Celsius Network is almost out of money
Lido Staked Ethereum (stETH) has lost its peg to Ethereum (ETH), and the price of the Celsius Network token ($CEL) has plummeted 35% on the day—and 91% on the year—as of press time.
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Monero’s Riccardo Spagni charged with 378 charges of fraud and forgery in South Africa
The South African government issued an arrest warrant for the former Monero lead maintainer, who is accused of defrauding $100,000 from his former employer.
Binance: The grift that keeps on giving (ammunition to ‘crypto’ critics)
The digital asset community must face the fact that so long as Binance continues to act as the poster boys for ‘crypto’ criminality, mainstream acceptance just isn’t going to happen.
Gemini lied about its security, IRA Financial says in lawsuit over $36M hack
IRA Financial has sued Gemini, claiming the exchange is to blame for the February hack in which its customers lost $21 million in BTC and $15 million in ETH.
Judge takes dim view of SEC flip-flops in Ripple hearing
The communications in question preceded Hinman’s June 2018 speech in which he declared that tokens based on networks that were “sufficiently decentralized” didn’t meet the ‘Howey test.’
Is Binance’s BNB an unregistered security? US regulator wants to know
BNB, also known informally as Binance Coin or Binance Token, is the native token of Binance Chain, a blockchain the company uses to perform contract functions.
‘Crypto is done pumping’: Joshua Henslee tells us the bear market is here
Combining the recent events and loan Coinbase took from Goldman Sachs, Joshua Henslee speculates that the company is in need of money and Coinbase insiders dumped because they know there’s trouble ahead.
CFTC targets Gemini exchange for lying about wash trades, market-maker loans
Gemini stands accused of lying to U.S. federal regulators about market-makers wash trading to artificially goose the digital currency exchange’s trading volume.
LUNA2 listed by major exchanges, but still no BSV
As authorities in South Korea investigate Do Kwon and Terraform Labs due to the LUNA/UST implosion, major exchanges like Kraken, FTX, and Binance listed LUNA2 without a second thought.
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell’s lunacy as exchange that banned BSV pump air back into Terra
Jesse Powell’s decision to list the new LUNA2 token on his Kraken exchange reeks of hypocrisy and highlights his willingness to apply the word ‘scam’ only to projects that don’t earn him money.
This week’s Solana stoppage caused by consensus bug, as network restarts again
Though developers quickly applied band-aid measures and flipped Solana's power switch off and on once again, the user community is becoming more vocal in its dissatisfaction with the recurring problems.
South Korea: Litecoin privacy upgrade worries Upbit exchange
Upbit has issued an investment warning about Litecoin (LTC) to its users, who have been left on edge because of its upgrade that introduces confidential transactions.