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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Department of Justice have charged four suspects with creating the JetCoin cryptocurrency pyramid and defrauding investors for a total of $44 million. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accused three US citizens: Dwayne Golden, Gregory Aggesen and Marquis Egerton, as well as Indian citizen Jatin Patel of fraud and extortion. The agency claims that they organized cryptocurrency schemes called Empowercoin and Ecoinplus, with the help of which
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Ethereum blockchain data suggests that the average transaction fee has dropped significantly to $1.63. According to CryptoRank, the 7-day moving average of the transaction size on the Ethereum network reached $11.14 as of March 9, the lowest since August 2021. At the same time, at the beginning of this year, the figure reached $55. According to the Etherscan service, at the time of publication, a regular transaction with ETH costs 25 Gwei ($1.36). Recall that
The first 100,000 Jamaicans who install Central Bank of Jamaica cryptocurrency wallets will be rewarded in digital Jamaican dollars worth $16. This was announced by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Andrew Holness). In a recent speech before the House of Representatives, Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said this would encourage individuals and businesses to use the government’s stablecoin to conduct transactions. According to the Jamaica Observer, approximately 17% of the Jamaican population is unbanked. Therefore,
The European Union has officially announced that the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus apply to cryptocurrencies. The EU leadership explains that cryptocurrencies are included in the category of “transferable securities”, therefore, they are clearly subject to sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus. “Loans and credits can be provided by any means, including crypto-assets,” the EU said in a statement. The EU also announced an expansion of existing financial restrictions
The emirate of Dubai has approved a law on virtual assets and formed an agency that will regulate the crypto industry. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced this on Twitter. He emphasized that the introduction of the concept of virtual assets in the legislation will strengthen the position of Dubai in the emerging digital economy. The law represents an important step towards the development of the digital and cryptocurrency sector, as well as protecting
The National People’s Congress has decided to introduce urgent measures to regulate the metaverse to manage data security and curb speculation as the industry develops. The tasks of introducing government supervision and regulation, managing data security, and curbing speculation in the metaverse were explored at the national level during the National People’s Congress in early March. The “Metaverses” have come under government scrutiny after telecommunications conglomerates Tencent, ByteDance, NetEase and Baidu have been active in
Space Runners has raised money to create a metaverse dedicated to the fashion industry. Startup Space Runners, created to develop the fashion industry in the metaverse, has raised $10 million in the first round of funding. The investment round was led by Pantera Capital and Polychain. Also participating in the round were Accel and Jump Crypto, as well as Animoca Brands Chairman Yat Siu and Twitch co-founder Justin Kahn. Space Runners made its name last
The Convex Finance team used a new smart contract to resolve the bug, resulting in the unlocking of millions of CVX tokens. The Convex Finance team warned users on Twitter on March 4 that it had reallocated the smart contracts responsible for the vote blocking management mechanism? after discovering a bug that would provide some users with disproportionate rewards. “There were no use cases [of the bug] prior to the deployment of the new vlCVX
The Behance designer platform will allow Solana blockchain users to showcase their NFTs. Popular among designers, social media platform Adobe Behance has announced that it will begin supporting the Phantom crypto wallet. The integration will allow Behance users to display non-fungible tokens created on the Solana blockchain in their profiles. Will Allen, VP of Product at Adobe, said in a tweet that the platform’s goal has always been to support creative people. With the help