Cryptocurrency Market

  • Market Cap: $2,281,914,489,344.21
  • 24h Vol: $54,226,857,665.94
  • BTC Dominance: 56.60%

Crypto

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Blockchain and Nation-State Infrastructure: Why Bother?

We listen to talk after talk about crypto finally achieving asset-class legitimacy, but truly speaking, the encroachment of Wall Street giants into the blockchain space is a double-edged sword. The following is an opinion editorial written by Karel Kubat, Founder of Union Labs. As blockchain enthusiasts, we’ve long championed decentralization, transparency, and democratized access—the 2008 […]

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India’s Crypto Raid Uncovers Massive Fraud in Ladakh

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has executed its inaugural raid in the Leh Ladakh region to investigate fraudulent cryptocurrency activities under the Public Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The operation targeted six locations across Leh in Ladakh, Jammu in J-K, and Sonipat in Haryana, focusing on A. R. Mir and his associates. Allegations suggest thousands of investors

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Coinzoom Operations Suspended in Ohio Following Regulatory Examination

The Ohio Department of Commerce has ordered crypto exchange Coinzoom to cease operations in the state effective Aug. 1 following a regulatory examination. Current customers can still withdraw their assets, but the exchange cannot accept new business. The suspension follows a multi-state examination revealing financial discrepancies. Coinzoom is seeking an administrative hearing to address the

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Airbnb Host Imposes No Mining Rule After Guests Rent Her Property to Mine Crypto

An Airbnb host, Ashley, shared her experience on Tiktok about guests who accumulated a $1,500 electricity bill by setting up an electric vehicle station and mining cryptocurrency during their three-week stay. Despite leaving the property in excellent condition, the guests’ excessive energy use, captured on external security cameras showing them bringing in 10 computers, prompted

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Gold Breaks $2,500 per Ounce, Reaching Historic Highs Powered by Fed’s Decision and Geopolitical Risks

Gold prices reached historic highs on August 1, breaking the $2,500 mark on the New York Comex exchange. The precious metal reached a price of $2,502.6 for the first time in its history, influenced by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged, geopolitical risks, and the constant demand from central banks. Gold

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Polymarket $3.8 Million Venezuelan Presidential Election Bet Still Undecided

Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction markets platform, has not been able to resolve the bet on the outcome of the Venezuelan presidential election. While the country’s electoral authority, the Electoral National Council (CNE), proclaimed President Nicolas Maduro as the winner, the opposition forces contested the election. This is due to the lack of a complete breakdown

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Bahamas Enacts Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act

The Bahamas has enacted the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act, 2024 (DARE 2024), establishing itself as a leader in digital asset regulation. Announced by the Securities Commission, DARE 2024 builds on the DARE Act, 2020, introducing significant reforms to address the evolving digital asset landscape. Christina Rolle, Executive Director of the Securities Commission, emphasized

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Bitcoin.com’s First VERSE Airdrop Goes Live

Active users of the Bitcoin.com Wallet app can now claim their VERSE tokens. Bitcoin.com, a pioneer in the cryptocurrency space since 2015, has announced that the initial airdrop of Bitcoin.com’s ecosystem token VERSE is now live. As approved by the results of a community-led proposal, active Ethereum users of the Bitcoin.com Wallet app are now

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Bitcoin Core Discloses Two Security Vulnerabilities

The Bitcoin Core project has disclosed two security vulnerabilities that could have affected the stability of the Bitcoin network. The first one, classified as having a high severity level, could have caused an assertion crash of the network via a message spam attack. The second one, with a low severity level, was linked to Miniupnp,

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CFTC Warns of Follow-on Frauds Targeting Victims Multiple Times

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) warns about repeated fraud targeting victims multiple times, often by the same criminals. Common fraud types include relationship crypto frauds, also known as “pig butchering,” where scammers form online relationships, encourage investments in bogus crypto trading schemes, and then steal funds. Victims often face additional scams, such as fraud-recovery

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