Boxing legend Mike Tyson has partnered with the blockchain project for boxers Ready To Fight. According to a press release, the strategic alliance comes as Ready To Fight (RTF) prepares to list its own RTF token on four cryptocurrency exchanges. Tyson has joined the platform as a brand ambassador to “revolutionize the boxing ecosystem.” “In a significant...
Mercuryo, a global payments company, has partnered with TON to introduce fiat-to-crypto conversion services for USDT. The initiative began with integrating Tonkeeper, a self-custody wallet that supports transactions in Layer 1, The Open Network (TON), and other digital currencies. Aviessa Khoo, Executive Director at Mercuryo, Singapore, expressed satisfaction with the introduction of on-ramp services for Tether tokens (USDT)...
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan offered a long-term view on the Bitcoin halving based on historical data and spot ETF demand. Speaking with CNBC on April 19, Hougan regarded this year’s Bitcoin (BTC) halving as a “buy the news” opportunity for investors interested in the world’s biggest cryptocurrency asset class. “If you look historically at halvings,...
Cryptocurrency betting platform ZKasino is reportedly facing criticism from users who doubt the platform’s reliability. Adding to the uncertainty, ZKasino’s official Telegram channel was rumored to have been banned, but crypto.news confirmed that the account is still active. ZKasino hasn’t responded to requests for comment. A significant concern also arose from the revelation that ZKasino’s deposit wallet holds...
Hong Kong-based crypto exchange HashKey has announced that it will stop accepting deposits and handling withdrawals to and from wallets linked to Binance. In a statement released on April 19, Hashkey said the change will take effect next month, with deposits ending on May 10 and withdrawals on May 17. Hashkey did not give specific details behind its decision,...
Venture capital (VC) investors kept busy this past week as Centrifuge, Crypto Valley Exchange and Nebra all clinched new rounds of funding. Crypto Valley Exchange The $7-million funding round consisted of pre-seed and seed rounds. Fabric Ventures and Kyber Capital Crypto Fund co-led the effort. Crypto Valley Exchange also drew support from notable backers like AMDAX, Wave Digital, Funfair Ventures,...
Bitcoin witnesses massive drop after halving; Hong Kong approves launch of spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETFs; TON takes the spotlight amid impressive growth and more top headlines from last week. Build up to the halving Being the week of the fourth Bitcoin halving, this week witnessed a proliferation of discussions surrounding the much-anticipated event...
Disgraced entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to help FTX investors in their legal spat with the company’s celebrity endorsers, including Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal, Stephen Curry, and Shohei Ohtani, as well as supermodel Gisele Bundchen and actor Larry David. Bankman-Fried, who founded FTX in 2019 and caused its bankruptcy in 2022, has agreed to cooperate in the class action...
Ahead of the Bitcoin (BTC) halving, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest engaged in a series of transactions reflecting the hedge fund’s bullish stance on the cryptocurrency’s trajectory. Among the notable moves was ARK’s addition of 139,152 units of its in-house spot Bitcoin ETF — the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF — valued at $8.96 million. The purchase followed another substantial buy...
Tether has allegedly minted $10 million in its largest stablecoin by market value on the TON blockchain in a move signaling potential expansion. Tether Holdings Ltd.’s USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin, is now available on the TON blockchain, as the firm’s transparency report indicates an issuance of $10 million on the network. As of press time, Tether made no public...
