Day: September 17, 2021

Texas and New Jersey regulators go after Celsius Network

The Texas State Securities Board has filed for a hearing with the potential to impose a cease and desist order against crypto lending firm Celsius Network for not offering a security licensed at the state or federal level, while the New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered the platform to stop offering and selling interest-earning cryptocurrency products. According to a Sept. 17 filing, the Texas regulator will be holding a hearing related to allegations Celsius Network is offering and selling securities in Texas that are not registered or permitted in…

Tomi Heroes NFT Sales Volume Just Exploded Past $1.35m, with Massive ROI Potential for TOMI Sale

NFT and DeFi enthusiasts worldwide may be wondering why Tomi Heroes have been popping off on OpenSea in recent days. These non-fungible tokens grant access to Tomi’s token presale soon, so the limited-edition sets are in high demand. With 395 Ether (or roughly $1.37m) in traded volume, it is evident that this is the project to keep an eye on over the coming days. Massive TOMI Presale ROI Potential As Tomi Heroes generate more proceeds, the team will use these funds to purchase and burn TOMI tokens during the TOMI…

Evergrande and China’s Looming Risk to Tether

The stablecoin issuer Tether this week declared that it doesn’t hold short-term debt issued by troubled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande. Since Tether doesn’t disclose specifics about the commercial paper that substantially backs its “stablecoin,” this is a bit like serving a houseguest a sandwich and loudly assuring them that it is absolutely NOT made from diseased horsemeat. It seems increasingly likely that Evergrande is fated instead for the glue factory. But it could still take Tether with it, depending on what’s actually in that stablecoin sandwich. Though its main…

Speculation Is Good (for Crypto)

It was a busy week for the cryptocurrency industry in New York, with in-person conferences, workshops and parties filled to the brim with crypto enthusiasts. After the shutdowns of COVID-19, it had the feel of a revival. And while this was nothing like the crowds of Consensus 2018, it also felt like the continued gains in decentralized finance (DeFi) usage, non-fungible token (NFT) markets and altcoin tokens were showing up in that particular breed of hype and buzz this community tends to muster during times of speculative fervor. This week’s…

US Senator Requests Government Agencies Step Up Efforts to Prosecute Criminal Use of Cryptocurrencies – Regulation Bitcoin News

U.S. Senator Margaret Hassan has requested that government agencies take “additional targeted steps to prevent and prosecute the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.” She expressed her concern over “the rise in the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.” US Senator Requests Agencies Take Steps to Prevent and Prosecute Use of Crypto for Criminal Purposes U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland expressing her concern about the criminal use of cryptocurrencies Thursday. Garland is the 86th U.S. attorney general, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer…

Cardano Trends Down, ADA In Danger Of Sliding Back To $2?

Cardano has had one of the best performances in the crypto market during 2021. The cryptocurrency scored major milestones and climbed its way up the ladder of the crypto top 10 by market cap. Currently sitting at the third position, after surpassing DOGE, XRP, BNB, Cardano (ADA) trades at $2,37 with a 2.1% loss in the daily chart. In the weekly chart, the third crypto by market cap records a 5.8% loss. ADA moving sideways on critical support. Source: ADAUSDT Tradingview Analyst Justin Bennet has been closely following ADA’s price…

Former chief of Russia’s Wex crypto exchange arrested in Poland

BBC Russia has reported that Dmitry Vasiliev, the former chief of Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex, has been arrested in Warsaw, Poland. Wex, which was previously known as BTC-e, was a well known “dark” exchange in the early days of the cryptocurrency industry. It is alleged to have laundered funds for numerous high profile crypto hacks, including the notorious Mt. Gox incident. Although Vasiliev is regarded as innocent within Poland’s jurisdiction, other countries such as Kazakhstan have an open fraud case against the elusive figure, and as such have reportedly engaged…

Ethereum Sees Record Daily Volume Withdrawn From Centralized Exchanges

Exchange supply in the crypto market has been down across the board, and Ethereum has been no exception. The digital asset has grown in popularity due to the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi). Due to its token being the primary mode of payment on the protocols and Ethereum being the largest smart contracts platform in the market. This has led to increased fate in the asset by investors. Many of whom see the price of ETH hitting as high as $10,000 before the year runs out. Related Reading | Cathie Wood…

Solana chart ‘bull flag’ eyes $250 despite SOL price down 40% since last week

Solana (SOL) price extended its slide on Sept. 17 as a major network outage over the past week — pointing to heightened security risks — hit traders’ confidence. The SOL/USD exchange rate fell up to 13.27% to its intraday low of $133.53 in a corrective trend that began after it topped out near $221.38 on Sept 9. As a result, SOL’s price has crashed by almost 40% since its all-time high last week, despite more than tripling its value in the past 30 days. Outage hurts SOL price Solana backers…