One million Australians are expected to purchase their first cryptocurrency over the next 12 months, according to a study by crypto exchange Swyftx. The study, which was commissioned by YouGov, suggests that crypto ownership in the country is going to grow significantly, with the survey focusing on 2,609 Australians over the age of 18 in […]

Interpol has released an official Red Notice for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, after the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Officer announced that it is looking for him. What this means is that authorities around the world will be on high alert for Kwon’s whereabouts and potentially arrest him and extradite him back to South Korea […]

China continues to crack down on various cryptocurrency operations. Most recently, the Chinese province of Hunan saw 93 people arrested for laundering up to $5.6bn using cryptocurrencies. China suspended all cryptocurrency operations a few years back and prohibited all cryptocurrency mining, causing an exodus of companies who sought cheap electricity elsewhere, including Kazakhstan. However, many […]

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued three culprits for creating artificial volume on crypto exchanges Bitkub and Satang Corporation. The Thai regulator issued civil sanctions to Bitkub Online Company Limited, Anurak Chuachai, and Sakon Srakawee. The three offenders have been accused of generating fake volumes of digital assets in Bitkub digital asset exchange […]

FTX has won insolvent crypto lender Voyager’s auction bid for $1.4bn. Bankrupt Voyager Digital has announced that crypto exchange FTX through its subsidiary FTX US has won the bid for its assets. The two-week auction process of Voyager’s cryptocurrencies valued at $1.311bn came to an end and sold for $1.422bn comprising an additional consideration worth […]

New England Patriots owner Kraft Sports and Entertainment has agreed a new long-term deal with Web 3.0 experts Chain. The agreement names the software solutions company as the Patriots official blockchain and Web 3.0 sponsor of the National Football League (NFL) side. As well as the Patriots, the deal also covers New England Revolution, the […]

Coinbase Global has been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit by Veritaseum Capital LCC. The plaintiff alleges that the company has infringed a patent that was awarded to Reggie Middleton, the founder of Veritaseum, triggering legal proceedings. Veritaseum’s version is that some of the company’s blockchain infrastructure is in fact based on Middleton’s patent and […]

Crypto mining data centre Compute North has filed for bankruptcy amid the ongoing crypto winter. The Minnesota-based crypto firm has become the next in line to fall under the wrath of the bear market and has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Compute North […]

The Bank of America Corporation has said that cryptocurrencies are failing as global interest rates rise, thus continuing to act as risk assets. Recent research showed that positive signs of an eventual recovery included stablecoin inflows. Last week such inflows increased to $490m, a 58% jump from the previous week. “Real-world use cases like payments/remittances […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has partnered with Inca Digital to assess the risks to national security that cryptocurrencies pose. DARPA is the research and development agency operating under the wing of the US Department of Defense, and it will now focus on the impact that distributed ledgers in finance could have on […]