The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Friday that it had awarded approximately $2.6 million to five whistleblowers who assisted in three separate cases. According to the press release, the watchdog granted around $1.2 million to one whistleblower who gave “valuable independent analysis” based upon a complex algorithm. That said, such maneuver helped the SEC’s staff to save […]

Cardano moves at full speed towards its final hard fork combinator (HFC) event Alonzo to implement full smart contract capabilities. The community has been keeping a close eye on the latest developments, as AlonzoPurple enters its final test stage. Input-Output Global, the company behind this blockchain and its development, recently disclosed that they submitted an upgrade proposal. This will allow […]

Accelerate Financial Technologies is planning to match each investment in its pending Bitcoin exchange-traded fund with the planting of thousands of trees. According to a Friday report from Bloomberg, the Calgary-based investment services company has pledged to plant 3,450 trees for every $1 million CAD — roughly $792,000 at the time of publication — invested in its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded […]

The SEC has been facing criticism for a long time as regards its guidelines; from crypto policies to others intended to “protect investors’ funds.” However, the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit heightened the criticism and many prominent market players have been speaking up continuously and taking jabs at SEC officials. SEC Chairman gets heat after taking to Twitter to defend regulatory […]

A major consensus bug has affected more than half the Ethereum network’s nodes, causing those running older versions of Geth to split from the main network. According to Ethereum software developer Marius van der Wijden, an unknown individual or group exploited a vulnerability affecting earlier versions of Geth, one of Ethereum’s software clients. According to the developer, Geth clients and […]

The billion-dollar Kleiman v Wright trial is still set to go ahead on November 1, according to a status conference between the parties on Friday. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is making it difficult for the defendant, Dr. Craig Wright, to travel to Florida to attend the trial in person and may delay the trial further. […]

For a minute there, it seemed like the FUD was over. The People’s Bank of China contributes to its country’s crypto-crackdown at the “Financial Knowledge Popularization Month,” People’s Daily Online reports from Beijing. Speaking at an event, Yin Youping, Deputy Director of the Financial Consumer Rights Protection Bureau of the People’s Bank of China, claimed:  “We remind the people once […]

OVERVIEW L1S token which stands for “Last 1 Standing” is a deflationary token on the BSC network. L1S is designed to benefit the investors that hold L1S tokens and collect as many as possible by 1/1/2030. A set 11% trade fee on each transaction is broken down into percentages to be dispersed into liquidity pool, burned tokens, prize pool wallet, […]

Haste, an online games arcade built on the BSV network takes centerstage on this episode of CoinGeek Weekly Livestream. Its co-founder Joe DePinto tells host Kurt Wuckert Jr. that the concept behind Haste derives from a desire to show people that microtransactions can be used in real world things. Joe and business partner Dan Wagner were obsessed with microtransactions from […]