Cryptocurrency news by Protos

Cointelegraph owner Gregory Fishman claims that Maps and Oxygen CEO Alex Grebnev stole funds and ideas relating to the two projects.Listen to this article to find out more. https://protos.com/cointelegraph-owner-sues-founder-of-sam-coins-maps-and-oxygen/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

Ordinals, the latest incarnation of NFTs on Bitcoin since Counterparty’s Rare Pepes and operation code easter eggs, have catapulted into the industry. Although Ethereum still outranks all other blockchains in NFT transaction volume, Bitcoin has suddenly become the world’s second most popular blockchain for NFTs.Listen to this article to discover why bitcoin-oriented NFTs have become so popular and to learn the history behind them.https://protos.com/bitcoin-suddenly-becomes-second-biggest-nft-blockchain/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

During a glitch-plagued Twitter Space yesterday evening, US presidential candidate and Bitcoin fan Ron De Santis came out against central bank digital currencies, calling their introduction “a massive transfer of power from individual consumers to a central authority.”De Santis used the Space, hosted by Elon Musk and David Sacks, to announce his presidential nomination for the Republican Party. De Santis will now battle former president Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. Listen to the article to discover how, the far-from-perfect Twitter space, went down.https://protos.com/white-house-hopeful-de-santis-sticks-it-to-cbdcs-in-campaign-launch/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has had his request for bail revoked despite paying a bail sum of €400,000 euros ($429,000) last week. Instead, Do Kwon will remain in custody as he faces charges of fabricating official documents in Montenegro.Listen to this article to discover why Do Kwon has been kept in detention.https://protos.com/do-kwon-jail-stay-extended-despite-already-posting-huge-bail/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

Alexander Vinnik, the co-founder of defunct Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, is facing money laundering charges in the US. But according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, he is optimistic about being included in a prisoner swap for captured journalist Evan Gershkovich.Listen to this article to learn what Vinnik had to say as he is accused of identity theft and money laundering through the operation of BTC-e.https://protos.com/founder-of-crypto-exchange-btc-e-eyes-prisoner-swap-with-wsj-journalist/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

The US Attorney’s Office has filed a civil forfeiture action to recover crypto proceeds of a business email compromise fraud scheme that targeted a company in Massachusetts, according to a press release on Tuesday evening.Listen to this article to discover how perpetrators tricked the company into wiring close to a million dollars before the funds were converted into various cryptocurrencies, from bitcoin to shiba inu.https://protos.com/us-govt-seeks-to-forfeit-crypto-tied-to-fraud-case/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

Elliptic says crypto, primarily bitcoin and tether, is a growing payment method for buying fentanyl chemicals from China-based firms.https://protos.com/crypto-payments-to-china-chemical-suppliers-fuel-us-fentanyl-epidemic/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com

In his latest description of future dystopia, Balaji Srinivasan predicts the government will force Apple and Google to seize crypto assets.https://protos.com/balajis-latest-prediction-us-govt-will-remotely-seize-crypto/For more informed news, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Google News or visit our website at Protos.com