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US Government Dumps Bitcoin Stolen From Silk Road, $1.2B To Go

The US government sold off more than 9,800 BTC connected to the Silk Road darknet marketplace for about $215 million earlier this month, a court filing released Friday shows.

Mar 31, 2023Read more: US Government Dumps Bitcoin Stolen From Silk Road, $1.2B To Go

Indonesian Government Looks to NFTs to Preserve Cultural Heritage

The Deputy of Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy explains how NFTs and cryptocurrency can help solve

Mar 30, 2023

Citi Says Mass Adoption of Crypto Will Be Driven by CBDCs, Tokenization

Citi says the industry is finally "approaching an inflection point" and that blockchain technology will soon see

Mar 30, 2023

Tested on Ethereum, StarkWare’s Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are Now Live on Bitcoin

The newly launched ZeroSync Association is bringing zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to Bitcoin (BTC)

Mar 29, 2023

March 28, 2023

Circle Stablecoin USDC To Launch On Cosmos

Mar 28, 2023Read more: Circle Stablecoin USDC To Launch On Cosmos

Shortly after coming out of stealth, token protocol Noble has announced it has partnered with Circle to bring USD Coin (USDC) natively to

March 27, 2023

G7 Members Likely To Discuss Stricter Crypto Regulation in May

Mar 27, 2023Read more: G7 Members Likely To Discuss Stricter Crypto Regulation in May

The Group of Seven (G7), consisting of the world’s largest industrialized democracies

First Citizens Bank Enters Deal With FDIC to Buy Silicon Valley Bank

Mar 27, 2023Read more: First Citizens Bank Enters Deal With FDIC to Buy Silicon Valley Bank

First Citizens Bank will take on the deposits and loans of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the U.S.

March 24, 2023

California Leads the Way as U.S. Federal, State Agencies Consider Blockchain’s Applications

Mar 24, 2023Read more: California Leads the Way as U.S. Federal, State Agencies Consider Blockchain’s Applications

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) tokenization project is an example of how companies and U.S.

March 23, 2023

Tron Founder Justin Sun Sued by U.S. SEC on Securities, Market Manipulation Charges

Mar 23, 2023Read more: Tron Founder Justin Sun Sued by U.S. SEC on Securities, Market Manipulation Charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Justin Sun Wednesday on allegations of selling and airdropping unregistered securities

SEC Warns Coinbase of Enforcement Over Its Staking Rewards Products

Mar 23, 2023Read more: SEC Warns Coinbase of Enforcement Over Its Staking Rewards Products

Coinbase received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday

March 22, 2023

IRS Considers Taxing NFTs Like Physical Art, Collectibles

Mar 22, 2023Read more: IRS Considers Taxing NFTs Like Physical Art, Collectibles

Individuals in the United States who planned on padding their retirement accounts with JPEGs may want to reconsider

March 20, 2023

Crypto Wallet Prototype Discovered Inside Microsoft Edge Browser

Mar 20, 2023Read more: Crypto Wallet Prototype Discovered Inside Microsoft Edge Browser

Microsoft may not be the first name to come to mind when it comes to blockchain.

March 16, 2023

Moonpay CEO: 'We Really Want to Pass the Mom Test' for Mass NFT Adoption

Mar 16, 2023Read more: Moonpay CEO: 'We Really Want to Pass the Mom Test' for Mass NFT Adoption

MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright is turning to a unique metric to measure mass adoption for NFTs.

FDIC Demands Any Buyer of Signature Bank Give Up on Crypto

Mar 16, 2023Read more: FDIC Demands Any Buyer of Signature Bank Give Up on Crypto

As the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation prepares to auction off Signature Bank

March 15, 2023

Plaintiff Wins Case Against Hackers After Serving Court Papers via NFT

Mar 15, 2023Read more: Plaintiff Wins Case Against Hackers After Serving Court Papers via NFT

A federal judge in Florida has ruled in favor of a plaintiff who sued anonymous hackers and issued formal notice of the legal action via

March 13, 2023

HSBC UK Acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK Branch for £1

Mar 13, 2023Read more: HSBC UK Acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK Branch for £1

The embattled Silicon Valley Bank has just come under new ownership, at least in the United Kingdom.

Binance Swaps BUSD Stablecoin From 'Recovery Fund' to Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB

Mar 13, 2023Read more: Binance Swaps BUSD Stablecoin From 'Recovery Fund' to Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume

March 10, 2023

US DoJ appeals billion-dollar Binance.US acquisition of Voyager assets

Mar 10, 2023Read more: US DoJ appeals billion-dollar Binance.US acquisition of Voyager assets

Though New York's bankruptcy court signed off on Binance.US' plan to purchase Voyager's distressed assets

Hedera confirms hackers stole tokens from DEXs, exploiting a bug in 'smart contract service'

Mar 10, 2023Read more: Hedera confirms hackers stole tokens from DEXs, exploiting a bug in 'smart contract service'

The core team at Hedera confirmed there was a recent exploit on the network in which hackers stole funds via users' accounts on

March 9, 2023

CFTC Chair Says Ethereum Is a Commodity—Despite Gensler’s ‘Bitcoin Only’ Position

The chairman of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a firm stance against the Security and Exchange Commission

Planet Hollywood Inks Deal With Animoca Brands to Launch NFT Club in L.A.

Digital entertainment firm Animoca Brands announced plans Thursday for a new members-only club in Los Angeles.

March 8, 2023

Coinbase Announces ‘Wallet as a Service,’ Hints at ‘Household Name’ Partners

Coinbase unveiled a new service Wednesday that it says will make Web3 tech more approachable for both companies and consumers by

Jack Dorsey's Block Reveals Plans for Bitcoin 'Mining Development Kit'

Block, Inc. thinks it and developers can build better Bitcoin mining rigs.

March 7, 2023

Amazon NFTs Will Be Tied to Real-world Assets, Token Possible

Amazon is laying the groundwork to give its customers the ability to purchase NFTs tied to real-world assets that are delivered to their

Alameda Sues Grayscale Over $9 Billion Locked in Bitcoin Trust Shares

Failed crypto company FTX announced today that its affiliate Alameda Research is suing asset manager Grayscale Investments in a bid to

March 6, 2023

Kraken is On Track to Launch Bank 'Very Soon' Despite Regulatory 'Weird Place'

Kraken is moving ahead with plans to launch its own bank despite a challenging regulatory environment and the recent shuttering of its

March 3, 2023

Coinbase Acquires One River Digital Asset Management

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) said it bought One River Digital Asset Management, an institutional digital-asset manager

EU Keeps Focus on NFTs in Latest Anti-Money Laundering Bill Draft

Policymakers in the European Parliament are negotiating changes to the text of an EU anti-money laundering bill to highlight that NFT

March 2, 2023

US Treasury Weighs Prospects For CBDC Adoption

The US Department of the Treasury under President Joe Biden is sketching the technology that can be used to create a central bank digital

Australia Announces CBDC Pilot and Study for the eAUD

Australia drew one step closer Wednesday to potentially establishing a central bank digital currency (CBDC)