A Nevada man has admitted his role in laundering funds solicited for the Bitclub Network, a $722 million fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. He also pleaded guilty to tax offenses. Bitclub Network Investor Pleads Guilty The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Gordon Brad Beckstead, a 57-year-old from Henderson, Nevada, has pleaded guilty in connection …
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press release PRESS RELEASE. CA GameFi Inc., (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Taro Yamamoto, Representative Director; hereafter CA GameFi), a subsidiary of CyberAgent Inc. (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Makoto Fujita, Representative Director; listed on the TSE’s first section, Stock Code 4751; hereafter CyberAgent), now announces the establishment of the company to run blockchain game …
The Moroccan central bank is currently holding talks with multilateral lending institutions and other central banks, centered on establishing cryptocurrency regulation best practices. Inevitable Adoption of Cryptocurrencies The Moroccan central bank governor, Abdul Latif Al Jawhari, has said his institution is currently in discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, about …
While bitcoin has risen in value in recent times, jumping 8% during the last seven days, statistics show that the number of addresses holding bitcoin has surpassed 40 million addresses. Metrics from the analytics web portal intotheblock.com show addresses that hold any fraction of bitcoin tapped a 30-day high on March 24, reaching 40.25 million …
A leading crypto analyst says Tether (USDT) dominance and the US dollar index (DXY) are flashing major bullish signs for crypto. In a new tweet, Justin Bennett shows his 99,000 followers a chart depicting the relative market dominance of USDT. Bennett says USDT’s recent drop relative market dominance is bullish for cryptos. “First lower low from USDT.D …
The Ministry of Digital Transformation in Ukraine has started an online nonfungible token museum aimed at preserving the timeline of major events starting with the Russian military invading the country. In a Friday tweet, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said the government launched an initiative with nonfungible token, or NFT, artwork depicting key …
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The Bank of England announced Friday that it had reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative, or DCI, on a joint twelve-month research project on Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC. The bank said in a statement that the new project was for research purposes only, and not …
Janet Yellen, the 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury, spoke Friday morning on CNBC’s flagship business and politics show Squawk Box, on an array of topics from the growth of the renewable energy sector amid Russia’s economic isolation, the rising levels of inflation and Federal Reserve responsibility, as well as her current perspective on …
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During the 8th edition of the Blockchain Africa Conference 2022, Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr moderated a virtual panel titled “Cryptocurrency Institutional Investment: Increasing Returns and Improving Diversification.” Panelists Kalin Metodiev, co-founder and managing partner at Nexo, and Dimitrios Kavvathas, chief strategy officer at Amber Group, focused on the opportunities that institutional investors perceive in the …
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is filing charges against two crypto traders over their alleged involvement in facilitating the $1.1 million “Frosties” non-fungible token (NFT) rug-pull scam. According to a new press release from the DOJ, Ethan Vinh Nguyen and Andre Marcus Quiddaoen Llacuna were both charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and …
A top executive at investment management behemoth BlackRock says the company is researching crypto assets in response to heightened interest from clients. In a new letter, CEO and co-founder Larry Fink says that digital assets can resolve many of the problems associated with international payments, such as high prices and associated crimes. “A global digital …
A project bringing the functionality of traditional finance to crypto investing is exploding after a surprise listing from Coinbase. The US-based cryptocurrency exchange announced in a tweet that Crypterium (CRPT) is now available on its main website as well as Android and iOS apps. Crypterium (CRPT) is now live on https://t.co/CD3RBjtMAO & in the Coinbase …
US lawmakers are pushing a new bill that would require the State and Treasury Departments to “examine and mitigate” the potential risks caused by El Salvador’s decision to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. Senator Jim Risch, a Republican from Idaho, says in a new press release that the bill would require the government to …
Strong inflows into the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) (BITO) in the past two weeks pushed its Bitcoin (BTC) exposure to a new record high. No Bitcoin outflows despite ‘rollover’ risks The fund, which uses futures contracts to gain exposure to Bitcoin’s price movements, had a record 28,450 BTC under its management — worth about …
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While crypto markets are still in a state of “fear,” as evidenced by Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index, the industry as a whole is giving us reasons to be bullish. Large venture funding rounds, growing adoption of decentralized governance models and new institutional-grade product offerings suggest that crypto is more than just daily chart patterns. …
