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Bermuda continues to welcome fresh wave of crypto exchanges on the island. Crypto exchange Bittrex Global received the green light from Bermuda’s financial watchdog to run its operations under the supervision of local authorities.According to the official announcement, the company got a full “Class F Digital Assets Business Act” license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority,…

Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly been leading a decent lifestyle while under house arrest in his parent’s home in Palo Alto — with daily jogs, a security detail, and a couple of in-home visits.However, it's not exactly a life of endless luxury either. The former FTX CEO is reportedly required to wear an ankle monitor and…

Top stories this weekBitfinex Allegedly Covers $850 Million Loss With Tether FundsThe New York attorney general’s office alleged this week that crypto exchange Bitfinex lost $850 million and subsequently used funds from affiliated stablecoin operator Tether to secretly cover the shortfall. The attorney general’s office has obtained a court filing that alleged that Bitfinex’s operator,…

The 2021 crypto bull market has notched another record, continuing a streak of unprecedented performance. 1169 Total views 9 Total shares The combined value of all cryptocurrencies broke a new record of close to $1.139 trillion at 8:50 a.m. UTC on Feb. 4 . While long-term analysts often eye Bitcoin's solo chances of eating into gold's…

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is reportedly taking steps to ensure approval from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for its bitcoin futures contracts platform — Bakkt. ICE, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), recently acquired a cryptocurrency custodial service and are mulling plans to register Bakkt as a licensed trust…

BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol LaunchZone claims an exploit led to $700,000 of funds being drained from its liquidity pool, with its native token plunging in value 229 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT$700,000 worth of funds has been drained from BNB Chain DeFi protocol LaunchZone,…

More than $280 billion has been wiped from the “magnificent seven” tech stocks following the release of several earnings reports on Oct. 25, triggering fears of a looming tech recession.The so-called “magnificent seven” refers to the top seven blue-chip tech firms including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Tesla — who combine to make

Ethereum co-founder cites people problems as one of the obstacles to progress. 3558 Total views 6 Total shares Ethereum’s visionary co-founder Vitalik Buterin has commented on the obstacles on the roadmap to Eth2 at a conference in Hong Kong.Speaking partly in Mandarin at the Virtual Fintech Forum at this week’s StartmeupHK Festival 2021, Buterin said…

EOS holders voted to reduce the annual inflation rate from 5% to 1% as of June 1, according to data on the voting platform maintained by EOS Block Producer (BP) EOS Authority.According to the poll’s description, out of the current 5% of annual EOS inflation, 4% is being accumulated in the eosio.saving account while 1%…