Crypto Trading Firm Auros Secures $17M Investment as It Recovers From FTX Woes

Some Nigerians were shocked when crypto exchange Binance announced they would discontinue all services in Nigeria by March 8. Despite facing scrutiny from regulators before the announcement, many people still asked how the biggest exchange in crypto could just disappear from the world’s fastest growing market for bitcoin adoption. I wasn’t shocked because I’ve been

Sep 10, 2020 at 02:45 UTCDBS Bank (S3studio/Getty Images)Pandemic Will Speed Bitcoin Adoption, Says DBS Bank Economist“A pandemic-led acceleration of adoption.”  That’s how Singapore-based DBS Bank describes the current state of digital assets in its quarterly report on cryptocurrencies published in August. It’s interesting to hear such an observation from a respected multinational bank and…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations – Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx (0x), Inc. and Deridex, Inc. – with offering illegal derivatives trading, according to a Thursday statement from the agency.The three firms face a number of accusations based on their use of blockchain-based protocols and smart contracts to function

news Crypto investors are pushing each other to actively participate in the networks they fund. A segment of the blockchain world has been buzzing since at least last fall about “generalized mining,” an idea that the decentralized web invites users to contribute resources to running different services – all while earning rewards for doing so.…

Bitcoin's recent surge shows the power of celebrity and how, like it or not, influencers create value in the modern economy. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)Feb 12, 2021 at 5:42 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 12, 2021 at 6:39 p.m. UTCMoney Reimagined: Musk Masters the Attention EconomyWelcome to Money Reimagined.Well, this past week felt historic. As bitcoin surged to all-time…

The new venture is expected to increase revenue and "optimize" its product offering structure. (Ebang)Feb 17, 2021 at 8:48 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 17, 2021 at 9:03 p.m. UTCMining Machine Manufacturer Ebang to Start Mining Bitcoins for ItselfNasdaq-listed mining machine manufacturer Ebang (EBON) announced its plans to start mining bitcoins using its own machines. Per a…

I spent a few moments this morning exploring my Twitter archive. I’m reflecting on what the social media site has meant for the world of cryptocurrency – and contemplating what the possible end of “Crypto Twitter” means for the future.It’s time for that reflection because Twitter as we knew it is now officially gone, with…

Solana (SOL) and cardano (ADA) led gains among major crypto tokens in the past 24 hours as the bitcoin (BTC) price gradually recovered from last week's liquidation event.Both tokens rose 3%, bitcoin and ether added as much as 1.2% and bnb (BNB) rallied 1% after staving off concerns about contagion risks in the BNB Chain…

NEWS Sep 20, 2018 at 04:31 UTC  |  Updated  Sep 20, 2018 at 05:58 UTC LINE, the messaging app giant from Japan, has unveiled plans that will see it launch an ambitious, token-powered ecosystem by the end of 2018. Aimed at capitalizing on the company's big user base – LINE claims to have more than 160…