Bitcoin Price Climbs $400 In 20 Minutes to Reach 2-Week High

Tether has issued its stablecoin (USDT) on layer 1 blockchain Kava as it looks to enhance liquidity across multiple blockchains, according to a press release.Kava's native token (KAVA) surged as much as 4.8% to $0.937 before receding to $0.912. It remains more than 12% higher over the past 24 hours amid a wider crypto market…

news Factom, one of the earliest companies to pitch blockchains to enterprises, is participating in a U.S. government-funded trial of the technology to protect the national power grid. Announced Thursday, TFA Labs, an internet-of-things (IoT) security startup, is experimenting with Factom’s protocol to validate that devices on the grid aren’t infected with malware. Backed by…

The Hector Network voted Monday to liquidate its $16 million treasury and distribute the proceeds to HEC tokenholders.The vote likely marks the beginning of the end for Hector DAO, the Fantom blockchain–based fork of Olympus DAO that suffered major losses this month due to bridge provider Multichain’s collapse.Since July 6, Hector’s HEC token has lost…

news Coinone, a South Korean crypto exchange, has issued listing criteria, laying out in some detail what is required to be traded on the platform. The disclosure on August 8th came just a few days after the exchange announced the signing a deal with CertiK to undertake a security validation and amid a rush in…

Russia has passed one law legalizing cryptocurrency mining from November 1, 2024. A second experimental law allowing the central bank to authorize selected companies to conduct cross-border settlements and exchange trading in digital currency was also passed. Russia's lower house of the Federal Assembly, known as the State Duma, has passed two crypto-related laws on

The head of Singapore's central bank has been one of the most influential policymakers in Asia, arguably the most vibrant region currently for crypto development. As Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ravi Menon, 59, has steered the institution toward a middle path between Hong Kong's favorable crypto regulations and the just-ban-crypto

news Blockchain implementation research is coming to New Jersey. Governor Phil Murphy signed bill S2297, the Blockchain Initiative Task Force, into law Friday. The task force is commissioned with studying potential use-cases for blockchain technology on the state and local level. The bill specifically points out medical records, land records, banking, and property auctions as…

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are reportedly suing early bitcoin investor and entrepreneur Charlie Shrem over thousands of bitcoin they allege he owes them from a previous business deal. According to a report from The New York Times on Thursday, Shrem – who previously spent a year in prison for money laundering and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business…