Binance exec refutes Nigeria laundering claims
Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive, stood before a Nigerian court on Monday and denied allegations of money laundering and tax evasion, as part of a wider probe into the cryptocurrency exchange’s...
View ArticleCardano set for major governance and scalability upgrades
Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has pointed out two major upcoming network upgrades in a social media post defending the blockchain: the Chang hard fork and the Ouroboros Leios consensus...
View ArticleHong Kong expected to approve spot Bitcoin ETFs mid-April
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will likely announce the approval of the city’s inaugural spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) around April 15, according to sources familiar...
View ArticleDefiance ETFs files for leveraged Ethereum futures ETF
Defiance ETFs has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a leveraged Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), designed to provide investors...
View ArticleBitcoin leads with a slight sales uptick in NFT market
Bitcoin was Wednesday’s top-ranking blockchain in the non-fungible tokens (NFT) market, with sales reaching US$19.08 million, marking a 5.79% increase from the day before. Bitcoin collection PUPS led...
View ArticleSolana DeFi Marginfi CEO resigns, sparking fund exodus
Edgar Pavlovsky, the chief executive officer of the Solana-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Marginfi, has resigned amid internal conflicts, triggering a 25% reduction in the platform’s...
View ArticleSTEPN launches $30 mln airdrop ahead of brand partnership
STEPN, a Web3 move-to-earn fitness application, has announced a US$30 million airdrop campaign to reward its most loyal users. The airdrop, distributing 100 million FSL points convertible into the...
View ArticleBlackRock fund introduces USDC transfers
BlackRock has launched a new feature for its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), enabling investors to convert fund shares into the USDC stablecoin. Through Ethereum’s smart...
View ArticlePUPS BRC-20 NFTs pump with over US$8 mln in sales
Bitcoin’s PUPS led all non-fungible token (NFT) collections in sales on Thursday after raking in more than US$8.17 million, according to CryptoSlam data. The BRC-20 NFTs becomes the first collection...
View ArticleFTX’s Bankman-Fried appeals 25-year sentence
Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled former chief executive officer of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has lodged a notice of appeal against his 25-year sentence. The appeal, filed in a New York...
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