Dubai does for crypto what Silicon Valley did for tech — Gov’t affairs firm CEO

In his latest blog post released on Jan. 19, Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of BitMEX exchange predicted a “global financial meltdown” thanks to future United States economic woes.Hayes: Crypto will "get smoked" in Fed pivotBitcoin’s current rally should likely not be taken as the start of a new bull run. That is the opinion…

Lazarus Group used a new form of malware in an attempt to compromise a crypto exchange, according to an Oct. 31 report from Elastic Security Labs. Elastic has named the new malware “Kandykorn” and the loader program that loads it into memory “Sugarload,” as the loader file has a novel “.sld” extension in its name.

Tether Holdings Limited, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, released an independent accountant report on Monday claiming that its tokens are fully backed by its reserves. Moore Cayman, an accounting network based in the Cayman Islands, reviewed Tether’s latest Consolidated Reserves Report, or CRR, and determined that the company met its reserve obligations for the period…

Following the announcement, a representative confirmed that the venture capital firm Bitkraft would also be joining as a partner and member of the jury. 132 Total views 1 Total shares The inaugural edition of the GAM3 Awards — a new web3 gaming awards event hosted by Polkastarter Gaming — is set to take place on…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBitcoin’s price correction continues, dashing hopes of $20,000 in 2020 What a…

Anthony Scaramucci revealed that SkyBridge currently holds $700 million worth of cryptocurrency. 2914 Total views 86 Total shares Alternative investment firm SkyBridge capital hopes to expand its crypto offerings, filing for a crypto-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Tuesday and revealing plans for an Algorand fund at this week’s SALT conference in New York.Speaking to CNBC,…

Blockchain payment network Ripple signed an open letter to United States regulators on July 28 ahead of fresh hearings on cryptocurrency regulation this week. In the wake of mixed feelings from Congress on both Facebook’s Libra digital currency and crypto more broadly, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse appealed to Washington to be lenient in its future approach.The…

Bitcoin (BTC) has been trying to break the $60,000 resistance for the past 23 days. Generally, investors don’t seem too worried about this as they consider it a healthy consolidation period, and even recent analysis from JPMorgan Chase estimates that BTC price will reach $130,000. Even as most investors expect Bitcoin price to rise above $100,000,…

The pro-crypto ex-Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Donald Trump’s team, which would help form a government if Trump wins the November elections.