Manhar Garegrat, Country Head Liminal Custory As we conclude 2023, the Indian and global crypto industry went through quite a few milestones in terms of regulatory developments. In an exclusive interview with CryptoNews, Manhar Garegrat, the Country Head for India and Global Partnerships of Liminal Custody, shares insights into the company’s journey, collaborations with law…
Read more
Source: Pixabay In a significant legal development, Judge Manish Shah of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has issued a verdict ordering cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, to pay a staggering $2.85 billion to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC, in its press release…
Read more
Source: ArtDown/Adobe South Korean crypto market analysts think the worldwide crypto market cap could hit the $5 trillion mark in 2024 as global adoption continues. Per Hanguk Kyungjae, the claims were made in a report published by the Korbit Research Center, part of the Korbit crypto exchange group. The center’s director Jeong Seok-moon predicted that…
Read more
On Dec. 18, 2023, a colossal cache of dormant bitcoins stirred after remaining inactive for eight years and ten months. The whale transferred 2,101 bitcoins, originating from 2015, now valued at $88.55 million, utilizing the prevailing BTC exchange rates. $88M Worth of Bitcoin Moved by Long-Dormant Whale On Feb. 17, 2015, a substantial accumulation of…
Read more
Grayscale, one of the biggest cryptocurrency asset management firms, has addressed the issue of taxation regarding the adoption of a cash creation model in an upcoming spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The firm clarified that “no spot Bitcoin ETF that qualifies as a grantor trust would be at a disadvantage in relation to any other…
Read more
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, experienced a downturn over the weekend, falling to the $41,000 range. This decline is part of a broader trend that saw the global crypto market cap drop by over 8% in 24 hours, standing at $1.46 trillion. The market’s sluggishness is partly due to a lack of fresh…
Read more
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and legendary cryptographer, has acknowledged that inscriptions, media embedded directly on top of Bitcoin, cannot be stopped, stating that any action focused on this will only prompt users to do it in “worse ways.” Instead, Back proposed adding a new blob of data to Bitcoin blocks dedicated to inscription purposes.…
Read more
Crypto presale utilizing AI analytics is seeing early traction from investors seeking access to automated trading algorithms. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Among seasoned crypto investors, few phenomena inspire a rush of activity like FOMO — the fear of missing out. When new cryptocurrency projects announce a presale of their tokens, FOMO often…
Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Salvadoran Volcano Bonds might be launched in Q1 2024, Unblock Global raised $15 million for a flare gas mining project in Vaca Muerta, and Argentine President Javier Milei axes ministries to reduce…
Read more
Source: Koshiro/Adobe A “tectonic rift” is threatening to separate the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit from its rivals, as tensions begin to fray between domestic platforms. The newspaper Daehan Kyungjae reported that Upbit’s market share has dropped sharply in recent months, falling from 93% in June this year to under 62% on December 17. Upbit’s…
Read more
