TV director faces charges for $11M fraud in crypto, luxury car spree
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged television director Carl Erik Rinsch with defrauding a major streaming company of $11 million.
In a March...
Crypto Daybook Americas: Memecoins Take Off on Tron While Bitcoin Looks to FOMC
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
Cryptocurrency prices are seeing a slight recovery from Tuesday's decline with bitcoin (BTC) gaining 0.5% and...
Bitcoin ETFs see single $218M inflow to BlackRock’s IBIT
On Mar. 18, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $209 million in inflows, marking a third consecutive trading day of positive flows.
The entirety of the inflows...
Coinbase’s new KYC verified pools aim to fortify DeFi with secure trading
Coinbase has launched Verified Pools, a Know-Your-Customer (KYC)-verified liquidity pool designed to enhance DeFi adoption while reducing counterparty risks.
This new initiative provides institutional and...
Digital Chamber Gets New Chief as Crypto Lobbyists Embrace Friendlier Washington
The Digital Chamber will elevate Cody Carbone to be its chief executive officer next month, replacing founder Perianne Boring, who is stepping down after...
The Man Who Stabbed CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Could Face Decade in Prison
A South Korean man who attacked the CEO of collapsed crypto firm, Haru Invest, is now facing a potential decade behind bars, according to...
Bitcoin Price Little Changed as Bank of Japan Keeps Interest Rate Steady
The bitcoin (BTC) price showed little reaction after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5% on Wednesday, a...
Battered Bitcoin Looks to U.S. Fed for Support, Bank of America Predicts End of Quantitative Tightening
As bitcoin (BTC) looks to recover from its recent downturn, observers are looking to Wednesday's Federal Reserve (Fed) rate decision to offer support, with...
Raydium’s RAY Jumps 13% as DEX Reveals Own Token Issuance Platform
Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium is set to start its own token issuance platform in the coming weeks to drive more revenue to the already-popular...
North Dakota Senate Passes Crypto ATM Bill to Create Licensing Regime
The U.S. State of North Dakota is close to creating a licensing regime for crypto ATMs after its Senate passed a bill that provides...
Untangled Finance Brings Moody’s Credit Scores On-Chain
Untangled Finance and Moody’s Ratings have completed a Proof of Concept to move credit ratings on-chain by testing a system to allow for decentralized...
Microsoft uncovers new trojan targeting crypto wallet extensions on chrome
Microsoft researchers have identified a new remote access trojan (RAT) named StilachiRAT, designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet data, credentials, and system information while maintaining...
EOS Network rebrands to Vaulta, aims to merge DeFi with traditional banking
EOS Network announced on March 18 that it will rebrand as Vaulta, marking a strategic shift toward web3 banking as it seeks to integrate...
Crypto for Humans: Lessons from the Bybit Hack
The recent security breach for around $1.5 billion at Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, sent ripples through the digital asset...
MakerDAO’s Spark to invest $500 million in BlackRock’s BUIDL fund
Spark has announced that BlackRock, Superstate, and Centrifuge are the winners of its Tokenization Grand Prix. The goal is to allocate $1 billion in...
How Funding Fragmentation Holds Ethereum Back
Ethereum has undergone a big transformation in the last four years, starting as a network capable of handling just 15 transactions per second, and...
