Vitalik Buterin-backed Nocturne protocol shuts down operations overnight

Plans to introduce staking and the recent listing on Kraken pushed Energy Web Token’s trading volume and price to a new all-time high. 2684 Total views 19 Total shares One of the biggest debates taking place on a global scale relates to energy production and the integration of renewable energy sources into an electrical grid…

Opinion by: Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, general counsel at StarkWare As Washington takes a softer stance on crypto, regulators are counting down to even stricter regulations in the UK. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working on plans for a new "gateway" authorization regime by 2026, targeting a broader spectrum of crypto activities.  It

Crypto wealth management and lending company BlockFi has lowered the interest rates for their biggest cryptocurrency deposit accounts, according to an official blog post on March 22.BlockFi launched the BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIA), cryptocurrency accounts supporting Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), earlier in March. The accounts initially offered a 6.2 percent annual interest paid monthly…

Bitcoin (BTC) entered an upward channel in early January and despite the sideways trading near $40,000, order book analysts cited "significant buying pressure" and noted that the overall negative sentiment might be heading towards exhaustion.Bitcoin/USD price at FTX. Source: TradingViewIndependent analyst Johal Miles noted that BTC's price formed a bullish hammer candlestick on its daily chart on…

“The noose is tightening” for wealthy Americans suspected of exploiting Puerto Rico’s relaxed tax regime. 248 Total views 13 Total shares Prosecutors from the United States and agents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are reportedly investigating wealthy crypto traders and fund managers suspected of illegally benefiting from Puerto Rico’s tax breaks. According to a June…

Howard Marks hints that he is becoming the latest Bitcoin naysayer to change his tune completely in a new memo to investors of Oaktree Capital. 396 Total views 4 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) at $34,000 may have gained a new convert after billionaire investor Howard Marks admitted that he needed to change his "skeptical view."In…

Should people who purchase nonfungible tokens (NFT) be entitled to refunds if they decide they don’t like their digital pictures? Some Europeans are beginning to make that case under a 25-year-old law.Unhappy buyers have claimed that their right to a refund is protected by a 1997 European Union law that requires any person or business…

David Marcus, the head of Calibra at Facebook, has written a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters and members of the House Financial Services Committee in preparation for the upcoming Libra hearings, according to a report by The Hill on July 9. According to the report, Marcus wrote, "I want to give you my personal assurance that…