NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud for cheating investors in his cryptocurrency fund of over $50 million was sentenced to over seven years in prison Wednesday by a judge who questioned the sincerity of his apology.
Despite the massive swing in value on the Binance US exchange, Bitcoin’s value on other exchanges remained stable. There has been speculation on the exact cause of the spike, though Binance offered a short statement to Bloomberg explaining that one of its institutional traders was responsible.
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The global crypto market cap fell more than 2 per cent to $2.82 trillion mark compared to the last day. However, the total crypto market volume jumped over 31 per cent to $176.91 billion.
The market for cryptocurrencies has roughly quadrupled from its 2020 year-end value [File: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg]
Fast fact, altcoins games and metaverse tokens are showing user-driven, huge popularity, and their continued presence in the crypto industry these days. In fact, their presence has been well-felt since the beginning of this year.
Following these, cryptocurrencies’ market capitalisation have surged over USD 3 trillion, Reuters reported CoinGecko. On the CoinMarketCap platform, cryptocurrency market capitalisation was slightly below USD 3 trillion, the Reuters report.
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Privacy coins are among those most being discussed by investors today. Monero is one of the oldest privacy coins. Its whole purpose is to help users keep their transactions completely anonymous. It also aims to be wholly decentralised. Users are able to complete transactions without needing to trust any user on the network.
"Brian's work for Binance.US has been invaluable and we hope he will continue to be an integral part of the crypto industry’s growth, advocating for regulations that move our industry forward," Zhao Tweeted on Friday.
Beyond the clampdown by some governments, what bitcoin really needed to achieve sustained success was overall mainstream acceptance. While some financial institutions announced projects exploring blockchain-based solutions, many others balked.
EL ZONTE, El Salvador (AP) — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, El Zonte has had the cryptocurrency in its economy for the past year.
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Cryptocurrency mining is the process by which recent cryptocurrency transactions are checked and new blocks are added to the blockchain.
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Bitcoin’s surge continued overnight on Monday as the cryptocurrency soared to $68,568.85 in value in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Coinbase.
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