XRP hits 7-year peak amid bullish sentiment, FTX plans payouts: Finance Redefined

In the last week of November, the saga of an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme that has been lingering for more than half a year took a new turn. A hobbyist blockchain researcher reported on Twitter that he’d tracked almost 200,000 BTC that had gone missing over the summer, when several million people invested in PlusToken —…

After working at Goldman Sachs for 14 years, a banker reportedly left the firm due to netting massive gains from his Dogecoin holdings. 4917 Total views 25 Total shares A senior manager at banking giant Goldman Sachs in London has reportedly left the company after making a fortune on a meme-based cryptocurrency, Dogecoin (DOGE).Aziz McMahon,…

A new Bitcoin lightning node in Nigeria could inspire individuals to take “control of their financial future” and break free from ‘rotten' financial systems node runner Megasley told Cointelegraph. 386 Total views 19 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTA Bitcoin Lightning Network node (BTC) has struck the earth…

Bitcoin and Ethereum are poised to suffer their worst first quarter in years unless they can pull off a huge rally in the next few days. Ether (ETH) has dropped 37.98% so far over the first quarter of 2025, its worst Q1 decline since 2018, when it plunged 46.61%, according to CoinGlass data. Meanwhile, Bitcoin

Remittance company SendFriend has received investments from Ripple (XRP), the Mastercard Foundation, MIT Media Lab and Barclays in a funding round, according to a press release published on Feb. 11.In the round, the firm raised $1.7 million from investors — also including Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures and 8 Decimal Capital — to develop its…

Lea Thompson — aka Girl Gone Crypto — declares that she will not put her 225,000 Twitter followers to sleep with the same old boring “breaking” news tweets about crypto. She explains that using “breaking” to share news that everyone knows is pretty lame. “It is kind of generic. It is easy engagement, and there…

Digital payments firm Wirex has released a major platform update, Wirex 3.0, adding ten new fiat currencies, according to an official press release on Feb. 27.From now, Wirex users in the European Economic Area (EEA) can access “unconditional access” to over-the-counter rates for cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as interbank rates for traditional currency exchanges.The press…

Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for the Brazil Workers’ Party, has published his government plan via blockchain, per an announcement published on his website Oct. 14.According to the release, Haddad decided to use blockchain technology for disseminating information about his presidential campaign after a long-term struggle with fake news reports. As information stored on a…