The US Securities and Exchange Commission has made it its mission to target various cryptocurrency platforms, albeit with questionable success so far. Next on the list is the NFT platform OpenSea, whose CEO went on to X to express the team’s disappointment in the regulator’s move. Devin Finzer, OpenSea’s chief …
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Tuesday that the Ethereum Foundation pays him an annual salary of around $140,000, as the organization centered around Ethereum’s developers and researchers prepares a new spending report amid public scrutiny of its budget. The Canadian programmer helped establish the Swiss-based nonprofit in 2014, which supports …
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Tron founder Justin Sun – described on a recent podcast episode as “shameless” but “very shrewd” and “one of the smartest on-chain users, period” – is in the headlines this week, and not just because of the new self-referentially named memecoin launchpad, SunPump. His move to take a role alongside …
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Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao are facing a new class-action lawsuit alleging consumer harm due to the exchange’s money laundering activities in a Seattle Federal court. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of putting profits before the law as they allegedly generated substantial amounts of proceeds by allowing notorious …
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Last night, Aug. 14, at a Crypto4Harris event, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other prominent Democrats expressed strong support for crypto, underscoring the importance of regulatory clarity and bipartisan collaboration to shape the industry’s future. Schumer emphasized that Congress has a responsibility to enact common-sense and sound regulations for …
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The newly introduced MetaMask Card enables users in the EU and UK to convert cryptocurrency directly from their wallets and use it for everyday transactions. According to the official statement, the pilot phase of the MetaMask Card began on August 14. The initial rollout is limited to a select group …
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MetaMask and Mastercard Launch Debit Card That Lets You Spend From Your Ethereum Wallet
by Sander Lutzby Sander LutzMetaMask, the popular Ethereum-centric crypto wallet, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Mastercard to pilot a new debit card that will connect directly to users’ self-custody wallets and allow them to pay with crypto anywhere in the world where Mastercard is accepted. The MetaMask Card, as the product …
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The MetaMask Card is first available in a pilot phase to a few thousand users in the EU and UK, with a wider release expected later this year. Users will be able to make purchases directly with their USDC, USDT and wETH assets held on the layer-2 network Linea. Sam …
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Portfolio rebalancing and risk diversification are among the most effective strategies for wave market volatility. Top Altcoin Picks as Bitcoin Leads Crypto Market Dip AltcoinDaily bases his altcoin choices on the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) possible pivot in September. In his opinion, this could kickstart an altcoin season, with Ethereum (ETH) …
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The crypto market is on the brink of a significant shift as we approach 2025. The Altcoin Daily Analyst Austin predicts that potential policy changes could spark a major rally in altcoins, particularly with a possible pivot in the Federal Reserve’s policy rate expected in September. This pivot could drive …