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Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said a 30% increase in cryptocurrency-related cybercrime last year from 2020. In a report, Chainalysis stated that cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, and overall they have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017. Most of the total overtime have to...
Mike Katchen, CEO and co-founder of crypto and stock trading platform Wealthsimple, said the Canadian government should work on growing cryptocurrency and blockchain companies in Canada. During a discussion at the Canada Club in Toronto on Wednesday, Katchen said that blockchain technology is "very exciting" and that Canadian government officials...
FTX US reached an $8 billion valuation after receiving $400 million from Asian investment giants SoftBank Group and Temasek Holdings in its first round of funding. The Japanese technology investment giant and the Singapore state holding company were joined by Paradigm, Multicoin Capital, Tribe Capital, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan...
Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a drop in the last 24 hours after the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) cemented its status of a planned interest rate hike. In recent months, the speculation of higher rates and diminishing liquidity has decreased trader enthusiasm in the crypto market.  The top cryptocurrency was down...