PleasrDAO files preliminary injunction against Martin Shkreli

The memecoin frenzy on Pump.fun is hitting a wall, with the platform’s “graduation rate” sinking below 1% for a fourth straight week. “Graduation rate” is the memecoin launchpad’s term for tokens that make it through the incubation phase and become fully tradable on a Solana decentralized exchange (DEX). To graduate, a token must meet specific

Stablecoins have been making the headlines in recent months, attracting big investors, tempted by the allure of a on ‘non-volatile’ cryptocurrency. At first, we usually pay attention to the backing connection, in other words, to the coin’s  stabilizing mechanism. Broadly speaking, this is broken down into 3 categories: asset-backed (including fiat), crypto-backed, and non-backed stablecoins…

Around 30% of Base's users on Aug. 10 were new to the blockchain which launched only a day prior. 284 Total views 4 Total shares Daily active users on Coinbase's layer 2 blockchain have exceeded 100,000 for the first time, just the day following the official launch of the network.Dune Analytics figures from Aug. 10…

400 million Twitter users’ data containing private emails and linked phone numbers have reportedly been up for sale on the black market. Cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock highlighted a “credible threat” via Twitter on Dec. 24 in which someone is supposedly selling a private database containing contact information of 400 million Twitter user accounts. “The private…

Hong Kong-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex now enables its users to purchase cryptocurrencies with both credit and debit cards.The exchange made the announcement on Dec. 20, saying:“Buy cryptocurrencies with your debit or credit cards on Bitfinex. Whether it's Bitcoin, USDt, Ethereum, or any other ERC20 tokens, pick your favorite and purchase with your credit or debit…

American cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has secured $18.3 million in a funding round led by Valar Ventures.The Series A funding round saw participation from a number of crypto-focused investors, including Winklevoss Capital and Galaxy Digital, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 6. Other investors included ConsenSys Ventures, Akuna Capital, Avon Ventures, Susquehanna,…

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange.While some are predicting the end of cryptocurrencies, the co-founder…

Austria’s government is set to use the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction next week, local news outlet Kleine Zeitung reports September 25.Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) — one of Austria’s biggest banks with $26 billion in assets in 2017 — will reportedly operate the live blockchain…

Bitcoin’s performance has outstripped mainstream investments in internet firms since 2010 by an almost unthinkable factor. Twitter user Crypto Godfather, CEO of blockchain-focused magazine Block Journal, shared data to corroborate this point on Aug. 27.Bitcoin price has exploded from a few cents to thousands of dollars The earliest price data for Bitcoin dates back to March 2010,…