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Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that, like Ethereum, Bitcoin (BTC) has its own potential bombs waiting to explode. The ecosystem around Ethereum could see failures and hacks, discussed the participants of The Tim Ferriss Show yesterday. To this, Buterin said: "I think the Bitcoin ecosystem does have its own […] ticking time…

The financial services company is set to launch the first Ethereum exchange-traded product on the Deutsche Borse marketplace….

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Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has always been a mysterious character and a great number of sleuths have made it their mission to discover the inventor’s identity. One particular theory was published this month which attempts to tether the well known and now deceased, Len Sassaman to the creation of the first cryptocurrency. Moreover, […]…

As USD coin (USDC) strengthens its positions, tether (USDT) is losing its market share, according to crypto intelligence firm Coin Metrics. That said, stablecoins, in general, are again on the rise this year, and the total supply is expected to grow further with the increase in use cases. Per the firm’s weekly report, USDC is going parabolic - its total supply passed USDC 9bn…

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Crime news Tether, the issuer of the most popular stablecoin, tether (USTD), said they received a ransom demand for BTC 500 yesterday (USD 25m). "The sender said that, unless they receive the BTC by [Monday], they…

Source: iStock/da-kuk Along with the drop in prices this past week, came a drop in the market sentiment as well. The average 7-day moving crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for ten major coins fell out of the positive zone after three weeks, recording 5.77 today, compared to last week’s 6.25, according to the data provided by crypto market sentiment analysis site Omenics. All but one coin…

The stablecoin issuer said it has no intention of paying the ransom, and the deadline has already passed….

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Just days after the conclusion of its long-running feud with the Office of the Attorney General of New York, Tether says it is now a victim of an extortion attempt. According to the stablecoin issuer, the blackmailers are threatening to release documents they claim “will harm the bitcoin ecosystem” if their demand for the payment […]…

Just because Tether and Bitfinex settled with the New York Attorney General doesn’t mean they are out of the woods, say legal experts….

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Bitfinex and Tether have been banned from operating in New York and must pay a fine of $18.5 million as part of a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG’s) office over a case dating back to 2019. In a statement on Tuesday, NY Attorney General Letitia James accused the two entities of hiding […]…