The company is backed by Shalom Meckenzie, the largest individual shareholder in sports-betting company DraftKings (DKNG), Mor Weizer, the CEO of gambling software development firm Playtech (PTEC) and Tectona (TECT), a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange-listed digital asset trading firm. Source
The foundation also issued its third community airdrop earlier this week, with over 31,000 users receiving a share of 19.4 million tokens. Circulating supply, however, remains relatively low compared to the total supply with a further 570 million tokens being allocated to future airdrops. OP’s circulating supply is 18.59% of its total supply, according to CoinMarketCap. Source
An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has reportedly fallen victim to an eye-watering $4.46-million phishing scam. According to data from Etherscan, $4.46 million in Tether (USDT) was withdrawn from a Kraken crypto exchange wallet and eventually sent to an address ending in “ACa7.” Blockchain security firm PeckShield has labeled the address as being owned by a phishing scammer. #PeckShieldAlert The address 0x2175…f7D9 got scammed for 4.46M $USDT Victim’s address: 0x2175c0082d052872501f7fe54e1aC59858aaf7D9Scammer’s address: 0xAbb07822F471773Ff00b9444308ceEB7cf0dACa7 pic.twitter.com/Ny9CIrkBxw — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) September 21, 2023 Another blockchain scam platform, Scam Sniffer, suggested on Sept. 20 that the funds were…
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism (OP) has disclosed plans to sell 116 million OP tokens to seven private buyers for treasury management purposes At current prices, the sale will see $159 million worth of OP tokens change hands. Starting today, there will be several transactions totaling approximately 116M OP tokens. We’re sharing as a heads up to our community that these are planned transactions. — Optimism (✨_✨) (@optimismFND) September 20, 2023 While some observers feared the sale would bring about depressed prices from Optimism “dumping” its tokens on the market,…
Bybit, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the listing of PayPal USD stablecoin, PYUSD. PYUSD is a stablecoin issued by Paxos, a New York-based regulated financial company. The listing of PYUSD marks a significant collaboration between Bybit and PayPal, two leading players in the traditional and crypto payment sectors. By integrating PYUSD into its platform, Bybit aims to provide its users with a diverse and trusted trading experience. Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit, said the listing of PYUSD reaffirms Bybit’s commitment to offering its users more choices and…
The defunct crypto exchange has delayed the deadline for repayments to Oct. 31, 2024. Source
Polkadot’s DOT is recovering higher from the $3.92 support against the US Dollar. The price could gain pace if it clears the $4.20 and $4.35 resistance levels. DOT is slowly moving higher above the $4.05 resistance zone against the US Dollar. The price is trading just above the $4.15 zone and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $4.175 on the 4-hour chart of the DOT/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could gain bullish momentum if there…
The price rally is accompanied by over 22% increase in the 24-hour global trading volume, which rose to $556 million. The IMX-Korean won (IMX/KRW) pair listed on South Korea’s Upbit exchange accounted for nearly 20% of the global activity, followed by Binance’s IMX-tether (IMX/USDT) pair, which contributed 7% to the total volume, per data source Coingecko. Source
While the Bitcoin network has continued to expand over the years, the Bitcoin mining industry has yet to see a comparable increase in carbon footprint — an achievement that a Bloomberg analyst argues “few industries can claim.” This, in turn, could drive the next wave of institutional investment. On Sept. 20, Bloomberg crypto market analyst Jamie Coutts cited data showing that the sustainable energy mix for Bitcoin has continued to rise since 2021, and is now over 50%. This has led to the growth of emissions slowing relative to the network’s…
CoinEx, a cryptocurrency exchange, has announced plans to resume its deposit and withdrawal services. The crypto platform was forced to shut down operations after roughly $70 million worth of cryptocurrencies were drained from its hot wallets a week ago. On Saturday, September 16, the CoinEx team offered an update on their investigation, which showed that 18 different crypto assets, including BTC, ETH, XRP, and BCH, were stolen from the exchange. The exchange, however, asserted that assets in its cold wallets were not affected by the September 12 attack. Furthermore, CoinEx…