US prosecutors oppose Mango Market exploiter's motion for acquittal

Ripple Labs spent the most on crypto lobbying in the U.S. over the past five years, with expenses totaling $2 million. 391 Total views 5 Total shares Cryptocurrency advocates in the United States have been increasingly putting efforts to support the industry, with crypto lobbying spending growing significantly in recent years.Crypto-related lobbying expenditure in the…

United States blockchain-based rewards and marketing company Refereum has announced its latest partnership with decentralized streaming platform DLive to reward gamers for creating and watching content.According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Nov. 7, Refereum’s partnership with one of blockchain’s largest streaming platforms, DLive, will enable users to earn rewards for live-streaming games.DLive…

Interbank payments network provider, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), has dismissed cryptocurrencies as being “useless and unstable.”An FXStreet report published on Sept. 10 cites unnamed SWIFT representatives at a London briefing earlier this week, who reportedly claimed that:“They go down in value like a yoyo, they’re useless and unstable. And even if…

Trading Bitcoin options can be a great way to access leverage while avoiding the liquidation risk presented by futures contracts but investors must keep an eye on the premiums. 1890 Total views 8 Total shares The most basic Bitcoin (BTC) options contracts involve buying a call which gives the holder the opportunity to acquire the…

Cryptocurrencies understood to have exposure to Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research appear to have been impacted the most. 643 Total views 22 Total shares The total value locked (TVL) on the Solana chain has plummeted 32.4% in the last 24 hours, as news stemming from the collapse of FTX has sent waves through the…

Lurking in the shadiest corners of the dark web is a “well-established” ecosystem of hackers that target cryptocurrency users with poor “security hygiene,” according to Binance’s chief security officer.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Binance CSO Jimmy Su said in recent years, hackers have shifted their gaze toward crypto end-users. Su noted when Binance first opened in July…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a precarious place — below $45,000 and below some key moving averages. What's next?Almost a week after a cascade of leveraged position unwinding forced the market to $42,800, Bitcoin has erased most of its subsequent recovery.The weekend produced little by way of a paradigm shift, and now, downside…

At the start of the year, Cambodia made headlines when the central bank announced it would be launching a national blockchain-based digital currency in the first quarter of 2020.Called “Bakong,” a month into the third quarter the currency hasn’t yet become fully operational. Speaking to reporters on July 27, the director-general of the National Bank of…