Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Bitmain allegedly fired staff after salary complaints Bitcoin application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining manufacturer Bitmain has allegedly fired three of its employees for speaking to the media regarding the withholding of salary payments by their employer. According to local news reports on Oct.
The Singapore High Court has allowed financial investigation firm Intelligent Sanctuary (iSanctuary) to attach nonfungible tokens (NFTs) containing a legal document to cold wallets associated with a hack, according to United Kingdom-based iSanctuary and local press accounts. A court-issued worldwide freeze order was tokenized as soulbound NFTs and attached to the wallets in question. The
Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $30,000 into the Oct. 20 Wall Street open as analysts directed attention to the weekly close. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price sets up weekly close showdown Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured new two-month BTC price highs of $30,233 on Bitstamp. The pair showed continued strength during the
Tether Holdings, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, Tether (USDT), is reportedly preparing to update the frequency of releasing its reserve data reports. Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s chief technology officer and incoming CEO, disclosed that the firm plans to publish reserve data in real-time in 2024, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 20. Tether
A self-proclaimed jack of all trades and master of none, OSF has become a prolific figure in the nonfungible token world in just over two years, trading his former life at Barclay’s to focus full-time on Web3, his digital art pursuits, his PFP project Rekt Guy and living the life of a degen collector. The
Bitcoin (BTC) passed $29,500 on Oct. 20 after an eventful 24 hours boosted BTC price trajectory while XRP price jumped above $0.50 in response to Ripple’s big legal win. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Hawkish Fed’s Powell fails to dent BTC price Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it edged closer to two-month
Crypto exchange Binance has announced it has onboarded new partners to handle euro deposits and withdrawals, months after losing its previous fiat partner PaySafe in September. In an Oct. 19 statement, Binance announced that it had signed agreements with new fiat partners for euro payments, deposits, and withdrawals. The move follows regulatory and debanking woes
Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, with others, have collaboratively submitted a shared amicus brief to the Supreme Court, wherein they raise concerns about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approach to conducting internal proceedings without the inclusion of juries. Mark Cuban, a billionaire crypto investor and DeFi advocate who actively engages in the cryptocurrency space, and Elon Musk,
Ethereum has long been the target of criticism from die-hard Bitcoin maximalists who believe that Bitcoin is the only worthwhile cryptocurrency despite the fact that Ethereum holds the second-highest percentage of the entire cryptocurrency market value. Now, another Bitcoin maximalist, Steve Barbour, has referred to the leading platform for smart contracts as garbage. Bitcoin Maximalist
Bitcoin (BTC) kept pressure on $28,500 after the Oct. 19 Wall Street open ahead of a key speech on United States economic policy. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Lepard: Powell may flip “very dovish” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action gaining strength ahead of commentary by Jerome Powell, chair of
The Bank of Finland (BOF) is coordinating the creation of a Finnish instant payment solution compatible with European standards. Tuomas Välimäki, BOF board member and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), made the announcement on Oct. 19. Välimäki revealed that the Bank of Finland is actively promoting the development of
From privacy coins to shiny iris-scanning orbs, zero-knowledge proofs have become synonymous with crypto, scalability and privacy. In 2022, investors gave over $700 million in funding to companies pushing the envelope with zero-knowledge proofs. This year, ZK-proofs has arguably become one of the biggest blockchain trends, with several major Ethereum scaling protocols hitting mainnet. ZK-proofs
Electric vehicle maker Tesla made no changes to its sizeable Bitcoin (BTC) holdings — the fifth quarter in a row — though it has directed more funds to double its computing capacity amid artificial intelligence efforts. Tesla’s Q3 2023 results released on Oct. 18 show as of Sept. 30, it held $184 million worth of
Stéphanie Cabossioras has stepped down from her role as the executive director of Binance France, becoming at least the 10th senior executive to leave Binance this year. In an Oct. 19 post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Binance France President David Prinçay confirmed Cabossioras’ departure and expressed his gratitude for her work at the
After surging above the $0.51 mark on Monday, the XRP price has been on a decline once more. This has seen the asset drop back below $0.49 as obvious selling pressure continues to mount on the altcoin. The major focus of holders has been on where this sell pressure is coming from and a number
Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to show strength this week by hitting an intra-day high at $28,516 even as macroeconomic headwinds in the United States continue to weigh on investor sentiment. It’s possible that a certain degree of BTC’s price stability can be attributed to increasing institutional activity and positive institutional investor interest in Bitcoin. On
Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Hope Lend has next to zero assets left in its protocol after a devastating hack. According to multiple blockchain security firms, on Oct. 18, two individuals, a frontrunner who beat the original hacker after discovering the exploit, and the original hacker itself, stole a combined 526 Ether (ETH) from Hope
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to hold key support which new analysis says “improves bullish probabilities.” In an X thread on Oct. 17, Caleb Franzen, senior analyst at Cubic Analytics, drew attention to two moving averages now forming the BTC price battleground. Analysis: Enduring Bitcoin support “a great sign” Bitcoin is wedged between the 200-week simple moving
During her opening speech at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) seminar on financial inclusion in Marrakesh, Morocco, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said digitalization is “the most important way” to scale up financial inclusion. “It is digital that moves help to people, investment and ability of the economy to accelerate,” Georgieva said, citing digital cash
Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some of the brightest minds worried about the potential ramifications. Restaking involves reusing staked or locked-up Ether tokens to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols. Proponents believe
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