The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now pursuing a $102.6 million penalty from Ripple, a substantial reduction from the nearly $2 billion originally sought. Ripple recently proposed a $10 million penalty, citing the Terraform Labs settlement as justification. However, the SEC countered that such a low penalty “would not satisfy the purposes of…
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has urged investors to buy bitcoin despite the cryptocurrency’s high prices. “I become frustrated encouraging people to buy bitcoin. I receive so many lame excuses,” he said, emphasizing that although the current price is high, it is not as high as it will be in the future. ‘I…
The Nigerian securities regulator warned residents against investing in a meme coin linked to singer and celebrity Davido. The regulator described the meme coin as a highly risky investment, saying investors who invest in it do so at their own risk. The Commission will continue to monitor the ecosystem and will exercise its authority if…
Google Trends data reveals a consistent increase in search interest for “CBDC,” which stands for central bank digital currency, over the past five years. The term has maintained a score above 20 since August 2022, on a scale of 1 to 100, where 100 signifies peak interest. CBDCs See Consistent Search Growth, Top Regions Include…
Bitcoin’s price has failed to make a new all-time high and is currently going through a correction. Yet, the bull market might still be far from over. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has failed to hold above the $66K level and is currently going through a correction.…
Ethereum’s rally has come to a halt, as the price has failed to continue above the $4,000 level once more. However, not all hopes for a new bull run are lost just yet. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart The price has been decreasing in the last two weeks based on the daily timeframe…
Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst has updated his spot ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) prediction. “We are moving up our over/under date for the launch of spot ether ETF to July 2nd,” he said. This revision follows light comments from the SEC Staff on issuers’ S-1 filings. The analyst believes there is a decent chance the SEC…
This week, we take a closer look at Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Dogecoin, and Polkadot. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum lost its bullish momentum this week and closed it with a 4.4% loss. Sellers took over the price action and pushed this cryptocurrency to the key support at $3,500. However, this pullback could turn out to be a…
New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured a $50 million settlement from cryptocurrency exchange Gemini for Earn program investors. This settlement ensures that all defrauded investors will fully recover the assets they invested but were unable to withdraw when the program collapsed. Additionally, Gemini is now banned from operating any crypto lending program in…
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales increased by 10.95% this week compared to the previous week, marking the second consecutive week of gains. Despite a 76.7% drop in the number of buyers, blockchain-issued digital collectibles achieved $141.73 million in sales. NFT Market Trends: Bitcoin and Ethereum Lead Sales Volume In the previous week, NFT sales had risen…