Fee war breaks out among spot Ether ETF issuers ahead of listings

On Sept. 7, in a historic first, the small Central American nation of El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.The true significance of this day for how people all around the world exchange value and what meaning they ascribe to the concept of money will take quite some time to reify and be fully understood.…

Prominent Bitcoin figures are working together to ensure the alpha release of Pixelmatic’s Infinite Fleet space adventure game is launched by the end of 2020.Infinite Fleet, under the leadership of Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer and Pixelmatic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Samson Mow, is being backed by major crypto players like Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee,…

Canadian holding company dumped XMR and ETH to fund its acquisition. 296 Total views 1 Total shares Cypherpunk Holdings (CSE:HODL), a privacy-focused Canadian investment company, has upped its stake in Bitcoin (BTC). The company disclosed Thursday that it has added 72.979 BTC to its reserves since June 30, 2020.Cypherpunk funded the acquisition by liquidating its holdings…

One ultra-rare CryptoPunk is set for some extra stage time at a hotly anticipated upcoming auction. In a Tweet today, luxury auction house Sotheby’s announced that the sale of CryptoPunk #7530, also known as “Covid Alien”, will be offered during a “special, standalone” auction. The Punk was previously announced as part of the “Natively Digital” event,…

India’s crypto exchanges continue to cope with the burden of limited access to banking services. Commercial banks in India are reportedly reluctant to do business with crypto exchanges in the country.According to Reuters on Thursday, crypto trading platforms in India are still finding it difficult to open accounts with financial institutions. While there is no crypto…

Whether CZ is coming to the rescue or not remains to be seen. Eterbase, a Slovakia-based crypto exchange, was recently the victim of a $5M hack. According to an update from Eterbase, some of these funds appear to have ended up on a number of popular exchanges, including Binance, Huobi Global, and HitBTC.Binance CEO's Changpeng…

The World Federation of Exchanges, whose members handled $140 trillion in trades in 2022, has some concerns as its members adopt DLT. 364 Total views 8 Total shares The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) sees the potential for crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) to play a larger role in the “real” economy and society at large.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's bail was revoked on Aug. 11 after he was found to be trying to contact witnesses in the case and malign witness credibility. 492 Total views 2 Total shares Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried’s lawyers have requested for a pre-trial release citing a lack of adequate internet connectivity in

Fintech and regulation experts have said the United States needs to wake up to China’s proactive pursuit of a central bank digital currency.A Fortune report published on Nov. 1 pointed to the fact that digital currency looks poised to play an increasingly important role in the standoff between the two superpowers. China making “very large macros…