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

Ireland’s High Court has ruled that 25,000 euro in cryptocurrency held by a man in prison is considered “the proceeds of a crime,” the Irish Times reported on Tuesday, Dec. 18.The court “broke new legal ground”, the Irish Times states, while considering the case of Neil Mannion — a man reportedly serving a six-and-a-half year…

Pendle Finance and Notcoin recently experienced roughly 58.6% and 400% price growth, respectively and are thus among the recent top performers.

Tim Robustelli is a Program Associate with the Future of Property Rights Program at New America, a think tank based in Washington, D.C.The flurry of activity related to blockchain-for-land over the past few years is impressive, with a number of firms working with land registries worldwide.Yet, skepticism is growing around the technology’s potential for land…

LINE Pay said it was considering adding other cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ether to its payments options in the future 508 Total views 5 Total shares Users of Japanese messaging giant LINE will soon be able to use the app’s native token for payments at select online merchants in a limited trial.In a Tuesday announcement,…

Crypto companies often find out the hard way that hackers know their security systems better than they do. As hacks in the crypto world can and often do result in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tokens being stolen, the fate of a company’s future can often ride on its security measures. In an…

Privacy advocates scored a big win in June with Binance’s announcement that it was backtracking on a decision to delist privacy coins for users in a number of European countries.As a result of the move, users in Italy, Poland, Spain and France will be permitted to continue trading tokens including Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR), Decred…

In conjunction with the $33 million raise, Blockaid said it’s coming out of stealth with customers like MetaMask and OpenSea. 166 Total views 22 Total shares Blockaid, a blockchain security startup and partner of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet, has secured $33 million funding to scale its technology designed to stop malicious transactions.The Series A funding

Hong Kong-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex now enables its users to purchase cryptocurrencies with both credit and debit cards.The exchange made the announcement on Dec. 20, saying:“Buy cryptocurrencies with your debit or credit cards on Bitfinex. Whether it's Bitcoin, USDt, Ethereum, or any other ERC20 tokens, pick your favorite and purchase with your credit or debit…