Tether’s market capitalization has reversed a three-month downtrend while USDC sees a drop in value after the U.S. imposed sanctions against Tornado Cash. The market capitalization of Tether (USDT) tokens has increased by nearly $2 billion since the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash. The Office of Foreign Asset Control essentially...Continue Reading

Multiparty computation is being leveraged to ensure private key security and decentralization within Web3 platforms. But why use it? Protecting user data and private keys is crucial as Web3 advances. Yet, the number of hacks that have occurred within the Web3 space in 2022 alone has been monumental, proving that additional security measures, along with...Continue Reading

DeFi developers seriously need to consider working with regulators on compliance issues if they want their projects to succeed. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions against Tornado Cash this month, marking its first action against a decentralized finance (DeFi) mixer in what may prove to be a watershed moment for...Continue Reading

Huobi Global claims compliance with local regulations as its reason for excluding New Zealand from its list of countries in which it operates derivatives trading. Crypto exchange Huobi Global announced the suspension of derivatives trading in New Zealand. The statement from Huobi said the new restrictions against derivative offers are in light of compliance with...Continue Reading

While there is no shortage of legislative initiatives to regulate stablecoins, the idea of the American CBDC remains problematic. Among a rich range of anxieties both for the crypto industry and the global economy at large, the summer of 2022 will be remembered as the time when the stablecoins proved themselves to be not so...Continue Reading

The industry’s “hodlers of last resort” have had no choice but to sell their coins, but the trend is fiercely reversing this month, data shows. According to a fresh prediction from crypto analysis firm Arcane Research, miners will continue to sell more BTC than they earn. Miners sold nearly 30% of record BTC stash since...Continue Reading

Celsius Network has been heading down a slippery slope since it filed for bankruptcy in July. Embattled crypto lender Celsius Network is on track to run out of money by October, according to the firm’s latest Chapter 11 documents. Filed on Aug. 14 to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York,...Continue Reading

While Tornado Cash developers are fearing for their lives, Do Kwon is “partying,” according to podcaster Eric Conner. As the Terra (LUNA) co-founder and CEO Do Kwon breaks his silence about the collapse of the algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST) and LUNA, the community responded with various sentiments against the Terra executive.  Despite Kwon’s attempts...Continue Reading

Singaporean law offers temporary protection against any legal proceedings and claims, which the company believes would provide a breathing space to focus on its recovery plan. Singapore-based crypto lending platform Hodlnaut is seeking judicial management to manage its ongoing liquidity crisis and avoid the forced liquidation of assets in the current bear market. The crypto...Continue Reading

In the last 30 days, over 53% of NFT investors made losses on sale trades. Despite the cold market sentiment, the number of investors that hold their NFT investments continues to rise. The market performance of blue chip nonfungible tokens (NFTs), often considered a good long-term investment, revisited its all-time low range for the second...Continue Reading