— Bitcoin dips to $9250 — UK’s FCA suspends Wirecard subsidiary — Telegram to return $1.2B to investors — Bitfinex launches an open-source P2P data streaming platform — BTCPay secures a $150K grant from Kraken
— Total crypto market cap slides to $266B — PlusToken wallet moves 789,534 ETH — Circle launches a multi-chain framework for USDC — NYDFS proposes a plan outlining a new license for crypto companies working with BitLicense holders — Argo buys 750 Zcash miners
— Bitcoin remains tied to $9500, Chainlink hits a new ATH — Bank of Brazil blocks WhatsApp Pay a week after its launch — ING becomes the first bank to offer a Travel Rule solution for crypto firms — KPMG introduces a cryptocurrency management suite for institutional clients — Status reveals Android integration for Keycard
— Bitcoin gains 2% to reach $9600 as Ethereum sees a 3.5% spike — PayPal is reportedly looking to introduce support for cryptocurrencies — 26M EOS tokens withdrawn from PlusToken wallet — Micree Zhan offers to buy-back shares of Bitmain shareholders — NZ police seize $90M from the alleged operator of BTC-e — Italian Banking Association voice desire to pilot a digital euro — Neufund shuts down its security token platform citing regulatory concerns
— Bitcoin continues to hover around $9500 — Wirecard’s CEO resigns following the discovery of a $2B hole in finances — OpenZeppelin discovers a “high-severity” vulnerability in Argent’s Ethereum wallet — Compound overtakes MakerDAO as the biggest DeFi project — Lazarus Group launches a cyberattack targeting stimulus checks — Ethereum miners agree to increase the gas limit by 25% — PayPal and Google impose a ban on ZeroHedge — We.Trade has laid off 50% of staff — SYNQA raises $80M in Series C funding round
— The total cryptocurrency market cap drops by $3B — EY audit finds $2B hole in Wirecard finances — Ebang to list its shares on NASDAQ — Bancor suffers a security vulnerability — Over 40 companies join global payments network PayID — EY launches crypto tax service, CryptoPrep — Central bank of Thailand to develop a digital currency-based payment system prototype — Coinbase lists COMP token — Russia lifts ban on Telegram
— Cardano registers 5% gains as top 20 cryptocurrencies trade sideways — Binance to launch a UK-based exchange this summer — Coinbase releases its blockchain integration toolkit, Rosetta — Nomura launches a crypto custodian service in partnership with Ledger and CoinShares — Indonesian police arrest the mastermind behind a $722M Bitcoin Ponzi — CNBC lists Ripple among the top 50 disruptive startups — K League launches a tokenised fantasy soccer platform
— Bitcoin sees a 15% increase in its mining difficulty — WhatsApp Pay goes live in Brazil — Kraken adds support for AUD — ConsenSys secures backing from industry giants for ETH 2.0 staking service pilot — Mauritius releases a framework for STO — Binance Pool becomes the largest BSV miner
— Cardano spikes by 10% as top 20 cryptocurrencies recover from the recent drop — Revolut updates its cryptocurrency terms — Casa releases a free self-custody Bitcoin wallet — OKEx partners with Paxful — Research: 60% of bitcoin supply remained inactive in the past year — Huobi launch bi-quarterly futures
— Bitcoin slides to $9100 — Compound's community vote to distribute COMP token — BitPay partners with MasterCard to launch new prepaid cards in the US — Kyber Network integrates Chainlink — Coinsquare accused of distorting own volume
Tune in as we talk with Derek about the growing Bitcoin ATM sector, regulation, why people are using ATMs, the average fees for buying Bitcoin and more.
— Bitcoin slides to $9500 as total cryptocurrency market cap drops by $10B — Canadian SEC labels QuadrigaCX a scam — Hackers move Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 — Three Arrows Capital has bought 6% of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust — Bitmain suspends hardware shipments — Celsius Network launches a $15M equity offering — Hyperledger adds 8 new members including IOHK — Europol cracks down on pirate streaming service
— Bitcoin tests $10,000 resistance — Galaxy Digital partners with Bakkt to launch a joint trading and custody service — Hacker Noon secures backing from Coil to introduce micropayments — Microsoft releases a decentralised identity tool on Bitcoin’s blockchain — Human Rights Foundation launches a Bitcoin Development Fund — Coinbase looking at listing 18 new tokens — Filecoin launches its ‘incentivized testnet’
— Total crypto market cap remains around $280B — Coinbase registers a near-record Bitcoin outflow — MakerDAO community votes in favour of ‘real-world’ asset collateral — Bank Frick adds support for USDC — Blockstream, Digital Garage and Tokyo Tanshi launch an OTC trading platform in Japan — Coin Metrics report shows 40% of PAX volume tied to ponzi schemes — Fidelity Investments survey shows a third of large institutional investors in US and EU own crypto
— Bitcoin remains at $9700 — BlockTV shuts down its operations — Chainalysis introduces tracking for DASH and Zcash — Algorand Foundation launches an Asia-focused accelerator program — DeFi market cap reaches $2B — ConsenSys releases a compliance service for DeFi projects — Upvest raises $1M
— Bitcoin remains under $9800 — Coinbase intends to sell blockchain analytics software to US gov’t agencies — Brave caught earning affiliate commissions from crypto websites — Tencent Cloud forms an alliance aiming to promote blockchain development — Block.One to launch Voice on 4th July — Gibraltar’s Financial Watchdog issues warnings to 4 crypto websites
— Bitcoin reaches $9800 as its hashrate bounces to 116.6 TH/s — A crypto trader accuses Xapo and Indodax of harbouring stolen funds — NetWalker ransomware hits three US universities — OKEx launches ETH options contracts — Celsius Network surpasses $1B in crypto deposits — Crypto derivatives trading reaches an ATH in May — Crypto.com hires ex-Coinbase VP as its new CCO
— HedgeTrade gains 30% on Bittrex Global partnership — Japanese exchange Coincheck suffers a data breach — WPO receives an ICO visa in France — Walmart’s Chinese subsidiary partners with VeChain — Crypto.com secures an ISO privacy certification — Matic rolls out its mainnet
Join us as we talk with Fabian about his involvement in the ERC20 token standard development, the first-ever reversible initial coin offering, LUKSO's plans to take over the fashion world, ETH 2.0 and scalability. To find out more about LUKSO make sure you visit their website — https://www.lukso.network/
— Bitcoin’s price drops by 8% in less than 5 minutes — Poolin partners with BlockFi — CipherTrace report shows $1.36B in crypto has been stolen in 2020 — Blockchain media company Civil shuts down its operations — Crypto bank Avanti raises $5M — Coinbase cuts USDC rewards from 1.25% to 0.15% APY — MVIS partners with CryptoCompare to launch an hourly Bitcoin benchmark rate
— Cryptocurrency market booms as Bitcoin spikes above $10,000 — Tether integrates with OMG Network’s Plasma sidechain — NACL launches a blockchain-based platform for Esports tournaments — Nomisma receives an approval to trade crypto derivatives in the EU — Coinfirm to offer real-time AML monitoring to Binance Korea — Brave reaches 15M monthly active users — Western Union makes a takeover offer to MoneyGram
— Bitcoin hovers around $9500 as Ethereum spikes to $238 — ZebPay eyes expansion in India — ICON releases its Blockchain Transmission Protocol — Bitmain launches its training academy in North America — CoinMarketCap revamps its market pairs ranking — Fortmatic raises $4M
Dive in this episode of CoinPM Talks as we speak with Alex Adelman about Lolli's mission, the company's recently closed seed funding round and upcoming mobile application, UX, Bitcoin, the Lightning Network and more. To find out more about Lolli, make sure you visit their website — https://www.lolli.com/
— Cardano sees a 14% spike in its price — CasperLabs secures backing from Draper Goren Holm — Coinbase enables Tezos staking in the UK and some parts of the EU — Compound reveals plan to distribute its governance token — Coinbase airdrops OmiseGo to Ethereum hodlers — Stellar donates $550K worth of XLM to SatoshiPay — Gemini partners with Samsung
— Coinbase acquires institutional crypto brokerage Tagomi — Brave rolls out encrypted video calls on Brave Nightly — Theta partners with Google — LG joins the Hedera Governing Council — Revolut sees 68% growth in crypto purchases in UK — BitGo launches BitGo Prime trading service — Bank of Lithuania completes research phase of LBChain — Goldman Sachs labels Bitcoin as “not viable investment vehicle”
— Cardano gains 3.5% as Bitcoin remains at $8900 — Raiz introduces a portfolio with 5% Bitcoin allocation — Tencent to invest $70B in new tech — Bitfury allows accredited investors to invest in its Bitcoin mining farms — Bitwage offers a Bitcoin 401k plan — Polkadot launches its mainnet after 4 years of development — ErisX rolls out block trading API — Libra rebrands its digital wallet
— Telegram withdraws from SEC appeal — CoinDCX raises $2.5M a couple of months after closing Series A — Eidoo to issue its crypto debit card in Europe — KuCoin’s OTC Trading Desk adds support for the Canadian Dollar — Binance launches Ether and XRP options trading — BTSE lists TRYB
Tune in as we talk with Ashish about the Indian crypto scene and the recent regulatory changes in the country, the upcoming CoinSwitch Kuber, next wave of crypto developments, challenges, adoption and more. To find out more about CoinSwitch, you can visit — https://coinswitch.co/ Disclosure: Any opinions expressed in this podcast are personal and should not be taken as an investment advice.
— Bitcoin drops by 5.5% to $8750 — Hacker claims to have stolen data from Ledger, Trezor and KeepKey — Ukraine proposes a bill allowing banks to serve crypto firms — Coinbase to act as primary custodian for FTT token — Ontology partner with Spherity to develop digital ID solutions
— Total crypto market cap drops by further 2% to $256B — Travala.com merges with TravelByBit — Blockstack unveils its non-profit Stacks Foundation — Iran is to review crypto mining regulation and taxation — Samsung to include Theta.tv to its Galaxy smartphones — Chinese media outlets form blockchain-powered news department — Blockchain.com to add support for the Russian Ruble