Organizers of the CoinGeek Conference in Zurich this week are giving away a limited-edition “Nakamoto” watch by Franck Muller to one lucky online attendee. The Swiss luxury watchmaker is producing only 100 of the watches, worth US$15,000 each and featuring a modern design that clearly reflects the original Bitcoin, BSV. This is no participation award, like some proof-of-stake blockchain. Attendees […]

London’s Metropolitan Police are lobbying the U.K. government to legislate to make it tougher for criminals to use and transfer digital assets, according to Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Gallagher. Gallagher, who is retiring this year, told The Times that “cryptocurrency, and criminality involving crypto, has developed so quickly, and because legislation is so slow, we’re having conversations now about realigning […]

The latest report from analytics firm CoinShares shows that outflows from institutional BTC investment products continue to surge. According to CoinShares’ June 7 Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report, institutional investors are continuing to reduce Bitcoin exposure, with BTC investment products seeing a record outflow of $141 million this past week. The data follows heavy institutional selling amid May’s dramatic […]

Onchain data indicates that bitcoin transactions per day have plummeted to lows not seen since October 2018. Further, bitcoin transaction fees have dropped 93% after touching a high of $62 per transaction in April 2021. Bitcoin Daily Transaction Rate Dips by 35%, Google Trends Data Shows Interest Has Dropped Since May While bitcoin (BTC) prices have dropped to lower bound […]

Ripple seeking documents from 15 exchanges in legal fight vs SEC Ripple has filed a motion seeking the court’s approval to request documents from 15 digital currency exchanges in its legal battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The payments company is seeking to prove that the XRP sales its executives made were beyond the jurisdiction of the […]

JPMorgan Chase & Co, one of the largest investment banks globally, has appointed Bob Elfring as its new Vice Chairman of Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) to bolster its presence in the M&A market. According to Reuters, Elfring is a former Bank of America executive who led the EMEA investment banking affairs of the financial […]

A Paraguayan Deputy has said that he will be working on a crypto-related project this week, specifically with Bitcoin, which could also have PayPal payments on board. During a tweet, Carlos Rejala announced it in the wake of El Salvador’s government bill submission to Congress to make BTC a legal tender in the country. “As I was saying a long […]

As we know by now, India is unaware of where it will be in a few years when it comes to cryptocurrency. However, it looks like many regulators are now potentially looking to oversee crypto activity within the country rather than outright ban it like everyone has feared over the past several months. India Can’t Decide Where to Go with […]