Rumble, a YouTube alternative popular among the far-right and conspiracy theorists, has become the latest company to consider adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet. Rumble Inc (RUM) shares gained as much as 9%, hitting a high of $6.20 in after-hours trading on Nov. 19 after its founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski earlier posed the question on X, […]
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Smithsonian to display IRS laptop that tracked Bitfinex’s 120K stolen Bitcoin
An Internal Revenue Service agent’s MacBook Pro that traced and seized 120,000 Bitcoin stolen from the crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 is now in the collection of Washington, DC’s world-renowned Smithsonian. “The laptop is the centerpiece of a criminal case that shows an evolving understanding of cryptocurrency,” Ellen Feingold, curator for the National Numismatic Collection […]
Bakkt shares surge 162% after report suggests Trump Media is buying it
Bakkt’s share price jumped over 162% on Monday after the Financial Times reported Donald Trump’s company was in advanced talks to acquire the crypto exchange. Bakkt Holdings Inc (BKKT) closed up 162.46% at $29.71 on Nov. 18 and continued to climb 16.43% to $34.59 after the bell. Trump Media and Technology Group Corp (DJT) — […]
BIT Mining to pay $10M fine for bribing Japanese politicians in former life
Bitcoin mining firm BIT Mining has admitted it authorized paying bribes to Japanese politicians in an attempt to win a bid for a resort and casino license in Japan and has agreed to pay $10 million worth of fines to the United States government to resolve the charges. BIT Mining’s bribery scheme occurred between 2017 […]
Japan’s DMM Crypto shuts down Seamoon Protocol amid challenges
Japan’s DMM Crypto is discontinuing its Seamoon Protocol. No new services will be added to the ecosystem, and the fate of existing services on the platform is under discussion, the company announced. Seamoon Protocol suffers a reversal of fortunes The Seamoon Protocol was powered by the SMP token in the DM2 Verse on the Oasys […]
Solana-based DApps rake in record fees as memecoin frenzy returns
Solana-based apps notched record fees and revenue activity in the last 24 hours amid an apparent return of memecoin mania. According to a Nov. 18 X post from decentralized finance commentator Patrick Scott, who cited DefiLlama data, five out of the top ten protocols by fees in the last 24 hours were on Solana. Five of the […]
Thala recovers $25.5M in crypto caused by v1 farming vulnerability
Decentralized finance firm Thala Labs has recovered $25.5 million of liquidity pool tokens stolen from one of its farming contracts after the hacker was quickly tracked down by law enforcement and crypto sleuths. In a post on Nov. 16, Thala revealed it had suffered a “security breach” on Nov. 15 due to an “isolated vulnerability related to […]
‘I put most of my wealth into Bitcoin, so I am fully committed’ — RFK
Robert F. Kennedy Jr captured headlines once again due to earlier remarks the former Presidential candidate made — claiming that he “Put most of his wealth” into Bitcoin BTC$90,488. The former independent candidate also described Bitcoin as the “Currency of freedom” in a November 16 online post and reiterated the digital asset’s power to hedge against […]
Chainlink introduces the ‘Chainlink Runtime Environment’ framework
Oracle provider Chainlink has revealed the “Chainlink Runtime Environment” — a standard framework for connecting traditional financial architecture, payment systems, and legacy institutions with blockchain protocols and smart contracts within a single, unified ecosystem. According to Chainlink, the unified Chainlink Runtime Environment will encompass the runtime framework previously established by the Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) […]
Bitcoin breakout or black swan? $90K BTC price lacks gold, stocks high
Bitcoin BTC$89,723 has not matched all-time highs against the S&P 500, gold and others — but doing so is “a matter of if, not when.” In a post on X on Nov. 15, Caleb Franzen, creator of financial research resource Cubic Analytics, predicted BTC price outperformance next. Bitcoin macro breakout not yet reality Bitcoin may have tapped $93,500 and gained nearly 50% […]
