CFTC slaps $36M fine on man for 5-year crypto investor fraud

ParaFi Capital will tokenize part of its $1.2 billion portfolio using the Avalanche blockchain and tokenization platform Securitize.

United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency data and wallet provider Blockchain.com has added a British pound gateway to its crypto exchange, The Pit.On Dec. 19, Xen Baynham-Herd — executive vice president of product at Blockchain — told Cointelegraph that with Brexit on the horizon, the exchange has seen a record number of first-time deposits from U.K. users.The Pit’s…

Following the cyber breach of non-sensitive data, bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reactivated account access to its customer claims portal. 144 Total views 2 Total shares Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has restored its customer claims portal, which was previously shut down due to a cyber attack. Claimants can now continue to submit asset claims they

Data points to capital flight among most major DeFi protocols. 640 Total views 29 Total shares On Monday, a heavy cryptocurrency sell-off in the markets caused significant ripples for projects and entities alike. On popular decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol Aave (AAVE), utilization rates have fallen across nearly all stablecoin borrowings. Most notably, borrowings…

XRP has significantly lagged behind Bitcoin in 2024, but a recent Mt. Gox- and German government-led sell-off in the BTC market may spark renewed interest in the altcoin.

As Ethereum rallied to new highs, the total value locked in multiple DeFi platforms surged above $10 billion, lifting MKR, AAVE and COMP toward new all-time highs. 1308 Total views 12 Total shares Analyzing the activity on lending platforms can sometimes be used as a barometer for measuring the sentiment of the cryptocurrency market as…

A study from Crystal Blockchain Analytics on May 19 shows that the total USD value of Bitcoins transferred on the dark web rose by 65% ​​in Q1 2020, despite a decline in transactions during the same period in 2019.According to the report, the total value of Bitcoin (BTC) transacted represented a 340% growth over three…

"You don't have to be a crypto expert to buy, sell, and collect NFTs. OneOf and eBay are bringing transformative Web3 technology to the next 100M non-crypto-native mass consumers," said OneOf CEO Lin Dai. E-commerce giant eBay has officially launched its first NFT drop, with a series of tokenized collectibles featuring National Hockey League (NHL)…

As the first vaccines against COVID-19 roll out, governments and institutions across the world are scrambling to figure out how to provide proof that someone has been vaccinated. Paper certificates, PDFs, wristbands and mobile apps have all been suggested — and the former director of the Centers for Disease Control, Tom Frieden, and international human…