Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan
The alleged exploiter of the decentralized finance protocol Mango Markets, Avraham Eisenberg, is seeking to keep his share of crypto gained from his so-called “highly profitable trading strategy.”On Feb. 15, attorneys for Eisenberg filed a motion in a New York District Court objecting to a lawsuit from Mango...
Galaxy Digital Holdings CEO, Mike Novogratz, believes there's a chance Bitcoin (BTC) could return to $30,000 or above before the end of March.According to a Feb. 15 Bloomberg report Novogratz spoke at a Bank of America conference the same day and said he would’ve been the “happiest guy”...
Australia-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Iris Energy has revealed it will nearly triple its mining capacity with the addition of thousands of mining rigs.On Feb. 13 the firm said it purchased an additional 4.4 exahashes per second (EH/s) worth of Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro ASIC miners, bringing its...
Cryptocurrency lending firm Nexo Capital is set to terminate its yield-bearing Earn Interest Product for its customers in the United States roughly a month after it agreed to pay $45 million in penalties to U.S. regulators.Nexo announced the termination in a Feb. 10 blog post saying the product...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly told blockchain infrastructure company Paxos that it plans to sue the firm for violations of investor protection laws alleging the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin is an unregistered security.Paxos is the owner and issuer of BUSD — a U.S....
Swiping right in the metaverseFamous New York socialite, Paris Hilton thinks the Metaverse may be the perfect place to find one’s true love. In a Feb. 9 tweet, the celebrity and reality TV star said she will be working with The Sandbox (SAND) to bring “Parisland” to life....
A book once slated to be released by Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO and founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius, has been pulled before it could ever hit the shelves and the publisher of the title is trying to "remove all trace of it online." The Mashinsky...
Ethereum co-founder and crypto entrepreneur Joseph Lubin is confident that Ether (ETH) won’t be classified as a security in the United States. Cointelegraph spoke with Lubin, Ethereum co-founder and founder of blockchain tech firm ConsenSys, in Tel Aviv at the Web3 event, Building Blocks 23.Asked if ETH could...
A former product manager at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has moved to dismiss charges of alleged insider trading, with his lawyers arguing the tokens he allegedly traded were not securities.Lawyers representing ex-Coinbase employee, Ishan Wahi, and his brother, Nikhil Wahi, filed a motion on Feb. 6 in the United...
Genesis Global has announced it has reached an "agreement in principle" with Digital Currency Group (DCG) which will eventually see its crypto lending and trading arm sold as part of restructuring efforts.According to a Feb. 6 press release, DCG would contribute its equity in Genesis Global Trading, a...
