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3AC founders reveal ties to Terra founder, blame overconfidence for collapse

[ad_1] The founders of tainted crypto hedge fund Three Arrow Capital (3AC), which filed for bankruptcy in the first week of July, have finally resurfaced after five weeks of no known whereabouts.In an interview with Bloomberg, Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the two founders of the crypto hedge fund, admitted that the overconfidence born out of a multiyear bull market, where lenders saw their values swell by virtue of financing firms
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Crypto.com scores regulatory approval from Cyprus SEC

[ad_1] Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com continues to aggressively expand its reach, becoming the latest crypto firm officially authorized to operate in Cyprus.Crypto.com has received regulatory approval from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the firm announced to Cointelegraph on July 22.The approval enables Crypto.com to offer a number of products and services to customers in Cyprus in compliance with local regulations. The new regulatory milestone comes in line with
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Blockchain and cybersecurity awareness on the rise: PolySwarm CEO

[ad_1] As the blockchain space becomes more extensive, cybersecurity becomes a more crucial requirement for many. Because of this, PolySwarm CEO Steve Bassi argued that there is a need to leverage blockchain for cybersecurity.Bassi told Cointelegraph that while the awareness of blockchain technology and security is on the rise, the use of blockchain within cybersecurity is still in its early days. “Awareness about cyber security and crypto, especially over the last
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Buying crypto with credit card is now indirectly banned in Taiwan

[ad_1] Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), a chief financial regulator, issued a note to the banking industry, indicating that they should not grant the virtual assets providers (VASPs) the status of merchant in operations with credit card holders. That means a de-facto ban on buying crypto with a credit card on the island. As the local media reported on Thursday, July 21, The Financial Supervisory Commission sent a letter to the
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Bitcoin traders eye levels to hold as ‘decision time’ looms for BTC price

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) recovered above $23,000 into July 22 as attention increasingly focused on the upcoming weekly close.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBTC price needs to preserve at least $22,400Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD finding renewed strength after briefly dipping towards $22,000.The pair traded in a critical zone for bulls on the day, with the 50-day and 200-week moving averages (MAs) still yet to flip
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Don’t wait around for recovery, keep on building, says Web3 exec

[ad_1] There are many more things that can be built within the blockchain space, and the good news is that members of the community know what they are, said Tegan Kline, the co-founder at Edge & Node, the initial team behind The Graph (GRT). In a Cointelegraph interview, Kline discussed the crypto winter and made suggestions on what the community members should focus on while the markets are down. According to
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BlockFi had $1.8B in outstanding loans in Q2: Report

[ad_1] Centralized crypto lender BlockFi disclosed that as of the end of Q2, it had $1.8 billion in outstanding loans from institutional and retail investors and $600 million in “net exposure.”The disclosure came from its July 21 Transparency Report for Q2 where the firm outlined its risks relating to liquidity and credit, and shared details on its institutional and retail loan portfolios. Of the outstanding loans to borrowers — valued
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Compass Mining to add 25,000 ASIC miners just weeks after staff cuts

[ad_1] Mere weeks after announcing staff lay-offs and salary cuts, Compass Mining has unveiled expansion plans in the form of a 75 megawatt (MW) hosting partnership with Compute North for its data center in Granbury, Texas.The announcement on July 21 comes only a two weeks after the company retrenched 15% of its employees and implemented salary cuts for its top executives as a means to weather difficult market conditions. It
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Mike Novogratz warns that 200X returns from crypto are ‘not normal’

[ad_1] Mike Novogratz, the billionaire founder of crypto asset management firm Galaxy Digital has warned that making more than 200X returns on crypto investments is simply “not normal.”Speaking at the Christie’s Art + Tech Summit in New York on Wednesday, Novogratz warned listeners about the steep volatility of the crypto industry. “I had friends that had bought lots of crypto, and it had changed their lives — guys who didn't
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Blockchain’s use in healthcare ‘essential’ to protect sensitive data: Zelis CTO

[ad_1] Kali Durgampudi, the CTO of healthcare payments company Zelis, believes that the implementation of blockchain tech is vital for protecting patients' sensitive data from cybercriminals.Speaking with Health IT News on July 20, Durgampudi noted that some of the biggest issues in healthcare are privacy and data security as the industry works to digitize its “archaic paper-based processes.”“Blockchain technology has the potential to alleviate many of these concerns,” he said,