Crypto Biz: Solana’s rise, BlackRock’s growing BTC exposure, and more

The coins languished in cold storage for four years after being confiscated by authorities during an arrest. 1204 Total views 13 Total shares South Korean prosecutors have finally sold a Bitcoin (BTC) haul they confiscated from a criminal in 2017 and it’s worth $10.5 million more than it was at the time of the arrest.…

Total crypto market capitalization has held the $200 billion mark for the past few days. This is a positive sign, as it shows that market participants are not panicking at lower levels but are using dips to buy. The first leg of the bull phase was led by Bitcoin, which saw its dominance rise from…

Poland’s largest bank will launch a blockchain solution for its customer documents via a partnership with UK-based Coinform “in the coming days,” the parties confirmed in a press release Thursday, September 20.Part of a drive to enhance security of customer data, PKO Bank Polski will use Coinform’s Trudatum to provide blockchain-issued paperwork to its some…

With Ether continuing to push into new all-time highs above $1,500, Eth2 now ranks as the third-largest crypto asset in terms of staked assets. 2658 Total views 9 Total shares The price gains enjoyed by Ether as it hits record highs have propelled Eth2 to rank as the third-largest network by staked capitalization. That’s despite…

The United States District Court for the Central District of California has issued a summons to video-game virtual good company OPSkins Group and Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) in response to a complaint filed by Crypto Asset Fund.The allegationsOn Aug. 15, the court issued a summons to OPSkins Group, WAX and several of their high-level employees…

Bitcoin liquidity is attempting to prevent a deeper BTC price retracement against a background of lower highs.

French authorities take note after fake tickets and gatecrashers spoiled the UEFA Champions League final experience for many soccer fans in Paris last month. 240 Total views 3 Total shares The disorder before the UEFA Champions League final game may lead to the widespread adoption of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for ticketing at sports events in…

Polygon ecosystem users will be able to create .polygon Web3 domains through a new partnership with Unstoppable Domains. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPolygon has launched the ability to create Web3 .polygon domain names in partnership with Unstoppable Domains. The offering will allow users to log into Web3 applications, make…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have almost broken even on funds sold versus funds they raised, new research by Hong Kong cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX revealed Monday, October 1.The findings, compiled in partnership with crypto analytics resource TokenAnalyst, further suggested that despite Ethereum’s (ETH) price decline in 2018, ICO projects still had $93 million in “unrealized…