Nigerian official advocates blockchain, AI against illicit financial flows

Earlier this week, British-American entrepreneur John McAfee, who is currently living “in exile” due to tax-related charges filed against him by the United States authorities, launched his own decentralized exchange (DEX). The expressive crypto advocate’s McAfeedex.com is running on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, and, in McAfee’s own words, it is a “Wild Wild West exchange” that…

A classic bull run forecasting metric goes “full bull,” while whales look to hedge exposure to the Federal Reserve this week. 5531 Total views 47 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) whales are the center of attention this week as buying and selling habits split the BTC price narrative.New findings from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant show derivatives…

Huobi, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume to date, saw significant progress in its crypto mining business in 2019.Huobi Pool, a cryptocurrency mining arm of Huobi, says its operating revenues surged 547% in 2019, reaching $320 million year-over-year from $53 million in 2018.PoS staking continues to be the Huobi Pool’s most profitable businessOriginally…

As Ether’s price has struggled in the first quarter of 2025, a US-based investment adviser firm, Two Prime, has dropped support for ETH and adopted a Bitcoin-only strategy. After lending $1.5 billion in loans both in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) over the past 15 months, Two Prime decided to ditch ETH to focus solely

Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. The news was announced in an email shared with Cointelegraph Dec. 19.The research and development (R&D) grant will go to a team of two PhD and…

Axie Infinity players can stake their AXS tokens with rewards to follow up soon. 1191 Total views 14 Total shares Axie Infinity, a play-to-earn NFT game based on the Ethereum blockchain, announced the launch of the staking program for its native token, Axie Infinity Shards or AXS. AXS holders can start staking their tokens while the…

The main wallet for the Bhutan government still holds $890 million worth of cryptocurrency, 99.9% of which is Bitcoin. The Bhutan government moved $63 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) on March 24 to three wallets, according to Onchain Lens, which analyzed data from Arkham Intelligence. One of the wallets now holds 600 BTC worth approximately

The exchange platform’s foray into cryptocurrency has been highly lucrative thus far. 3450 Total views 12 Total shares Exchange platform eToro is coming off a stellar year of growth, as novice traders seek new pathways into the financial markets, including cryptocurrency. The online brokerage firm ended 2020 with gross revenue of $600 million, with total trading…

Bitcoin bulls see signs of the worst being over as a BTC price bounce gathers pace toward $60,000.