Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has found itself at the centre of a financial storm. Hackers made off with nearly $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum (ETH) from the platform’s cold wallet, triggering a mass panic among users. The fallout was immediate: over $4 billion in additional withdrawals followed, bringing the total outflow to a jaw-dropping $5.5 … Read more
Founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) Michael Saylor has held his ground on his forecast that Bitcoin would ultimately replace gold as the store of choice, with its value reaching $5 million per coin, reported The Street. Here are the three key developments Saylor claimed would be needed to send Bitcoin to $5 million. Spot Bitcoin … Read more
Two months after FTX filed for bankruptcy, lawyers for the cryptocurrency exchange have begun to identify and put a value on its assets, as they determine how much they will be able to recover to repay lenders and customers who lost billions of dollars. In a court filing, lawyers from the New York firm of … Read more
The peg for the listed crypto token wore thin due to a “timing mismatch”, the exchange said Tuesday. Last year Terra’s UST stablecoin lost its peg, helping feed a massive selloff in crypto markets. Crypto giant Binance has admitted that it hasn’t always maintained the reserves needed to keep the price of its BUSD-linked stablecoin … Read more
Patients are seen waiting outside the AIIMS Pediatric Emergency ward, even as servers remained down for over six days. Hackers have allegedly demands a ransom of ₹200 crore in crypto currency from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in Delhi on November 29, 2022. The services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) … Read more
The CEO of Binance tweeted on Sunday the exchange would be liquidating all its FTT tokens due to “recent revelations.” On Monday, FTX head Bankman-Fried tweeted “a competitor is trying to go after us with false rumors.” Bankman-Fried announced on Tuesday his exchange FTX is to be acquired by Binance. Something is loading. Thanks for … Read more
Terming cryptocurrencies a “clear danger”, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said anything that derives value based on make-believe, without any underlying, is just speculation under a sophisticated name. “While technology has supported the reach of the financial sector and its benefits must be fully harnessed, its potential to disrupt financial … Read more
“Fortune favors the brave,” Matt Damon declared in a recent ad. Walking through computer-generated scenes of explorers and adventurers, Damon then told viewers how they could join the ranks of these brave people: by trading cryptocurrency on Crypto.com. The message from the Crypto.com ad — echoed by a slew of other crypto companies that paid … Read more
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should create its own digital currency United States (U.S.) President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether … Read more