The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has concluded the sale of $2.6 billion worth of discounted Solana tokens. Figure Markets and Pantera Capital were among the buyers who raked up the final troves of SOL tokens from FTX after weeks of auctions. The results of the auction were disclosed by two undisclosed sources, according to Bloomberg, […]
Ondo Finance, a platform dedicated to tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) and backed by Pantera Capital, witnessed a surge in the value of its Ondo Finance (ONDO) token. The coin soared nearly 20%, reaching an all-time high of $1.15 on May 24, 2024. This milestone was perhaps largely driven by Coinbase’s addition of ONDO to its […]
Crypto markets have largely held on to gains this week, buoyed by Ethereum and the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of spot exchange-traded funds. However, around $1.4 billion in notional value Bitcoin options contacts will expire on May 24. The 21,000 contract expiry is a relatively small event compared to the month-end May 31 […]
This week, we take a closer look at Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Shiba Inu, and Polkadot. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum just had one of its best weeks after its price exploded by almost 30%. It came on the news that an ETF approval was imminent, which was confirmed a few days later. Now, the price is consolidating […]
The Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has pointed fingers at the Nigerian Correctional Service for failing to produce detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan at the Federal High Court in Abuja on tax evasion charges. Reportedly, Gambaryan was a no-show in court on May 22, slated for arraignment on tax evasion accusations by the FIRS. […]
A confidential United Nations report obtained by Reuters reveals that North Korea’s notorious cybercriminal group known as the Lazarus Group transferred millions of stash of stolen cryptocurrency back to the Asian country last year. In March 2023, these North Korean hackers illicitly took $147.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from HTX, a crypto exchange owned by […]
Ontario’s self-styled ‘Crypto King,’ Aiden Pleterski, was arrested and accused of fraud and money laundering related to an alleged Ponzi scheme following one of the most extensive fraud investigations the region has witnessed. The 25-year-old, along with his associate, 27-year-old Colin Murphy, allegedly stole approximately $30 million from unsuspecting victims. Crypto King’s Arrest The charges […]
Two siblings who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are now facing allegations of exploiting a vulnerability in the Ethereum blockchain. The duo reportedly swindled $25 million within 12 seconds, which the prosecutors labeled as a first-of-its-kind caper. If convicted, both of them could potentially serve sentences exceeding 20 years in prison. Anton Peraire-Bueno, […]
By examining the processing speed of the largest blockchain networks in terms of total value locked on DeFiLlama, CoinGecko outlined the fastest based on the actual and realized transactions-per-speed (TPS) metric. The report concluded that Solana leads the way, followed by Sui and the Binance Smart Chain. Interestingly, Ethereum and Bitcoin are not even in […]
The Chinese police forces have burst a large underground banking operation using the popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) to facilitate transfers of up to 13.8 billion yuan ($1.9 billion). According to a report from local media house Weixin, the Public Security Bureau of Chengdu Municipal arrested 193 suspects linked to the case and froze 149 million […]