The cryptocurrency sector is in turmoil after a dramatic week. That, of course, is nothing new for crypto — but what is new is the reason for the turmoil: ongoing action from the seat of power in Washington, D.C. On Sunday (March 2), President Donald Trump...
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said Friday (Feb. 21) that a cyberattacker stole some of its holdings. In its posts on X about the incident, the company did not say how much was taken. Bloomberg reported Friday that analysts estimate the loss to total nearly $1.5 billion worth of tokens. Rob...
For years, crypto has had its adherents and investors. But it was never truly taken seriously by the traditional financial sector and its composite institutions, the U.S. regulatory desert aside. As evidenced by a Monday (Jan. 13) report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,...
The first few trading days of 2025 saw the FinTech IPO Index log a 1.2% gain — where one notable triple-digit surge led the pack. Overall, however, a spate of declining names blunted the momentum of the Index as a whole. Janover Leads the Pack...
January 10, 2025
The first few trading days of 2025 saw the FinTech IPO Index log a 1.2% gain — where one notable triple-digit surge led the pack. Overall, however, a spate of declining names blunted the momentum of the Index as a whole. Janover Leads the Pack Janover’s stock soared 123%. The company effected a one-for-eight reverse […]
November 09, 2022
Whether you’re talking about remittances sent home by migrant workers or other larger sums moving from one country to another, cross-border payments are the part of finance that crypto companies...
September 15, 2022
The new, greener, and eventually far faster Ethereum 2.0 is here. At 2:43 a.m. on Thursday (Sept. 15), the second-largest crypto blockchain, and arguably the most important, switched to a...
August 08, 2022
Next month, the Ethereum blockchain is scheduled to make the long-awaited switch to a much more environmentally-friendly Ethereum 2.0, which will in turn set the stage for a vast scalability...
April 06, 2025
Cryptocurrency thefts surged by 303% during the first quarter to $1.67 billion. That jump was primarily driven by the historic billion-dollar hack on the Bybit exchange, Seeking Alpha reported Saturday (April 5), citing data from blockchain security firm CertiK. This figure represented 197 hacks during the first quarter of the year, six more than the […]
February 21, 2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said Friday (Feb. 21) that a cyberattacker stole some of its holdings. In its posts on X about the incident, the company did not say how much was taken....
November 13, 2024
The PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin now uses LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) Standard to enable transfers between the blockchain networks Ethereum and Solana. This integration enables fast, secure and cost-effective transactions for both users and businesses,...
September 04, 2024
Coinbase reportedly plans to continue its “elevated policy spend” through the U.S. presidential election and beyond. Beyond the U.S. election, the cryptocurrency exchange will continue its policy spend as it...
