How AI and crypto are shaping the future of finance

Over the last three years, the crypto space has undergone massive upheavals. Alongside the boosting from stimulus packages in 2021, venture capital (VC) firms had invested $33 billion in crypto and blockchain... Read more »

Hong Kong Securities Regulator Issues Warning Against ‘Unlicensed’ Crypto Platform Bybit

The Hong Kong securities regulator has labelled the crypto platform Bybit an unlicensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP). The regulator has also added Bybit’s products to its alert list of suspicious investment... Read more »

Grayscale amends Ethereum ETF filing, says investors ‘want and deserve’ the fund

Grayscale amended a regulatory filing through which it intends to convert its Ethereum Trust to a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). The company’s March 15 amendment strengthens its earlier filing in multiple ways.... Read more »

Russia Regulates Use of Digital Assets for International Settlements

Russia has integrated the use of digital assets as payment for international transactions in its legislation. President Vladimir Putin signed into law a document that describes using these assets as payment for... Read more »

Solana defies overall market trend to hit new all-time high market cap

Solana (SOL) broke new ground on March 15 after an 11% rally brought its market capitalization to a new all-time high of $82.5 billion at a price of $186.77 per token despite... Read more »

Marathon to Acquire Applied Digital’s 200 MW Texas Bitcoin Mining Site

The Nasdaq-listed mining enterprise Applied Digital has concluded a definitive pact for selling its 200-megawatt (MW) mining facility in Garden City, Texas. Applied Digital disclosed that the transaction involves Marathon Digital Holdings... Read more »

EU launches inquiry into how tech giants are dealing with risks posed by AI

The European Commission has initiated a comprehensive inquiry into the risks posed by generative AI technology on some of the world’s largest online platforms and search engines. The March 14 request targets... Read more »

South African Regulator Set to Issue Licenses to 60 Crypto Platforms by End of March

A South African regulator has said it plans to issue licenses to 60 crypto platforms by the end of March. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has said it is still processing the... Read more »

Bitcoin Mining Hits Record Difficulty as Countdown to 2024 Halving Begins

On Thursday, Bitcoin’s network difficulty escalated by 5.79% at block height 834,624, signaling the year’s fourth rising adjustment. The mining difficulty now stands at an unprecedented peak of 83.95 trillion, with the... Read more »

Hackers like Lazarus continue to use Tornado Cash despite US sanctions

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic revealed that the North Korea-backed hacker group Lazarus is once again using sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash to obfuscate its transactions. Last year, the group ceased using the... Read more »