Sanctioned jurisdictions account for 39% of illicit crypto transactions in 2024

When blockchain technology began to expand beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and into more general-purpose applications, many within the industry saw an opportunity to remake key financial infrastructure using this technology. They soon came to realize that this novel technology with game-changing potential lacked the reliability and performance that would allow it to compete with industry stalwarts,…

Cointelegraph’s official Facebook page, boasting more than 730,000 followers, has been banned by the social media giant, while the cause remains unclear.On Sept. 18, our page was removed from the platform’s search results. Consequently, Cointelegraph has been unable to publish anything on the account for over a month now, unable to reach the audience. Cointelegraph…

Dogecoin’s (DOGE) price rallied to its best levels in two months as traders assessed Twitter’s potential to create a cryptocurrency wallet product.Elon Musk fuels Dogecoin rally againDOGE’s price jumped to $0.081 on Oct. 27. The price gained roughly 40% two days after Jane Manchun Wong, a popular tech blogger, claimed that Twitter is working on…

Attacker demands ten times the $300,000 bounty offered after apparently laundering a third of the stolen loot. 1822 Total views 10 Total shares A hacker, who on Monday stole $8.3 million from the private wallet of Nexus Mutual CEO Hugh Karp, has sent a ransom demand for $2.66 million in Ether (ETH) embedded in the…

Solana (SOL) started Friday at a new record high as investors continued to bet positively on its success in the decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFT) sector.The SOL/USD exchange rate reached $146.28 for the first time in history, following a 35% month-to-date rally. The huge upside move lifted the pair’s returns for the year…

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Local media reports indicate electricity producers in Yunnan, China’s fourth-largest province by Bitcoin hash rate, have been ordered not to provide power to crypto mines. Local sources report that authorities from the city of Baoshan in the Chinese province of Yunnan are escalating efforts to crack down on Bitcoin miners, ordering electricity producers to cease…

It’s unclear if the Independent presidential candidate will join forces with Donald Trump, but both are scheduled to speak in the same area on the same day.

The Ethereum ecosystem has seen only 226 validators slashed since the launch of the Beacon Chain on Dec. 1, 2022 — amounting to just 0.04% of 524,060 validators, according to an Ethereum core developer.Slashing is a process where a validator breaches the proof-of-stake consensus rules, which often results in the removal of that validator from the…