South Korean think tank cautions against crypto ETFs

Crypto market cap tracker CoinMarketCap (CMC) will remove exchanges from its calculations if they fail to provide mandatory data by June, the firm wrote in its sixth anniversary blog post on May 1.CoinMarketCap, a major source of data about all traded digital currencies, has made a series of announcements to celebrate its sixth birthday today.As…

Estonia-based cryptocurrency BitBay has been offline for 18 hours now, citing problems caused by a third-party service provider.On March 26, BitBay tweeted that it was struggling with a “network problem” resulting from their “external service provider.” The exchange stated that it had contacted the provider and was working on resolving the problem.Founded in Poland in…

The Bitcoin price (BTC) has recovered strongly from $5,200 to $7,200 in the past two weeks, despite the declining appetite for high-risk assets including single-stocks and cryptocurrencies. One prominent trader predicted the entire price movement of Bitcoin since its initial drop from $10,500 to sub-$6,000, and in the medium-term, the digital asset’s trend remains gloomy.Crypto market…

After two arrests in one week, John McAfee says he wants to run for President of the United States and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom simultaneously.McAfee: ‘I am one of the few’On July 26, the same day when McAfee revealed his “record” second arrest in a week, the U.S. presidential candidate expressed his intention…

The law included many digital currencies under the definition of legal payment methods in Brazil and established a licensing regime for virtual asset service providers. 553 Total views 7 Total shares Own this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTJair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil set to leave office on Dec. 31, has signed…

The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Russia’s Alrosa, has partnered with Tencent, the operator of Chinese social media app WeChat, on a new blockchain-based e-commerce project.Together with blockchain platform Everledger, Tencent and Alrosa will launch a new diamond-focused retail mini-program targeted at WeChat’s one billion active users, according to a Dec. 16 press release.In a…

The report highlighted that Bitcoin mining can convert wasted methane emissions into less harmful emissions. 787 Total views 21 Total shares A paper published by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) concluded that Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to be a catalyst for a global energy transition. IRM Energy and Renewables Group members Dylan Campbell and

The Busan city administration has signed agreements with multiple crypto firms, including Binance, Huobi Global, Crypto.com, as well as the troubled FTX exchange. 321 Total views 9 Total shares The FTX crash appears to have affected not only companies and investors but also entire cities that previously became partners of the troubled cryptocurrency exchange.South Korea’s…