Venezuela Ends Controversial Petro Cryptocurrency: Reports
President Nicolas Maduro launched the Petro (PTR) in Feb. 2018 to support the nation’s currency, the bolívar, in the face of an economic crisis exacerbated by U.S. sanctions.
In Failed Bitfinex Exploit Attempt, Billions in XRP Moved
The failed token transfers spooked some market watchers as they amounted to nearly half of XRP’s $30 billion market capitalization.
Bitcoin’s Technicals Suggests Deeper Pullback to $38K: Analyst
Bitcoin’s RSI divergence signals correction, 10x Research said.
SEC Statement on the Hack of Its X Account and the Resulting Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Announcement
The regulator also provided a timeline of the events in question.
SEC Says Other Systems Secure After X Account Hack
The regulator’s latest update on the hack suggests it never lost access to the account.
BTC Tumbles Below $44K, Bitcoin Miners Drop 10% Boosting ETF ‘Sell the News’ Calls
Previous landmark events such as Coinbase’s stock exchange listing and ProShares’ futures’based bitcoin ETF debut happened at near market tops.
Genesis Global Trading Pays $8M to Settle New York Lawsuit
The crypto lender also agreed to cease its business activities in New York and forfeit its BitLicense to settle anti-money laundering and fraud charges against it.
Taproot Wizards, Bitcoin Ordinals Project That Raised $7.5M, to Sell ‘Quantum Cats’ Collection
The “NFTs on Bitcoin” project has capitalized on the popularity of the controversial Ordinals protocol, which has generated a flurry of interest in the original blockchain but added to congestion and higher fees.
Bitwise, Fidelity, BlackRock See Biggest Bitcoin ETF Inflow in Preliminary Tally
Veri about inflows is still incomplete and market watchers might have to wait until Friday evening for the full picture, Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas pointed out.
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