Crypto firm pleads guilty to wash trading FBI-made token

European businesses may soon have a new jurisdiction in which to experiment with security tokens while regulators evaluate the pros and cons. France’s markets regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers — or AMF — is considering a regulatory sandbox meant to study the impact of security tokens in the European Union.The AMF announced on March 6…

The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol. 193 Total views 16 Total shares An attacker has returned just over 93% of the more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies they exploited from the Celo (CELO) blockchain-based…

Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper made a turning point in his family’s path to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. 388 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTTim Draper, one of the most known Silicon Valley venture capitalists, has played a crucial role in the Draper VC dynasty.…

The crypto market downturn continues to impact private funding, but one fund is bullish about the future of Web3. 261 Total views 12 Total shares Data from Cointelegraph Research reveals that in August 2022, the blockchain industry saw $1.36 billion of venture capital invested in the blockchain industry — a 12-month low and the fourth…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced that it repaid $100 million of outstanding loan facility to stablecoin operator Tether in a post on its official blog on July 2.Per the announcement, Bitfinex made the repayment via wire transfer to Tether’s bank account and the amount was not yet due to be paid to the operator under the…

South Korean blockchain startup Blockco has secured 9 billion Korean won ($7.5 million) in a recent Series B+ funding round participated by major local banks.Banks continue interest in blockchainBacked by South Korea’s tech giant Samsung, Blockco announced the investment in a blog post on Aug. 22.The funding round involved South Korea’s oldest bank Shinhan Bank…

BTC price performance finally attempts to catch up with risk assets as a Bitcoin renaissance takes over.

The Eth2 staking contract is now the single-largest address by Ether holdings. 766 Total views 7 Total shares The staking contract for the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain is now the single-largest holder of Ether.According to blockchain analytics provider Nansen, the Eth2 staking contract has surpassed Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) to become the single largest holder of ETH.…