The Frankfurt Prosecutor General’s Office announced a partnership with Bankhaus Scheich to legalize and resell the confiscated cryptocurrency, in which assets worth € 100 million were sold. Since cryptocurrencies are associated with cybercrime, they are considered “dirty coins” and cannot be traded on exchanges. Therefore, the German prosecutor’s office together with Bankhaus Scheich have developed special mechanisms for its legalization. Senior Attorney Jana Ringwald said: “Cryptocurrencies have become a means of payment for cybercriminals. Therefore,

The analytical company Chainalysis conducted a study, according to the results of which the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Africa and Asia is facilitated by the widespread adoption of P2P platforms. The Chainalysis report says the Global Cryptocurrency Adoption Index for 2021 is up 880% thanks to the use of P2P platforms that drive digital asset adoption in emerging markets. Analysts reported that 6 of the 10 countries with the highest cryptocurrency adoption rates are in

The Blockchain Gaming Alliance (BGA) reported that the market capitalization of the metauniverses in DeFi has reached an all-time high of $ 4.6 billion. The BGA posted a report stating that the blockchain gaming sector continues to grow and dominates the NFT market. Its share in the III quarter of 2021 in the global NFT market was about 22%. According to the report, from July to September alone, NFT gaming revenues were $ 2.32 billion.

BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange plans to issue 450 million BMEX tokens in February 2022. Token holders will receive discounts on trading operations and increased profitability from exchange products. BitMEX announced that it will distribute 20% of tokens to employees, 25% will be used to maintain the BMEX ecosystem, and the rest of the assets will be received by users as a reward. New clients of the trading platform will also be able to participate in the

Japanese financial group SBI’s new fund will invest in NFTs and Bitcoin futures ETFs. SBI Group announced the launch of a diversified cryptocurrency fund in Japan, which was founded on December 2, 2021. The fund consists of seven cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Polkadot (DOT), ChainLink (LINK). The maximum investment ratio per crypto asset is 20%, investments will be allocated according to the market capitalization ratio. The company

The Binance Smart Chain Foundation will provide funding to Crypto Gaming United, a cryptocurrency gaming platform, to develop the Play-to-Earn metaverse economy and create 1 million jobs. With a $ 1 billion investment from Binance Smart Chain Fund (BSC), Crypto Gaming United (CGU) will be able to leverage the emerging Play-to-Earn metaverse economy and increase employment opportunities in the blockchain gaming industry for Crypto Gaming United (CGU). … Metaverse platforms are attracting more and more

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DeFi platform Grim Finance reported that hackers exploited a smart contract error and compromised wallets, withdrawing $ 30 million worth of tokens. Cryptocurrency platform Grim Finance, launched on the basis of Fantom Opera, announced on December 19 on Twitter that it had been subjected to a hacker attack. As a result, more than $ 30 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen from the platform. The operator did not provide more detailed information about which tokens

The developers of the second-tier solution for the Ethereum network Optimism, which previously only had access to certain projects, announced the removal of restrictions. The launch of the main Optimism network took place in July, but only developers from the “white list” could create their projects based on the solution. After quite a long testing, the Optimism developers decided to remove the restrictions and now everyone can deploy their smart contracts on the network. “Optimism

2021 has already become a record year in terms of sales for the famous auction house Sotheby’s. The sales of collectible tokens, which were sold for $ 100 million, also contributed to the financial results. Auction house Sotheby’s drew attention to the NFT space earlier this year, and the first collectible token sale took place in March. Users could participate in the NFT auction of an anonymous digital artist under the pseudonym Pak. During the