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On a recent visit to New York, South Korea’s Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon convened with U.S. officials to discuss ways to better investigate financial crimes — especially those related to cryptocurrencies. According to a South Korean news agency, both nations agreed to share data on...

The correlation between stock and crypto-asset prices has risen significantly since 2020 and the digital assets today share similar risk profiles to oil commodity prices and technology stocks, according to Cesare Fracassi, Chief Economist at Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN). The market...

About 83% of traders believe that the government’s decision to levy 1% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on transactions involving digital assets has deterred their trading frequency, according to a survey. Also, around 24% of respondents are contemplating shifting their trading activities to...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is considering the introduction of additional consumer protection safeguards on cryptocurrencies, the country’s Minister in charge of MAS Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. Shanmugaratnam, responding to a written query from Murali Pillai, a Member of...

Crypto scammers briefly hacked the official Twitter, YouTube and Facebook accounts of the British army to promote certain non-fungible token (NFT) collections and phishing scams. The press office of the Ministry of Defence confirmd Monday that it was aware of the breach and that an investigation...

Trading volumes on major exchanges have taken a massive hit this week. On July 3, trading volumes on WazirX were down about 83%, compared to June 30 Volumes on CoinDCX, ZebPay and Bitbns were down 70%, 76%, and over 18% respectively, according to research services provider Crebaco. On Monday,...

The European Union has finalized rules for transfers of cryptocurrency assets such as Bitcoin and electronic money tokens to ensure digital currencies can be traced like traditional cash. The legislation is part of the new EU anti-money laundering package and will be aligned with the Markets in...

NFT marketplace OpenSea has suffered a data breach. “If you have shared your email with OpenSea in the past, you should assume you were impacted," the company said in a prepared statement. "We are working with Customer.io in their ongoing investigation, and we have reported this...

Amid bearish market sentiments, crypto data provider Kaiko announced on Tuesday it has raised $53 million in a Series B funding round to further consolidate its position globally and strengthen its institutional data products and infrastructure. The round was led by Eight Roads, with...

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain,  recently said on a Twitter post that he is no longer a billionaire.  Last year, 28-year-old Buterin became the world’s youngest crypto billionaire, as Ethereum had a market capitalization of $376 billion...

The organization behind the fourth most popular desktop browsers in the world has begun accepting cryptocurrency donations, including Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that oversees the Mozilla Corporation, which coordinates and integrates the...

Cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), known as the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) killer, has been undergoing continued development over the last few months, even as the crypto's price has been dropping. Shibarium is a layer-2 solution first proposed by Ryoshi, the creator of Shiba Inu...

According to a recent survey from venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, the majority of U.S. crypto investors who are registered voters support Democrats. Among the group of crypto owners, 61% said they voted for President Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election.  Only...

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) CEO Michael Saylor says that the company could produce revenue from its huge Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings.  What Happened: Saylor said the company has close to 122,478 Bitcoins, and it could lend some of it to a counterparty to generate income.  He also...

On Saturday, the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)  spiked below $43,000, marking the biggest single-day drop since May, when it went down below $33,000.  Bitcoin's prices have been down 13.64 percent in the last seven days, and the coin's dominance in the crypto market is 40.51...