Shiba Inu blocks wallet address over hate symbol on the metaverse
Developers of the Shiba Inu metaverse have issued a statement after the swastika hate symbol was drawn on its metaverse land by one user. The developers have since blacklisted the…
US Treasury Department sanctions Russia-based crypto mining firm
The US Treasury Department has included a crypto mining service provider among the firms included in sanctions against Russia. BitRiver and some of its subsidiaries have been accused of enabling…
Bitcoin Suisse to offer DeFi services with Liquity protocol
Bitcoin Suisse has announced its venture into decentralized finance (DeFi) services. The company will start offering these services through the Liquity protocol that allows customers to borrow the Liquity Dollar…
dYdX set to achieve 100% decentralization after the V4 update
dYdX, an Ethereum layer-2 crypto derivatives platform, has announced that it will become fully decentralized by year-end. Decentralization will be boosted after implementing the V4 upgrade. dYdX to become fully…
Goldman Sachs reportedly eyes FTX alliance with regulatory and public listing assistance
The reported discussion between the two CEOs of the company happened in March last month, at a time when FTX requested CFTC to eliminate the role of brokers in product…
Noncustodial Bitcoin wallets unbannable, says exec behind Trezor wallets
There are a few ways for regulators to limit the usage of noncustodial wallets, but there is no way to ban it completely, SatoshiLabs CFO said. As regulators grow increasingly…
GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF
Storm clouds are slowly fading for Grayscale and its embattled Bitcoin institutional investment product, while frustration with U.S. regulators continues to mount. Things are looking up for the United States’…
Binance limits services in Russia due to the EU’s 5th package of sanctions
Binance CEO previously said that crypto exchanges must comply with sanctions in a similar way to traditional financial institutions. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is adopting major…
Co-Founder of Zimbabwean Fintech Startup: ‘Everyone Has a Right to Access Funds and Financial Freedom’
Cryptocurrencies have been proven to be a financial tool that can be used to store value or make payments by those excluded from the financial system. Yet, despite this being…
Game Studio Blizzard Is Polling Players About Crypto and NFTs
Blizzard, a game studio and part of the Activision-Blizzard company, has started polling some gamers about the use of NFTs and cryptocurrency elements. The survey, which was only directed to…
Antier Solutions: Catering to the need for Metaverse Development with its Experience and Expertise
PRESS RELEASE. Mohali, India, April 21, 2022: Amidst the rapidly growing popularity of metaverse, and global giants like Facebook, Microsoft, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and more tapping into the metaverse world,…
$19.2 Billion in Staked Assets — Liquid Staking Solution Lido Set to Surpass Curve’s TVL
While the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) hovers just above the $214 billion mark, a defi protocol called Lido has been moving closer toward taking Curve’s top…
US investors realized 6X more crypto gains in 2021 than next country
Crypto investors from the United States realized nearly $47 billion in gains during 2021, outpacing the UK by a factor of six. Crypto investors from the United States realized crypto…
German banking giant Commerzbank applies for crypto license
A spokesperson for Commerzbank confirmed to local media that it applied for the license with BaFin earlier this year in a first for a major bank in Germany. One of…
Binance embarrassed after unveiling swastika-like emoji… on Hitler’s birthday
Binance made a public apology after releasing an emoji that looked like a swastika on Twitter. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, released a new Binance Emoji on Twitter that…