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A 31% price surge was accompanied by a 77% rise in the cost of transacting on Ethereum. 1850 Total views 22 Total shares Ether (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, returned to an all-time high on April 2 when the spot price for each unit of ETH exceeded $2,000. Meanwhile, the ominous spectre…

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras will test use cases around the Hedera Token Service, a public blockchain for payments. 87 Total views 2 Total shares The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has become a member of the Hedera Hashgraph’s council for decentralized governance.IIT Madras is one of the top institutes for technical education…

The United Kingdom’s top crime agency is looking to hire a crypto investigator with experience of identifying and recovering seed phrases. 159 Total views 2 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTThe United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking measures to increase its focus on cryptocurrency crimes and combat…

United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is giving away 1 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) (about $106 million) to users that are willing to study the Stellar protocol. The news was revealed in a Coinbase blog post published on Tuesday, March 26.The move is part of Coinbase Earn, the exchange’s crypto-focused educational program.…

Last Friday night, crypto YouTuber Ivan on Tech messaged me on Twitter. Shortly into our conversation, he graciously offered me an investment opportunity in “Bitcoin trading/mining”, courtesy of a platform that he alleged was associated with Binance. A tale of two Ivans; the real one is on the left. Source: Twitter.In reality, however, I was being…

Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick has issued an active Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)-based tracker along with digital finance firm Bitcoin Suisse, the firm announced on April 9.Starting today, Bank Frick will offer institutional and qualified investors access to its BTC-ETH tracker, the certificates of which will take the form of both a classic security and a…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken introduced foreign exchange (forex) perpetual futures contracts to its Kraken Pro platform on April 18, giving traders further exposure to global currency markets. The first two perpetual forex futures available on the platform will be the euro-US dollar (EUR-USD) and the British pound-US dollar (GBP-USD) contracts, according to a company announcement. Both

The Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit of the SEC's Enforcement Division, which is tasked with policing cryptocurrency firms, will add 20 people to its staff. 391 Total views 5 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it would nearly double the number of personnel responsible for safeguarding investors in…