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Indian Central Bank: Developing Global Crypto Regulation Is a Priority for G20 Under India’s Presidency
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says one of the priorities for the G20 under India’s presidency is to “develop a framework for...
Robert Kiyosaki Buying More Bitcoin — Warns SEC Regulations Will Crush Most Cryptocurrencies
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has revealed why he is buying more bitcoin. He warned that...
Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX to Start Letting Customers in Japan Withdraw Funds
FTX customers in Japan will soon be able to withdraw their funds that are currently frozen due to the bankruptcy process. Two FTX-owned...
SBF to enter plea deal, Mango’s exploiter arrested, and Celsius news: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 25-31
Top Stories This Week Bankman-Fried may enter plea in NY federal court next week before Judge Lewis Kaplan Former FTX CEO Sam...
NFT Sales Continue to Decline, With ETH-Based NFTs Seeing a 20% Drop in the Past Week
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales over the last seven days are ending the year 13.97% lower than the week prior. During the last week,...
Challenging Year for Bitcoin Miners as Fewer BTC Mining Rigs Are Profitable at Current Prices
Bitcoin miners have had a challenging year as the network’s mining difficulty reached an all-time high and the spot market price of...
Mark Moss Predicts Regulatory Shakeup and End of Crypto Bull Runs, but Believes Bitcoin Will Endure
According to Mark Moss, the CEO of Market Disruptor, significant regulation is coming to the cryptocurrency industry following the...
China’s Digital Yuan Little Used, Former Central Bank Official Says
Trials of the digital yuan have produced disappointing results, according to a report quoting the former head of research at the Chinese...
Winners and losers of 2022: A disastrous year that saw few winners among a sea of losers
2022 was supposed to be the year crypto went mainstream, with a significant chunk of traditional venture capital firms betting heavily on...
Insurance Giant Tokio Marine to Offer Its Services in the Metaverse
Tokio Marine, the biggest property/casualty insurance group in Japan, is taking its services and operations into the metaverse. The group,...
‘Crypto winter’ won’t end in 2023 — Bitcoin advocate David Marcus
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto will need until at least 2024 to “recover from the abuse of unscrupulous players,” says one of the...
Central Bank of Turkey Reports First Payment Transactions on Digital Lira Network
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has conducted the first payment transactions on the test network of the digital lira....
BMW Partners With Coinweb to Develop Blockchain-Based Vehicle Financing Automation and Loyalty Program in Thailand
BMW, the luxury car manufacturer, has partnered with Coinweb, a decentralized blockchain layer 2-based company, to introduce...
Financial Giant Fidelity Files Trademarks for Crypto, NFT, and Metaverse Products
Fidelity Investments, a major financial services firm with $10 trillion in assets under administration, has filed several trademark...
Bahamas Seizes Digital Assets Worth Over $3.5 Billion From Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has revealed that it seized digital assets worth more than $3.5 billion from the collapsed crypto...
Media Draws Attention to Sam Bankman-Fried’s 2 Visits While on House Arrest
After FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was released on bail and traveled to his parent’s home in California, it has been...
$8K dive or $22K rebound? Bitcoin traders anticipate Q1 BTC price action
Bitcoin (BTC) is approaching the end of 2022 at levels not seen in over two years — what do traders think will happen next? BTC price...
Mati Greenspan’s boss bribed him with 1 BTC to join Twitter: Hall of Flame
Name: Mati Greenspan Anonymous: No Twitter followers: 48,000 Known for: The “face” of eToro for years, Greenspan is a rare moderate voice...
Bitcoin ‘not undervalued yet,’ says research as BTC price drifts nearer to $16K
Bitcoin (BTC) may not be at a good value enough for a macro price bottom, according to analysis from CryptoQuant. In a blog post on Dec....
3 reasons why Bitcoin is likely heading below $16,000
December will likely be remembered by Bitcoin’s (BTC) fake breakout above $18,000, but apart from that brief overshoot, its trajectory was...
‘Ethereum Killers’ Managed to ‘Kill’ Themselves in 2022 Rather Than Beat the Smart Contract Economy’s Heavyweight Champ
At the end of 2021, a myriad of people thought a handful of smart contract platform tokens, often referred to as ‘Ethereum...
BTC price lurches toward $16K as stocks, dollar wobble in final session
Bitcoin (BTC) teased more volatility at the Dec. 30 Wall Street open with BTC/USD heading ever closer to $16,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Price analysis 12/30: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Investors have faced a tumultuous year in 2022 as stocks, bonds, and the cryptocurrency sector have all witnessed sharp declines. As of...
Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Accused of Moving $684K in Crypto Assets While Under House Arrest
According to an analyst on Dec. 29, 2022, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), may have cashed out $684,000 in crypto...
Central Bank Gold Demand Rose at the Fastest Pace in 55 Years, Analyst Says Silver Could Outperform Gold in 2023
According to a myriad of reports, the People’s Republic of China has been buying hoards of gold during the last year. Consequently,...
Nic Carter: BitMEX, Kraken top proof-of-reserves ranking
BitMEX and Kraken crypto exchanges received highest scores for their proof of reserves attestations. Binance ranked lower for its...
Venezuelan Banking Watchdog to Oversee Crypto Transactions to Preserve Currency Stability
Sudeban, the Venezuelan banking watchdog, is currently working on a mechanism to review crypto-related transactions in real-time to...
Polkadot price will not recover in 2023 until this happens
Polkadot price plunged hard in 2022. The decline was caused by both internal and external factors. It will only recover if the Fed shifts...
Solana joins ranks of FTT, LUNA with SOL price down 97% from peak — Is a rebound possible?
Solana (SOL), the cryptocurrency once supported by Sam Bankman-Fried, pared some losses on Dec. 30, a day after falling to its lowest...
Nic Carter dives into proof-of-reserves, ranks exchange attestations
Bitcoin advocate Nic Carter has released an in-depth analysis of centralized exchange proof-of-reserves and ranked the attestations...
Crypto price prediction: Mirror (MIR), Serum (SRM), Solana
Cryptocurrency prices drifted downwards on the final week of the year as concerns about a global recession coincided with those of high...
Dollar Loses to Digital Currencies in 2023, Former Russian President Medvedev Says
Digital fiat currencies will spread next year while the U.S. dollar will be losing its status of global reserve currency, according to...
SBF met with Biden’s senior advisers 2 months before FTX’s collapse: Report
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried met with government officials at the White House on at least four separate occasions in 2022, one of...
Report: Nigerian Central Bank Spent Over $1.8 Billion Managing Local Currency
During her appearance before Nigerian lawmakers, Aisha Ahmad, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), told lawmakers...
Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter Account Hacked to Promote Bitcoin, Ethereum Giveaway Scam
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter account was hacked Thursday and used to promote a bitcoin and ethereum giveaway...
Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Compares Tesla to Bitcoin — They ‘Have More in Common Than You Think’
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says Tesla may have more in common with bitcoin than you think. He explained that Tesla sales...
While His Digital Trading Cards Tumble in Value, Trump Says His ‘Cute’ NFTs Were About the Art
After climbing to a high of 0.79 ether on Dec. 17, 2022, Donald Trump’s non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have dropped considerably in value over...
BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB Ranked the Most Watched Crypto Assets in 2022
Today’s top ten crypto assets make up a large portion of the crypto economy’s current $797.95 billion value on Dec. 29,...
‘Ultra Sound’ Money — Simulation Shows Ethereum’s Inflation Rate Is Significantly Lower Using Proof-of-Stake
Its been 105 days since Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to a proof-of-stake (PoS) network and the number of...
Chinese Communist Party official pleads guilty to helping Bitcoin miners
According to a report published by state-owned daily news program Xinwen Lianbo on Dec. 29, Xiao Yi, the former Communist Party secretary...
2 Bitcoin Mining Pools Command More Than 53% of BTC’s Total Hashrate
Bitcoin’s hashrate has jumped from the low 170 exahash per second (EH/s) recorded this week, to above the 300 exahash range after a...
China to Launch ‘Digital Asset Trading Platform,’ Media Report Unveils
A marketplace for digital assets is soon going to open in China under a public-private partnership, local media revealed. According to the...
What is Swan Bitcoin and how does it work?
When someone wants to buy Bitcoin (BTC), they usually take the route of a cryptocurrency exchange. Newbies may buy BTC on just any...
BTC price preserves $16.5K, but funding rates raise risk of new Bitcoin lows
Bitcoin (BTC) staged a modest recovery on Dec. 29 as United States stock markets rebounded in step. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Bitcoin price would surge past $600K if ‘hardest asset’ matches gold
Bitcoin (BTC) is due to copy gold’s explosive 1970s breakout as it becomes the world’s “hardest asset” in 2024. That was one forecasted...
Fiji elects pro-Bitcoin prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka
A newly elected pro-Bitcoin Prime Minister has taken office in the Pacific Islands of Fiji. The new leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, took the...
Argentine Peso Breaks Historic Low Mark as Argentines Hedge Savings in Dollars
The U.S dollar-Argentine peso exchange rate escalated during December, with the Argentine fiat currency reaching new historic lows as...
Report: Central African Republic Postpones Sango Coin Listing
The Central African Republic’s plan to list the sango coin in the last quarter of 2022 has been put on hold, while the scheduled...
Alameda wallets funnel over $1.7M via crypto mixers overnight
30 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Alameda Research, the bankrupt sister company of crypto exchange FTX, became active on Dec. 28...
Gold-Based Digital Assets Issued in Russia
A blockchain platform built by Russia’s largest banking institution, Sber, has been used to issue digital assets based on gold. The value...
Kraken Shutting Down Crypto Exchange in Japan Citing Weak Global Crypto Market
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is shutting down services in Japan. The company explained that the current Japanese market conditions and a...
Microstrategy Buys More Bitcoin — Company’s Crypto Holdings Grow to 132,500 BTC
Microstrategy is now holding approximately 132,500 bitcoin following its most recent purchases. This year, the world’s largest...
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Sells Helios Facility to Galaxy Digital for $65 Million, Galaxy to Host Argo’s ASIC Fleet in Texas
After the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain suspended trading on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, the company said...
Which celebrities joined and left crypto in 2022?
The crypto world is still developing at lightning speed. The adoption of projects built on blockchain technology has increased...
FTX Co-Founder Faces ‘No-Nonsense’ Judge Next Week, Report Says SBF ‘Expected to Enter a Plea’ in Fraud Case
According to court documents, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is set to be arraigned by the federal court in the Southern District of New York...
The Agenda podcast explores how DAOs can strengthen workers’ rights
Collective action, labor struggle and protest go hand in hand, and it’s no secret that unionizing and organizing to fight for workers’...
What is browser-based cryptocurrency mining, and how does it work?
Once assumed to be extinct until its unlikely return in the latter part of 2017, browser-based cryptocurrency mining dates back to 2011...
Bitcoin price bottom not in, data says as whale orders hit 2-year low
Bitcoin (BTC) is not about to bottom at just below $17,000, warns a new analysis as bid liquidity dries up. In social media posts after...
Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity
On Dec. 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been...
Canaan expects minor revenue drop in 2022 despite crypto mining crisis
Cryptocurrency mining giant Canaan continues to generate significant revenues from crypto operations despite the ongoing crypto mining...
Bitcoin bears well positioned for Friday’s $2.5 billion options expiry
A year-end wager for $80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) might seem entirely off the table now, but not so much back in March as BTC rallied to $48,000....
Bitcoin underperforms stocks, gold for the first time since 2018
Gold and stocks have underperformed in 2022, but the year has been difficult for Bitcoin (BTC) investors, in particular. Worst year for...
Price analysis 12/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Gold has been an outperformer in 2022 compared to the United States equities markets and Bitcoin (BTC). The yellow metal is almost flat...
‘Make sure Ethereum wins’ — Steve Newcomb reveals zkSync’s prime directive
Steve Newcomb is a Silicon Valley veteran with a long list of achievements. He built software for trading energy in the 90s, was a pioneer...
Bitcoin beats Tesla stock in 2022 as BTC price heads for 60% losses
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $16,750 after the Dec. 28 Wall Street open after stocks dragged markets lower. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
FTX Customers File Class Action to Claim Assets Within Bankruptcy Case
A group of customers are now suing FTX in an attempt to become the first to recover funds from the insolvent cryptocurrency exchange. The...
MicroStrategy adds to Bitcoin stake despite steep loss
According to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, software analytics firm MicroStrategy said that it acquired...
Santiment says Cardano sellers are getting exhausted but does price action show it?
Cardano lost 3.22% on Wednesday to hit the lowest in the year at $0.25 Santiment data holds that bears are decreasing in numbers and...
Chainlink losing $6 will be a bear trigger, but Michaël Van De Poppe is optimistic
Chainlink has temporarily lost the support at $6 Michaël Van De Poppe expects the price to rally to $16 next year LINK faces...
Ethereum price as cryptocurrency falls below $1,200
Ethereum fell by 1.87% on Wednesday to relinquish $1,200 price level Ethereum price is ailing from the weak sentiment in the crypto sector...
Litecoin rallies from a support zone as trading volumes rise
Litecoin correction was contained at the $64 support Michaël van de Poppe expects LTC price to rally 22% LTC is a good buy on the...
The Stablecoin Economy Shed $28 Billion in 2022 After a Handful of Tokens Lost Their $1 Peg
2022 has been an interesting year for stablecoin assets as the market capitalization of the entire stablecoin economy lost just over $28...
XRP attempts recovery, but how is the SEC case shaping price?
XRP price has remained tied to the ongoing Ripple case with SEC SEC recently filed a motion to restrict the Hinman documents $0.40 is the...
Argentine Senate Mulls Crypto Advertisement Regulation
The Argentine senate is discussing a preliminary project that would regulate the way in which individuals and organizations promote...
Japanese Gaming Company Gumi Partners With Square Enix and SBI Holdings to Strengthen Metaverse Pivot
Gumi, a Japanese mobile gaming company, has partnered with Square Enix and SBI Holdings to build new business opportunities around the...
Alameda wallets become active days after SBF bail, community mulls foul play
The crypto wallets associated with now-bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research, the sister company of FTX, were seen transferring out funds...
How to buy Bitcoin in Australia?
More and more people are discovering Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, which is good for the adoption of digital money on the...
5 altcoin projects that made a real difference in 2022
Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and the rest of the crypto market had a rough 2022 from a price perspective, but traders are hopeful that 2023...
Underdog rises: Dogecoin survived carnage in 2022 better than most
Amid the severe crypto downturn in 2022, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has held up much better than most of the top assets on the market....
Venezuelan Banks Have Blocked Over 75 Accounts Since the End of Last Year Due to Cryptocurrency-Related Activities
Venezuelan Banks have started eyeing the accounts of customers with ties to cryptocurrency trading, principally related to peer-to-peer...
FBI Renews Warning About Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sweeping the Country
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reiterated its warning about a very popular crypto investment scam called “pig...
100%: Public Bitcoin miners sold almost everything they mined in 2022
Publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) miners sold off almost all of the Bitcoin they mined throughout 2022, leading to a debate over whether the...
Philippine Regulator Warns Against Using Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Exchanges Following FTX Collapse
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised investors against transacting with unlicensed cryptocurrency...
Robert Kiyosaki Warns Last Chance to Buy Gold and Silver at Low Prices — Says Stock Market Crash Will Send Them Higher
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says now may be the last chance to buy gold and silver at...
Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Suspends Nasdaq Trading
Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain announced that it requested the suspension of trading its company shares on Dec. 27, as the company expects...
Report: Nigerian Security Agency Seeks to Arrest Central Bank Governor on Charges of Funding Terrorists
The Nigerian security agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly instructed its operatives to arrest the Central Bank...
Crypto Supporters Sift Through the Graveyard of Technical Indicators That Failed to Predict Bitcoin’s Bottom
As the end of 2022 approaches, a great number of bitcoin proponents are questioning whether or not the bottom is in as far as the official...
‘Oil Prices North of $200’ per Barrel — Investor Expects Oil to ‘Crush’ Every Investment in 2023
Amid the dreary global economy, a number of market strategists and analysts believe oil will be the number one investment in 2023. While a...
Top five crypto winners (and losers) of 2022
Cointelegraph looks back on the best and worst-performing cryptocurrencies of 2022 among the top 100 assets by market capitalization. We...
Market volatility helps one crypto strategy outperform Bitcoin by 246% in 2022
The word volatility is typically received as a negative by financial circles just the same way the name Lionel Messi is received in...