HashKey Group announced Monday that its Middle East and North Africa arm has received an in-principle license approval from Dubai. The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) gave the greenlight for HashKey MENA’s Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license application.…
Indian Railways is set to introduce non-fungible token (NFT)-based train tickets for passengers traveling to the MahaKumbh Mela, a Hindu festival and pilgrimage occurring once every 144 years. On January 13, blockchain firm Chaincode Consulting announced its partnership with the…
Mudrex, an Indian crypto investment platform, has suddenly halted its withdrawals on Saturday, attracting more criticism from the community. The exchange later announced that it was due to an effort to upgrade the compliance suite to avoid bad actors. Mudrex’s…
Singapore has blocked crypto-based prediction market Polymarket as part of its ongoing crackdown on unlicensed gambling platforms. On Jan. 12, users reported being unable to access the site. Alex Zuo, vice president of investment and custody at Cobo Global, shared…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has criticized Bitcoin again, claiming it has no intrinsic value and is often misused by bad actors. He also compared Bitcoin to smoking, saying people may have the right to do it, but that doesn’t make…
Crypto mining hardware sales have tripled in Russia year-on-year, one of the nation’s top Bitcoin mining experts has claimed. Speaking to the Russian news outlet Prime, Sergey Bezdelov, the head of the Industrial Mining Association said that “in the fourth…
A federal grand jury in Georgia has indicted three Russian nationals for operating cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io, accusing them of money laundering. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, who were arrested last month, face charges of laundering…
New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken legal steps to recover over $2 million in cryptocurrency stolen through an elaborate scam targeting individuals seeking remote job opportunities. The scheme involved scammers sending text messages promising flexible, high-paying jobs. Victims…
The Nollars Network (NOLA) token, a layer-2 blockchain initiative, has secured its first crypto exchange listing on AscendEX. Nollars shared the announcement on X, marking a step in the token’s transition from its ongoing presale to public trading. Exciting news!…
Travis Ford, co-founder and head trader of Wolf Capital, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy after orchestrating a scheme that defrauded investors out of $9.4 million. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the plea on January…