Alex LeRoux
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Editor-in-Chief for CoinAcademy.
Curious and passionate about innovation, cryptocurrencies attracted me in 2017 while NFTs absorbed me in 2021.
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Celsius Network Founder Alex Mashinsky has filed a response seeking to dismiss the complaint filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Iran Eases Import Payments with Dedicated Crypto Platform
Iran is making it easier for local businesses to pay for imported goods using cryptocurrencies with the establishment…
May 3, 2023
YouTube Influencers Facing Lawsuit from Victims of FTX Scandal
A Handful of YouTubers in Hot Water After Lawsuit from FTX Scandal Victims Introduction Several influencers known for…
May 3, 2023
Coinbase Shares Plummet as Regulatory Action Scares Away Investors
Coinbase Shares Plummet 28.6% as Investors Flee Amidst Regulatory Action Coinbase is currently facing massive setbacks in the…
May 3, 2023
First Republic Bank Collapse Awakens Concerns About US Banking System and Possible Repercussions
The Collapse of First Republic Bank Awakens Concerns About US Banking System Analysts Warn of Possible Repercussions on…
May 3, 2023
Crypto Lender Celsius Seeks to Consolidate UK and US Entities Amidst Claims of Intercompany Chaos
Celsius Network, a bankrupt crypto lender, is attempting to consolidate its UK and US entities. The company is…
May 3, 2023
White House Proposes 30% Tax on Cryptocurrency Miners to Combat Climate Change
The White House is attempting to persuade Congress to pass a 30% climate change tax on cryptocurrency miners…
May 3, 2023
Sotheby’s Launches NFT Marketplace for Secondary Sales of Digital Art in Metaverse
Sotheby’s has launched a blockchain-based NFT Marketplace that will cater to secondary sales of digital art. The marketplace…
May 3, 2023
Russian Government Plans to Experiment with Cryptocurrency for Cross-Border Payments
Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev has commented that while cryptocurrency may be risky for individual investors, it…
May 1, 2023
Latam Insights: Crypto and Economic Development News in Latin America
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America…
May 1, 2023
BRICS Focused on Expanding Use of Member Currencies Before Single Currency Launch
The Wider Use of National Fiats of BRICS States to Precede Launch of Single Currency The member states…
May 1, 2023
Pepe Coin Soars by Over 90% After OKX Listing
Pepe coin (PEPE) – a token inspired by the popular internet meme of Pepe the Frog – skyrocketed…
May 1, 2023
Argentinians Look to Bitcoin Amidst Inflation
The Dollarization Option Micheal Saylor, the founder of Microstrategy, has urged Argentinians to consider bitcoin as their currency…
April 28, 2023
More Than 2 Million Ordinal Inscriptions are Now Engraved into the Bitcoin Blockchain
More Than 2 Million Ordinal Inscriptions Are Now Engraved Into the Bitcoin Blockchain As of April 28, 2023,…
April 28, 2023
FBI Conducts Mysterious Search on Home of Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame
FBI Conducts Mysterious Search on Home of Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Unnamed sources have reported that the…
April 28, 2023
Trump warns on Dollar Crash, Inflation and World War III
Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. dollar is crashing and soon will “no longer be the world standard."
April 28, 2023
Coinbase Responds to SEC’s Wells Notice
Coinbase, a San Francisco-based crypto exchange, publicly disclosed its response to the Wells notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission
April 28, 2023
Bank of America Strategist Predicts Gold Could Reach $2500 per Ounce by 2023
A Bank of America Strategist Believes Gold Could Reach $2500 Per Ounce by 2023
April 28, 2023
Personalize Your Own Digital Avatar with OKX and Manchester City
Experience Manchester City like never before with the new augmented reality and avatar experience at playforthecity.com, created by…
April 27, 2023
Binance Lifts Restrictions on Russian Users for Deposits and Balances
Binance Lifts Restrictions on Russian Users, Allowing Deposits with Bank Cards and Removing Balance Limitation Binance, the world’s…
April 27, 2023
Brazilian President Backs the Creation of BRICS Currency
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has expressed support for the creation of a BRICS currency. His…
April 27, 2023
Bahamas to Strengthen Cryptocurrency Regulations After FTX Collapse
The Bahamian regulatory body of cryptocurrencies, the Securities Commission, plans to strengthen the country’s crypto regulations following the…
April 26, 2023
Austrian Cooperative Bank and Bitpanda Partner to Offer Crypto Investment Services
Austrian Cooperative Bank Partners with Bitpanda to Offer Crypto Investment Services Introduction Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien (RLB NÖ-Wien), an Austrian…
April 26, 2023
Bitget Launches Liquid Staking Derivatives as Margin Option for Bitget Coin-margined Futures
Bitget, a leading crypto derivatives and copy trading platform, has launched Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs) as a margin…
April 26, 2023
Digital Euro Project Nears End of Research Phase: Universal Payment Method a Focus
Fabio Panetta, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), announced that the digital…
April 26, 2023
First Republic Bank Stocks Hit by Banking Crisis
First Republic Bank stock (FRC) lost half its value on Tuesday, April 25, following a disappointing quarterly earnings…
April 26, 2023
AWS and Cronos Labs Team up to Boost Blockchain Technology Adoption
AWS Teams Up with Cronos Labs to Boost Blockchain Technology Adoption Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined forces…
April 26, 2023
Bitcoin and Altcoins Soar After Several Days of Sideways Trading
Bitcoin Surges to Almost $29,000 Bitcoin has been stuck in a period of inactivity, trading sideways for several…
April 26, 2023
Unizen and THORChain Partner to Offer Cross-Chain Swaps on the Unizen Trade Platform
The Unizen team at zcx.com has announced a strategic partnership with THORChain. This agreement has enabled swaps between…
April 26, 2023
Golden Gate: The Interchain Infrastructure Protocol That Solves Communication and Liquidity Fragmentation in Web3
Golden Gate: The Interchain Infrastructure Protocol That Solves Communication and Liquidity Fragmentation in Web3 Golden Gate (GGX) is…
April 26, 2023
FTX Sells LedgerX to Monetize and Meet Client Obligations
FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the closure of a deal to sell LedgerX, a futures and…
April 26, 2023
Venture Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya Shares Thoughts on Crypto Regulation
Chamath Palihapitiya, the host of the widely-known podcast ‘All In’ and a seasoned venture capitalist with investments in…
April 26, 2023
Bank Analysts Foresee Bitcoin Reaching $100k by 2024
In a note published on April 24, Standard Chartered analysts predicted that Bitcoin prices will climb to $100,000…
April 26, 2023
The Rise of Uniswap: How the Decentralized Exchange Maintained Dominance
The Rise of Uniswap: How the Decentralized Exchange Maintained Dominance The crypto market significantly improved this year, but…
April 26, 2023
Stablecoin Market Takes a Hit with $2.4 Billion Loss in 30 Days
Four of the top five stablecoins have experienced net redemptions over the last 30 days, resulting in a…
April 26, 2023
Binance US Terminates Asset Purchase Agreement with Voyager
Voyager Digital Ltd., once in collaboration with Binance’s US subsidiary to acquire its assets, has had its asset…
April 26, 2023
Binance Launches AI-Driven Learning Tool: Sensei
Introducing Binance Sensei: World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance, has launched Binance Sensei, a free AI-driven learning tool…
April 26, 2023
ECB President Warns of De-Dollarization Trend
ECB President Christine Lagarde has warned that the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status “should no longer be taken…
April 26, 2023
Massive Cryptocurrency Scam Busted in Spain: More Than €100 Million Lost by Over 3,000 Investors
Spain authorities nab a criminal organization accused of conducting an extensive cryptocurrency scam that defrauded over 3,000 people…
April 26, 2023
Clinton Warns About U.S. Defaulting and Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
Hillary Clinton, a former first lady and the U.S. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, has issued…
April 26, 2023
US Treasury Sanctions Three Individuals for Helping Lazarus Group Fund DPRK’s Illicit WMD Programs
The United States Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on three individuals allegedly involved in helping the Lazarus…
April 26, 2023
NFT: ApeCoin the Bored Ape token listed on Binance, Coinbase and FTX
The long awaited token of the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, ApeCoin has just been announced by Yuga Labs. An airdrop is planned for holders and the token will be listed on all major exchanges (Binance, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, Gemini...).
April 7, 2022
Bitcoin: CME Group to offer micro futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum
The CME Group has just publicly announced the arrival of micro futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum as early as next month.
March 1, 2022
Bitcoin: After economic sanctions and Russian asset freeze, crypto exchanges come into play
Crypto currencies are gaining more and more prominence in the economic and political environment, apart from asset prices and market sentiment, cryptos are poised to become a new geostrategic and economic weapon that would propel it into debates and legislations.
March 1, 2022
Bitcoin: Intel hints at its new, environmentally friendly and efficient mining chip
Intel lets us glimpse its next-generation mining chip. More efficient and environmentally friendly will be its main features.
March 1, 2022
Dogecoin: AMC to accept Shiba inu and Dogecoin via Bitbay
Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment will soon accept payment in Dogecoin and Shiba inu.
March 1, 2022
Bitcoin: eCommerce giant eBay on track to adopt cryptocurrency payments and NFT
Cryptocurrencies have been attracting digital giants and financial institutions for several months. E-commerce giant Ebay is trying to rebuild itself on the Web3 and is turning to cryptocurrencies as a payment method.
February 28, 2022
Ethereum: $UNI from Uniswap exchange becomes the most traded token among BSC whales
Whalestats reported on Twitter this week that $UNI from the Uniswap exchange is now the most traded token among BSC's 1,000 whales, placing it ahead of Ethereum.
February 28, 2022
Dogecoin: after Bitcoin and Ethereum, Binance, Polkadot and Dogecoin show their support for the Ukrainian state
After fiat, Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT donations, other players, including the famous Dogecoin are showing their support for the Ukrainian state.
February 28, 2022
NFT: South Korea plans to invest $187 million in a national Metaverse
South Korea has announced a significant investment ($187 million) in a national Metaverse project.
February 28, 2022
Bitcoin: after the exclusion of the Swift network a call to denounce the wallets of Russian politicians was launched in Ukraine
Cryptocurrencies keep making news in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Ukraine is now counting on the denunciation of the wallets of Russian politicians.
February 28, 2022
Bitcoin: China’s Supreme Court declares crypto-currency fundraisers illegal
China's Supreme Court has revised its legal interpretation of fundraising, making fundraisers in Bitcoin or other crypto currencies illegal.
February 25, 2022
Bitcoin: Various payment services blocked in Russia after sanctions over Ukraine invasion
Several Russian banks that have been sanctioned due to the Russian-led invasion of Ukraine will no longer support major payment services like Apple Pay and Google Pay.
February 25, 2022