Coins which last moved in the “lawless era” are liquid again, and on-chain data shows such events mark macro BTC price tops. Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers are asking questions after 10,000 BTC dormant since 2013 suddenly left its wallet. On-chain data flagged on Aug. 28-29 confirmed a large tranche of Bitcoin had become liquid again after...Continue Reading

The governance vote to approve the pause will commence on Aug. 30, 2022, and end on Sept. 2, 2022. With the Ethereum Merge on the way, the risk research and analysis team Block Analitica proposed a temporary pause in Ether (ETH) borrowing to mitigate the risks which may lead to a decentralized finance (DeFi) implosion...Continue Reading

Virtuzone joins the list of mainstream businesses in the UAE, such as JA Resorts and Hotels and Majid Al Futtaim, to officially accept cryptocurrencies following the integration of Binance Pay. Binance marked its presence among the Middle East investors by running various licensed operations in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and other regions. Targeting efforts in United Arab...Continue Reading

Hodlnaut froze withdrawals and all other services on its platform on Aug. 8, citing a liquidity crisis and turbulent market conditions. Singapore-based crypto lending firm Hodlnaut was placed under interim judicial management, a form of creditor protection program, by the Singapore court on Aug. 29. The court orders came three weeks after Hodlnaut froze all...Continue Reading

Iran’s Trade ministry has approved the use of cryptocurrency payments for imports in a bid to bolster trade in the country. Iran’s Industry, Mines and Trade ministry has approved the use of cryptocurrency for imports into the country amid ongoing international trade sanctions. According to local news reports, trade minister Reza Fatemi Amin confirmed that...Continue Reading

The general type of people Binance Australia has flagged as vulnerable users are the elderly, people that live in remote areas, or those with disabilities. Binance Australia is tightening up its onboarding process for new users as part of a push to protect users it’s flagged as most vulnerable to financial crypto crime. The new...Continue Reading

Art, artifacts and untold family stories from the world-renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo are being digitized and uploaded to the metaverse. The family of the world-renowned painter Frida Kahlo released never before seen art and memorabilia tied to the artist into the metaverse. The content debuted in a permanent exhibition during the third-annual Metaverse Art...Continue Reading

JPMorgan’s Umar Farooq said that use cases haven’t arisen fully and regulation hasn’t yet caught up. The head of JPMorgan’s digital assets unit Umar Farooq has suggestedthat most of the crypto assets on the market are “junk” and that real crypto use cases are yet to fully present themselves. During a panel discussion at the...Continue Reading

The Nitro upgrade will further improve the transaction fee crisis that has plagued the growth of the Ethereum network over the last two years. Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum is set to undergo one of its most significant upgrades on Wednesday, set to increase transaction throughput, slash transaction fees and simplify cross-chain communication between Arbitrum...Continue Reading

The New Mendoza Tax Administration crypto payment service turned on as of Aug. 24. In another shift toward widespread crypto adoption in Argentina, citizens from the Mendoza Province can now pay government fees and taxes using cryptocurrencies.  In an Aug. 27 statement, the Mendoza Tax Administration (ATM) described the new crypto payment service as fulfilling...Continue Reading