Largest ‘illicit online marketplace’ has grown 51% in 6 months: Elliptic

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is opening a regional office in China, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 14.According to the press release, Weijia Zhang, vice president of engineering at blockchain interoperability startup Wanchain, has been appointed as the head for the new regional office. Zhang will reportedly be responsible “for…

On the first day after the Merge, the decentralized finance (DeFi) community is settling into the seemingly uneventful transition of the Ethereum network from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). However, it has yet to be seen the benefits that hard forks will bring to PoW supporters.So far, the most important contending networks in favor of…

Michael Saylor, CEO of business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, has staunchly defended the company’s bullish, long-term Bitcoin (BTC) position based on its unique potential to evolve into “the future of the property.”In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Saylor argued that MicroStrategy’s big bet on Bitcoin, which it has turned to the debt markets to sustain, is…

Indonesia’s commodity futures regulator has established a legal framework for operating crypto and digital assets futures markets, according to an official press release published on Feb. 18.The Indonesian Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (Bappebti), which operates under Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade, has officially required multiple entities involved in crypto futures trading to seek regulatory approval…

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Obi Nwosu, CEO and co-founder of Fedi explains why it will “be clear” that Bitcoin’s ecosystem will come out on top by the end of this year. 1059 Total views 3 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is poised to claim the cryptocurrency throne by the end of 2023, as its…

Crypto traders appear to agree that today’s market rout is far from over.

The sudden uptick in outflows may have been caused by market makers leaving the exchange. 1037 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTBinance appears to be suffering from a decline in liquidity. A report from crypto analytics firm, Nansen, indicates that Binance has had net withdrawals…

Payments of $1,200 from the CARES Act to Americans in need have begun to go out to those who authorized the Internal Revenue Service to make direct deposits into their bank accounts. However, the money may never reach its targets.Intended to help families through the coronavirus crisis, the payments were not exempted from private debt…

U.K.-based Argo Blockchain just did record revenues, but a new report suggests 75% of Bitcoin mining still takes place in China, where “blood coin” is made. 1433 Total views 17 Total shares United Kingdom-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Argo Blockchain just recorded the best quarter in its history, generating record revenues for three months straight.…