US shutdowns lead to global decline in Bitcoin ATMs

OKEx, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced a temporary suspension of withdrawals on Oct. 16. Upon the news, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) abruptly plunged 3% in 30 minutes across major exchanges.The nervousness in the market comes from the reason behind the withdrawal suspension and the potential implications it carries. The 15-minute price chart…

Crypto exchange Algodex and wallet provider MyAlgo have both suffered security breaches in the last few weeks. 278 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAlgorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has again urged users to withdraw their funds after a February security breach which doesn’t appear to have…

XRP price dropped by 20% shortly after making a 2021 high at $1.96, but have the altcoin’s bullish fundamentals changed? 4227 Total views 22 Total shares XRP holders couldn't have asked for a better year as the cryptocurrency rallied almost 800% and flirted with a $2 level in the early hours of April 14. In addition…

Crypto markets data aggregator CoinMarketCap yesterday changed its methodology to rank exchanges on their web traffic by default — a metric that puts CoinMarketCap’s new owners  Binance in the top spot. But this stands in stark contrast to the words of CoinMarketCap’s Chief Strategy Officer and acting CEO Carylyne Chan, who said in a podcast interview…

Canada doesn’t want any "surprises" regarding central bank digital currencies. In a recent interview with Reuters, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem doubled down on the country's contingency-plan approach to CBDCs, stressing that he sees no urgent need to issue one right now. For Macklem, inter-state competition and coordination remains the key question when it comes…

United States-based credit union service organization CULedger has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round for its credit union-focused blockchain platform, according to a press release published Jan. 29.The company, which is a member of R3’s global blockchain ecosystem, first announced its funding round and its goal of raising $10 million in October,…

Blockstream allows investors to mine Bitcoin by simply purchasing the Blockstream Mining Note security token. 869 Total views 24 Total shares Major blockchain technology company Blockstream has completed six tranches of its Bitcoin (BTC) mining security token offering (STO), securing a total of 30.9 million euros ($36 million).Blockstream officially announced Thursday that the company raised…

In this week’s newsletter, read about how Google will start allowing games featuring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to advertise and promote themselves using its platform and how a developer stole $1 million in assets from the Milady NFT collection. Check out how an insurance company excluded NFTs from a $20-million policy and how the metaverse is

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he's leaving OpenAI to focus more intently on AI alignment and "hands-on technical work" at rival firm Anthropic.