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.
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. […]
Several crypto projects reported a sharp drop in price after CoinMarketCap failed to run fair promotional token airdrop campaigns. CoinMarketCap responded to the allegations. TokenBot and SaTT accused CoinMarketCap of manipulating the paid promotional token drops in favor of some wallets. Promotional drops are originally planned to distribute tokens to thousands of users to generate […]
Amid rumors of possible insolvency, the Huobi crypto exchange plans to lay off 20% of its workforce, an official confirmed to Reuters. On January 6, Huobi stated: The planned layoff ratio is about 20%, but it is not implemented now. With the current state of the bear market, a very lean team will be maintained […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finds Binance.US’s $1 billion deal to buy Voyager Digital insufficient, emphasizing the size of the deal and the unreliability of the origin of Binance.US’s assets. On January 4, the SEC filed an objection to authorizing entry to Binance.US’ purchase of Voyager Digital, stressing the latter still seeks conditional approval […]
Custodial investment firm Midas has announced the closure of its platform due to the $63.3 million balance sheet hole created by the collapses of Celsius and FTX. Iakov Trevor, the CEO of Midas Investment, the platform that previously enabled users to deposit funds and invest in various decentralized finance projects, said in a blog post […]
Martin Shkreli, also known as Pharma Bro, commented on Sam Bankman-Fried’s survival in federal prison. He previously emphasized that SBF got lucky with the judge to get the bail deal. Pharma Bro, a former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for committing fraud by selling AIDS’s Daraprim tablets for $750 […]
According to a Forbes report, the top crypto investors and founders lost about $116 billion in total assets from March to December this year. The entire industry suffered significant losses this year with the collapse of Terra’s stablecoin LUNA, followed by bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrow Capital, brokerage firm Voyager Digital, crypto lenders Celsius and […]
The crypto exchange Binance has prepared answers to all the latest media FUD in its blog. Let’s review the points together and see if the exchange has answered all the questions. The blog post starts with “After the stress test, we will win the trust of more users.” Recall the stress test in question: The […]