WazirX restores balances post-hack, withdrawal timeline unclear

The pro-crypto ex-Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Donald Trump’s team, which would help form a government if Trump wins the November elections.

The crypto exchange said the new open-source public blockchain was aimed at "payments, DeFi and NFTs." 2929 Total views 16 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has launched a fully decentralized open-source public blockchain, the Crypto.org Chain.In an announcement today, the crypto exchange said it had launched its Crypto.org public blockchain after more than two years…

Japanese retail giant Rakuten has integrated its crypto wallet with its payment app, enabling consumers to directly load and convert their Bitcoin holdings for use in everyday spending. 3121 Total views 19 Total shares Crypto-friendly Japanese retailer Rakuten is now enabling users of Rakuten Wallet, its crypto exchange subsidiary, to easily spend their cryptocurrency holdings…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) classification has been a controversial and difficult topic for crypto-enthusiasts, investors, and regulators to reach a consensus on. The digital asset has been compared to a currency, a commodity, an investment asset or even said to have no underlying value. However, from the perspective of regulators, Bitcoin has been mostly associated and studied…

Loi Nguyen started his journey as an investor back in 2017 by purchasing a few hundred dollars worth of BTC, ETH and traditional stocks. In November 2021, his crypto investments outweighed his entire stock portfolio. 284 Total views 17 Total shares A young resident from Queensland, Australia played the long game of accumulating Bitcoin (BTC)…

The United Kingdom’s finance watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that it is investigating 18 companies over cryptocurrency use, local daily news outlet the Telegraph reported Dec. 29.Responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request from the publication, the FCA said it had closed the vast majority of its investigations into cryptocurrency-related…

While the Indian government is uncertain about the use of cryptocurrency, the National Payment Corporation of India, or NPCI, officially announced its permissioned blockchain-based platform, Varja, to make the payment process easier, faster and more transparent. After detailed research, the NPCI has developed a distributed ledger technology mechanism to provide a highly secure, tamper-proof database for…

The New York- and Miami-based VC firm said several of its seed-stage crypto investments are preparing Series A funding rounds. 226 Total views 4 Total shares Blockchain venture firm CoinFund has launched a new investment fund devoted to Web3 and other crypto-focused startups, opening the door to fresh funding opportunities for entrepreneurs during the bear…

Hackers hide malware in fake NFT gameA phishing website purporting to offer a Pokémon-branded nonfungible token (NFT) card game has been spreading malware to unsuspecting gamers, a cybersecurity firm has warned. The website, which at the time of writing was still online, also claims to offer an NFT marketplace, with a link to buy tokens…