Starknet launches phase 1 staking on Ethereum layer 2

About 400 crypto businesses in Estonia still hold licenses after the state revoked nearly 2,000 licenses last year. 883 Total views 4 Total shares Financial regulators in the Baltic country of Estonia want to revoke all crypto exchange licenses in an effort to start the entire regulatory regime anew.Matis Mäeker, head of the Estonian Financial…

An Indian government panel has reportedly suggested a new legal framework within the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that completely bans cryptocurrencies in the country. English-language Indian media outlet CNBC TV18 reported on the framework on Dec. 6.The article cites an unnamed source as noting that “the panel has categorically said that all such currencies…

After dropping 27% over three days, Ether (ETH) price finally reached a bottom at $1,040 on Jan. 22. The sharp correction liquidated $600 billion worth of future contracts but interestingly, Ether price rebounded to a new all-time high even as Bitcoin price continues to trade in a slight downtrend. According to Cointelegraph, the increasing TVL and…

The price of Ether (ETH) rallied 18% between Feb. 13 and Feb. 16 but has since been range trading near the $1,700 level. Despite the recent price improvement, Ether derivatives metrics remain neutral-to-bullish ponder the investors the tighter regulatory environment and the potential impact of Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade.Investors' biggest concern right now is regulation, especially after…

Trevor Power hopes the framework will fall closer on the “spectrum” to the EU’s MiCA, as opposed to the current regulatory position in the U.S. The Australian Treasury’s token mapping of digital assets will adopt a “tech agnostic” and “principles-based” approach in order to define crypto assets, according to a Treasury official.Speaking to Cointelegraph on…

Over the past few days, the ex-Steem blockchain community has gained an upper hand over Justin Sun and his recently acquired Steemit startup. After blaming Sun for attempting to centralize their network, a substantial part of the original Steem community successfully launched a hard fork called Hive. Steem stakeholders are now actively migrating to the new…

Crypto assets within the Cosmos ecosystem have been on a run since the start of 2022, thanks to an intensified focus on brokering cross-chain compatibility with other blockchains. One decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that has benefited from the current expansion plans is Osmosis (OSMO).  Osmosis is the first decentralized exchange (DEX) servicing projects connected through…

The ideal candidate to join the National Crime Agency will be an existing member of the police staff who is a certified, accredited financial investigator. 240 Total views 5 Total shares The National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom is hiring two blockchain investigators for its newly-formed digital assets team within the Complex Financial…

The Komodo project launched on Friday the public beta of its latest product, AtomicDEX. The platform seeks to enable trustless atomic swaps between different blockchains, currently connecting Ethereum and its tokens to blockchains like Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE).Using atomic swaps allows users to trade directly with the native tokens. Someone buying Ether…