When the United States first began going after crypto companies for violating its economic sanctions rules, it didn’t exactly start with a bang.In December, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…
Category: Litecoin
More Americans have heard of Dogecoin than Ethereum: Survey
In just over five years since it launched, Ethereum introduced the world to smart contracts, decentralized finance, yield farming and non-fungible tokens, and has long stood just behind Bitcoin as the second-largest blockchain project…
Four cryptocurrency block reward halvings to look out for in 2021
Block reward halvings cut the rate at which new coins are generated on a given blockchain by 50%. Such events, known jokingly as “halvenings,” have long been anticipated by cryptocurrency traders as…
Breakneck speed of crypto adoption could result in whiplash, warns wallet exec
Cryptocurrency adoption on a United Kingdom-based payment app is booming in the first quarter of 2021, but whether that trend continues could depend on the actions of Bitcoin (BTC) evangelists like Elon…
Mobile crypto ‘mining’ app possibly connected to personal data leak
Pi Network, a cryptocurrency mining app for mobile users, may have been connected to 17GB worth of personal data leaks, a Vietnamese news outlet reported on Monday.The treasure trove of personal data…
Record $584M Litecoin futures open interest signals institutional inflow
Litecoin (LTC) might be 60% below its December 2017 all-time high at $420, but that hasn’t stopped its futures contracts open interest from reaching a record $584 million. This makes LTC the…
Litecoin is trading at a 1,800% premium via Grayscale’s LTC trust — But why?
Shares in Grayscale Investments’ Grayscale Litecoin Trust, or LTCN, have been trading at a whopping 1,800% premium over the market rate of their underlying asset, Litecoin (LTC).$319 per Litecoin? This difference is primarily…
The good, the bad and the shoddy – Cointelegraph Magazine
Like most crypto journalists, Will Foxley has a horror story about a bad encounter he had with a dodgy PR person. The former tech reporter at CoinDesk recalls being embarrassed in his…
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit shuts up shop in UK in compliance with FCA ban
Singapore-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit announced on Friday that it would be suspending services for its customers n the United Kingdom. Bybit offers a range of high-end trading products for cryptocurrencies such…
Over 6,000 XRP holders volunteer as third-party defendants in SEC lawsuit
XRP tokenholders have attempted to insert themselves as third-party defendants in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs.A motion to intervene was filed by John Deaton of Deaton Law…
