“Like us, the [Woorton] team has a TradFi background but with the same crypto and digital assets laser focus. Together we are a combination of highly complementary businesses that deliver multi asset breadth and depth to clients in the EU market,” Thomas Restout, Head of EMEA at B2C2 said. Source
A federal judge has sentenced former nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain to 3 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering related to insider trading on the platform. In an Aug. 22 announcement from the United States Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Chastain had been sentenced to 3 months in prison, 3 months of home confinement, and 3 years of supervised release in addition to being ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and forfeit ill-gotten Ether (ETH) from the NFT trades. Inner City Press…
Chastain, 33, was convicted of fraud and money laundering in federal court in New York in May. The conviction marked the end to what prosecutors called the first prominent NFT insider trading case. Chastain reaped more than $50,000 by buying and selling at least 45 NFTs he knew would be featured on OpenSea’s homepage, concealing his purchases using various anonymous wallets and OpenSea accounts, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Source
DappRadar has pointed to an “alarming plunge” in Bitcoin Ordinals nonfungible token user activity, with trading volumes tanking around a whopping 98% since May. In an Aug. 17 report, DappRadar highlighted its data showing that the total Bitcoin Ordinals sales volume had decreased from peak levels of $452 million in May to roughly $3 million as of Aug. 14. In line with that drop, the number of transactions also declined by around 97% to 20,571 within that same time-frame. Ordinals trading volume and sales count. Source: DappRadar. DappRadar described it…
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Bitcoin (BTC) targeted two-month lows on Aug. 17 as United States inflation returned to spook cryptocurrencymarkets. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price teases exit from months-long corridor Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed the lowest BTC price levels since June 21 as BTC/USD wicked to $28,300. The downside came after the United States Federal Reserve published the minutes of its July meeting to discuss future monetary policy. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) revealed concerns that inflation might remain elevated without further interest rate hikes…
Canadians are starting to look at digital assets as more than just speculative investments, seeing them instead as legitimate assets for everyday transactions, according to Coinbase’s country director for Canada. Speaking to Cointelegraph in Toronto on Aug. 16, Coinbase’s Canada director Lucas Matheson said he believes that more utility and use cases in daily life will soon be digital asset-backed, something that “everyone in our industry is excited for.” “In Canada, we’re ready to move beyond the confines of thinking about digital assets as a speculative retail investment. This is…
The buzzy blockchain project’s SEI token saw a flurry of trading as it debuted on several crypto exchanges Wednesday, but there was much confusion over the status of a promised token “airdrop” to early adopters of the network. Source
Founded in 2021, Dinari wants to provide blockchain-backed access to corporate equity through its dShare platform. The dShare platform offers access to securities such as Apple or Tesla stock using a wallet on the Arbitrum network for users outside the United States due to regulatory reasons, said Jake Timothy, Dinari co-founder and chief technology officer, in an email to CoinDesk. Each dShare token is 1-1 backed similar to stablecoins like USDC or Tether. Source
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Bluzelle (BLZ) has struggled since March. However, the recent spike in the asset’s trading activity has sparked a bull run for BLZ. Data provided by Coinglass suggests that the derivatives trading volume of Bluzelle rose by 300% over the past 24 hours, surpassing $2.5 billion. In addition, BLZ is trending on Binance, Bybit, and Bitget crypto exchanges, with most traders aiming at long trades. BLZ price, deposit activities, supply on exchanges, and volatility – Aug. 14…