Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The world of cryptocurrency is constantly evolving, with new trends emerging regularly. Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency, has gained significant global investment. However, Bitcoin Cash has also made a name for itself as a convenient and affordable medium of exchange. Its supporters strive to make it user-friendly. Bitcoin Cash was created through a hard fork of Bitcoin, meaning they share a common code base and transaction history. With increasing adoption and better scalability, Bitcoin Cash is…
Day: June 28, 2023
Israel has Seized Millions in Crypto From Iranian Military and Hezbollah: Report
“This is the first incident of this magnitude,” the report said, quoting Gallant. “We have effectively cut off the flow of terror funds via this channel.” He also alleged that Iran’s military and Hezbollah relied on virtual currency to finance their militant activities, according to the report. Source CryptoHezbollahIranianIsraelMilitaryMillionsReportSeized CryptoX Portal
Israel Seized $1.7M in Crypto From Iranian Military and Hezbollah With Chainalysis’ Aid
“This is the first event of this magnitude in which an infrastructure headed by Hezbollah and the Iranian Quds Force that transferred millions of dollars for use by terrorist elements was thwarted,” Galant said while speaking at the third crypto conference of the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing in Israel’s Ministry of Defense. Source
TrueUSD Depegs on Binance.US, Drops to 80 Cents Against Tether
TUSD trades at a discount versus Tether as former FTX provider Armanino’s rebranded outlet The Network Firm’s association with TrueUSD raises alarm bells on Crypto Twitter. Source
BlackRock has ‘50% chance’ of getting spot Bitcoin ETF approved: Analyst
Investment management firm BlackRock has a 50% chance of getting its spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) approved, says Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Balchunas’ prediction comes following an observation made by Elliott Stein, a senior litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, who now pegs the chances of Grayscale winning its case against the SEC at 70%. Another reason we give spot bitcoin ETF approval 50% chance is our senior legal analyst @NYCStein gives Grayscale a 70% chance of winning case against SEC, who could approve BlackRock’s ETF as…
TrueUSD’s Reserves Were Attested by Former FTX.US Accounting Team
Armanino’s digital asset team rebranded itself to The Network Firm, as CoinDesk reported, to continue performing audits and attestations after the collapse of FTX. Source
Voyager to Pay $1.1M Legal Fees for April
Some of the firm’s attorneys billed Voyager upwards of $150,000 for their work during the month. Source
EU’s Controversial Data Act Finalized by Negotiators Despite Protest From Web3 Industry
“With the adjustments made to the text we are no longer addressing smart contracts in general but make this regulation applicable specifically to the execution of contractual clauses in the context of data sharing,” Damian Boeselager, a lawmaker who led negotiations for the European Parliament’s Green grouping, told CoinDesk. Source
Bitcoin miners send record $128M in revenue to exchanges
Bitcoin (BTC) miners are sending record amounts of BTC to centralized crypto exchanges. In a June 27 tweet, on-chain analytics platform Glassnode reported an all-time high in Bitcoin miner revenue sent to exchanges. Percent of miner revenue sent to exchanges. Source: Glassnode. It noted that there was currently an “extremely high exchange interaction,” from Bitcoin miners which had sent a record $128 million to exchanges over the past week. This is equivalent to 315% of their daily revenue, the analytics platform noted. There have been several spikes in miner revenue…
Sui Foundation denies it sold locked staking rewards on Binance
Sui Foundation — the team behind the Sui network and its native SUI token — has denied allegations that the firm unlocked SUI staking rewards and “dumped” them on cryptocurrency exchange Binance . The Foundation knocked back the claim in a five-part Twitter thread on June 27, stating that none of the locked or non-circulating tokens, including SUI staking rewards had been sold: “Sui Foundation has not sold staking rewards or any other tokens from locked and non-circulating staked SUI on Binance or otherwise.” “All insider token allocations remain subject to and…