Sam Bankman Fried, the former CEO and co-founder of FTX crypto exchange, has pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges levied in an updated indictment by prosecutors, according to a report. Bankman Fried appeared in the Southern District of New York courthouse on Aug. 22 facing accusations of misusing customer funds for personal
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Layer 1 blockchain Terra has temporarily shut down its website in order to protect users from ongoing phishing scams on the platform. “The terra(dot) money domains have successfully been frozen to prevent further user phishing scams, but a full resolution is still underway,” Terra officially announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 22. Terra advised
OpenSea remains on the sidelines as Blur dominates NFTs trading volume on Ethereum. Although the general drop in interest has affected activity on Blur, its daily sales volume puts it ahead of OpenSea Across Ethereum-native NFTs marketplaces, Blur remains dominant as the NFT marketplace and aggregator, accounting for nearly 60% of all trading volume on
The South Korean city of Cheongju, the capital of North Chungcheong province, has said it intends to begin confiscating cryptocurrency from local tax delinquents. The administration of Cheongju has requested seven South Korean crypto exchanges to inquire into the holdings of thousands of tax evaders, according to a report from local news agency Yonhap on Aug.
Thailand is planning to seek a court-issued shutdown order against Facebook unless it takes steps to deal with alleged investment and crypto scam ads on its platform. On Aug. 21, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) stated over 200,000 people had been duped by Facebook ads that touted crypto scams, investing in fake
Blockchain sleuths have flagged the transfer of $1 million of Ether (ETH) belonging to a wallet controlled by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as cryptocurrency markets remain depressed after widespread weekend losses. #PeckShieldAlert vitalik.eth has transferred 600 $ETH (~$1M) to #Coinbase pic.twitter.com/XVTwLqPENM — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) August 21, 2023 The publicly labeled Ethereum wallet address vitalik.eth transferred 600
In the past few months, Bitcoin traders had grown used to less volatility, but historically, it’s not uncommon for the cryptocurrency to see price swings of 10% in just two or three days. The recent 11.4% correction from $29,340 to $25,980 between Aug. 15 and Aug. 18 took many by surprise and led to the
A federal judge overseeing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case has issued an order allowing Sam Bankman-Fried to meet with his legal team outside of jail for roughly seven hours. In an Aug. 21 filing in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that Sam Bankman-Fried,
Digital asset investment products saw $55 million in outflows for the week of September 13-19, according to a report from CoinShares. Optimism surrounding what was previously thought to be the impending approval of a spot-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has begun to give way as $42 million worth of the week’s outflows came from BTC alone.
After the sharp fall on Aug. 17, Bitcoin (BTC) remained stuck inside a tight range over the weekend. This suggests indecision between the bulls and the bears about the next directional move. After the latest fall, about 88% of Bitcoin held by Short-term Holders (STHs), owning Bitcoin for 155 days or less, has plunged into
Binance cryptocurrency exchange customers are allegedly facing troubles with fiat withdrawals in Europe due to issues related to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) transfers. The exchange has allegedly suspended euro withdrawals and deposits via SEPA, Binance’s customer support wrote in a now-deleted message on X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 20. In the now-deleted message, the
Although a clear regulatory framework for digital assets has yet to be established in the United States, PayPal — one of America’s largest financial technology companies — announced on Aug. 7 its U.S. dollar-pegged payment stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD). A PayPal spokesperson told Cointelegraph that PYUSD is important because mainstream adoption of future digital experiences
Litecoin price declined heavily below $80 and $70 against the US Dollar. LTC is attempting a recovery wave but upsides might be limited above $70. Litecoin is correcting losses from the $56 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $70 and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There is
The founder of layer-1 blockchain Jurat has defended his protocol against potential haters, arguing that on-chain legal enforcement is a necessary trade-off for crypto mass adoption. On Aug. 8, a U.S. District Court used Jurat’s on-chain enforcement tool to lock several sanctioned individuals out of their crypto accounts. These individuals were sanctioned for money laundering
Ordinal inscriptions have continued to dominate activity on the Bitcoin network over the past week despite the cryptocurrency’s recent price decline and suggestions that the hype around Bitcoin NFTs have “died.” On Aug. 21, Ordinals developer “Leonidas” pointed out that Bitcoin had 530,788 transactions over the past 24 hours, with 450,785 of those transactions being
China is reportedly looking to implement a system akin to its social credit system, but in the Metaverse and other online virtual worlds. Proposals viewed by POLITICO and reported on Aug. 20 show the state-owned telco China Mobile proposed a digital ID for all metaverse and online virtual world users that work with “natural characteristics”
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