Crypto news today: Why Flow has sunk 11.9 per cent as Bitcoin price dips two per cent January 25, 2023 The native coin of eco-friendly blockchain Flow has taken a tumble in the last 24 hours, falling 11.9 per cent from its recent high on Monday. It follows a rapid jump in the coin’s value because of the announcement of The Flow mainnet spork, a hard fork which promised to improve the blockchain’s potential transactions [...]
Crypto market news live: Why Aptos is soaring 61.1 per cent this week as Bitcoin price is up 9.3 per cent January 24, 2023 Aptos is riding high this week, with record 61.1 per cent growth that has filled investors with confidence in the ‘Solana-killer’. The newly released token and blockchain, developed by the same team behind Meta’s abandoned cryptocurrency project Diem, was built to enable ease-of-use, widespread adoption and scalability with its proprietary programming language called Move. Consequently, [...]
Crypto market news live: Why Axie Infinity has soared 44.4 per cent as Bitcoin price dips January 23, 2023 Axie Infinity has surprised crypto analysts recently, soaring 44.4 per cent in the last 24 hours with a 921 per cent increase in volume of tokens traded. Based around a blockchain-based video game of the same name, Axie Infinity’s recent spike can be attributed to the announcement of a new gaming project from company co-founder [...]
Crypto market news today: Why Enjin Coin is up 15.3 per cent as Bitcoin price gains 0.8 per cent January 20, 2023 NFT token Enjin coin is up 15.3 per cent in the last 24 hours, bringing its value to a point not seen since early November and making it the biggest riser over the last day. The NFT token is being bolstered by several factors, including the launch of the team’s non-fungible token marketplace NFT.io, as [...]
Davos: Top central bankers agree on need to regulate ‘crazy’ crypto markets January 18, 2023 Some of the world’s top central bankers today emphasized the need for introducing basic regulations for cryptocurrencies, but they remained equally wary that new rules could lend legitimacy to an industry that has been very unstable over the past year. The central bank chiefs agreed on the need for a basic level of crypto regulation, [...]
Crypto: What to expect as world leaders gather in Davos January 16, 2023 The future of global crypto regulation is set to fall into the spotlight at Davos this week as regulators and policy makers scramble to shore up the industry in the wake of FTX’s collapse last year.
Crypto lender Nexo has 15 sites raided by police in Bulgaria January 12, 2023 Bulgarian prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged illegal activities conducted by cryptocurrency lender Nexo, they said on Thursday, raiding more than 15 sites in the capital Sofia. The announcement comes after Nexo said in December it would phase out its U.S. products and services over the coming months due to clashes with regulators. “In Sofia, active [...]
FTX: Crypto exchange’s bankruptcy team recovers over £4bn in boost for burnt customers January 12, 2023 Collapsed crypto exchange FTX has recovered more than £4.1bn ($5bn) in assets, its bankruptcy team said yesterday, as the firm scrambles for cash to cover the billions of dollars lost by customers and investors. FTX, founded by disgraced former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, was valued at $32bn just over a year ago but imploded in early [...]
FTX: Now UK investors are caught up in collapse of crypto trading platform January 11, 2023 Thirteen investors caught up in the collapse of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX have made fraud reports to UK police. FTX filed for bankruptcy on November 11 after it was alleged that then-chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, had illegally diverted massive sums of customer money from the company to a second firm that he owned, Alameda [...]
Aggressive institutional investors pushing into digital assets set to replace retail players January 10, 2023 Institutional investors are set to replace retail investors as the major holders of digital assets in 2023, according to new research shared with City A.M. today. More than 7 out of 10 of professional investors believe institutions will hold 60 per cent of digital assets within seven years, reversing the current status where institutions hold [...]