Category: Crypto

Australia’s financial intelligence agency is stepping up efforts to tighten oversight of cryptocurrency exchanges, warning that inactive platforms risk deregistration.
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Virtuals Protocol ($VIRTUAL), an emerging autonomous AI agent platform, has made a striking comeback, exploding 152% over the past week. The token hit a three-month high of $1.51 on April 29 and currently trades around $1.45, representing a 334% gain since rebounding from $0.4384 on April 9.Virtuals Protocol Price Chart/ Source: CoinGeckoTrading volume has jumped […]
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MiniPay, Opera’s self-custodial stablecoin wallet built on Celo, has integrated with Binance Connect, the official fiat-to-crypto gateway by Binance.
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A new study from Cambridge University shows that sustainable energy now powers 52.4% of Bitcoin mining, a significant increase from 37.6% reported in 2022.
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Three of Abu Dhabi’s top institutions are developing a dirham-backed stablecoin under the oversight of the UAE’s central bank.
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The Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act allows the state treasurer and retirement system to invest as much as 10% of available funds in crypto.
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The founders of Bankera are facing allegations of misusing funds from their 2018 ICO to finance the purchase of luxury properties around the world.
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The DOJ is seeking a 20-year prison sentence for Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius.
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BlackRock’s IBIT fund drew nearly $1 billion in inflows on Monday, its second-largest daily intake since launch, signaling renewed institutional interest in crypto.
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The DeFi Education Fund has called on the Trump administration to intervene in what it describes as the “lawless prosecution” of open-source software developers.
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