Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is working with India-based crypto fund Crypto Relief and Polygon co founder Sandeep Nailwal to send $100 million towards COVID-19 research and medical infrastructure development in India. Buterin and Nailwal will receive $90 million in USD Coin (USDC) from Crypto Relief, while Buterin will provide $10 million out of his own pocket to further the cause. […]

Wallet infrastructure provider and digital asset custodian BitGo have signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire fintech infrastructure provider Prime Trust, according to an announcement on June 8.  The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. If the deal goes through, BitGo will acquire Prime Trust’s payment rails and cryptocurrency IRA fund and increase its wealth management offerings. Prime Trust’s Nevada […]

In a June 8 speech at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & Fintech Conference, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler compared the current crypto market to the 1920s U.S. stock market, saying that it is full of “hucksters,” “fraudsters” and “Ponzi schemes.” Just as Congress cleaned up the stock market by enacting securities laws, the current […]

CRO, the native token of the Cronos blockchain, an open-source, interoperable, and Cosmos-based platform, a centralized crypto asset exchange, is steady despite some community members fearing that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the primary securities regulator in that country, could soon target Crypto.com, the crypto exchange and developer of the blockchain. CRO Stabilizes Despite Fears The SEC […]

According to data from leading crypto analytics firm Santiment, a distinct trend has unfolded in the stablecoin sphere. Even as stablecoins designed to maintain parity with a reserve asset like the US dollar, continue to hold their $1 peg, the combined market capitalization of the top five stablecoins – Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Binance USD (BUSD), Dai (DAI), and […]

Solana and XRP soared by 4% and 11%, respectively, in the last seven days performing above other top coins.  The uptick comes as XRP daily addresses surge near its record high and news of  Ripple contemplating going public makes the rounds.  Solana’s NFTs lose ground to BRC tokens, but its outlook is bullish despite the NFT downturn. The digital asset […]

The Cardano (ADA) price experienced a decline, breaking below the $0.33 level. This downward movement has resulted in bears gaining control of the market. ADA has lost around 4% of its value in the past 24 hours and has seen a weekly plunge of approximately 10%. The technical outlook for ADA indicates a bearish intent for the altcoin. Demand and […]

The United States Justice Department (DOJ) has filed an objection to a motion by bankrupt cryptocurrency trading platform Bittrex to allow customers to withdraw their crypto and fiat. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) is Bittrex’s biggest creditor, but its claim would be subordinated under the Bittrex proposal. Bittrex was charged in October by both OFAC and […]

The market is currently experiencing a downturn fueled by an unsettling combination of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). Adding to this challenging situation is the recent lawsuit filed against crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Both Binance and Coinbase were charged by the SEC of being unregistered exchanges that sold unregistered securities, including […]