CZ sentenced: A chronology of Binance’s legal battles in the US

A new partnership in the cryptocurrency space wants to address financial inequities on the continent of Africa.Digital finance and payment platform Sesacash announced in a blog post on April 14 that it is partnering with peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform CryptoLocally. The two firms aim to solve the various challenges facing Africa’s financial sector.Sesacash CEO and…

Eight months after its launch, Huobi’s Australian subsidiary is to be subsumed under the Huobi Global canopy, according to an official tweet published on Feb. 24. In a Facebook post published today, Feb. 25, Huobi Australia cited the crypto market slump and fresh redundancies as the reason for the development.As previously reported, Singapore-headquartered Huobi Global…

Another government-backed project in Dubai aims to set up an attractive environment for the crypto industry. 662 Total views 19 Total shares The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to emerge as one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency-friendly jurisdictions as the government of Dubai has a new initiative to support local crypto development and regulation.The Dubai…

Brazilian soccer club CR Vasco da Gama and crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin are looking to tokenize early-career transfers in the soccer world. 947 Total views 13 Total shares Vasco da Gama, one of the leading teams in Brazilian football, and Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Latin America, have announced plans to…

Alternative social media platform Minds is now letting users permanently save their content on the Arweave platform, which ensures that nobody can ever delete it once published.Minds users can choose to publish their content on the “permaweb” with no payment or additional setup required. After several minutes, the content can be viewed on the Arweave…

Lyn Alden likens Ethereum to the Concorde aircraft: functional, but not "an economically sustainable project." 4405 Total views 56 Total shares One reason strategist and investment guru Lyn Alden isn't invested in Ether is she considers the Ethereum network an “unfinished product” when compared with Bitcoin.Alden’s economic analysis of Ethereum released today compares the smart…

Founded in 2014, BitMEX is one of the world’s oldest crypto trading platforms, but it has never offered spot crypto trading till now. 547 Total views 7 Total shares Global crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX is expanding its platform beyond just derivatives by finally launching a spot crypto trading platform.BitMEX officially announced on May 17 that…

MicroStrategy’s holdings are valued at more than $5.9 billion, representing more than $2.2 billion in gains since its initial purchase in August 2020. 1999 Total views 6 Total shares Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has added 1,434 Bitcoin to its coffers after purchasing the crypto asset at an average price of $57,477.According to a Thursday filing…

Gary Gensler, the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) chair, recently appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee for a hearing regarding his leadership of the regulatory agency. The hearing, with Gensler as the only witness, promised to be unpleasant for the SEC chair, with the federal agency’s actions during Gensler’s leadership since…