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news The government of India is said to be renewing its efforts to completely outlaw public cryptocurrencies. A report from The Economic Times on Friday, citing anonymous “government officials aware of details” said that a number of government departments in the country have backed the idea of a complete ban on the issuance and trading…

As much as $1.64 billion has been lost to hacks and rug pulls since BNB Chain's inception in 2017. Some $368 million has been attributed to rug pulls, making it the primary target for launching nefarious tokens. There was a reduction in losses in 2023 and 2024 following a series of hard forks to address

Last week at Consensus, Yat Siu nearly missed his talk on the Main Stage because he was swamped by a throng of adoring fans, desperate to steal a minute with the metaverse mogul. Siu’s fellow panelist, Maya Zehavi, and I, his moderator, were getting mic’d up backstage, watching as the production crew got more nervous…

feature The most prestigious banking relationship in crypto has ended. Barclays, the London-based global bank, is no longer working with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, industry sources told CoinDesk. And while Coinbase found a replacement in U.K. upstart Clearbank, according to people familiar with the situation, the change has indirectly inconvenienced the exchange’s users. That’s because, aside…

Jun 29, 2020 at 22:23 UTCLloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse (Department of Justice/Wikimedia commons)Sergey Medvedev, a Russian national who operated a digital currency escrow service for the $568 million payment card fraud forum he founded in 2010, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in what the U.S. government called its largest ever cyber fraud case. …

The dollar value of the mean onchain transfers on the Bitcoin blockchain remain well below the 2021 peak, data tracked by Glassnode show.That's a sign of investors holding on to their coin stash in anticipation of higher prices, analysts at Blockware Solutions said.Bitcoin's (BTC) price recently rose to new record highs above $70,000. Still, the

Solana has garnered notoriety for its meme coin connection. But financial institutions are also interested in using the network to build their products. While Solana is newer than Ethereum, it doesn’t face the same challenges when it comes to transaction throughput and cheap fees. 00:56 Len Sassaman-Themed Memecoins Surge Ahead of HBO Bitcoin Creator Documentary

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Cam Thompson is a news reporter at CoinDesk.Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and…

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday it has put plans to regulate cryptocurrencies on hold.Feb 12, 2021 at 11:41 a.m. UTCUpdated Feb 12, 2021 at 11:47 a.m. UTCNigeria’s SEC Puts Plans to Regulate Crypto on Hold in Light of Central Bank BanNigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday it has put plans…