Yana Popenkova
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Previously worked in the arts, now specializes in covering crypto with an emphasis on DeFi, blockchain and mass adoption. Offers simple and clear writing, always looking for new ways to present information. Major in International Relations, minor in English, in a spare time reads postmodern literature, does yoga and watches movies.
🚀Binance is back in S. Korea after 2 years! They just acquired a majority stake in GOPAX, a struggling crypto exchange 💰.
🚀 Bitcoin jumps past $24k after Fed’s interest rate hike! Crypto market up 3.81% in 24 hrs. Powell says disinflation process has started. 💥💸
💥 Feds want ban on SBF’s private comms with FTX/Alameda crew. He tried swaying testimony. Ex-CEO testified he used self-destructing msgs to hide evidence. 👊
The market capitalization of the Binance USD stablecoin (BUSD) has declined over the past two months. According to CoinGecko, the circulating supply fell to $15.4 billion on Wednesday, losing $1 billion in a week and $2 billion in a month. In early December, BUSD’s market capitalization exceeded $22 billion. Immediately after the temporary halt in […]
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price almost surpassed a 10-year record, and Ethereum (ETH) will reach some milestones in the second quarter of 2023 due to the upcoming mainnet update. If the price of bitcoin (BTC) continues to rise, which it has been doing daily for the past 15 days, it will overturn the record set by the […]
The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched the first phase of the Metaverse Seoul project, which allows the public to access the civil services in the metaverse: from tax returns to official documents. Following the test of the beta version of the virtual environment, the mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, announced the opening of the first phase […]
Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of Skybridge Capital, is investing his personal money in the new software company founded by Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX.US. After leaving FTX.US in September, Brett Harrison planned to remain with the company as an advisory member. However, in the weeks following FTX’s collapse, Harrison announced that he was […]
Following the troubling news of the open investigation into Nexo in Bulgaria and yesterday’s raid on the lender’s offices, blockchain analysts have witnessed a “flood of withdrawals” from the platform. Still, Nexo says it’s all business as usual. Related: Nexo is under money laundering investigation in Bulgaria Crypto intelligence team Arkham spotted an abnormal activity […]
U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase will close most programs in Japan, leaving only a security team to protect customers’ assets. According to the official announcement of Nana Murugesan, the company’s vice president of business and international development, Coinbase’s decision to cut its operations in Japan is related to global layoffs. Recently, Coinbase reported cutting 20% of […]
Billionaire investor, crypto influencer and owner of Mavericks, Mark Cuban, is to stand pre-trial on Feb. 2 for promoting the bankrupt company, Voyager Digital. Mark Cuban is to answer questions under oath that will determine whether the case against him will be opened. Previously, Cuban had requested that the questioning be split into two sessions. […]