Singapore alerts businesses to Bitcoin ransomware risk

The United States’ largest bank believes interest will be high in CME Group’s new Bitcoin (BTC) options when they launch on Jan. 13. In a note from Jan. 10 quoted by Bloomberg on Friday, a group of analysts at JPMorgan Chase led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou noted interest in CME’s existing Bitcoin futures had spiked in the…

This week’s episode of Market Talks discusses whether it will ever be “too late” to buy Bitcoin and why BTC could take over the financial world. 1193 Total views 1 Total shares On the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks, host Ray Salmond spoke with Luke Broyles, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) advocate and content creator

Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism is set to undergo its highly anticipated Bedrock upgrade on June 6. The move is expected to result in significantly reduced transaction fees, provide greater network security and enhanced compatibility with Ethereum.The Optimism team stated via a May 15 Twitter thread that the network would be down for two to…

Intercontinental Exchange’s to-be-launched institutional trading platform Bakkt has earned a $740 million valuation after it raised over $180 million in funding last year, anonymous sources told cryptocurrency industry news outlet The Block on March 21.Bakkt, which has yet to launch any investment products and continues to liaise with regulators, could increase its valuation even further…

A viral video making rounds on Twitter showed two police officers searching a suspect’s car and coming across pieces of paper, one of which contained seed phrases. 1878 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTWhile self-custody is considered the ultimate way to secure one’s funds, many…

According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the filing of an appeal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would “only further” solidify Judge Torres decision that XRP is not a security. 294 Total views 3 Total shares Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will face a prolonged process…

Since the start of the week Bitcoin (BTC) price has dropped more than $38 billion as traditional markets also fell by more than 10%. As reported throughout mainstream media, this week’s collapse of the largest equities markets is the worst correction since the 2008 meltdown and more than $3.8 trillion in value was erased as…

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was once “freaking out about” getting regulators to crack down on Binance and raising capital from a Saudi Crown Prince, according to Alameda former CEO Caroline Ellison. 155 Total views 1 Total shares Weeks and months before the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was “freaking out”

The Blockscan Chat service enables users to message each other via their Ethereum wallet addresses. 83 Total views 6 Total shares The team behind the popular blockchain explorer and analytics platform Etherscan has launched an Ethereum-based wallet-to-wallet instant messaging service dubbed “Blockscan Chat.” Blockscan is currently in beta testing mode, and it currently enables users…