Gemini Clients have filed a Class Arbitration case against Genesis-DCG company as the company had halted withdrawals of the Gemini Earn Program when the FTX crash happened in November 2022. The reason given by Genesis was ‘unprecedented market turmoil’. Gemini assured users that it is working on the problem and will resolve it soon.  What is Class Action Arbitration? A […]

The Australian city of Coolangatta has got its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM with integrated Lightning network capabilities. The new ATM has been installed at The Strand shopping center in Coolangatta and is now available for use by the public. A Bitcoin Lightning ATM works quite similarly to traditional Bitcoin ATMs but saves significant time because of the instant transaction capabilities […]

Morocco may see its first crypto bill introduced “in the following days.” The document is already written by the Central Bank and will be discussed with the industry stakeholders.  On Jan. 3, during the press conference, the Governor of Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), Abdellatif Jouahiri, announced a series of discussions between the BAM and the market participants. Regulators, such […]

As liquidity issues surround the Digital Currency Group (DCG), Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founder Su Zhu made a Twitter thread containing allegations against DCG and FTX. However, the founder immediately got called out by the crypto community for blaming others and not taking accountability.  In the thread, Zhu alleged that DCG had a role in the collapse of LUNA, now […]

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) has denied FTX debtors’ claims and expresses concern that the investigation has been ‘impeded.’ According to a statement released on Jan.3, The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) has had to correct material misstatements made by John J. Ray III, the representative of the United States-based FTX debtors, in press and court filings. […]

Recent revelations have shed light on how the problems that Sam Bankman-Fried “SBF”’s crypto trading firm Alameda has been having began a long time before the difficult year that we all experienced in 2021; in part due to its sister company FTX’s meltdown. Looking more closely, we see that Alameda was never great at investing and that SBF’s involvement in […]

PRESS RELEASE. Seychelles, December 26, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Bitget launches “MegaSwap“, a new feature on its platform that enable the platform’s users to trade or swap their digital assets for over 10,000 cryptocurrencies on a DeFi environment. With a MegaSwap account, users can gain access to trade through eight influential chains and 10 important DEXs while staying […]

Many United States lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have at one point expressed support for legislation banning members from investing in stocks or cryptocurrencies — an initiative the 118th Congress could address following a shift in leadership. Beginning on Jan. 3 as the next session of the U.S. Congress opens, Republicans will take control of the House of […]

Days before the year’s end, Italy’s Senate approved its budget for 2023 on Dec. 29, 2022, which included an increase in taxation for crypto investors — a 26% tax on capital gains on crypto assets trading over 2,000 euros (approximately $2,131 USD at time of publication .) The approved legislation defined crypto assets as “a digital representation of value or rights […]