Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 30, 2020

news An investigation by EU law enforcement agency Europol and British and German police agencies has led to the arrest of a 36-year-old man suspected of carrying out a spate of crypto thefts. Europol announced Wednesday that the British man is suspected of stealing around €10 million ($11.34 million) worth of iota tokens in January 2018…

Sep 14, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2020 at 16:26 UTCThe hacker was exposed sometime on Monday. (MichaelMaggs/Wikimedia Commons)DeFi Lender bZx Reclaims $8M Stolen in Sunday’s AttackDecentralized finance (DeFi) lending project bZx has been able to recover about $8 million in cryptocurrency from an attacker who stole the funds after exploiting a code bug…

Merchants on messaging app Telegram are now able to accept payment in cryptocurrency as services provider Wallet expands beyond its chat-centric payments mechanism.Wallet, which is built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain, already allows crypto transfers between users in chats. Now it's letting merchants integrate cryptocurrency into the bots they use to accept payments, it…

AUSTIN, Texas – The biggest news this year at Consensus seems to be the political sea change happening in the Democratic party over crypto. While President Biden’s administration essentially carried over the same reluctant-to-the-point-of-being-nearly-hostile approach to crypto as its predecessor, ever since the bottoming out of the industry in 2022 (the year from crypto hell)

Ether puts expiring in 30 and 60 days traded at a premium to calls a day after the cryptocurrency's price broke above $4,000.The relative richness of puts likely stems from concerns that the U.S. SEC may not approve the highly anticipated ether spot ETF by May.Ether (ETH) options traders are bracing for near-term price weakness

This post is part of Consensus Magazine’s Trading Week, sponsored by CME.In light of the transformative changes in the crypto landscape, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has seen an extraordinary rise, followed by moments of decline.As users grapple with intricate challenges — from managing private keys to navigating various protocols — it’s evident that the

Ripple’s Singapore arm has secured a license as a major payments institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the company said, allowing it to keep providing digital payment token services in the fast-growing region. It's the second piece of good news for Ripple in the past eight hours.“Singapore has developed into one of the leading

Steve Cohen's Point72 held $77.5 million of the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund in the first quarter.Point72 joins several other hedge funds who have disclosed allocations into the spot bitcoin ETFs.Point72, the $34 billion hedge fund of billionaire and owner of the New York Mets, Steven Cohen, held $77.5 million of the Fidelity Wise Origin

news Crypto exchange Huobi is expanding to Argentina as cryptocurrencies gain acceptance in the region as a hedge against the infamous inflationary peso. The company said in an announcement on Tuesday it has launched Huobi Argentina, a local exchange that will facilitate purchases of a range of cryptocurrencies with the Argentine peso. Huobi also plans…