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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bitcoin had a controversial week in terms of price movements, as it slumped to a ten-day low and jumped by nearly five grand a day later but failed to sustain its momentum. The altcoins also suffered on a weekly basis, but most have turned green after yesterday’s retracements. BTC Goes After $68K The volatile week […]
The Bitcoin halving takes place approximately every four years and is a built-in mechanism to slow down the process of creating new BTC so that the last one will be mined over a hundred years from now, even though more than 19.6 million are already in existence. When the production speed is reduced, while the […]
Ethena Labs, the creators of USDe, have incorporated Bitcoin (BTC) as backing into their synthetic dollar-pegged offering. This move aims to scale USDe’s supply from its current $2 billion mark. BTC to Boost Scalability and Liquidity The announcement, made through an April 4 thread on X, highlighted the strategic importance of incorporating BTC as a […]
There are around 18,000 Bitcoin options due to expire on April 5 with a notional value of $1.23 billion. However, today’s expiry event is much smaller than last week’s whopping $15 billion end-of-quarter crypto options expiry. Moreover, markets have been weaker this week, with total capitalization falling 5% as $150 billion left the space. Bitcoin […]
Global payment giant PayPal has announced that all United States users will be able to facilitate money transfers to friends and family abroad using USD converted from the PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin. PYUSD is, however, not available to residents of Hawaii. PYUSD to USD Conversions for Cross-Border Transfers PayPal said that US customers leveraging its […]