FTX may be planning to purchase stake in BlockFi: Report

Crypto exchange FTX is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in BlockFi following the company issuing a $250 million credit to the lending firm. According to a Friday report from the Wall Street Journal, FTX is currently in discussions with BlockFi regarding the crypto exchange purchasing a stake in the firm, but no equity agreement has been reached. The reported ongoing talks followed BlockFi signing a term sheet with FTX to secure a $250 million revolving credit facility on Tuesday. “BlockFi does not comment on market rumors,” a BlockFi…

FTX in Talks to Acquire Part of BlockFi: Report

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Bitcoin Miners Contributing To BTC Crash? New Report Sheds Light

Bitcoin remains in the red with a 10% loss over the past week. The number one crypto by market cap has been consolidating at its current levels after a massive crash too it to a multi-year low of $17,500. Related Reading | Are Small Cap Crypto Assets Rebounding A Sign Risk Appetite Returning? At the time of writing, BTC’s price trades at $20,400 with sideways movement in the last 24 hours. BTC moving sideways on the 4-hour chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview As many outlets have been reporting, Bitcoin miners have been…

Executive From Crypto Exchange Huobi Accused of Netting $5,000,000 via Illicit Trading: Report

Crypto exchange Huobi is reportedly suing a former executive accused of raking in $5 million in Tether (USDT) by secretly trading against a company account under his control. The Financial Times reports Chen Boliang engaged in the illegal trading scheme between February and March 2020 while he was still a senior manager in Huobi’s institutional client’s department. The lawsuit claims Chen set up a Huobi retail account using his father’s name and gave it a $20-million credit line from the exchange. He then used it to trade against a corporate account…

RBI, Indian Banks to Pilot Blockchain Trade Financing: Report

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Bitcoin․com Exchange Market Insights Report for June 2022 – Promoted Bitcoin News

This is the June 2022 monthly market insights report by Bitcoin.com Exchange. In this and subsequent reports, expect to find a summary of crypto market performance, a macro recap, market structure analysis, and more. Crypto Market Performance Crypto markets continued on a downtrend as BTC and ETH were down 30% and 44% respectively over the last 30 days. The macroeconomic outlook continues to be unfavorable for risk assets as high inflation combines with elevated commodity prices and tight U.S. labor market conditions. Adding to that, crypto has experienced a credit…

Blockchain isn’t as decentralized as you think: Defense agency report

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchains including Bitcoin and Ethereum may be more vulnerable to centralization risks than initially thought, according to Trail of Bits.  The security firm on Tuesday released its report titled “Are Blockchains Decentralized?”, which was commissioned by the U.S. Government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The report aims to investigate whether blockchains including Bitcoin and Ethereum are truly decentralized, though the report appeared to focus largely on Bitcoin. Among its key findings, the security firm found that outdated Bitcoin nodes, unencrypted blockchain mining pools and…

Blockchain investments are disrupting the real estate industry: Report

The Cointelegraph Research Terminal, the leading provider of premium databases and institutional-grade research on blockchain and digital assets, has added a new report to its expanding library from the industry leader in tokenization.  This report from Security Token Market and sister company Security Token Advisors covers the rapidly emerging asset-backed real estate tokenization industry. This report has information on the developing shifts in the industry and is a must for any firm or business with a portfolio that encompasses real estate. The tokenized real estate industry is growing rapidly amid…

South Korean prosecutors ban Terra employees from exiting the country: report

Terra (LUNA) employees are reportedly unable to leave South Korea as the country’s prosecutors imposed a departure ban on key developers of the project. Korean media outlet JTBC reported on Monday that an investigation team from Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office has imposed a travel ban on key team members of Terraform Labs. The prosecutors imposed the ban to eliminate the possibility that key officials within the company may go abroad to avoid any further investigation. The report also highlighted that Terra CEO Do Kwon, who is a key figure…