20% of Binance’s new hires this year will be in compliance, says CEO

Online information flows have a tremendous influence on the prices of crypto assets. Just this week, investors witnessed how even fake news can sometimes make the market value of a token explode, even if for just an hour. Fortunately, the effects of legitimate news tend to last longer, but the trick for investors is to…

A company founded by Jacques Voorhees, father of ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, is offering NFTs representing diamonds on the OpenSea marketplace. 1088 Total views 23 Total shares Non fungible tokens (NFT) representing diamonds have made their way to the OpenSea marketplace. In the past, there have been quite a few attempts to tokenize diamonds and other…

App-specific blockchains, or appchains, are specifically designed to support the creation and deployment of decentralized applications (DApps). In an appchain, each app runs on its separate blockchain, linked to the main chain. This allows for greater scalability and flexibility, as each app can be customized and optimized for its specific use case.Appchains are also an…

French, Belgian and Israeli investigators have brought down a scheme that defrauded €6 million ($6.64 million) from French and Belgian citizens, a Jan 29. press release from Europol reads.The fraudsters promised significant returns for the victims’ investment in what appears to have been a Ponzi scheme.The international network of fraudsters was allegedly masterminded by a…

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested power plant operators for mining cryptocurrency in the Yuzhoukrainsk nuclear power plant facility. English-language Ukrainian news site UNIAN reported the details of the arrest on Aug. 21. According to the report, the crypto miners compromised the nuclear facility’s security via their mining setup’s internet connection. Due to the…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx founder Star Xu has today, September 12, hit back at allegations of fraud after conflicting reports over why Chinese law enforcement summoned him to a police station for 24 hours Monday.According to multiple local media sources, Xu, also the CEO of OKCoin, had faced problems at his hotel from a group of…

The Retail CBDC will be tested in a limited retail environment with 10,000 participants and three major banks. 61 Total views 13 Total shares On top of its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects and proof-of-concept Retail CBDC testing with corporates, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) will extend the scope of CBDC development aimed…

Georgian merchants accept crypto payments through a partnership between Gate Pay and CityPay.io, connecting users to the benefits of crypto services. 214 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTGate Pay, the cryptocurrency payment service offered by the crypto exchange firm Gate.io, has partnered with CityPay.io, a…