Crypto sleuth investigates suspect in Sydney Sweeney’s hack

Bitcoin (BTC) surged higher on Jan. 14, reaching $40,000 on Coinbase amid fresh evidence of new large buys on exchanges.BTC/USD weekly price candles (Coinbase). Source: TradingviewBTC price adds $10,000 in 3 daysData from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as the pair delivered even more bullish surprises during Thursday trading, adding over 17% in 24 hours.The uptick…

The cryptocurrency market crash has eased pressure on the U.K.’s financial regulator to introduce hasty new rules for the sector, Reuters reported Nov. 20.As Reuters outlines, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) had been pressed to expedite new regulation for the rapidly growing crypto space, raising the risk of a heavy-handed approach that could impede…

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $9,500 for the first time in almost two weeks on Feb. 17 as downward pressure continued to pressure markets.Crypto market weekly price chart. Source: Coin360BTC further rejects $10KData from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD hitting twelve-day lows of $9,485 on Monday. At press time, the BTC price was struggling to…

The German-speaking world continues to see lots of developments in the crypto industry, as a Liechtenstein-based exchange is tokenizing a $25 million movie fund with actor Wesley Snipes, Austrian textile manufacturers use blockchain to go green and a Swiss crypto finance company expands its business into Asia. Here is the past week of crypto and blockchain…

The 2008 financial crisis was a devastating time for many, as the collapse of the United States real estate market caused ripple effects impacting the employment and livelihoods of millions of people.According to TheStreet, one of the chief causes of the crisis was the opaqueness of the mortgage industry. Mortgages were bundled into packages called…

A recent report by blockchain tracking and analytics provider, Whale Alert, revealed that the miner known as Patoshi mined over $10.9 billion or 1,125,150 BTC during Bitcoin’s infancy in order to protect the network from a 51% attack. Patoshi has been confirmed to be the anonymous Bitcoin creator known as Satoshi and the early blocks mined…

Bitcoiners sent crude messages to the German government as they dusted it with small donations; CoinStats says North Korea’s Lazarus Group may be behind the recent $2.2 million exploit and more.

Coinbase Wallet now allows to register and store “.crypto” domains, featuring payments through domain handles instead of cryptographic addresses. Coinbase Wallet, a service of the largest crypto exchange in the United States, now supports “.crypto” domains via an integration with blockchain domain provider Unstoppable Domains.Coinbase users can now send payments to each other by simply…

DeFi enthusiasts know all too well the benefits that decentralization can bring to finance: trustless operations, innovation and greater control for users.  Yet, as with any transformational shift, growing pains are inevitable. Among these, fragmentation, particularly in terms of liquidity, casts a shadow over the DeFi horizon.  At its core, fragmented liquidity — where available