It’s a hard rock life for one crypto user. A clumsy keystroke and the actions of a sniper bot caused a million-dollar mistake on March 10. A rock valued at 444 ether (ETH), or $1.2 million, sold for 444 Wei ($0.0012) to a bot as the seller, DinoDealer confused WEI and ETH. In a tweet, the
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The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is reportedly investigating the possibility of launching a digital currency and issuing digital bank licenses. According to the head of the fintech section at QCB, Alanood Abdullah Al Muftah, the central bank is expected to set a direction for its future focus soon on a range of fintech verticals. Al
press release PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 18th March 2022: GAIMIN increases brand awareness in esports. GAIMIN Gladiators are pleased to announce its Rainbow Six Siege esports team, comprising Jolten, Beastly, Sikez, Aero, Foxxee and QrTz, building on its DOTA2, Pokemon Unite, Counter Strike Global Offensive and Rocket League rosters. GAIMIN’s mission is to become the
Ripple, the enterprise payment technology company, plans to give out one billion XRP in grants for developers. The newly announced grant is an extension of the company’s XRPL Grants program launched in 2021. The developer grant would be focused on encouraging open-source projects on the XRP ledger, built for enterprise remittance assistance. Ripple has built
The mixed crypto market that took hold starting late last year does not offer as many profit opportunities as the blooming altcoin season that came before it. There are way fewer winners than in bull times, and the thorough research needed to single them out can become a full-time job. Luckily, there are ways to
Bitcoin “may be primed” for a quantum leap in its development thanks to inflation this year, a Bloomberg analyst has claimed. In a tweet on March 17, Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, released a fresh bullish take on Bitcoin’s (BTC) future under the current macro conditions. Gold beating Bitcoin is “unlikely” this
Less than two weeks after the Central Bank of Russia, or CBR, reiterated its position proposing to ban the issuance, mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies in Russia, it appears to have reevaluated its policy. In a press release published on Thursday, the CBR added the country’s biggest lender, Sberbank, to its register of information system operators
Digital payment platform Paxful has partnered with nonprofit organization Built With Bitcoin Foundation and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez to advance a new education initiative centered around Bitcoin (BTC) and financial literacy. The initiative will disburse free tickets to the Bitcoin 2022 conference to local colleges and universities as part of a broader effort to enhance
Representative Brad Sherman will be introducing a bill in the House aimed at cracking down on U.S. businesses handling crypto transactions for Russian banks and individuals. Speaking at a hybrid markup meeting with the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, Sherman said he will be introducing a companion bill to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s legislation that
press release PRESS RELEASE. TòròNet recently announced the launch of the network’s mainnet, following nearly six months of operating a testnet. The blockchain was launched together with stablecoins in four currencies in the African sub-continent to start. The blockchain is built specifically focused on the unbanked and inadequately banked, but with the premise that decentralized
A sharp upside retracement in the Avalanche (AVAX) market this week has raised its possibilities to rise by another 100% in Q2. Avalanche chart painting a ‘bull flag’ The bullish outlook primarily appears in the wake of AVAX’s multi-month bull flag setup, which formed after a strong price move higher to over $150, an all-time high
Ether (ETH) investors are having a rough time in 2022, with ETH accumulating 25% losses year-to-date as of March 17. Still, the cryptocurrency has bounced multiple times near $2,500 over the past couple of months, signaling a solid support level. Ether/USD price at FTX. Source: TradingView On March 15, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko announced that
As part of its ongoing commitment to ecosystem expansion, popular blockchain company Ripple is distributing 1 billion XRP tokens to developers that build on its payment-focused ledger. At the moment, the tokens have a market valuation of nearly $790 million. Late Thursday, XRP price was at $0.795389, with a 24-hour trading volume of $2,416,871,021. The
Ethereum gas prices have soared as the ApeCoin token recorded staggering transaction and withdrawal volumes on popular decentralized exchange Uniswap. The governance token inspired by the highly-rated NFT collection Bored Apes Yacht Club has also experienced significant activity of crypto platforms like FTX. Due to massive surges in the trading activity of the ERC-20 token
Bitcoin (BTC) held $40,000 on March 17 after an anticipated key interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve delivered a strong response. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Fed singles out Ukraine war in inflation comments Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to local highs of $41,500 after the Fed announced
In January 2022, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) proposed a number of measures aimed at curtailing the country’s cryptocurrency market, which included a blanket ban on the use and mining of all cryptocurrencies. It pointed out risks posed by the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies to the financial stability of the country, the extensive use