Russia sentences Hydra market founder to life in prison

The largest cryptocurrency nears $53,000 on Friday in the latest bullish surge as $50,000 holds as support. 997 Total views 9 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hit yet another all-time high on Feb. 19 as the largest cryptocurrency set its sights on becoming a trillion-dollar asset.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewAnother day, another Bitcoin recordData…

Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of crypto investment app Circle, has called on global economies to develop coordinated regulation of cryptocurrencies in an interview with Reuters Oct. 22.The CEO of the Goldman Sachs-backed crypto firm claimed that the global community should develop universal international rules for regulating the crypto space.Claiming that for the crypto industry “ultimately…

$21,000 is looking tricky as sell orders mount, while buy walls dry up, taking potential support with them. 356 Total views 21 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $21,000 on Nov. 4 as bulls attempted to reclaim lost ground.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it…

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector faced its first real challenge during last week’s market sell-off that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from the global cryptocurrency market cap as traders feverishly ran for the safety of stablecoins amid tumbling prices. Despite rapidly declining token prices, the nascent DeFi sector held its own as decentralized exchanges experienced…

Singapore-based holding firm Blockchain Exchange Alliance, which has a controlling stake in major crypto exchange Bithumb, is looking to list in the United States by acquiring a publicly traded company in the country, CNBC reports on Jan. 22.According to CNBC, a publicly-traded holding company called Blockchain Industries announced that it had a binding letter of…

U.S. authorities want information from Bain & Co about Visa's Plaid acquisition. 574 Total views 7 Total shares The U.S. Department of Justice, or DoJ, recently publicized an investigation into Visa's ongoing acquisition of fintech company Plaid.  "Today, the Department of Justice filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to…

Eleven projects joined the race when Kusama parachain auctions started on June 15. A few more got in during the latter auctions of the first batch. With impressive gains to the tune of 900,000 KSM (approximately $180 million, at the time of writing), are Kusama auctions still fair and democratic, or is everything already decided…