Top crypto winners and losers of 2021
Not all digital assets have made positive price movements during the 2021 bull run. The year 2021 has undoubtedly been a bull market with Bitcoin (BTC) raising the all-time high price bar several times this year. But not all crypto …
Binance Turkey fined 8M lira for non-compliance against money laundering
MASAK found Binance Turkey guilty of violating the Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime, also known as the AML Law. The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), which serves as Turkey’s financial intelligence unit under the Ministry of Finance …
What is a honeypot crypto scam and how to spot it?
A virtual trap to lure attackers so that you can improve security policies is what honeypot aims for! What is a crypto honeypot and why is it used? Smart contracts programs across a decentralized network of nodes can be executed …
Spreading holiday joy through charitable giving with cryptocurrency
Charitable crypto campaigns aim to give back this holiday season, demonstrating how effective cryptocurrency and NFT donations can be for donations. The holidays are the perfect time of the year for giving back, and the rise of cryptocurrencies has created …
10 women who used crypto to make a difference in 2021
These 10 inspiring women made things happen using crypto and blockchain in 2021, one block at a time. This year, new research showed that there’s still a long way to go before there is gender parity in the crypto and …
From DeFi year to decade: Is mass adoption here? Experts Answer, Part 3
Decentralized technologies’ insiders shared their views on DeFi and the role, achievements and challenges the space faced in 2021. Tristan Frizza of Zeta Markets: Tristan is the core contributor to Zeta Markets, an under-collateralized DeFi derivatives platform, providing liquid derivatives …
Child prodigy with 162 IQ wants cryptocurrency for Christmas and gets it
The 12-year-old Barnaby Swinburn scored 162 on the Mensa IQ test and became a member of the high-IQ society. The wish of owning cryptocurrencies this Christmas came true for a 12-year-old schoolkid with an intelligence quotient (IQ) higher than Albert …
Terra’s Mirror protocol warns community against governance attack
The attacker launched a public poll on Mirror’s official website, which falsely proposes a freeze on the community pool in case of a scam. If executed as planned, the attacker would receive 25 million MIR tokens. Public blockchain network Terra …
Bitcoin battles bears ‘on offense’ as Christmas delivers a $50K BTC gift
It’s not all doom and gloom for Bitcoin bulls this year — gains are still 100% versus last Christmas. Bitcoin (BTC) held $50,000 into Dec. 25 as BTC bulls avoided an unwelcome Christmas Day surprise. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). …
Turkey’s crypto law is ready for parliament, President Erdoğan confirms
Once implemented, the crypto law will implement a new economic model that can potentially help recover the lira’s falling value. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reportedly confirmed the completion of a crypto law draft that will soon be shared …