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Curve Founder Michael Egorov Faced Liquidation Amid Weekend Altcoin Crash: Report

The founder of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve (CRV) reportedly stared at the prospect of getting liquidated as the…

April 15, 2024

Dow Futures Drop, Bitcoin Price Plummets As Iran Launches Drones Toward Israel

News that Iran has launched drones toward Israel's airspace is affecting global markets and sending Bitcoin's (BTC) price plummeting. Iran…

April 13, 2024

Crypto Exchange Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Allowing Iranian Sanction Evasion: Report

Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly violating a US sanction against Iran. The US has imposed…

July 28, 2022

US Threatens to Shut Down Iraq’s Bank Account As Crypto Proponents Point to Censorship-Resistant Bitcoin

Iraqi officials tell The Wall Street Journal that the US government is threatening to cut off access to its central…

January 12, 2020

President Trump Announces New Economic Sanctions Against Iran As ‘Bitcoin Safe Haven’ Narrative Returns

US President Donald Trump is calling for more economic sanctions on Iran and no further military action, following Iran's airstrike…

January 8, 2020

Retaliation: Experts Predict Cyberattack Escalation on Centralized Systems Following US Killing of Top Iranian General

Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Suleimani, was killed on Friday morning in an airstrike sanctioned by President Donald Trump. The…

January 4, 2020

Iranian President Proposes Muslim Cryptocurrency to End Reliance on US Dollar: Report

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the world’s Islamic community should create a Muslim cryptocurrency and develop an independent economic system…

December 23, 2019

Iran Starts Seizing Bitcoin Mining Rigs

A spokesman from Iran's Ministry of Energy, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhad, says illegal cryptocurrency mining, sustained by cheap electricity prices, is…

June 28, 2019