Binance beefs up compliance team by 34% to 645 full-timers

A social media influencer known for “cash giveaways” has failed to show the money in alleged Bitcoin wire fraud scheme. 1327 Total views 12 Total shares An Instagram influencer has been charged with wire fraud, after he allegedly scammed followers out of $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin. Social media influencer Jay Mazini, who boasted of…

Bitcoin (BTC) needs to hold current levels and work to reclaim higher ones to avoid a crash in the $20,000 range, the latest analysis warns. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewIs $20,000 incoming?Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD still failing to cement $30,000 as support on the May 16 Wall Street open.The pair…

Even miners selling high-performance computing to AI models are under strain, according to JPMorgan analysts. 481 Total views 1 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks are struggling as declining cryptocurrency prices add further pressure to business models strained by the Bitcoin network’s April halving, according to a JPMorgan research note shared with Cointelegraph.  Mining stocks

The Tornado Cash developer was arrested in August 2022 by Dutch authorities as part of a criminal investigation against the crypto mixer service.

China is not the only country that wants control of this highly coveted industry. Taras Kulyk, Senior Vice President of Blockchain Business Development at Core Scientific, says that the countries competing to become leaders in the Blockchain space vary greatly in what they can offer to crypto miners.During an interview with Cointelegraph, Kulyk stated that…

A Japanese video platform service called c0ban.tv has started its expansion into English-speaking markets, the startup team has reported to Cointelegraph. The platform has its own cryptocurrency and has been developed by the LastRoots corporation, famous for its  popular cryptocurrency exchange.Buying lunch with cryptoThe c0ban.tv platform publishes short video ads, already with over 50,000 active…

“Misleading advertisements and improper marketing strategies may encourage investors to take on risks they would normally avoid," said CSA chair Louis Morisset. 469 Total views 19 Total shares The Canadian Securities Administrators, or CSA, and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, or IIROC, have issued guidelines for crypto trading platforms operating in the country to…

Proxy system in front of immutable smart contracts will allow changing of internal parameters. Tornado.Cash, the Ethereum mixing service that earlier this year implemented completely immutable smart contracts, has proposed a governance system powered by its own TORN tokens.According to a Dec. 18 post, the proposal will put stewardship of the protocol in the hands…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave has announced the launch of Aave V3, marking a significant evolution on the existing model of liquidity pools by promising to improve financial efficiency, bolster current safety and security measures, foster greater decentralization via DAO development, as well as enhance the user-interface design.Holders of the project’s native tokens, AAVE, are…