Confidence in centralized exchanges appears to be waning as Bitcoin flows into self-custody wallets at near-record levels. Bitcoin (BTC) investors have been increasingly moving their holdings to self-custody solutions following the collapse of the world’s second-largest crypto exchange last week. On-chain exchange flow data is showing a surge in withdrawals to self-custody wallets, according to...Continue Reading

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said self-custody is a “fundamental human right,” while Michael Saylor said self-custody is necessary to prevent powerful actors from accumulating and abusing power. Industry heavyweights have urged crypto investors and traders to self-custody their crypto assets amid the significant market uncertainty brought on by the collapse of FTX.  In a Nov....Continue Reading

Kraken said it froze account access to certain funds “we suspect to be associated with ‘fraud, negligence or misconduct’ related to FTX.” United-States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has frozen the accounts associated with “FTX Group, Alameda Research, and their executives,” on its exchange after engaging with authorities.  In a Twitter post on Nov. 13, Kraken said...Continue Reading

A Curve spokesperson has confirmed they have been in negotiations to acquire BlockFi’s credit card program’s customers since Nov. 12. Payments company Curve is in active discussions to acquire crypto lender BlockFi’s more than 87,000 credit card customers — whose credit cards have been suspended since Nov. 11.  A Curve spokesperson told Cointelegraph that “outreach...Continue Reading

Voyager reopened its bidding process after FTX US, the original winner, filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11. Crypto exchange CrossTower is working on a revised offer for the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital, a spokesperson told Cointelegraph. Voyager announced the reopening of its bidding process after FTX US, the original winner in the...Continue Reading

Crypto doesn’t need reversible transactions. It needs real-time threat monitoring and more audits. Users losing funds due to malicious activity is hardly unknown on Ethereum. In fact, it is the very reason researchers recently developed a proposal to introduce a type of token that is reversible in the event of a hack or other unsavory...Continue Reading

The Bahamas securities regulator and financial investigators are reportedly investigating the collapsed crypto exchange. An investigation of possible criminal misconduct over the insolvency of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is underway by financial investigators and the Bahamas securities regulators, according to a statement by the Royal Bahamas Police Force sent to Reuters on Nov 13.  The Royal...Continue Reading

SRM and MSRM tokens and fees discounts were not changed and were working as before, said developers. Solana’s developers forked the widely used token liquidity hub Serum, after being compromised by a hack on the bankruptcy exchange FTX on Nov. 11 that led to a series of unauthorized transactions.  According to pseudonymous developer Mango Max...Continue Reading

Founders of Bitcoin Beach El Salavdor, Bitcoin Ekasi in South africa, Dakar Bitcoin Days in Senegal and Global Bitcoin Fest shed light on building Bitcoin communities around the world. How does one build a Bitcoin (BTC) community? How to start? Where to begin? And what are the best practices?  Cointelegraph spoke to Bitcoin community builders...Continue Reading

A wireless device called a hotspot, or helium miner, uses radio technologies for HNT minting and rewards HNT tokens for providing coverage. Mining helps verify the legitimacy of transactions conducted via a blockchain network such as the Bitcoin blockchain. Miners can start mining cryptocurrencies using hardware like a central processing unit (CPU) or application-specific integrated...Continue Reading