U.S. Treasury Debunks Narrative That Hamas Relied on Crypto to Fund Terrorism
Just after Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel last year, crypto took blame for helping fund such brutal killing. While the prominent media reports were later…
Month: February 2024
Bitcoin Favored in Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation: FinCEN Report
A few years ago, bitcoin {{BTC}} became a popular means to conduct illegal transactions to support a booming global business in the smuggling and exploitation…
Ripple-Owned Crypto Custody Firm Metaco’s CEO and Head of Product Depart
Metaco CEO Adrien Treccani and Chief Product Officer Peter DeMeo have left the crypto custody firm that was acquired by Ripple last year. View full…
Ethereum Has Gatekeepers (for Good Reason)
A new, non-standard token standard called ERC-404 circumvented the usual token approval process and is capitalizing on a term with an actual definition. View full…
Ether’s Prometheum Test
The “only U.S.-registered crypto securities platform” is listing ETH in a bold test of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s thesis that most cryptocurrencies are…
Crypto Firm Bakkt Warns It Might Not Be Able to Remain in Business
The company, backed by the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin.…
Taproot Wizards’ New Bitcoin NFTs Already Trading at Twice the Initial Sale Price
With almost two hours left for whitelisted buyers to claim the digital-art collectibles, at least 2,560 of the series of 3,000 had been claimed, at…
China Never Completely Banned Crypto
Despite government crackdowns and widespread reports that crypto is outlawed in China, crypto trade is still very much alive. How is that possible? View full…
