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The MicroStrategy co-founder believes crypto-related regulatory enforcement action will play in Bitcoin's favor. 93 Total views 1 Total shares Enforcement actions on cryptocurrency firms by regulators in the United States could result in a Bitcoin (BTC)-focused industry that will push its price over $250,000, according to MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor.In a June 13 Bloomberg interview,…

On March 28, Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun tweeted to announce the release of Djed, a system for collateralized loans he described as “something new.” The platform was immediately criticized as many see it as a plagiarized version of MakerDAO (MKR).Sun teased the launch on Jan. 16 when Sun let his fans choose the name…

Royal Bahamas police have arrested SBF at the request of the U.S. government, based on a sealed indictment. 3948 Total views 45 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTSam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and founder of Alameda Research, has been arrested and taken into…

The partnership connects The Giving Block, one of the biggest platforms for crypto-friendly nonprofits, with the Munch protocol’s automated donations tool. 1926 Total views 6 Total shares Munch, an up-and-coming decentralized finance (DeFi) project that lets investors give back a portion of their earnings to charitable causes, has officially partnered with The Giving Block —…

Crypto could still be in its infancy, according to one mainstream company's CEO. 3210 Total views 18 Total shares Although the crypto space has been around for more than a decade, William Stromberg, CEO of mainstream investment management outfit T. Rowe Price, thinks the asset class is still finding its sea legs. "It's early days,” Stromberg…

London-based company, Travelex, reportedly paid hackers almost $2.3 million in Bitcoin (BTC) after suffering a ransomware attack on January 11.According to sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal on April 9, the UK firm’s networks were infiltrated by cybercriminals with a ransomware injection in the new year eve of 2020. The company is known for…

by Max Parasol 14 min November 8, 2022 "If you can’t build a good community outside crypto, you can’t build one inside.” Crypto communities can often implode, despite the best intentions of everyone involved. Genuine communities with plausible but convoluted project ideas can fail just as easily as projects like DeFi Wonderland, which imploded because…

Regulators in the Canadian province of British Columbia have shut down the Vancouver-based Einstein cryptocurrency exchange.In a press release on Nov. 4, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) reported that it had taken action against the Einstein cryptocurrency exchange, which apparently owes more than $16 million to its customers, according to CBC news.Following a BCSC…

U.S. Treasury’s former key undersecretary, Sigal Mandelker, has joined the board of advisors of major crypto analytics firm, Chainalysis. 2227 Total views 22 Total shares A former key executive at the United States Department of the Treasury has joined a major cryptocurrency investigation firm, Chainalysis.Sigal Mandelker, a former Treasury Under Secretary for terrorism and financial…