FTX is scrambling to raise about $9.4 billion from investors and rivals, a source said on Thursday, as Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried urgently seeks to save the cryptocurrency exchange that has been buffeted by a rush of customer withdrawals. Bankman-Fried has discussed raising $1 billion each from Justin Sun, the founder of crypto token Tron, […]
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Indonesia plans to move the regulation, supervision and oversight of cryptocurrency investments to the Financial Service Authority (OJK) to better protect investors, its finance minister said on Thursday. Currently, the Trade Ministry and the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency jointly oversee cryptocurrency in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, where there has been a boom in such […]
Crypto giant Binance signed a nonbinding agreement on Tuesday to buy FTX’s non-U.S. unit to help cover a “liquidity crunch” at the rival exchange, in a stunning bailout that raised fresh concerns among investors about cryptocurrencies. The deal between high-profile rivals Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s CEO, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao came as speculation about FTX’s […]
The cryptocurrency industry has spent millions of dollars on U.S. midterm election races during a year of heavy losses and upheaval in the sector, which hopes to gain sway among legislators as Congress debates tighter regulation of digital assets. Crypto evangelists view 2023 as a critical year for regulation, with Congress expected to make progress […]
It’s no joke. Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has put fresh wind in the sails of dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency he catapulted to fame. Dogecoin’s price doubled after the Tesla tycoon completed the $44 billion deal. It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted “the bird is freed” to announce his […]
Play-to-Earn (P2E) crypto games have emerged as a new way for people to get paid for participating in virtual spaces in what can be considered an engagement economy in the playing space, leading to a whole new dimension of economic activity on the web. This activity brought by the P2E model manifests in a new […]
Bitcoin itself came as a response to the 2008 global recession. Introducing a new path to transact without depending on the power of third parties, such as banks. The failing ones, in particular, were still bailed by governments at public expense. Given its birth nature, people always consider bitcoin a decent way to fight the […]
With the surge in its popularity, Bitcoin often gets labeled left and right. The labels can often be misleading, especially the brand ‘Digital Gold’ or ‘Gold Replacement.’ The bank of Singapore went as far as claiming that Bitcoin will replace Gold as a store of value. Such notions are incredibly flawed. Carelessly throwing them around […]
A growing number of funds are betting on the long-term appeal of bitcoin and ether, a gritty gambit in the depths of a crypto winter. Unfazed by a collapse in prices over the past 11 months, investment firms have unleashed a flurry of exchange-traded funds, anticipating that elite cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology will eventually […]
Recently, Cardano debuted its anticipated Vasil hard fork. An update to the base coin of Cardano. It is a backward incompatible upgrade. Cardano will only apply it to the coins created after its launch. The Vasil update was implemented to promote innovative contacts capabilities while reducing costs. Vasil will refresh the scripting language and build […]