Tether stablecoin loans rise in 2023 despite downsizing announcement in 2022
Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the crypto market, has seen a rise in its stablecoin lending, or secured loans, in 2023, despite the firm having…
eToro secures crypto registration in Cyprus to expand in EU
Cryptocurrency-friendly brokerage firm eToro is expanding its crypto services worldwide after securing new regulatory approval in Europe.EToro has received a…
Friend.tech look-alike ‘Alpha’ emerges on Bitcoin network
The Bitcoin network got its own community-based social token ecosystem after a new project called Alpha emerged overnight. As a decentralized social network…
You can build your own Trezor, but here’s the price — DIY wallet engineer
The open-source nature of many hardware cryptocurrency wallets allows anyone to build a do-it-yourself (DIY) wallet like a Trezor from scratch, but it requires…
Crypto payment firm Alchemy Pay wins money transmitter license in US
Cryptocurrency payment gateway Alchemy Pay is expanding its global presence after securing a major payment license in the United States.Alchemy Pay has obtained a…
Busan is developing an Ethereum-compatible mainnet to become a ‘Blockchain…
South Korea's second-largest city Busan is developing a public blockchain network compatible with mainstream blockchain platforms such as Ethereum and Cosmos. The…
UK politicians don metaverse avatars as they share Web3 roadmap
A group of British politicians took to the metaverse to address global leaders in a 51-nation gathering on Sept. 20, setting out a vision for the United Kingdom’s…
Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer
An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has reportedly fallen victim to an eye-watering $4.46 million phishing scam. According to data from Etherscan, $4.46 million in…
Mt. Gox trustee changes repayment deadline to October 2024
Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has officially changed the deadline for paying back the exchange’s creditors from Oct. 31, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2024.In a Sept. 21…
Optimism to sell $160M in OP tokens to 7 purchasers via private sale
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism (OP) has disclosed plans to sell 116 million OP tokens to seven private buyers for treasury management purposesAt…