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Hamas And Hezbollah Pick Tron Instead Of Bitcoin In Crypto Shift, Report

TRON (TRX), a blockchain-based digital platform, has surpassed Bitcoin (BTC) as the platform of choice for financial transfers by groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which are designated terrorist organizations by the US, UK, and other countries. According to a Reuters report, this development has opened a new front in Israel’s battle against the funding of alleged Iranian-backed militant groups. Tron Wallets Targeted In Israeli Seizures According to the report, a comprehensive analysis of crypto seizures announced by Israeli security services since 2021 highlights a significant increase in targeting TRON…

Binance CEO Details Prediction, Says Crypto Exchange About To Reinvent Itself With New Corporate Structure: Report

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The new CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume foresees strength ahead for crypto and his company. Fortune reports that Changpeng Zhao’s successor at Binace, Richard Teng, says that Binance’s move towards compliance will pay off in the long term, positioning the company to claim a bigger share of the growing crypto market. Teng, who previously worked as Binance’s head of regional markets, was promoted to the CEO position last week after the company’s previous chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, stepped down. Says Teng, “We are starting from a…

Bitcoin critic, ECB chief Lagarde says her son ‘ignored’ her, lost money on crypto: Report

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European Central Bank (ECB) president and prominent Bitcoin (BTC) critic Christine Lagarde has shared a family story about unsuccessful cryptocurrency investments, according to a report from Reuters. Lagarde told students at a town hall in Frankfurt on Nov. 24 that her son lost “almost all” of his investments in crypto assets despite persistent warnings, Reuters reported. “He ignored me royally, which is his privilege,” Lagarde reportedly declared, adding that he lost “almost all the money he had invested.” The ECB chief didn’t disclose the sum her son lost, noting that he claimed…

It sounds fishy, but SBF really IS trading mackerel in prison: Report

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The crypto trading days of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are over, and the recently convicted founder has found a new thing to trade while in jail — fish.  The Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 23 that Bankman-Fried recently traded four packets of Mackerel — known in prison as “macks” — for a haircut before his criminal trial last month. Mackerel packets have risen to be the hottest trading commodity in United States prisons since tobacco products were banned. Postage stamps and soup packets — “soups” — respectively come…

CoinFLEX creditors dissatisfied with restructuring to OPNX: Report

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Some creditors of cryptocurrency futures exchange CoinFLEX are alleging that OPNX, a new crypto exchange established in part by Three Arrows Capital (3AC) co-founders Kyle Davies and Su Zhu, was created using CoinFLEX assets without their consent.  According to a writ of summons filed in the High Court of Hong Kong and seen by Cointelegraph, CoinFLEX creditors claim that OPNX co-founder and former CEO Mark Lamb is “misappropriating and/or otherwise wrongfully using the assets, human resources, intellectual properties, […] trade secrets and other technologies” of CoinFLEX by diverting them into…

Director YOLO’d $4M of Netflix budget into Dogecoin, made $27M: Report

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The director of Netflix’s sci-fi series Conquest reportedly used $4 million from the show’s budget to bet on Dogecoin (DOGE) and made $27 million in the process. Now the director, Carl Erik Rinsch, wants another $14 million from Netflix, according to a Nov. 22 report in The New York Times citing a confidential arbitration proceeding. The Times report details the behind-the-scenes drama of Rinsch’s sci-fi Netflix series Conquest, which the streaming giant doled out $55 million to make, but is yet to receive an episode. In March 2020, 16 months…

HTX exchange loses $13.6M in hot wallet hack: Report

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HTX, formerly Huobi Global, suffered an estimated loss of $13.6 million as part of the $86.6 million HECO Chain bridge exploit on Nov. 22.  According to a report by blockchain security firm Cyvers, the losses stem from three compromised hot wallets with users and exchange assets swapped for Ether and distributed to various Ethereum addresses thereafter. Among other coins and tokens, Cyvers says that 1,240 Ether (ETH), 7.3 million Tether (USDT), 1.78 million USD Coin (USDC), and 62,200 Chainlink (LINK) were drained during the attack.  Justin Sun, de-facto owner of HTX and founder of…

Setting new standards for crypto exchanges in the post-FTX era: Report

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The year 2022 saw a historic breakdown of trust in exchanges and other crypto service providers. The collapses of Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alex Mashinsky’s Celsius are still fresh in the community’s memory, with SBF’s criminal trial only recently concluding. These cases serve as a painful reminder that fraud and bad business practices can happen in corporations of any size and that crypto, as a nascent industry, is especially susceptible. A sleek website, high trading volume or primetime television ads are no guarantee that a customer’s savings will be safe. …

Bitcoin and BNB See Quick Gains amid Binance Settlement Report

Both currencies remain in the down zone on the daily chart, registering 2.6% and 9.34% declines respectively. Bitcoin (BTC) and Binance Coin (BNB) have regained the losses they registered the day before. This follows after crypto exchange Binance resorted to settling with the United States Justice Department by paying fines totaling over $4 billion. Similarly, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) also handed in a plea bargain on the day, with the two events greatly improving the odds that a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will be approved in the US…