After a few days of sideways trading, Bitcoin’s price has headed straight south, with a massive plunge that has pushed it to a 9-day low of $66,000. The altcoins are in an even worse position, with several double-digit price losers, such as Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Bitcoin Cash, and Avalanche. BTCUSD. Source: TradingView CryptoPotato reported yesterday […]
Meme coin hype has dominated crypto social media recently as more seemingly worthless tokens were pumped over the weekend. Industry observer “L” told their 46,000 X followers on April 1 that it is “obvious” that the meme coin craze is retail-driven. “Meme coins are the clear indicator of whether retail is here. It’s obvious to […]
Mike Novogratz’s digital asset financial services firm Galaxy Digital posted a net income of $296 million for the full year 2023, according to its recently released financial statement. This was a significant turnaround after a $1 billion loss in 2022. The company said that Q4 of 2023 was particularly game-changing for the company. In its […]
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has escalated its enforcement efforts by tightening its grip on individuals and entities operating within the financial services and technology sectors in Russia, particularly those involved in virtual assets, enabling evasion of US sanctions. The enforcement agency claimed that these individuals and entities played a crucial role in […]
Crypto crimes are on the rise across the world, especially with the market-wide boom. Elderly individuals, for one, are one of the most targeted groups, preyed on by fraudsters who convince them through different means to exchange their funds for crypto while promising substantial investment gains. This has prompted authorities to intensify their crackdown. In the […]
Bitcoin’s price movements continue to be quite underwhelming, but the asset has remained above the coveted $70,000 mark. The altcoins are also quite sluggish during the same time frame, but the weekly scale shows some impressive gains from the likes of SOL, DOGE, BCH, ICP, and others. BTC Maintains $70K The previous weekend was quite […]
The TRON network accounted for 45% of all illicit volume in 2023, according to data released by analysts at blockchain forensics firm TRM Labs. TRM Labs released a report titled “The Illicit Crypto Economy” on Wednesday shedding light on the key trends in 2023 related to illicit activities and funds in the crypto space. TRON […]
On March 29, the firm announced its Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund (GDIF) stating that it is its first actively managed investment product. Grayscale added that the new fund aims to optimize income in the form of staking rewards associated with proof-of-stake crypto assets. It is the latest effort from the world’s largest crypto asset manager […]
TL;DR Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence sparked the creation of some meme coins like “Sam Baseman Fraud (FTX).” This phenomenon underscores the crypto community’s habit of launching meme coins tied to major news events, albeit with a cautionary note on their high volatility and investment risks. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the […]
It has been over 15 years since Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, and a lot has happened within this timeframe. From being called a pyramid scheme, rat poison (sq), and proclaimed dead hundreds of times, to becoming a trillion-dollar asset with a dozen exchange-traded funds tracking its performance on the world’s largest financial […]