Japanese firm Metaplanet to invest $58.76M in Bitcoin

In the early days of blockchain, cryptocurrency trading was seen by many as merely exchanging a few dollars for Bitcoins (BTC). The birth of other tokens and the high volatility in cryptocurrencies have led many traders to speculate by buying a few coins through exchanges in hoping the value will increase for the sake of…

FinCEN has warned U.S. banks that it is closely watching how they respond to crypto risk exposure with their AML programs. The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director Kenneth Blanco has warned banks to think seriously about their cryptocurrency risk exposure.During the virtual 2020 ACAMS anti-money laundering Conference in Las Vegas this week, Blanco…

BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner said that paying close attention to what may happen and keeping services up is a must ahead of the Merge. 187 Total views 3 Total shares The Ethereum Merge is one of the most anticipated events in the crypto space this year. Because of this, crypto firms are on the lookout…

The Spanish-speaking world has seen major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with central bank representatives from all around the world meeting in Argentina, Spain developing various initiatives and projects based on blockchain and the Japan-based crypto exchange Bitpoint offering its services in Guatemala.Here is the past week of crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally…

In a partnership ceremony at the LEAP 2023 conference in Saudi Arabia, the Sandbox entered into an MOU with the government of Saudi Arabia for future metaverse development. 627 Total views 12 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTInitiatives toward metaverse development continue to be a significant focus and…

The government department hinted that the addresses were added to the list in an effort to stop North Korea from evading sanctions imposed by the United States and United Nations. 175 Total views 8 Total shares The United States Treasury Department has added three Ethereum wallet addresses to sanctions allegedly linked to the hacker group…

Wednesday, June 12 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) approaches the $8,000 mark again after breaching it earlier today.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin is currently up over 2% on the day, trading around $7,987 at press time, according to Coin360. Looking…

“Anyone who says that David Gerard personally stopped their crypto getting into Wikipedia is a fuckwit,” says editor, Wikimedia spokesman and professional crypto hater David Gerard in his typically no-nonsense fashion.“There are a lot of fuckwits.”When Gerard is not passionately arguing against cryptocurrencies in Wikipedia editor discussions, the author of the 2017 self-published hit Attack…

Immutable deploys Transak’s functionality into its zkEVM gaming development infrastructure, powering in-game cryptocurrency and fiat payment methods. 194 Total views 1 Total shares Web3 gaming firm Immutable is set to integrate Transak as the sole payment service provider for its Immutable zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). The service is set to directly power fiat and