Brazil lifts freeze on Starlink, X accounts after $3M fine payment

Bitcoin (BTC) prepared for a rare bear feature to return on May 8 after an overnight sell-off took the market ever closer to January lows.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBTC circles $34,400 lowsData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $34,200 on Bitstamp, recovering to trade around $500 higher at the time…

The notorious group of hackers used a combination of crypto mixers and peer-to-peer marketplaces to launder the stolen funds.

Following a rollout of buy and sell options for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC)  yesterday, Yahoo clarified in an email to Cointelegraph that, at the moment, its new service will only be available on its iOS app.Yesterday, Cointelegraph reported that Yahoo Finance integrated a trading option for BTC, ETH, and LTC on its…

Vinnik’s lawyers fear Greek authorities will want him to face additional charges after the sentence. 523 Total views 2 Total shares A court of appeals in Paris has upheld the five-year prison term in the case against BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik.The court upheld a December 2020 verdict and prison sentence, finding that Vinnik/BTC-e had committed…

Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse has applied for banking and securities dealer licenses from Switzerland’s finance regulator, the company confirmed in a press release on July 16. Bitcoin Suisse, which forms part of the country’s Crypto Valley Association, said it had submitted requests to the Swiss Financial Markets Supervision Authority (FINMA).The reason, it said, was in…

The blockchain payments company said it unknowingly owns patents that expired before these were transferred to them. 1031 Total views 15 Total shares Blockchain payments company Rocketfuel Blockchain is suing its co-founder for allegedly misrepresenting patent applications and defrauding the firm. In a complaint filed with the Central District Court of California, Rocketfuel claimed its co-founder…

What’s interesting about this particular options expiry is that the current max pain price for the expiry is $54,000, which is very close to the current trading price. The max pain price is the price at which most options are rendered worthless, thus leading to the loss of the option premium for the options holders.…

The mining firm has cited the low price of Bitcoin, electricity costs, an increase in the BTC hash rate, and litigation with Celsius playing a role in its financial difficulties. 246 Total views 10 Total shares Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific is reportedly considering a potential bankruptcy amid a group of its convertible bondholders consulting…

Yet another aspect of blockchain protocol EOS has sparked controversy this week after one of its 21 block producers appeared to offer its token holders financial rewards for voting it as a proxy.Starteos, one of the official sanctioned nodes which can approve EOS transactions, said in a Medium post Nov. 27 that “after delegating Starteos.io…