Tag: Crypto

Bitcoin Treasury Bandwagon Reaches Africa as Altvest Jumps on Board

Altvest Capital (ALV) became the first listed company in Africa to adopt bitcoin (BTC) as a strategic treasury asset, the company said in a press release Friday. Altvest said it bought one bitcoin for its strategic treasury, following a path set by Strategy (MSTR) in the U.S. and Metaplanet...
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HashFlare Founders Plead Guilty To Running $577 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme

In a significant legal outcome, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40 years old from Estonia, have pleaded guilty to running a large-scale Ponzi scheme involving crypto assets that defrauded “hundreds of thousands” of victims globally.  The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the defendants have agreed to...
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Litecoin (LTC) Surges 46% in Just 2 Weeks on ETF Buzz

Litecoin (LTC), ranked #15 on the list of largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, has been flexing its muscles lately, growing its value by 46% in slightly over two weeks. The asset, often overshadowed by flashier rivals such as Bitcoin (BTC), is riding a wave of investor optimism, registering $9.6...
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