fraudulent apps from its Play Store, the alleged scammers found a way to upload more […]
The Southern District of New York announced that Irina Dilkinska was sentenced to four years in prison by US District Judge Edgardo Ramos for her involvement in the extensive OneCoin fraud scheme. Dilkinska served as OneCoin’s former legal and compliance officer who was caught and extradited from Bulgaria to the United States in March 2023. […]
In a report released earlier this week, analysts from investment manager VanEck forecasted that Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling networks will reach an astonishing $1 trillion market capitalization by the year 2030. The $1 trillion prediction was reached by estimating that Ethereum would hold 60% of the market share across all public blockchains and assessing the […]
The weekend is going quite favorably for Bitcoin as its price has kept climbing and went to a 5-day peak of just under $70,000. Most altcoins are also slightly in the green, with ETH nearing $3,400 and BNB closing down to $600. BTC Goes After $70K Last weekend was also quite positive for BTC as […]
Bitcoin’s price recovery continues as the asset jumped to over $69,000 and came close to challenging $70,000 hours ago. This price fluctuation comes amid increased activity from large BTC investors, according to on-chain data. BTCUSD. Source: TradingView The first whale move was observed by several on-chain data providers, such as Lookonchain and Whale Alert. The […]
Hong Kong authorities captured three teenagers and rescued a 19-year-old who had fallen victim to a harrowing ordeal involving assault and unlawful detention last month. The police are actively hunting the remaining six individuals – comprising four males and two females – suspected to be involved. Hong Kong Teen Assaulted Over Crypto Profits According to […]
Decentralized applications (dApps) saw a rise of 77% in activity in the first quarter of 2024 and a 7 million total daily active user wallet count. This growth comes as Bitcoin hit an all-time high in Q1 2024, reaching above $73,000. DApp Activity Resurges According to DappRadar, the recent increase in new users shows a […]
Upon designing what has later become the world’s largest blockchain network, Satoshi Nakamoto decided to incorporate an event happening approximately every four years to set a certain inflation rate for the creation of new BTC. The so-called halving slashes in half the rewards miners receive for their work on the network, which, in theory, should […]
Although the US has yet to win the extradition victory against South Korea for Do Kwon, a New York court has already ruled against the fallen former crypto mogul in a legal case launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Do Kwon and his crypto brainchild – Terraform Labs – were found guilty of misleading […]