Source: X / @cz_binance Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, is still worth $15 billion despite recently pleading guilty to federal money laundering charges. On Tuesday, the crypto boss acknowledged his violation of US regulations and evasion of sanctions laws in his pursuit of crypto market dominance. Despite this guilty plea, CZ retains his…
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DEXTools Logo / Source: DEXTools X Account Blue-chip cryptocurrencies are pumping on Wednesday amid a market-wide relief rally as traders digest recent news relating to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. News broke on Tuesday that Binance had reached deals with the US Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to settle to…
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Image Source: Bloomberg New Binance CEO Richard Teng has hinted at the exchange’s ability to pay the $4.3 billion it has been fined by the US Justice Department. Teng, who was named CEO of Binance on Tuesday after Changpeng Zhao stepped down, said in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) that the exchange is…
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Source: Adobe/Jim Tether’s deposit of over $1 billion with a financial services firm has come under scrutiny in London’s High Court. According to a Tuesday report from The Financial Times, Tether’s funds were deposited with a subsidiary of investment bank Britannia Financial, according to filings made in the High Court. The legal battle involves Britannia Financial…
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Source: Alex Zarubi/Unsplash Russian lawmakers want the country’s Central Bank to ditch its current retail model digital ruble in favor of a wholesale alternative. Per Interfax, three State Duma committees submitted a joint response to the Central Bank’s monetary policy report for 2024-2026. The committees said they want the Central Bank to “return to considering” …
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Source: AdobeStock/Andrey Popov Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) networks have experienced a dramatic surge in transaction fees amid soaring crypto usage. According to data by BitInfoCharts, the average BTC transaction fee currently stands at around $10, up by more than 500% compared to less than $2 earlier this month. Notably, the average BTC fees reached…
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Source: yellowj/Adobe The South Korean pro golfer Lee Ye-won has scooped a crypto prize worth over $457,000 by winning a KLPGA Tour event in Busan. The WEMIX Championship was sponsored by the domestic gaming giant WeMade’s crypto and blockchain gaming subsidiary. The KLPGA (Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association) tour is one of the biggest rivals…
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Image Source: Pixabay The number of Web3 games on the Solana (SOL) blockchain has grown substantially amid the spike in the network’s native token over the past month. According to Game7’s 2023 State of Web3 Gaming Report, the number of crypto games on the Epic Games Store has increased from 10 in January to 69 in…
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Source: Pixabay /Sergei Tokmakov The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decisions on spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications submitted by Global X and Franklin Templeton. In a Friday filing, the agency said it expects public comments on Global X’s proposal in the next 35 days, making the new deadline as Dec.…
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Source: A screenshot, worldcoin.org The recent announcement of Sam Altman‘s departure from OpenAI has triggered a sharp decline in the value of Worldcoin’s WLD token. At the time of writing, WLD is trading at $1.86, down by more than 13% over the past day, according to data from CoinGecko. The drop marks a 42% decrease…
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