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Interpol Is Figuring Out How the Metaverse Will Be Policed
The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, is working on how to police the metaverse, a digital world that is projected as...
India to Introduce Measures Around Crypto This Year, Says Government Official
The Indian government is planning to introduce “measures around crypto” this year, according to the country’s Economic...
Robert Kiyosaki Says He Likes Bitcoin — Calls BTC ‘People’s Money’
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says he likes bitcoin, calling the cryptocurrency...
JPMorgan: 72% of Institutional Traders Surveyed ‘Have No Plans to Trade Crypto’
A new survey by JPMorgan Chase shows that 72% of institutional traders “have no plans to trade crypto” while 14% plan to...
Russia’s Largest Private Bank Launches Digital Asset Platform
Alfa-Bank, one of the major Russian banking institutions, has established its own platform for digital financial assets. The launch became...
Bitcoin, Ethereum and select altcoins set to resume rally despite February slump
After the impressive rally in January, Bitcoin (BTC) seems to be taking a breather in February. This is a positive sign because vertical...
Market Strategist Predicts Gold Will Be the Top Performer in 2023 Over Cryptocurrencies and Equities
Gareth Soloway, president and chief market strategist at inthemoneystocks.com, predicts that gold will outperform cryptocurrencies and...
Visa’s crypto strategy targets stablecoin settlements
Payment company Visa is seeking to build a “muscle memory” to settlements, aiming to allow customers to convert digital assets...
Meme Coin Economy Swells by $5.8 Billion in Less Than a Month, Suggesting Demand for Meme Tokens Still High
The meme coin economy has grown significantly over the past 27 days, increasing 34.52% against the U.S. dollar. The largest meme coin by...
Bitcoin price may retest $20K on US CPI amid absence of soft landing — trader
Bitcoin (BTC) could face a retest of $20,000 and the United States will fail in its plans for a “soft landing” on inflation, a new...
NFT Market Remains Resilient With 1.23% Increase in Sales, Ethereum Dominates With 81% of Total NFT Settlements
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales rose slightly last week, increasing 1.23% to $232.49 million in recorded sales. The top two NFT...
Starkware commits to open source its ‘magic wand’ Starknet Prover
Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution StarkWare announced plans to open source its proprietary Starknet Prover under the Apache 2.0 license,...
BTC Institutional Investor Forecast for 2023, Musk Makes McDonald’s Promise Again, Kiyosaki Says ‘We Are in Global Recession’ and More — Week in Review
As the first month of the new year is behind us, things continue to heat up on the world stage in regard to crypto price predictions,...
Shiba Inu price rebounds 100% after record lows against Dogecoin — more upside ahead?
The Shiba Inu (SHIB) price was at the lowest versus its top rival, Dogecoin (DOGE), in November 2022. Three months later, the dynamics...
Is it possible to achieve financial freedom with Bitcoin?
Over the last 14 years, investors got attracted to Bitcoin (BTC) for many reasons— from fixing a flawed fiat economy and reaching the...
Australian Government Says It Is Working to Ensure ‘Regulation of Crypto Assets Protects Consumers’
The Australian government has said it will take steps to ensure the “regulation of crypto assets protects consumers” and one...
Fantom’s 5-week winning streak is in danger — Will FTM price lose 35%?
The price of Fantom (FTM) risks pulling back in February due to a growing divergence between its price and momentum in recent weeks. FTM...
Filecoin Creator Protocol Labs Announces Layoffs Amid Crypto Winter and Economic Downturn
Protocol Labs CEO Juan Benet published a blog post on Friday announcing that 21% of the company’s staff will be laid off. Protocol...
Binance to Support Georgia’s Crypto Industry Through Blockchain Education
Digital asset exchange Binance has agreed to help Georgia to develop its cryptocurrency sector by launching educational and other...
Billionaire Tim Draper Urges Sri Lanka to Adopt Bitcoin — Central Bank Says ‘We Don’t Want to Make the Crisis Worse’
Billionaire investor and venture capitalist Tim Draper has reportedly attempted to convince the Sri Lankan government to adopt bitcoin....
Billionaire Ray Dalio Says Bitcoin Isn’t an Effective Money, Store of Value, or Medium of Exchange
Billionaire Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, says it’s “amazing”...
Russia Expands Its Crypto Mining Capacity, Report Reveals
The total capacity of crypto mining facilities in Russia has been increasing in the past year, despite the market downturn and sanctions,...
SBF bail guarantor to go public, UK crypto framework and Celsius news: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 29 – Feb. 4
Top Stories This Week SBF’s $250M bail guarantors should be made public, rules judge The identities of two individuals who helped former...
Next Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Change Estimated to Decrease as Block Times Have Lengthened
The last two mining difficulty changes on the Bitcoin network have driven difficulty to an all-time high, causing a decrease in hashrate...
Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain
During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals....
Google Backs AI Firm Anthropic With $300 Million, Following Series B Investment From Controversial FTX Co-Founder
As the artificial intelligence (AI) wars intensify, the AI firm Anthropic has raised $300 million from Google and sources say that the...
FBI seizes $100K in NFTs from scammer following ZachXBT investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized two non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a...
Sri Lanka against Bitcoin adoption, rejects Draper’s anti-corruption pitch
On a recent visit to Sri Lanka, American billionaire Tim Draper pitched the idea of adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender to fight...
Tax strategies allow crypto investors to offset losses
2022 was tough for the crypto market. A recent report published by security services platform Immunefi found that the crypto industry lost...
Biggest Movers: SHIB Jumps 13% on Saturday, Hitting a 4-Month High
Shiba inu extended recent gains into the weekend, as the meme coin rose to its highest point in four months. Today’s surge saw prices...
Bitcoin clings to $23.5K as trader says BTC ‘identical’ to 2020 breakout
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $23,500 on Feb. 4 as bulls refused to give up support in out-of-hours trading. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Remains Near $1,700 to Start the Weekend
Ethereum continued to trade close to a key resistance level of $1,700 on Saturday, following Friday’s U.S. non-farm payrolls (NFP)...
Egyptian Fintech MNT-Halan Secures $400 Million in Funding, Valuation Rises to Over $1 Billion
Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan announced on Feb. 1 that it had raised over $340 million via debt and equity and it expects to raise an...
Kazakhstan Launches Consultation on Proposals to Improve Crypto Trading
Financial authorities in Kazakhstan are starting a public consultation on draft changes to the country’s framework for digital-asset...
Samsung Is Preparing Its Own Metaverse Hardware in Partnership With Google and Qualcomm
Samsung, the Korean electronics company, has revealed it is working to build its own metaverse and extended reality devices, hinting at...
Meta Calls 2023 a ‘Year of Efficiency;’ Anticipates More Losses in Its Metaverse Division
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has shared its fourth quarter results, reporting better numbers than...
DeFi enjoys a prolific start to 2023: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Binance Says Indian Crypto Exchange Wazirx Can No Longer Use Its Wallet Services
Binance has announced that Indian crypto exchange Wazirx can no longer use Binance wallet services. Zanmai, the operator of Wazirx, has...
Hackers Stole $3.8 Billion From Crypto Firms in 2022, Says Chainalysis
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says 2022 was “the biggest year ever for crypto hacking,” with $3.8 billion stolen from...
Binance Returns to Korean Crypto Market — Invests in Troubled Exchange Gopax
Binance has returned to the South Korean cryptocurrency market after two years with a “meaningful” investment in a local,...
The IBM–Maersk blockchain effort was doomed to fail from the start
Blockchain projects continue to experience failure rates in excess of 90%, and it seems that with every passing moment, more and more...
Uzbekistan Collects Over $300,000 From Crypto Sector
While operations with digital assets are not taxed in Uzbekistan, the government is receiving a growing amount of revenues from the...
Experts Predict Future Regulation of Crypto Exchanges by 2025, With Split Opinion on Similarity to Traditional Finance
Following finder.com’s reports on bitcoin and ethereum predictions, the product comparison site polled 56 specialists in the fintech...
Bitcoin’s big month: Did US institutions prevail over Asian retail traders?
Bitcoin experienced the second-strongest January in its history — and the best since 2013 — rising nearly 40% amid wide reports that...
Are Cosmos’ ecosystem growth and roadmap enough to sustain ATOM’s current 50% monthly rally?
In September 2022, Interchain Foundation, the team behind Cosmos’ development , introduced the Cosmos ATOM 2.0 whitepaper. The document...
Sberbank Set to Launch Decentralized Finance Platform Based on Ethereum
A recent report details that Russia’s largest financial institution, Sberbank, plans to launch a decentralized finance (defi)...
$20K Bitcoin may return, says analyst as US unemployment hits 54-year low
Bitcoin (BTC) fell prior to the Feb. 3 Wall Street open as fresh United States economic data came in “hot hot hot.” BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Price analysis 2/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOT, LTC, AVAX
Bitcoin’s (BTC) rally in 2023 has been boosted by expectations that the United States Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of its rate...
DOJ-Appointed US Trustee Objects to Subpoena Request in FTX Bankruptcy Case
Following a request from FTX lawyers to subpoena FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and members of his family, the U.S. Trustee...
Foxify Announce Partnership with Tyson Fury
PRESS RELEASE. Foxify have just confirmed a brand partnership with Tyson Fury in an industry leading move. It comes following the hype of...
Biggest Movers: SHIB, DOT Remain Near 3-Month Highs, Despite Crypto Markets Falling
Shiba inu was one of Friday’s biggest gainers, as the meme coin remained close to a recent three month high. The token has been in the...
5 biggest economic bubbles in history
An economic bubble is a time of fast economic expansion that is driven by speculative enthusiasm and excessively high asset prices. A...
Crypto price predictions: SUSHI, Immutable X, AGIX
SushiSwap price jumped as volume and revenue in DEX platforms rose. Immutable X (IMX) did well after the launch of Passport....
Ethereum Network’s Rising Gas Fees in 2023: A Balancing Act of Growth and Cost
Ethereum gas fees have increased 13.71% in the last two weeks, with the average fee rising from $4.52 per transaction to $5.14 per...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls From Recent High, Ahead of US Non-Farm Payrolls
Bitcoin retreated from a six month high on Feb. 3, as bears reentered the market ahead of today’s U.S. non-farm payrolls (NFP)...
South African Retailer Pick n Pay Now Accepting Payments via BTC at All Its Stores
Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s leading retailers, reportedly now accepts bitcoin as payment at all its stores across the...
Ray Dalio says Bitcoin is not the answer; the community responds
While billionaire Ray Dalio believes that fiat is in jeopardy, he also thinks that neither Bitcoin (BTC) nor stablecoins are the answer....
Why did Bitcoin price go down today? BTC traders brace for $23K retest
Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $23,000 on Feb. 3, after a night of losses erased bulls’ latest progress. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
A New Approach to DeFI – KyotoSwap․io
PRESS RELEASE. KyotoSwap.io is the first decentralized exchange (DEX) on Binance Smart Chain that allows anybody to create a verifiable...
Addressable Raises $7.5 Million to Help Web3 Marketers Reach Their Audiences
Addressable, a decentralized marketing startup, has raised $7.5 million in its seed round to tackle the current marketing woes in the Web3...
Report: Egyptian Lawmakers Hail Parliament’s Endorsement of Pact to Join BRICS Bank
Egyptian lawmakers recently hailed the parliament’s endorsement of a pact that allows the country to join the New Development Bank,...
BTC/USD price forecast following the Fed’s decision
Bitcoin moves in a tight correlation with the US dollar Investors are unsure what to make of the Fed’s decision Technical analysis...
Banks in Russia to Lose $700 Million a Year Due to Digital Ruble, Experts Say
Russian banks may be the main losers from the introduction of a digital ruble while retailers will save on acquiring fees, analysts have...
MicroStrategy says no plans to stop trading BTC as paper loss hits $1.3B
Software analytics company MicroStrategy recorded a paper loss of over a billion dollars on its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings in 2022 but says it...
Ebay Expands Into NFT and Web3 Space With New Job Openings
The online marketplace giant, Ebay, is seeking to fill several positions in the area of Web3 and non-fungible token (NFT) technology,...
Indonesia targets launch of its national crypto exchange by June
Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade is reportedly aiming to roll out a national crypto exchange by June this year, six months after its previous...
Silvergate faces DOJ investigation over FTX and Alameda dealings: Report
Crypto bank Silvergate is reportedly being probed by the United States Department of Justice fraud unit over its involvement with the...
Marathon’s first Bitcoin sale in 2 years not the result of distress
The second largest publicly-listed holder of Bitcoin, crypto mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings has offloaded some of its Bitcoin for...
US Judge Dismisses Customer Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange Coinbase
A U.S. district judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Coinbase and its CEO Brian Armstrong filed by customers of the crypto exchange. The...
Charlie Munger Urges US Government to Ban Crypto Like China Has Done
Warren Buffett’s right-hand man and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger, has urged the U.S. government to ban...
Robert Kiyosaki Discusses Why Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Are Rising Higher
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has shared his view on why the prices of gold, silver, and...
Japanese Prime Minister says DAOs and NFTs help support government’s ‘Cool Japan’ strategy
Fumio Kishida, the Prime Minister of Japan, has come out in support of blockchain as a potential solution for technological issues facing...
Bitcoin pro traders warm up the $24K level, suggesting that the current BTC rally has legs
On Feb. 1 and Feb 2. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price surpassed even the most bullish price projections after the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED)...
Huawei NFTs, Toyota’s hackathon, North Korea vs. Blockchain: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Huawei moves to trademark its NFTs According...
Okx to Launch Okx Collective, a Metaverse Experience Powered by Manchester City Soccer Players
Okx, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the market, has announced the launch of its soccer-focused metaverse experience,...
Avalanche ‘bull trap’ risks pushing AVAX price down by 30% in February
Avalanche (AVAX) bulls should brace themselves for impact led by a growing divergence between several key indicators on the...
Ethereum (ETH) price is aiming for $1,800 in February — Here is why
Ether (ETH) has been struggling with the $1,680 resistance since Jan. 20. Still, the ascending triangle pattern and improvements in...
Do Dogecoin’s (DOGE) and Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) stalled rallies mean the memecoin trend is dead?
The memecoin phenomenon didn’t prove as effective in the last month’s start of year crypto market rally, as the gains of the top...
Optimism Plans to Enhance L2 Scaling Network With ‘Bedrock’ Upgrade in March
The Ethereum scaling network Optimism, which operates as a layer two (L2) network, announced plans to upgrade its network in March. The...
Smart Contract Token Market Soars to $332 Billion; Defi Value Reaches High Not Seen Since FTX Collapse
The smart contract token economy rose 5.6% against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, reaching $332 billion. Additionally, the value locked in...
FIO Protocol Launches NFT Domains Wrapped on Polygon
PRESS RELEASE. FIO Protocol, the leading decentralized solution for global blockchain usability, has announced the launch of FIO Domain...
Top 7 blockchain courses and certifications for beginners
Blockchain courses and certifications can play an important role in helping individuals gain a comprehensive understanding of blockchain...
What is crypto tax-loss harvesting, and how does it work?
Crypto tax planning can help optimize taxes by identifying opportunities to minimize tax liability on cryptocurrency transactions. For...
Optimism price: OP surges 30% to hit new all-time high
OP has rallied over 30% in the past 24 hours, reaching a new all-time high of $2.97 on Coinbase Optimism is outperforming major coins even...
Biggest Movers: AVAX Hits Highest Point Since August, Following 17% Jump
Avalanche moved to its highest point since August, as the token rose by as much as 17% in today’s session. Cryptocurrencies surged across...
Bitcoin Records Largest Mined Block to Date, 4 MB Block Containing NFT Causes Unease Among Small-Block Supporters
Amid the controversy surrounding the Ordinals project and the debate over what types of data should be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain,...
Bitcoin bulls must reclaim these 2 levels as ‘death cross’ still looms
Bitcoin (BTC) faces a sink-or-swim resistance test to confirm its “macro breakout,” a new analysis says. In a tweet on Feb. 2, on-chain...
Bitcoin paints Nasdaq green as NCI index marks 38% gain in January
Bitcoin’s (BTC) bullish surge in January has helped the Nasdaq Crypto Index to register its third-highest monthly gain, with a 38% surge....
What crypto hodlers should keep in mind as tax season approaches
Filing taxes for cryptocurrency can be a confusing and daunting task for many individuals. The United States Internal Revenue Service...
Is the Metaverse really turning out like ‘Snow Crash’?
‘Snow Crash’ by Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Snow Crash predicted the Metaverse in 1992. This cult book has the...