Alex LeRoux
1144 posts
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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PancakeSwap on the verge of reducing its total supply of CAKE tokens: PancakeSwap could reduce the total supply…
Levana Falls Victim to Million Dollar Hack
Levana falls victim to a hack of over one million dollars: The Levana protocol has been hacked, resulting…
December 28, 2023
Hong Kong’s Regulation on Stablecoin Licensing
Hong Kong opens up to stablecoins: Hong Kong plans to require licenses for stablecoin issuers. Only stablecoins issued…
December 28, 2023
Donald Trump Sells Millions of Dollars Worth of ETH Tokens
Donald Trump Sells Millions of Dollars Worth of ETH Tokens Donald Trump reportedly sold $2.4 million worth of…
December 28, 2023
MicroStrategy Strengthens Position on Bitcoin
MicroStrategy Strengthens its Position on Bitcoin (BTC) MicroStrategy, under the leadership of its president Michael Saylor, continues to…
December 27, 2023
Record Volumes for Solana’s Decentralized Exchanges
Record Volumes for Solana DEX: Solana’s decentralized exchanges (DEX) are experiencing rapid growth, with volumes increasing tenfold since…
December 27, 2023
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar, Surpassing Ethereum Levels
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar, Surpassing Ethereum Levels Bitcoin surpasses Ethereum in transaction fees, reaching unprecedented levels since 2017.…
December 27, 2023
Thunder Terminal Faces Hack Resulting in $240,000 Loss
Thunder Terminal falls victim to a hack: Thunder Terminal, an on-chain trading platform, has been hacked. 86.5 ETH…
December 27, 2023
South Korean High-Ranking Officials to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
South Korean high-ranking officials will be required to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings starting in 2024. About 5,800 officials…
December 27, 2023
The Decline of Bitcoin Futures Dominance
The Decline of Bitcoin Futures Dominance: The share of Bitcoin in the crypto futures market has dropped to…
December 27, 2023
Founder of Binance, CZ, Sees Wealth Surge
Founder of Binance, CZ, Sees Wealth Surge The net worth of Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, has increased…
December 27, 2023
Bitcoin Network’s Hashrate Reaches Record High, While Profitability Declines
The Bitcoin Network’s Hashrate on the Rise: The Bitcoin network’s hashrate has reached a new record of over…
December 26, 2023
Telcoin Suffers a Hack Resulting in Loss of Over a Million Dollars
Telcoin suffers hack totaling over a million dollars! Telcoin (TEL) experienced a 40% drop in value after an…
December 26, 2023
Barry Silbert and Mark Murphy Step Down from Grayscale’s Board of Directors
Barry Silbert and Mark Murphy Resign from Grayscale’s Board of Directors Barry Silbert and Mark Murphy are stepping…
December 26, 2023
Tax Relief for Crypto Companies in Japan
Towards a Tax Relief for Crypto Companies in Japan: The Japanese government is considering exempting companies from taxation…
December 26, 2023
Decline in Crypto VC Funding in 2023
Decline in Crypto VC Funding in 2023 In 2023, venture capital (VC) funding in the cryptocurrency ecosystem saw…
December 26, 2023
Mt. Gox Initiates Repayment Process to Creditors
Mt. Gox begins repaying its creditors: Mt. Gox, the once-dominant Bitcoin exchange, has started repaying its creditors. Payments…
December 26, 2023
The Future of AI-Related Cryptocurrencies: A Promising Outlook for 2024
The Future of AI-Related Cryptocurrencies: A Promising Outlook for 2024 In 2024, the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI)…
December 26, 2023
zkSync Network Experiences Unexpected Outage on Christmas
zkSync Network Experiences Outage on Christmas: zkSync suffered an outage on Christmas day. The outage lasted for nearly…
December 26, 2023
SEC Sets Deadline for Modified S-1 Filings for Bitcoin ETFs
SEC Sets Deadline for Modified S-1 Filings: The SEC has set a deadline of December 29th for modified…
December 25, 2023
Record Year-End for Solana (SOL): Unexpected Performances and a Surge in New Addresses
A Record Year-End for the Solana (SOL) Network: The Solana token (SOL) recently crossed the symbolic $100 mark.…
December 25, 2023
Convex Finance: Maximizing Yield and Reducing Fees Convex Finance is a DeFi protocol that aims to maximize the…
December 24, 2023
Chia Network: Revolutionizing DeFi with a Sustainable and Efficient Blockchain
Chia Network: Revolutionizing DeFi with a Sustainable and Efficient Blockchain The Chia Network aims to reduce costs and…
December 24, 2023
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Refutes Warren’s Allegations
Director of Policy at Coinbase Disputes Warren’s Allegations Coinbase has contested the accusations made by Senator Elizabeth Warren.…
December 24, 2023
Arthur Hayes: Spot ETFs Could Pose a Threat to the Market
Arthur Hayes: Spot ETFs Could Pose a Threat to the Market Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, expresses concerns…
December 24, 2023
SEC’s Proposed Settlement Offer to Ripple: An Evolution of a Landmark Lawsuit
In 2020, the SEC proposed that Ripple publicly acknowledge that XRP was a security. Ripple contested this offer,…
December 23, 2023
Ikigai Sells $65 Million Claim in FTX Bankruptcy
Ikigai Sells $65 Million Claim in FTX Bankruptcy Ikigai Asset Management, a US asset manager, has made the…
December 23, 2023
Craig Wright Trial Rescheduled: New Evidence and Financial Consequences
The trial of Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has been rescheduled for February. New evidence…
December 23, 2023
SEC Admits Inaccurate Statements Regarding Crypto Firm
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has admitted to not being “accurate and honest” in its…
December 22, 2023
Elon Musk Revolutionizes Digital Payments on X with Uncertain Crypto Integration
Elon Musk, the controversial owner of the all-in-one app X (formerly Twitter), is planning to revolutionize the digital…
December 22, 2023
Coinbase Registers as VASP in France
Coinbase Obtains PSAN from AMF: Coinbase has been registered as a ‘Virtual Asset Service Provider’ (VASP) in France,…
December 21, 2023
Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade: A Milestone in Ethereum’s Evolution
Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade scheduled for mid-January: Ethereum developers aim for January 17th for the Testnet deployment of ‘Dencun’.…
December 21, 2023
Qredo CEO Removed from Position
Qredo CEO Removed from Position: Anthony Foy, co-founder and CEO of Qredo, has been removed from his position…
December 21, 2023
Web3 Compliance Roundtable: Exploring the Current Crypto Regulatory Landscape and the Advantages of a Web3-Based Financial System
Web3 Compliance Roundtable: Exploring the Current Crypto Regulatory Landscape and the Advantages of a Web3-Based Financial System In…
December 21, 2023
Court Freezes Over $1.4 Billion of Assets Belonging to Three Arrows Capital (3AC) Founders
The founders of the crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, along with…
December 21, 2023
US Justice Confirms Seizure of Bitcoin Linked to Silk Road
The US justice confirms the accusation of Bitcoin (BTC) linked to Silk Road: The United States Court of…
December 21, 2023
Solana: Rise and Memecoin Frenzy
The remarkable rise of Solana (SOL) Solana’s native token, SOL, has experienced a meteoric rise, surpassing XRP for…
December 20, 2023
Judge Denies Request to Postpone Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentencing Process
Judge Rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s Request for Postponement of Sentencing Process A federal judge has denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s request…
December 20, 2023
Bitcoin Reaches $44,000 as BlackRock’s ETF Advances
The price of Bitcoin has reached the symbolic threshold of $44,000 for the first time since April 2022,…
December 20, 2023
Vulnerability Found in OKX Wallet for iOS
The blockchain security firm Certik has discovered a major Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the iOS application…
December 20, 2023
Oval3 Token to be Listed on Bitget
The Recent Growth of Oval3 Oval3, already recognized as a pioneer in the gaming sector of rugby, continues…
December 20, 2023
Anticor Raises Allegations of Conflict of Interest in Transfer of AMF Official to Binance
Anticor Reports Suspected Conflict of Interest Over Transfer of Former AMF Official to Binance The organization Anticor has…
December 20, 2023
Digital Currency Group Prohibited from Reducing its Stake in Genesis
DGC Prohibited from Reducing its Stake in Genesis A judge has recently ruled that Digital Currency Group (DCG)…
December 19, 2023
Phantom Wallet Teases Integration of Bitcoin (BTC)
Phantom Wallet Set to Integrate Bitcoin (BTC): The Phantom wallet has just teased the integration of Bitcoin. Users…
December 19, 2023
Montenegro Court Cancels Extradition of Do Kwon
The extradition of Do Kwon cancelled by the Court of Appeal of Montenegro: A court in Montenegro has…
December 19, 2023
Binance Fined $2.7 Billion by CFTC
Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), have been ordered to pay $2.7 billion to the CFTC.…
December 19, 2023
BlackRock Modifies Bitcoin ETF with Cash Redemption Model
BlackRock files modification for its Bitcoin ETF The proposed Bitcoin spot ETF by BlackRock, one of the largest…
December 19, 2023
Bitwise Unveils Innovative Advertisement for its Bitcoin Spot ETF
Bitwise Unveils Innovative Advertisement for its Bitcoin Spot ETF Bitwise, aspiring to launch a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF),…
December 18, 2023
Stolen NFTs Returned After Ransom Payment
Stolen NFTs Returned After Ransom Payment The stolen NFTs from Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape…
December 18, 2023
Solana Saga Phones Sell for Up to $5,000 on eBay
Explosive Sales of Solana Saga on eBay The Solana Saga phone, after months of slow sales, sold out…
December 18, 2023
Revised Plan from FTX Evaluates Crypto Claims at the Time of Bankruptcy
A Revised Plan from FTX Evaluates Crypto Claims at the Time of Bankruptcy The revised reorganization plan from…
December 17, 2023
Tether Takes a Strong Stance Against Illicit Use of Stablecoins
Tether Takes a Strong Stance Against Illicit Use of Stablecoins Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, recently…
December 17, 2023
Major Hack Hits NFT Trader: Millions of Dollars Worth of NFTs Stolen
Major Hack Hits NFT Trader: Millions of Dollars Worth of NFTs Stolen The NFT Trader marketplace recently fell…
December 16, 2023
Chia Network: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency in DeFi Transactions
Chia Network: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency in DeFi Transactions Chia Network is a blockchain aiming to significantly…
December 16, 2023
Stuart Alderoty Predicts Major Changes in Cryptocurrencies by 2024
Stuart Alderoty Predicts Major Changes in the Crypto Space by 2024 According to Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s legal chief,…
December 16, 2023
Arbitrum Network Experiences 2-Hour Outage
The Arbitrum Network Experiences 2-Hour Outage: Arbitrum, a layer 2 solution on Ethereum, suffered a technical outage. The…
December 16, 2023
SEC Rejects Coinbase’s Request: Sparks Debate on Cryptocurrency Regulations
The Rejection of Coinbase’s Request by the SEC Sparks Debate The SEC rejects Coinbase’s request for new regulations…
December 15, 2023
Namada Protocol Announces Testnet: A Massive Multiplayer Role-Playing Experience
Namada Protocol Announces Testnet: A Massively Multiplayer Role-Playing Experience Namada, a layer 1 protocol focused on privacy and…
December 15, 2023
SafeMoon Plummets After Company Files for Bankruptcy
SafeMoon Plummets After Company Files for Bankruptcy The company SafeMoon has recently filed for bankruptcy, causing its cryptocurrency…
December 15, 2023
Ledger CEO Addresses Recent Incident
The CEO of Ledger comments on the recent incident: The CEO of Ledger, Pascal Gauthier, describes the incident…
December 15, 2023
Explosive Sales of Solana Phone
Explosive Sales of Solana Phone Sales of the SAGA, the Solana phone, have multiplied by 10. Every person…
December 15, 2023
Avoiding Cryptocurrency Questions, US SEC Chair Focuses on Treasury Market’s Role
Avoiding Cryptocurrency Questions, US SEC Chair Focuses on Treasury Market’s Role Gary Gensler, the chairman of the US…
December 14, 2023
CTO Warns of Front-End Attack on Ledger’s Connect-Kit, Impacting DeFi Platforms
The CTO of Sushi, Matthew Lilley, has issued a warning about a possible front-end attack affecting a commonly…
December 14, 2023
SEC Postpones Decision on Invesco and Galaxy Digital’s Ethereum ETF Requests
SEC Delays Decision on Invesco and Galaxy Digital’s Ethereum ETF Requests The United States Securities and Exchange Commission…
December 14, 2023
Worldcoin Launches World ID 2: Enhancing Authentication Flexibility
Worldcoin Launches New Version of World ID Worldcoin launches World ID 2.0, integrated with Shopify, Mercado Libre, Reddit,…
December 13, 2023
Blockstream Prepares to Launch Blockstream ASIC Series 2
Blockstream Prepares to Launch Blockstream ASIC Series 2: Bitcoin-focused technology and application development company, Blockstream, has successfully concluded…
December 13, 2023
OKX Hacked: Promises to Reimburse Affected Users
OKX has just been hacked affecting many users: A $2.7 million hack occurred on the OKX DEX. The…
December 13, 2023
Rainbow Wallet Introduces Points System
Rainbow Wallet Introduces its Points System Rainbow Wallet, a digital wallet on the Ethereum network, recently announced the…
December 13, 2023
SEC Battle Against Binance Intensifies
The SEC’s battle against Binance Holdings and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, has recently escalated. The SEC attempted…
December 13, 2023
Donald Trump Launches New NFTs
Donald Trump Launches New NFTs: Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has recently unveiled a new…
December 13, 2023
Coinbase Launches ‘Project Diamond’ to Facilitate Institutional Asset Digitization
Coinbase, through its asset management arm, is venturing into the integration of traditional financial assets on the blockchain…
December 12, 2023
Wylie Aronow’s Health and Yuga Labs Management During Founder’s Absence
Wylie Aronow (Gordon Goner) confirms he is not ready to return to part-time work at Yuga Labs, despite…
December 12, 2023
Airdrop Francium: A Comprehensive Guide
Today, it is the Francium Protocol that could be one of the next potential Solana protocols to consider…
December 12, 2023
Qualify for the Mayan Finance Airdrop
Qualify for the Mayan Finance Airdrop In recent days, Solana airdrops have been making headlines in the airdrop…
December 12, 2023
FIFA Announces Exclusive NFT Collection for World Cup
The FIFA Announces Limited Edition NFT Collection The FIFA has just announced the launch of a limited edition…
December 11, 2023
French Startup Mistral AI Raises Millions of Dollars
French startup Mistral AI raises millions of dollars: Mistral AI raises $415 million to develop its AI technology.…
December 11, 2023
Bitcoin Experiences Largest Drop in Over a Month
The price of Bitcoin drops, numerous LONG positions liquidated: The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 6.5% in less…
December 11, 2023
French Red Cross Explores Web3 and Metaverse for Fundraising
French Red Cross integrates web3 and metaverse to raise funds and reach a wider audience by targeting cryptocurrency…
December 11, 2023
Ark Invest Takes Profits from Coinbase’s Surge
Ark Invest takes advantage of Coinbase’s COIN surge to take profits: Ark Invest recently sold a massive amount…
December 11, 2023
Google Updates Advertising Policy to Include Cryptocurrencies
Google Opens the Door to Cryptocurrency Advertising Google has recently updated its advertising policy regarding cryptocurrencies, now allowing…
December 11, 2023
Suspicious Movement of $50 Million HXA Cryptocurrency
Cybers detects a suspicious movement of $50 million HXA: Cybers detects a suspicious movement of $50 million HXA.…
December 11, 2023
Parcl: A Promising Crypto Airdrop and Trading Platform
Today, we are going to introduce a project that can be very interesting for anyone looking for future…
December 11, 2023
Hyperliquid Launches Its Own Points System
It has now become common for lending, staking, and trading protocols to establish ranking systems based on points.…
December 11, 2023
Pudgy Penguins Launches ‘Pudgy World’ Game on Blockchain
Pudgy Penguins Announces Launch of Blockchain Game: Pudgy Penguins has announced the launch of a game called ‘Pudgy…
December 10, 2023
Tether Cracks Down on Wallets Connected to Illicit Activities
Tether Freezes Wallets Linked to Illicit Activities: Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, has recently…
December 10, 2023
Crypto Transfer: FTX and Alameda Move $23 Million in Assets
A New Transfer for FTX and Alameda Despite their financial difficulties, bankrupt firms FTX and Alameda Research have…
December 9, 2023
Fidelity: Making Progress towards the Bitcoin Spot ETF
Fidelity, a giant asset management company, recently had a key meeting with the American Securities and Exchange Commission…
December 9, 2023
Reflecting on the Jito Protocol Airdrop
Reflecting on one of the biggest airdrops of the year: The airdrop is now trading between $16,000 and…
December 9, 2023
Earn Rewards and Optimize Chances for an Airdrop on Aevo
Missed out on the Jito protocol airdrop which had minimum distributions estimated at several thousand dollars? Well, let…
December 9, 2023
How to Be Eligible for Drift Protocol Airdrop
While many protocols announce their intention to reward their users, the Drift Protocol project is attracting the attention…
December 9, 2023
VanEck Chooses ‘HODL’ as Ticker for Bitcoin Spot ETF: A Bold Brand Strategy
VanEck Changes Form and Announces Ticker for Its ETF: VanEck chooses ‘HODL’ as the ticker for its Bitcoin…
December 8, 2023
The NFT Market Approaches a Billion-Dollar Volume
The NFT Market Approaches a Billion-Dollar Volume The non-fungible token (NFT) market is experiencing rapid growth, nearing a…
December 8, 2023
El Salvador Launches New Visa Program for Wealthy Investors
El Salvador launches a new visa for wealthy investors: El Salvador launches the “Freedom Visa” in exchange for…
December 8, 2023
LayerZero Announces Token Launch in 2024
LayerZero to Launch its Token in 2024 LayerZero will launch its token in the first half of 2024.…
December 8, 2023
YieldMax Requests Approval for New ETF Based on MicroStrategy Stocks
YieldMax Requests Approval for New ETF The company YieldMax has recently filed a request for a new ETF…
December 8, 2023
Binance Founder Restricted from Leaving the United States Pending Trial
CZ Can’t Leave the United States Pending Trial: Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has been judged…
December 8, 2023
Earn Rewards with Blast Airdrop
Introducing Blast: The Native Yield Protocol on Ethereum After announcing its partnership with Blur marketplace for its third…
December 8, 2023
How Inspect Platform Optimizes Investment Decisions in the NFT Ecosystem
Currently, there are over 100,000 NFT collections and crypto projects of all kinds available on the market. 99%…
December 7, 2023
Terraforming Labs Co-Founder Facing Extradition to United States
Co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, is expected to be extradited to the United States to face criminal…
December 7, 2023
Deskoin Launches New Mobile Application, Simplifying Access to Cryptocurrencies
Deskoin Launches New Mobile Application, Simplifying Access to Cryptocurrencies Deskoin, a certified French cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the…
December 7, 2023