U.S. federal prosecutors asked Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to provide extensive internal records about its anti-money laundering checks, along with communications involving its chief executive and founder Changpeng Zhao, according to a late-2020 written request seen by Reuters. The Justice Department’s money laundering section asked Binance to voluntarily hand over messages from Zhao […]
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Iconic Welsh actor, director, and producer, Sir Anthony Hopkins, has launched an NFT collection inspired by roles played in movies throughout his career, as well as his own artwork in collaboration with NFT creative media business Orange Comet. The Anthony Hopkins NFT comes after releasing his movie Zero Contact as an NFT last year. “NFTs […]
Crypto gambling was always an inevitability. Gambling has existed for as long as recorded history. From ancient playing cards to dice games, to betting on animal fights and even gladiatorial arena matches in ancient Greece and Rome, this ancient vice as persisted throughout our history. It is no wonder we see it emerge in modern […]
Fintech Bitcoin Depot plans to list in the United States by merging with blank check company GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp in a deal valued at $885 million, the companies said on Thursday. The transaction will raise up to $321 million of cash held in GSRM’s trust account and will be used to support Bitcoin […]
Investors in crypto have endured wild moves in recent months, but this has not fazed asset managers who are preparing to use the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies to break funds into bite-sized units, or tokens, to sell to small savers. Bitcoin fell 7.7 percent in the space of just a few minutes on one day […]
As a virtual currency mixer, Tornado Cash uses the Ethereum blockchain to arbitrarily enable anonymous transactions by concealing the persons involved, as well as the transaction’s origin, destination, and counterparties. What Is Tornado Cash? Before sending various transactions to their specific receivers, Tornado receives a variety of transactions and combines them. Illegal actors frequently use […]
As an NFT artist or a Metaverse entrepreneur looking to hire an artist for your project, it is important to know the costs associated with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). In either case, you want to know exactly how much money do NFT artists make as to price yourself accordingly or offer a fair price for a […]
Live blockchains are growing daily at an ever-growing pace. As of our present day, there are more than 10 000 active Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. With such a presence, having the right knowledge base has never been more valuable as this decentralized technology becomes more and more embedded into global establishments. So, what are the pros and cons […]
After the popularity of move-to-earn (M2E) and play-to-earn (P2E) gaming spread in 2021, thanks to STEPN (GMT) and Axie Infinity (AXS), another iteration of the “to earn” concept debuts in the form of CurateDAO’s Curate-to-Earn platform. The CurateDAO team announced to Cointelegraph that they have launched a database platform resembling Pinterest on the Avalanche (AVAX) […]
Iran made its official first import order using cryptocurrency this week, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on Tuesday, a move that could enable the Islamic Republic to circumvent U.S. sanctions that have crippled the economy. The import order using cryptocurrency, worth $10 million, was a first step towards allowing the country to trade through digital […]