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Standard Chartered: Bitcoin’s Dip Below $60K Presents Key Buying Opportunity

Standard Chartered Bank has suggested that Bitcoin's recent drop below $60,000 is a prime buying opportunity for investors. According to the bank, Bitcoin serves...

Ripple Receives Approval to Expand Operations in Dubai

Ripple, a leading digital asset infrastructure provider, has secured "in-principle approval" from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to expand its operations in the...

Mastercard Partners with Amazon Payment Services

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the digitization of payment acceptance in the Middle East and Africa. Under...

SEC’s Gurbir Grewal Steps Down, Industry Hopes for Softer Crypto Regulation

Gurbir Grewal, the head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement division, is set to step down on October 11, marking the...

Proton Seeks Dismissal of Swan Bitcoin’s ‘Fatally Flawed’ Lawsuit

Proton Management, the firm accused by Swan Bitcoin of sabotaging its Bitcoin mining business, has strongly refuted the allegations and is seeking to have...

COPA Launches Campaign to Combat Blockchain Patent Trolls

The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) has partnered with Unified Patents to tackle the growing issue of "patent trolls" in the blockchain and crypto...

Ohio Senator Introduces Bill to Legalize Bitcoin for Tax Payments

In a potentially monumental development for Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, Ohio Senator Niraj Antani has introduced a bill that would legalize the use...

Base Creator Jesse Pollak Joins Coinbase Exec Team

Jesse Pollak, the creator of Ethereum layer 2 blockchain Base, is stepping into a new leadership role at Coinbase, where he will also take...

SEC Wins $18M Case Against Defunct Crypto Firm Rivetz Over Unregistered ICO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) secured another significant legal victory in the crypto space, winning a judgment against Rivetz Corp and its...

Crypto Mining Company Claims Local Noise Laws Are Biased

A Bitcoin mining firm, NewRays, has filed a lawsuit accusing an Arkansas County judge and prosecutor of unfairly using local noise laws to target...

California Governor Vetoes Controversial AI Safety Bill

On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, a widely debated artificial intelligence (AI) safety bill. While acknowledging the bill's good intentions,...

Sophisticated Phishing Attack Drains $32 Million in Ethereum Tokens

A cryptocurrency wallet lost $32 million worth of Spark Wrapped Ethereum (spWETH) on September 27, 2024, in a well-coordinated phishing scam. According to blockchain...