Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin will cease operations by March 2025 following a hack that resulted in losses exceeding $300 million. This decision follows months of recovery efforts that ultimately failed to restore the platform’s viability. DMM Bitcoin to Transfer All Assets to SBI VC Trade According to a report from Nikkei Asia, the exchange […]
Chainlink prices have exploded by over 36% to an almost two-year high, topping $26 during late trading on Dec. 2. LINK has more than doubled in price over the past month, climbing from below $11 in early November to today’s peak, which is the highest it has been since January 2022. Most of those gains […]
[PRESS RELEASE – IFZA Freezone, Dubai, UAE, December 2nd, 2024] The resurgence of NFTs continues as Illuvium, a leader in blockchain-based gaming, announces its collaboration with the iconic G-SHOCK brand. Following the US election, the crypto market has experienced renewed momentum, with a notable rise in NFT transactions and an increase in the overall NFT […]
SecondLane, a private markets trading platform, has listed a 1% equity stake in Pump.fun for $15 million. This puts Pump.fun’s fully diluted valuation (FDV) at $1.5 billion. Token Launch and New Trading Features The stake can be purchased on SecondLane’s web app and through its Telegram channel, where new offerings are regularly announced. Pump.fun, which […]
Total crypto market capitalization hit an all-time high of $3.65 trillion during early trading in Asia on Monday, Dec. 2. It is almost $600 billion higher than the previous peak of just under $3.1 trillion during the 2021 bull market three years ago. Moreover, a large portion of those gains have come over the past month, […]
Crypto market capitalization has hit a peak above $3.6 trillion over the weekend as altcoins outperformed their big brother Bitcoin. This week’s economic data is primarily focused on employment and jobs, but there are also some manufacturing PMI reports in the mix. This will be the last week of labor market data before the Dec. […]
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1st, 2024] Virtual private servers have revolutionized the way people navigate the digital world. With the increasing demand for virtualization, VPS providers must ensure user privacy and security—a task that’s only getting more complex, with data breaches and invasive third-party tracking becoming increasingly common. For the same […]
Economists at the United States Treasury analyzed IRS data from households reporting cryptocurrency holdings on their annual tax returns and found that crypto ownership nearly tripled between 2020 and 2021, the most recent year with available tax data. The areas with the highest levels of crypto exposure in 2021 also experienced significant increases in both […]
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is holding specific imports of Antminer ASIC miners at various ports across the country. Seven US-based bitcoin mining companies, who spoke anonymously, claimed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had directed the CBP to hold certain deliveries of Bitmain ASIC miners. Interestingly, other Chinese producers of ASIC mining […]
In November 2024, hacks accounted for an overwhelming 99.96% of total losses. During the same period, fraud and rug pulls fell significantly, contributing to just $25,300 in total losses across two incidents. According to the latest report by Immunefi shared with CryptoPotato, decentralized finance (DeFi) was the primary victim, with $71 million in total losses […]