Bitcoin rallies to $104.7K after Fed FOMC ‘nothing burger’ lines up with market expectations

Cosmos is now building a cross-chain DEX for IBC-enabled blockchains, dubbed Gravity 2760 Total views 24 Total shares The self-described “Internet of blockchains,” Cosmos, has launched its Inter-Blockchain Communication standard, or IBC, enabling crypto assets to be transferred easily between independent blockchains.Comos’ IBC went live on March 29, enabling token transfers between Cosmos and other…

Wednesday, March 20 — cryptocurrency markets are seeing mixed signals today after moderate growth yesterday. Most top coins are slightly down, with Bitcoin (BTC) trading at around $4,060 at press time.Market visualization from Coin360BTC is down around 0.13 percent over the last 24 hours, and is trading at around $4,063 at press time. The leading…

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed the existence of a Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program (CIP) in the agency’s 2021 budget proposal.The proposal states that the CIP seeks to identify unlicensed capital flows taking place across peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces, online forums, and darknet markets. The CIP was developed by ICE’s Bulk Cash Smuggling…

A hacker named “Fxmsp” managed built a million dollar cybercriminal business over three years. 915 Total views 20 Total shares A new report shows that a Kazakhstani hacker built a million dollar fortune by breaching private networks and selling their data.Researchers at threat intelligence company, Group-IB, said that the hacker, who operates under the pseudonym…

“You would be able to eg. send an NFT to vitalik.eth without anyone except me (the new owner) being able to see who the new owner is,” said the Ethereum co-founder. 467 Total views 11 Total shares Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested there may be a “low-tech approach” to incorporating privacy features into nonfungible…

Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial, testified that SBF tried to use identities linked to Thai sex workers to unfreeze funds before bribing Chinese officials for millions. 90 Total views 3 Total shares Caroline Ellison, the former romantic partner of embattled FTX founder Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and former CEO of

“The proposal includes very expansive language, which, together with the chair’s apparent interest in regulating all things crypto, suggests that it could be used to regulate crypto platforms,” said Hester Peirce. 79 Total views 1 Total shares Hester Peirce, a commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission known by many in the space as…

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the best form of money, Binance’s CEO says. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that decentralized finance is here to stay despite many DeFi projects showing signs of being in a bubble.In a Nov. 17 interview with Russia’s news agency RBC, Zhao argued that “a…

“The Metaverse” and “Web3” are the buzzwords of the moment, with their concepts permeating across the worlds of fintech, blockchain, and now even mainstream media. With decentralization thought to be at the core of the Web3 Metaverse, the promise of a better user experience, security and control for consumers is what’s driving its growth. But…