Breaking crypto news from the last week (Aug. 6 – 12, 2022): Aug. 6: Messari’s latest report indicates that the market pullback in the first half of 2022 did not shake investors’ confidence in the growing crypto industry. As per the report, the overall amount of money raised in the first six months already exceeds…
Strike, the leading blockchain-based startup, entered into a collaboration with financial giant Visa Inc. to offer crypto rewards through its new crypto card. The startup also said that access to the card could be granted by joining a waitlist. Digital currency-based payment protocol Strike, built on the Lightning Network, has announced the launch of a…
Bear markets are difficult as people watch their account balances diminish with the Bitcoin price dropping. There are many things you can do to ease the pain. This is an opinion editorial on Bitcoin Magazine by Boomer, a long-time and active member of the financial independence/retire early (FIRE) movement. Deep down, we all knew this…
European authorities have reached a milestone deal to regulate the trading of crypto assets in the bloc, to rein in what lawmakers call the “wild west” of financial markets. These standards are designed to protect consumers and increase transparency from companies. EU member states and the European Parliament on July 1 settled the terms of…
There are a lot of crypto jobs, but do you need to be “crypto-native” to qualify? Here’s how to land a job in crypto – writes Ekin Genç on CoinDesk. Crypto is a fast-growing and diverse industry, home to a broad array of organizations, from traditionally structured companies running services like centralized exchanges to decentralized…
The UAE, Japan, and Singapore have emerged as the trendsetters in regulating the crypto market effectively, top European academic Guy Burton said, citing The Dubai Financial Services Authority explicitly included a crypto regulatory framework in its 2021 business plan. Guy Burton, an Adjunct Professor at the Brussels School of Governance, where he teaches politics and…
North Korean hackers are most likely behind an attack last week that stole as much as $100 million in cryptocurrency from a US company, digital investigative firms have concluded. Analysis suggests the hack is the work of the Lazarus Group, the Pyongyang-backed group behind a similar $622 million hack of Axie Infinity. Following hackers recent…
Digital asset brokerage Voyager Digital said Friday that it is pausing all customer trading, deposits, and withdrawals. The crypto company claimed it had been affected by the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital. Voyager Digital is suspending trading, deposits, and withdrawals in the latest sign of the deepening crisis in the crypto markets. Voyager said the…
Djed, Cardano’s algorithmic stablecoin, developed in collaboration with the COTI network, might launch shortly after the Vasil Hard Fork mainnet launch, its team revealed. The tentative date of the launch could be in the last week of July. “We are also waiting for Cardano’s Vasil Hard Fork to take place. The Vasil Hard Fork will…