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Michael Lewis is getting slammed for a relatively sympathetic portrayal of SBF. The larger question is: Why did so many people fall under Sam's spell?

In September, our newsroom unveiled a series spotlighting the premier ten wallets from platforms such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the stablecoin project Tether. Here’s an in-depth glance at the elite ten XRP wallets high...

The jury selection process for the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried concluded on Wednesday morning, with a diverse group of individuals from various professional backgrounds chosen to serve. Among the selected jurors are a for...

Autumn is on its way, and for many coffee drinkers, 'tis the Pumpkin Spice Latte season. Starbucks' popular beverage is turning 20, and to celebrate the occasion, the American coffee shop chain announced special non-fung...

Token project treasuries, foundations and grant programs are a necessary lifeline during the bear market. But this funding could be more fairly disbursed, Lunar Strategy's Tim Haldorsson writes.

Burnt, a layer-2 scaling solution backed by Animoca and Multicoin, has announced the launch of Xion, a layer-1 blockchain protocol. According to an October 5 tweet on X (formerly Twitter), Burnt noted that Xion is the fi...

The target audience is restaurant users, but the blockchain-based project comes with its own "Flypaper" and fungible FLY tokens.

With two-thirds of the year done, the Bitcoin Obituaries list has recorded a decline in memorials compared to the last ten years, tallying just seven so-called bitcoin death announcements in 2023. The last sentiment of d...

After failing on its second attempt to break convincingly to the north of the $28,000 level this week, Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen just over 1% to trade back below the $27,500 mark. The 200DMA (at $28,000) continues to act ...

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is laying off 12% of its workforce, reported Bloomberg on Thursday. Ledger is the crypto industry's leading maker of so-called hardware wallets - physical devices the provide the secur...

On October 4, El Salvador announced the launch of Lava Pool, the country's first Bitcoin mining pool powered entirely by renewable geothermal energy. The venture represents an important milestone in El Salvador's efforts...

Swan and Blockstream's aim is to allow users to retain ultimate control of their bitcoin (BTC) while knowing that is stored in a highly secure way.

The troubled Hong Kong-based crypto exchange JPEX is embroiled in controversy over its recent asset lock-up plan as it seeks to transition into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The exchange now plans to con...

Bitcoin started the week with an uptick in investor sentiment, but there are three major factors preventing BTC price from recapturing the $30,000 level.

Law enforcement officials and financial regulators in Hong Kong have teamed up to better identify illegal activities on cryptocurrency exchanges. The initiative, which comes in the wake of the crackdown on the JPEX excha...

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao turned down a $40 million offer from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in March 2019 to create a cryptocurrency futures exchange. At the time, Binance was primarily a spot crypto exchange, ...

South Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea (BoK), is set to embark on a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) test in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and other key institutions...

Revolutionary Bitcoin cloud-mining project Bitcoin Minetrix has just smashed through its $500,000 presale milestone with a use case that has the crypto world's top influencers salivating. Bitcoin Minetrix is introducing ...

The company cited macroeconomic headwinds limiting the company's ability to drive revenue as a reason for the cuts.

Istanbul, Turkey - October 5, 2023 - The global blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, today announced the first wave of speakers for its annual flagship conference Bi...

On October 4, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Police, announced the formation of a special group to monitor and investigate crimes related to crypto exchanges...

Sometimes, being tax-compliant pays off.