Gluwa, a platform for real-world assets, announced on March 7 its partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria. The partnership arrangement aims to improve the functionality of the Nigerian central bank’s digital currency and promote financial innovation through blockchain technology. Improving the CBDC’s Utility Gluwa, a real-world assets platform, has entered into a partnership arrangement […] Source CryptoX Portal
Cyber gang BlackCat allegedly scammed its own affiliates as the group went dark shortly after it disrupted the U.S. healthcare system. An address associated with the ransomware gang BlackCat, also known as ALPHV and Noberus, received approximately $22 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) on Mar. 1 following a late February attack on United Healthcare’s Change Healthcare, a tech firm providing services to hospitals and clinics. However, a twist emerged two days later when the address received over 1,000 BTC and promptly emptied the wallet. Subsequently, an individual named “notchy,” claiming…
In a series of statements made on X (formerly Twitter), Marc van der Chijs, the CEO of the publicly traded Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8, shared an optimistic outlook on the future of Bitcoin, suggesting that the cryptocurrency may be on the brink of a ‘supercycle.’ “I think I have never been more bullish about Bitcoin than I am right now,” he remarked, pointing to the cryptocurrency’s recent performance and the absence of widespread hype as a prelude to what he terms a ‘supercycle.’ Understanding the concept of a ‘supercycle’…
Oliver Michel, founder and CEO of German-based venture capitalist firm Tokentus Investment AG, has given a bullish price prediction for the XRP price. According to him, XRP could hit $10 soon enough. XRP Price To $10 Is Just The Beginning Michel mentioned during an interview with Der Aktionär, a leading German finance magazine, that he expects XRP to rise to between $5 and $10 in the first wave of its parabolic move to the upside. Interestingly, he added that XRP would eventually hit three to four figures and didn’t seem…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has raised objections to a $166 million retainer payment to lawyers of Terraform, according to Reuters. Source
Two personal crypto wallets belonging to Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin, the co-founder of Sky Mavis, the company behind the popular play-to-earn (P2E) game Axie Infinity, have been compromised, reports on February 23 show. Following this hack, over $10 million worth of various crypto assets were stolen, primarily RON, the native token of Ronin Chain, the Ethereum sidechain designed explicitly for Axie Infinity. Axie Infinity Co-Founder Losses Over $10 Million In Hack According to Lookonchain data, the hacker got away with 3.2 million RON worth over $9.53 million. The co-founder also lost over $834,000 worth…
A Texas crypto firm and industry group sued the SEC, disputing its authority over exchange-traded crypto, aiming to classify them as non-securities. In a legal maneuver against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a Texas-based crypto mining firm called Lejilex and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT) initiated legal action, Reuters reports, citing the lawsuit. Both are challenging the SEC’s purported authority in the crypto domain, contending that the regulatory body lacks a definitive legal mandate. Lejilex aims to establish Legit.Exchange, a crypto trading platform, intending to list…
BitRiver, a Bitcoin mining company targeted by OFAC sanctions, is set to launch Russia’s largest data center for artificial intelligence (AI) in H2 2024. Bitriver-B, a subsidiary of BitRiver Group, is set to launch the largest data center for energy-intensive computations in Eurasia in the second half of 2024, Russia‘s government news agency Prime reports. The expected capacity of the data center is said to be 100 megawatts, as reported by Sergey Bezdelov, director of the Association of Industrial Mining. “This is the largest facility among all data centers in…
In an unprecedented case that underscores the complex regulatory environment in the European Union, Jupiter Asset Management was compelled to divest its XRP Exchange Traded Product (ETP) investment valued at approximately $2.5 million. This decision underscores the complexities and regulatory discrepancies within the European Union concerning cryptocurrency investments. The Forced XRP ETP Sale The incident, which was initially reported by the Financial Times, involved Jupiter’s Ireland-domiciled Gold & Silver fund. The fund had invested $2,571,504 in 21Shares’ Ripple XRP ETP during the first half of 2023, a move that was…
Bitcoin has been on an absolute tear, surpassing $52,000 for the first time since December 2021. The leading digital asset has already climbed over 23% in 2024, and a major driver of this meteoric rise has been the influx of institutional money entering the space through spot Bitcoin ETFs. Bitcoin’s mainstream credibility among traditional investors has been growing since the beginning of February, with ETFs registering between $400 million and $650 million in daily inflows in the past week. At the same time, BTC call options have seen a massive…