Peter Mwangi
VC-Backed Crypto Security Startup Harpie Closes Shop: What Happened?
Harpie, an on-chain firewall project designed to protect crypto users from various forms of theft, announced it has ceased operations and will no longer provide its security services. The team,...
India Wants Access to Your DMs: New Tax Law Targets Crypto Activity
A new draft Income Tax Bill presented by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposes sweeping powers for tax authorities to access citizens’ digital lives—including emails, social media communications, and financial...
Google Play Store Boots Unregistered Exchanges in South Korea
Google Play Store in South Korea has blocked 17 foreign Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) apps, including those of KuCoin and MEXC, from being accessible to users within the country....
Don’t Get Caught Off Guard by ETH’s April Volatility – Key Price Levels to Watch
Ethereum (ETH) might be heading into a period of higher volatility starting in April, according to Nick Forster, founder of Derive. Despite the current quiet market, Forster believes Ethereum’s low...
Ripple Settles SEC Fight for Less, Yet XRP Price Remains Surprisingly Calm
Ripple Labs has reached an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to end their years-long legal fight. The settlement involves Ripple paying a substantially lower fine than...
BlackRock & Emirates NBD: An Elite Pass to Middle East Private Wealth
BlackRock has teamed up with Emirates NBD, a leading Dubai-based lender, to create a new platform to provide Middle Eastern investors with improved access to private markets. This alliance aims...
Japan Greenlights First Dollar-Backed Stablecoin: USDC
Circle, the company behind the widely used dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, has officially expanded its operations into the Japanese market. This move follows a significant milestone: USDC has become the first...
Creditors Hopeful as Mt. Gox Moves Over $1 Billion in Bitcoin
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has once again made significant Bitcoin movements. On March 25, 2025, the exchange transferred a substantial 11,501.4 BTC, valued at over $1 billion, in two...
Banks on XRP Ledger? Aberdeen & Societe Generale Eye Tokenization
The XRP Ledger is seeing a noticeable uptick in adoption by big financial institutions as its use cases expand across various key areas, including decentralized finance (DeFi), stablecoins, and the...
SHIB ETF Push: Why 212 Trading Pairs & 110+ Exchange Presence Matter
The Shiba Inu (SHIB) community team is actively campaigning to make a compelling case for why the popular meme coin should be considered a strong candidate for a spot exchange-traded...
Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin to $110K Thanks to Fed’s QE – “JAYPOW Told Me So”
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, has shared his latest analysis on Bitcoin’s price trajectory, predicting a significant increase in its value before a likely downward correction. ...
Solana Showdown: Raydium’s LaunchLab Set to Challenge Pump.fun’s Reign
Raydium, the well-established decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Solana blockchain, is set to directly compete with the meme coin launchpad Pump.fun by launching its own platform called LaunchLab. This announcement...
SEC Clarifies Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Isn’t a Security, Offering Industry Relief
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially clarified that proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining does not fall under federal securities laws. In a staff statement released on Thursday, the SEC...
Fidelity Joins the Tokenized US Treasury Bills Race, Taking on BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund
Fidelity is launching a new tokenized fund focused on U.S. Treasury bills, setting itself up as a direct competitor to BlackRock’s BUIDL fund. In simpler terms, Fidelity’s new offering lets...
“Winning” PEPE Whale Buys More as Binance Wallet Sees Heavy Traffic
The PEPE token market saw a surge in activity, with a notable whale increasing their holdings despite PEPE price dip. This, along with significant transfers involving Binance’s hot wallet, suggests...
BNB Chain Gets an Upgrade: Smart Wallets and Gas Fee Improvements Now Live
BNB Chain just got a significant upgrade on March 20, 2025, when they completed their Pascal hard fork, bringing smart contract wallets and easier gas fees to the platform. This...
Swift and Ripple in the News: Did a Premature Announcement Cause a “Hack” Claim?
News of a collaboration between SWIFT and Ripple for international payments, with talk of billions in escrow, started doing rounds that caught investors and traders attention checking for the source;...
Binance Impersonation Scam Targets Australians: How to Spot and Avoid It
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are currently investigating a widespread cryptocurrency scam in which fraudsters are impersonating representatives of the Binance exchange. The scam has already ensnared over 130 Australians,...
Ripple CEO: XRP ETF and Strategic Reserve Listing “Closer Than Ever”
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes XRP is on track to be included in the United States’ digital asset stockpile, potentially alongside Bitcoin. Garlinghouse also stayed optimistic on the launch of...
Ripple Wins Big (Again): SEC Drops Appeal in XRP Lawsuit – What’s Next for the Company and XRP?
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has confirmed the big news: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is going to drop its appeal in the long-running lawsuit against the company. This...
BOJ Stands Pat on Rates, Signals Caution Over Trade Despite Inflation Progress
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Wednesday that it would maintain its current interest rates, keeping the short-term policy rate at -0.1% as it weighs US tariff concerns. Policymakers...
Crypto Czar Sacks Slams Media’s “Dump” Characterization of His Crypto Divestment
David Sacks, the White House’s point person on cryptocurrency, has taken to social media to directly address recent media reports about his decision to liquidate his cryptocurrency holdings before joining...
Bank of Korea Gears Up for Three-Month “Hangang” CBDC Trial with 100,000 Consumers
The Bank of Korea (BOK) will soon begin a three-month trial program for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), dubbed “Hangang.” Scheduled to start in April, this test aims to...
SEC’s “Spring Sprint”: Can roundtables finally untangle the crypto regulation knot?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to clarify its approach to cryptocurrency regulation. The SEC’s newly formed Crypto Task Force will host a series of roundtables...
“Ripple Custody” Trademark Filed: Ripple Expands into Crypto Storage
Ripple has applied for the trademark “Ripple Custody” in the United States, indicating a move in its strategy to expand into the institutional asset custody sector. This filing, which was...
