Toncoin open interest surges 32% following Pavel Durov's arrest

Last week, 55,000 parcels of “virtual land” were sold on the Ethereum blockchain for more than $300 million, the largest nonfungible token (NFT) mint ever. It wasn’t without controversy. In return for shelling out close to $6,000, a purchaser received an Otherdeed NFT, which authenticates that buyer’s ownership of a patch of digital real estate in…

Ukraine beats Russia, China, and more in adoption metrics according to new research from Chainalysis. Recent data published by Chainalysis revealed a surprising first place for Ukraine in the Global Crypto Adoption Index 2020, followed by Russia and Venezuela.The Index looks at three on-chain metrics: the total value of on-chain crypto transactions weighted by purchasing…

Christine Lagarde introduced a “MiCa II” idea to cover the issues yet untouched by European regulators 280 Total views 6 Total shares A week after the major American crypto lending platform Celsius had to freeze the withdrawal option for its users, European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde voiced her conviction on the necessity of…

Cardano (ADA) reached a major milestone in its roadmap on Sep. 13 as its blockchain successfully launched Plutus-powered smart contracts as a part of the Alonzo hard fork. The Alonzo hard fork has been highly anticipated in the Cardano community as well as the cryptocurrency sphere at large.The smart contract functionality is meant to allow Cardano…

Cryptocurrency exchanges continue accumulating massive amounts of stablecoins like Tether and USDC Coin. 1569 Total views 11 Total shares Stablecoins like Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have hit another milestone in terms of accumulation by exchanges.According to market data provider CryptoQuant, stablecoin holdings on global crypto exchanges soared to a new all-time high on…

VanEck’s new “Bitcoin Strategy Fund” will invest in BTC futures, pooled investment vehicles and exchange-traded products providing exposure to Bitcoin. 1182 Total views 5 Total shares United States investment management firm VanEck has filed for a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures mutual fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission.According to a prospectus filed Monday, the new…

FTX’s bankruptcy filings show a $543 million loan to former engineering director Nishad Singh, who was reportedly a part of the secret ‘wirefraud’ chat group. 271 Total views 1 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission and prosecutors are…

Roger Stone, a close aide to Trump, previously denied any involvement of the former president or his son with the TrumpCoin memecoin.