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Filecoin price pumps but product concerns remain
Filecoin price went parabolic in thin trading volume. There are concerns about the utility of the platform. Filecoin price popped to the...
Santa launches its rewarded browser this Christmas to bring in the next 200M users onto Web3.0
Road Town, BVI, 27th December, 2022, Chainwire Santa Browser has announced the Version 1 launch of its web3 browser today. Built for an...
Is Lido a good crypto to buy as it defies gravity?
Lido price has made a spectacular recovery recently. Its total value locked has held steady at $5 billion. Lido price has defied...
Argentine Soccer Association AFA Partners With Upland to Enter the Metaverse
The Argentine Soccer Association, AFA, has partnered with Upland, a virtual world platform, to introduce its fans to the metaverse. Upland...
How will the rising Binance outflows affect BNB price?
Binance has had significant outflows in the past few months. Customer assets in its ecosystem have fallen to about $55 billion. Binance is...
Bitcoin is edging closer to $17k as bullish sentiment grows stronger
The crypto market is trading in the green zone for the second-consecutive day this week. Bitcoin is closing in on the $17k resistance...
XRP tops $0.35 after Ripple Lab’s partnership with Palau
The Republic of Palau is working with Ripple Labs to explore the creation of a national stablecoin. XRP is up by more than 5% today and...
Report: R&B Artist Akon Denies Claims His Crypto City Dream Is Crumbling
Senegalese-American artist, Akon, reportedly reassured participants in his so-called token of appreciation (TOA) that they will be...
Bitcoin price prediction as the US dollar index plummets
Bitcoin price has been in a tight range in the past few weeks. Bitcoin’s fear and greed index has dropped to the fear level of 25....
Indian Crypto Market Suffers Significantly — Experts Say Trading Volumes Unlikely to Recover Anytime Soon
Crypto trading volumes in India have plunged significantly this year. The FTX meltdown has exacerbated the problem, hurting “the...
Banking Giant HSBC Files Trademarks for a Wide Range of Digital Currency and Metaverse Products
Banking giant HSBC has filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a wide range of digital...
What are proof-of-reserves audits, and how do they work?
With the rising interest in digital assets from institutional and retail investors, custody options have also experienced parallel growth....
2 NFT Projects Plan to Transition From Solana to Alternative Blockchains
Two prominent Solana projects have announced they are transitioning over to new blockchains. The non-fungible token (NFT) venture Degods...
Bitcoin price volatility due within days, new take says as BTC flatlines at $16.8K
Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers are enjoying another day of zero volatility on Dec. 26 as hopeful forecasts se signs of a trend change. BTC/USD...
Price analysis 12/26: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT
The cryptocurrency markets are trading at record low volatility as investors have largely stayed away during the holiday season. That...
Silver and Gold — Precious Metals Stored Value This Year Outperforming Crypto Assets in 2022
Gold prices are ending the year a hair below the values recorded 12 months ago. Statistics on Dec. 26, 2021, show the U.S. dollar value...
Biggest Movers: LTC Climbs to 10-Day High on Monday
Litecoin raced to a ten-day high to start the week, as markets returned from the Christmas holiday weekend. The token extended recent...
Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com reports $3M cyberattack
Major cryptocurrency mining pool BTC.com has suffered a cyberattack resulting in a significant loss of company and customer funds. The...
Defrost v1 hacker reportedly returns funds as ‘exit scam’ allegations surface
On Dec. 26, blockchain security firm CertiK issued a warning alleging that Defrost Finance, a decentralized leverage-trading platform on...
Bitcoin accumulation addresses near record 800K despite whale selling
Bitcoin (BTC) accumulation is nearing a new milestone this Christmas as redistribution of the BTC supply continues. Data from on-chain...
Monthly NFT Sales Are 80% Lower Than Last Year, Digital Collectibles Interest Plummeted in 2022
Like most crypto projects this year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) felt the pain of 2022’s crypto winter as sales are down a great...
Santa delivers as Mirror and Anchor Protocol tokens surge
Mirror and Anchor Protocol prices went parabolic on Monday. The two tokens were some of the biggest players in Terra. Mirror Protocol...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Consolidate on Monday as Markets Remain Sluggish Following Christmas
Cryptocurrencies were mostly consolidating on Dec. 26, as markets remained muted following the Christmas weekend. Bitcoin remained...
Ukrainian Steals Bitcoin From Russian Darknet Market, Donates to Charity
A Ukrainian living in the U.S. has reportedly hacked a major drug market on the Russian dark web, diverting some of its crypto proceeds....
Bitget Introduces MegaSwap for a Re-Invented DeFi Experience
PRESS RELEASE. Seychelles, December 26, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Bitget launches “MegaSwap“, a...
Brazilian Securities Commission CVM Opens a Path for Funds to Invest in Crypto
The Brazilian Securities Commission CVM has cleared the path for funds to dive into cryptocurrency-based investments. The institution...
ETH staking on top exchanges contributes to Ethereum censorship: Data
For most crypto ecosystems, being compliant with federal sanctions have a negative impact on its global reach. However, when it comes to...
Bitcoin exchange withdrawals sink to 7-month low as users forget FTX
Bitcoin (BTC) exchange users have forgotten all about the FTX scandal this Christmas, data shows. According to on-chain analytics firm...
ACH soars by 6% as Alchemy Pay integrates its Fiat Onramp solution on Pear
Alchemy Pay’s Fiat Onramp solution will be integrated into Pear. ACH is up by more than 6% today, outperforming the broader crypto...
1inch Network releases its Fusion upgrade: will 1inch rally higher?
1inch Network has announced the release of its Fusion upgrade. The upgrade is set to empower DeFi users to place orders with a specified...
Argentine Peso Plunges to a 5 Month Low Amid Legal and Political Woes
The Argentine Peso has experienced a sudden fall vs the U.S. dollar, falling to a 5-month low in its blue rate, one of the many parallel...
4 ‘emerging narratives’ in crypto to watch for: Trading firm
Despite an eventful year fraught with crypto collapses and price drops, Steven Goulden, a senior research analyst at crypto trading firm...
SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered...
North Korean hackers stealing NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains
Hackers linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group are reportedly behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT)...
Peter Schiff Advises Selling Bitcoin Today — Says It’s ‘the Smart Move’
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has recommended selling bitcoin today, emphasizing that it is “the smart move.” Many...
Mark Cuban: Bitcoin Is a Good Investment, Gold Investors Are Dumb
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, says bitcoin is a good investment. The billionaire wants the...
Elon Musk: Twitter No Longer in Fast Lane to Bankruptcy
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has confirmed that the social media company is no longer “in the fast lane to...
Time in the market: Ways to approach crypto investing in 2023
2022 was brutal for cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (NFT) investors. Bitcoin (BTC) hit its yearly low on Nov. 21, almost exactly a...
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides as Texas Miners Curtail Hashpower to Bolster the Grid
Bitcoin’s total hashrate tapped a low of 170 exahash per second (EH/s) on Dec. 25, as reports noted that bitcoin miners in Texas curtailed...
The 5 most important regulatory developments for crypto in 2022
2022 will surely be remembered as a year of crypto discontent — one when the price of Bitcoin crashed three times, many large companies...
What are Handshake (HNS) domains, and how do they work?
A particular topic of interest in the blockchain space is the emergence of blockchain-related projects in the domain name system (DNS) and...
Bitcoin and these 4 altcoins are showing bullish signs
Cryptocurrency markets lack any signs of volatility going into the year-end holiday season. This suggests that both the bulls and the...
As the Fed Turns 109 Years Old, the US Dollar’s Purchasing Power Eroded by More Than 96% Since It Was Created
109 years ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve was created and ever since that day, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar has dropped a great...
BTC Wraps up 13 Consecutive Years of Recorded Market Value, With No Santa Rally in 2022
By the end of this year bitcoin will have 13 consecutive years of recorded market value under its belt. Seven of those years saw Santa...
BTC price foregoes Santa rally as Bitcoin volatility hits record low
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to deliver a Santa rally for Christmas 2023 as Dec. 25 offered even more sideways BTC price action. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Snowden to Musk: ‘I Take Payment in Bitcoin’; Big Short Investor Says Audits of Exchanges like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless,’ and More — Week in Review
Ahead of the holidays and new year, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor known to the world as a staunch privacy...
What are reflection tokens and how do they work?
Yield farming, liquidity mining, and staking have become common practices in the crypto market due to the remarkable growth the DeFi...
Sam Bankman-Fried found ‘chilling’ in JFK airport lounge on $250M bail bond
The momentary arrest of former FTX CEOSam Bankman-Fried (SBF) can be attributed to the efforts taken by the crypto community to aid...
US Government Delays Tax Reporting Rules for Cryptocurrency Brokers
The enforcement of a requirement for brokers to report gains made by crypto investors has been postponed by the U.S. Treasury Department...
Russia to Ban Banks From Using Messengers Like Telegram to Contact Customers
Financial institutions in Russia will not be able to communicate with clients through instant messengers based outside the country, local...
JPMorgan: Crypto Is a Nonexistent Asset Class for Most Large Institutional Investors
A strategist at global investment bank JPMorgan says crypto is effectively nonexistent as an asset class for most large institutional...
Jim Cramer Urges SEC to Do a Big Crypto Sweep — Says ‘I Wouldn’t Touch Crypto in a Million Years’
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, says he would not touch crypto in a million years. He called investors who own various altcoins idiots...
Lastpass Data Breach Frightens Users, Some Say Hack ‘May Be Worse Than They Are Letting on’
People involved in financial tech, software programming, cyber security, and cryptocurrencies have been talking about the Lastpass data...
SBF sent home, FTX heads plead guilty, and Binance gets Voyager assets: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 18-24
Top Stories This Week SBF sent home after his parents put up their house to cover his astronomical bail bond Sam Bankman-Fried will spend...
Crypto can get weird: The 5 strangest stories of the industry in 2022
From Terra to FTX, 2022 has given us many weird crypto stories. While investors have been enduring a bear market that saw the crypto...
Crypto Community Asks: Where in the World Is Ex-Alameda CEO Sam Trabucco?
Following FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest and the statements from his co-workers Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, the spotlight...
Privacy Coins Take a Beating This Year Losing Over $6 Billion, Anonymity Takes a Back Seat to Defi, NFTs
The last 12 months have been tough on digital currency investors as the crypto winter has caused a large sum of value to leave the...
Public Bitcoin mining companies plagued with $4B of collective debt
The recent bankruptcy filing of Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific despite a $72M relief offer from creditors raised questions about the...
BTC price levels to watch as Bitcoin limps into Christmas under $17K
Bitcoin (BTC) entered the Christmas holiday period unchanged at $16,800 as an eerie lack of volatility persevered. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Xmas dinner table: What to tell your family about what happened in crypto this year
After a lackluster rise of crypto in 2021, which saw many new crypto millionaires and several crypto startups attain unicorn status, came...
Biggest Movers: SOL Hits 1-Month Low on Saturday, as UNI Extends Recent Declines
Solana fell to a one-month low to start the weekend, as cryptocurrency markets moved lower ahead of Christmas Day. Today’s drop saw the...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Nears $17,000 Ahead of Christmas Day
Bitcoin rose closer to the $17,000 level on Saturday, despite crypto markets mostly consolidating to start the week. The global...
FTX paid $12M retainer to a New York law firm before bankruptcy filing
Defunct crypto exchange FTX paid a retainer of $12 million to bankruptcy lawyers as security for payment of its fees and expenses amid...
Locker Token and Euro Ice Hockey Champs Rögle BK To Host In-Person NFT Event
PRESS RELEASE. Locker Token & Ice Hockey extraordinaires Rögle BK have officially announced an In-Real-Life (IRL) NFT, event set to...
ECB to Decide Whether to Issue Digital Euro in 2023
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new report on the progress of its investigation into the possible launch of a digital...
Russian Parliament Postpones Adoption of Crypto Mining Bill
Russian lawmakers will consider a draft law on cryptocurrency mining in 2023 despite earlier indications they were going to vote on the...
Judge pulls out of SBF-FTX case citing husband’s law firm’s advisory link
The ongoing legal proceedings around former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) took a new turn as District Judge Ronnie Abrams withdrew her...
Samsung Is Investing More Than $35 Million in Latam-Focused Metaverse Initiatives
Samsung, the Korean electronics behemoth, has revealed it is currently investing more than $35 million dollars in metaverse initiatives...
Bank of England’s Cunliffe Pushes for Crypto Regulation — Sees ‘Real’ Benefits for UK
Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir Jon Cunliffe has revealed that the British central bank is planning to step up its efforts to regulate...
LastPass attacker stole password vault data, showing Web2’s limitations
Password management service LastPass was hacked in August 2022, and the attacker stole users’ encrypted passwords, according to a Dec. 23...
Santas and Grinches: The heroes and villains of 2022
From an outside perspective, 2022 has been a rollercoaster ride for crypto. The market reached a total valuation of $3 trillion during the...
Elon Musk: Recent Fed Rate Hikes Might Go Down in History as Most Damaging Ever
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk says the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hikes “might go down in history as most damaging...
SEC Will Use All Available Tools to Crack Down on Crypto Firms That Aren’t in Compliance With Its Rules, Says Chair Gensler
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has revealed that the regulator will use all available...
What is Wrapped XRP (wXRP), and how does it work?
Wrapped XRP (wXRP) is a crypto asset pegged to XRP (XRP) and can be used on blockchains other than Ripple’s native XRP Ledger. Ripple is a...
Caroline Ellison’s Testimony Claims FTX Boss SBF Directed Her to Co-Mingle Customer Funds Since 2019
On Dec. 23, 2022, Matthew Russell Lee from the Inner City Press published the recently unsealed guilty plea transcript of Caroline...
Report: SEC Heightens Probe Into Auditors Servicing Crypto Exchanges
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Paul Munter, the agency’s acting chief accountant, the U.S. regulator is...
FTX Attempts to Freeze Robinhood Shares as Creditors Swarm to Scoop $450M in HOOD Stock
Court filings show that debtors from FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda Research want 56 million shares of Robinhood stock frozen after multiple...
Price analysis 12/23: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) is on track to end the year with a loss of about 65%. This would mark the third negative year for Bitcoin with the other two...
Bitget’s KCGI 2022: Football Edition Celebrates the World Cup With Record-Breaking Participation
PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles (December 23 2022) – Leading crypto exchange, Bitget, announces the conclusion of its biannual...
While anticipation builds for GPT-4, OpenAI quietly releases GPT-3.5
By Kyle Wiggers Image Credits: OpenAI Released two years ago, OpenAI’s remarkably capable, if flawed, GPT-3 was perhaps the first to...
Three inflection points for emerging tech in 2022 – Carbon removal, satellite broadband, and generative AI all had breakout years.
By Hayden Field, Jordan McDonald, and Grace Donnelly Every year has its breakout technologies, and 2022 was no different. Here’s a...
Biggest Movers: ADA, XRP Rebound From Recent Losses on Friday
Cardano climbed for a second consecutive session on Dec. 23, as the token surged to its highest point since Monday. Overall, crypto prices...
Top-five most Googled cryptocurrencies worldwide in 2022
Cryptocurrencies have suffered immensely in 2022 from the onslaught of a hawkish Federal Reserve and the implosions of crypto platforms...
BTC price ignores US PCE data at $16.8K as Bitcoin rejects volatility
Bitcoin (BTC) saw a flicker of volatility around the Dec. 23 Wall Street open as the latest United States inflation data came in line with...
Bitcoin Miners Discovered 53,240 Blocks This Year, Foundry Led the Pack, Hashrate Tapped an All-Time High
As the new year approaches, more than a dozen bitcoin mining pools still dedicate a total of 238 exahash per second (EH/s) toward the...
OpenSea blocks Cuban artists from the platform due to US sanctions
Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has been banning artists and collectors from Cuba, citing United States sanctions as the key...
Helium token jumps 36%. Is this a bull trap?
Helium token rose by 36% on Thursday before correcting Helium powers IoT devices through its “hotspots” The cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin struggles but Okcoin CEO thinks 3 catalysts will make it bullish
Bitcoin has steadied above $16,000 Okcoin CEO expects Bitcoin’s bear market to be driven by key developments The cryptocurrency...
Astar Network Named ‘Product of the Year’ At the JBA Annual Blockchain Award
Tokyo, Japan, 23rd December, 2022, Chainwire Astar Network, the smart contract platform for multichain, has been awarded the Product of...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Nears $1,230 Resistance, Following Strong US GDP Data
Ethereum edged closer to a key resistance level of $1,230 on Dec. 23, as markets continued to react to better than expected U.S. GDP data....