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Bitcoin ‘bear flag’ breakdown targets $15K as US dollar hits 20-year high
On Sept. 6, Bitcoin (BTC) price crumbled below $20,000 and the asset looks ready to undergo further decline in September due to a strong...
India’s Central Bank RBI Starts Digital Currency Pilot With 4 Banks: Report
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has reportedly asked four banks to pilot the country’s central bank...
Russia Can’t Do Without Cross-Border Crypto Payments, Consensus Reached
Key government institutions have agreed that Russia needs to legalize crypto payments for international settlements. The proposal has been...
Trezor and Wasabi to Implement a Coinjoin Mixing Scheme Into Hardware Wallets
This week, the hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor, and the non-custodial bitcoin wallet with a built-in Coinjoin mixer, Wasabi, revealed...
Bitcoin price falls under $19K as data shows pro traders avoiding leverage longs
An $860 surprise price correction on Sept. 6 took Bitcoin (BTC) from $19,820 to $18,960 in less than two hours. The movement caused $74...
1inch users on Optimism to receive airdrop of 300,000 OP tokens
Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch is rewarding users with free tokens for their participation on Optimism — a move the organization...
Publicly-Listed Miner Hive Plans to Transfer ETH Hashrate to Other GPU Mineable Coins Ahead of Merge
While the cryptocurrency community prepares for The Merge, the Nasdaq-listed, Hive Blockchain Technologies, revealed in the...
Cryptocurrency mining pool Poolin halts BTC and ETH due to “liquidity issues”
Cryptocurrency mining pool Poolin has announced it will halt Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) withdrawals from its wallet service. In the...
Traders say Bitcoin price bounce is overdue after a ‘massive’ BTC long position appears
Bitcoin (BTC) traded in an increasingly narrow range on Sept. 6 as bets piled in over an imminent breakout. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Ethereum Implements Bellatrix — Network’s Upcoming Paris Upgrade to Trigger The Merge, Validator Block Production
The blockchain network Ethereum has officially activated the Bellatrix upgrade, the final change before The Merge, the highly anticipated...
Ethereum Network Bellatrix upgrade causes ETH price to spike
The Ethereum Bellatrix upgrade, which kicks off the final countdown for the much-anticipated Merge upgrade, is now live. ETH prices shot...
Euro Ice Hockey Champions Rögle Partners With Locker Token
PRESS RELEASE. The connected future of sports and blockchain is on the horizon as Rögle announced an NFT-driven partnership with...
Biggest Movers: ETC up Nearly 30% on Tuesday, as Merge Timeline Is Set
Ethereum classic was a notable mover in today’s session, as the token rose by nearly 30% on Tuesday. The surge comes as it was...
Stablecoin USDN Trades Below $1 Parity for 14 Days in a Row, Token Taps $0.91 Low This Week
Approximately 14 days ago, the stablecoin neutrino usd (USDN) tapped a high of $0.994 per unit, and ever since then, USDN has not been...
Crypto processing platform Calypso Pay adds support for Tron, Polygon And BNBChain
Calypso Pay users can now enjoy support for additional cryptocurrencies on the Tron (TRX), Polygon (MATIC) and BNBChain (BNB). ...
Wombat Exchange Dominates Stableswap Market With $217M TVL in 24 Hours
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 6th September, 2022, Chainwire Wombat, a multichain stableswap, has broken records for Total Value Locked (TVL)...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Above $1,600 as ‘Bellatrix’ Hard Fork Commences
Ethereum rallied on Tuesday, as founder Vitalik Buterin confirmed a part of the “Merge” event was commencing today. In a...
Ether is up by more than 6% today as the Merge gets closer
Ether is up by more than 6% in the last 24 hours as the Ethereum community gears for the upcoming Merge event. ETH, the native coin of the...
Why is Ethereum Classic up by more than 27% on Tuesday?
Ethereum Classic is the best performer amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap in the last 24 hours. ETC, the native...
Certific and Veriff partner to improve remote medical diagnostics
ID verification service Veriff and remote medical testing service Certific announced a partnership to improve and streamline the...
Renault Inks Partnership With The Sandbox to Bring Automotive Experiences to the Metaverse
The Korean subsidiary of Renault, a historic brand in the automotive industry, is establishing a partnership with The Sandbox, an...
EtherMail Offers a Lifeline to Web3 Projects Stranded by MailChimp
PRESS RELEASE. MailChimp’s recent decision to suspend newsletter services for crypto businesses expresses the widening chasm...
Ethereum Merge to ‘swamp’ other coins with miners, says White Rock’s CEO
Ethereum Merge is set to take place in a few days, and White Rock’s CEO believes it will lead to other coins experiencing an...
Flux price rallies as locked $FLUX supply soars to $108m
Flux price continued its bullish trend this week as demand for the small-cap cryptocurrency continued. The token rose to a high of $1.41...
Report: Saudi Arabia’s Central Bank Hires Virtual Assets and Digital Currency Program Lead
The Saudi Arabian central bank has reportedly appointed Mohsen Al Zahrani as the lead of the bank’s virtual assets and digital...
VGX price prediction: 2 reasons why Voyager token is soaring
VGX price has done in the past few months as Voyager Digital’s bankruptcy proceedings continue. The token rose to a high of $0.9388,...
Hollywood producer of The Gentlemen Ivan Atkinson partners with Light Cycle on Caduceus Blockchain
London, UK, 22nd August, 2022, Chainwire Ivan’s One Van Films will adopt NFTs & DAO for future productions seeing loyal fans...
Meta & Qualcomm to Develop Metaverse Geared Silicon to Be Used in Next Gen Headsets
Meta recently announced a partnership with mobile chip company Qualcomm to produce chips geared for the metaverse market. The agreement...
Nigerian Presidential Candidate Says Fixed Exchange Rate Regime ‘Has to End’ — Touts Success of Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave
A Nigerian presidential election candidate, Peter Obi, has said the local currency’s exchange rate against the dollar must not be...
Binance: No plans to auto-convert Tether, though that ‘may change’
Crypto exchange giant Binance has confirmed it has no plans to “auto-convert” Tether (USDT) to Binance USD (BUSD) at the moment, though...
Ethereum domain names top Bored Apes on OpenSea’s weekly chart
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain names have surpassed Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) as the most traded asset on NFT marketplace OpenSea...
Meta to Open 10 Metaverse Campuses as Part of $150 Million Immersive Learning Project
Meta, the metaverse-focused social media company, is helping universities get their own virtual reality campuses online. The company will...
74% of Ethereum nodes ‘Merge ready’ ahead of Bellatrix upgrade
As many as 73.5% of Ethereum nodes are now marked as “Merge ready” ahead of the upcoming Bellatrix upgrade for Ethereum on Sept. 6,...
IMF: Crypto Assets Become More Mainstream as Hedges Against Weak Currencies, Potential Payment Instruments
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report stating that crypto assets have gained a “more mainstream presence as...
What New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Says About Cryptocurrencies
Liz Truss, Britain’s new prime minister, previously said: “We should welcome cryptocurrencies in a way that doesn’t...
Binance to Drop USDC Trading Pairs, Plans to Auto-Convert Specific Stablecoin Balances to BUSD
The world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by trade volume, Binance, issued a notice on Monday explaining that the...
Ethereum gone wrong? Here are 3 signs to keep an eye on during the Merge
The assumption that Ethereum will just transition to a fully functional proof-of-stake (PoS) network after the Merge somewhat ignores the...
Russia Shuts off Europe’s Main Gas Pipeline Until the West’s Sanctions Are Lifted, Iran Tempts EU With Similar Deal
Russia has seemingly drawn a line in the sand and will not turn on Europe’s main gas pipeline until the “collective...
Ethereum Classic books 12% rally as mining support for ETC gains pace
Ethereum Classic (ETC) price rallied on Sept. 5 on back-to-back positive reports concerning its adoption among crypto miners. Top mining...
Price analysis 9/5: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB
The cryptocurrency markets have been quiet over the weekend. The sideways price action continues on Sept. 5 and there are unlikely to be...
Cardano prepares for a breakout as the date for hard fork confirmed
Cardano is set for the Vasil hard fork on September 22 ADA has surged by more than 12% in the past one week The token faces immediate...
Can Chainlink clear the $7.4 resistance level?
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network for smart contracts Its native LINK token has surged 13% in the past week The token is showing...
Polygon’s MATIC remains attractive, but a key hurdle remains
Robinhood announced MATIC transactions on Polygon in addition to Ethereum The support increases liquidity for MATIC token MATIC gains in...
Value Locked in Lido Rises Prior to Ethereum’s Merge, LDO Token Jumps 23% Higher in 7 Days
In eight days Ethereum is planning to undergo one of the most intensive upgrades since the DAO hard fork in 2016, as The Merge aims to...
IS could be using NFTs to spread propaganda and raise funds: Experts
NFT praising Islamic militants raises concerns about the usage of blockchain to spread terror propaganda Former senior US intelligence...
Toki Universe Introduces the World’s First Fractionalized NFT PFP Project With an Antique Twist
Toki Universe, consists of Antiques NFT, PFP, and own Miniverse already in place. A brand-new project on the Ethereum blockchain created...
Ripples of Bitcoin adoption at Biarritz’s Surfin Bitcoin Conference in France
A sublime sunset enveloped Biarritz Casino on Aug. 27, bringing France’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) conference to a close. Located in southwest...
Ethereum Classic Hashrate Taps All-Time High Nearing 50 TH/s Ahead of The Merge
Ethereum Classic’s hashrate surpassed the 40 terahash per second (TH/s) region last Wednesday and four days later, the...
Biggest Movers: DOT, LINK Rise to Multi-Week Highs on Monday
Polkadot rose to a multi-week high to start the week, as price increased for a second straight day. The token briefly broke out of a key...
Crypto exchange Bybit introduces the first-in-market USDC options for ETH and SOL
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the launch of the first-in-market USDC options for Ether and Solana. Bybit, one of the...
FTX to halt blockchain transfers of secondary chains for ETH as Merge approaches
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has announced that it shall temporarily freeze trading Ether (ETH) on several blockchains as the Ethereum...
Another 5,000 Bitcoin Sourced From Mt Gox Wake up After Close to 9 Years of Dormancy
Last week Bitcoin.com News reported on two old bitcoin addresses created in 2013 sending 10,001 bitcoin to a myriad of wallets. Heuristics...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Consolidate to Start the Week
Volatility in crypto markets remained high on Monday, as bitcoin was mostly in the red to start the week. The token has once again moved...
Russian Arrested for Defrauding Buyers of Mining Hardware Worth Over $300,000
Police in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have detained a man accused of defrauding people who wanted to purchase crypto miners....
Flow price prediction: Is it safe to buy this crypto dip?
Flow price has been in a strong bearish trend in the past few weeks as cryptocurrencies recoil. The coin has crashed to a low of $1.8750,...
FTX to halt ETH deposit and withdrawals on Arbitrum, Solana, BSC during the Merge
Disclaimer: FTX has deleted the source tweet and updated the blog post that was the basis of the initial story. This article has been...
Ravencoin is up by 9% on Monday: Here is why
Ravencoin is up by 9% in the last 24 hours, making it the best performer amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap. RVN, the...
BTC price sees new $20K showdown — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the second week of September still trying to cement $20,000 as support as bears clinch control. The largest...
LG Electronics launches its NFT platform on the Hedera network
LG Electronics has launched its nonfungible token (NFT) platform on the Hedera blockchain. LG Electronics announced the launch of its NFT...
Argentine Startup Action Point Develops White Label Solution to Include Crypto in Traditional ATMs
Action Point, an Argentine startup, has developed a white-label solution that allows banks to offer cryptocurrency services through their...
MicroStrategy is working on enterprise applications of Lightning, says Michael Saylor
Michael Saylor has revealed that MicroStrategy is working on enterprise applications of Lightning. Michael Saylor, the chairman of...
Report: Chinese Metaverse Industry Raises $780 Million in Funding
The Chinese metaverse industry has reportedly raised about $780 million in funding and there are expectations this will grow to be a $5.8...
Iran Starts Licensing Crypto Miners Under New Regulatory Framework
The government of Iran has reportedly started issuing licenses to crypto miners under the new “comprehensive and detailed”...
Billionaire David Rubenstein Bullish on Crypto, Optimistic About Regulation
Billionaire David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group’s founder, believes that U.S. lawmakers will not push to regulate the crypto industry...
US Lawmaker Says ‘Too Much Money and Power’ Behind Crypto to Ban It
U.S. Representative Brad Sherman says Congress has not banned crypto because “there’s too much money and power behind...
Study Identifies the Top 10 States in America Most Interested in Bitcoin, Ethereum
On September 2, the crypto market aggregation web portal Coingecko.com published a study that identifies the top ten states in America...
PwC Venezuela Twitter account hacked, attacker shills fake XRP giveaway
An attacker gained access to PwC Venezuela’s Twitter account and has been actively posting cryptocurrency phishing links for the last 8...
A range-break from Bitcoin could trigger buying in ADA, ATOM, FIL and EOS this week
The decline in the United States equities markets last week extended the market-wide losing streak to three consecutive weeks. The Nasdaq...
This Week’s NFT Sales Jump 26% Higher Than the Week Prior, Bored Ape #6,588 Sells for $1.17M
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales jumped 26.76% higher this week, as NFT sales statistics show that $180.43 million in NFT trades were...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses Bitcoin’s Long-Term Security
On September 1, Vitalik Buterin conducted an interview with the economics author Noah Smith and the co-founder of Ethereum spoke an awful...
Rome’s Financial Volatility to Shock the Eurozone — Hedge Funds Bet $39 Billion Against Italian Debt
Hedge funds are betting against Rome’s liabilities as S&P Market Intelligence data indicates investors have amassed a $37...
Argentinian Tax Authority Wins Landmark Case to Confiscate Funds From a Digital Account
The Argentinian Tax Authority (AFIP) has won a historic case to seize taxpayer funds from a digital account. The case, which was won in an...
Pi Network, the most approachable crypto, introduces cross-chain bridge
A New Zealand team of developers recently introduced the Pi Network community to a brand-new concept, the blockchain bridge. The...
‘No Middle Class Left,’ ‘Millions Will Be Wiped Out’ — Two Market Crash Predictions, Gas Cartels, and Whales Moving Mt Gox Coins: Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
In this week’s Bitcoin.com News Week in Review, one market strategist issues a dire warning about the U.S. economy and a large...
Everscale Foundation Officially Launches
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, September 4, 2022 – The Everscale Foundation has been officially registered as a non-profit...
Elon Musk-crypto video played on S. Korean govt’s hacked YouTube channel
A YouTube channel owned by the government of South Korea was reportedly hacked and renamed SpaceX Invest, following which the channel...
Ghanaian Central Bank Allays Fears That a CBDC Will Disrupt Mobile Money Operations
The Bank of Ghana has said the expected implementation of the central bank digital currency will not disrupt or negatively impact the...
XT lists LOVELY, a novel exchange token on Binance Smart Chain
XT.COM, the first social digital asset exchange platform, announced the listing of Lovely Inu ($LOVELY). The LOVELY/Tether trading pair...
Surge or purge? Why the Merge may not save Ethereum price from ‘Septembear’
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), is not immune to downside risk in September after rallying approximately 90% from its bottom...
What is decentralized identity in blockchain?
Self-sovereign identity is a concept that refers to the use of distributed databases to manage PII. The notion of self-sovereign identity...
Repurposing Bitcoin mining heat can solve global energy crisis: Arcane
The flexibility behind running Bitcoin (BTC) mining operations can be vital to solving the real-world problems that stand in the way of...
Report: 11.4% of UAE Residents Have Invested in Cryptocurrencies
Just over 11% of United Arab Emirates (UAE) residents have invested in cryptocurrencies, a report issued by the country’s...
South Korean Government’s Youtube Channel Hacked to Play Crypto Video With Elon Musk
The official Youtube channel of the South Korean government has been hacked on Saturday and those who did it, broadcasted a...
India Surpasses UK as World’s 5th Largest Economy Based on IMF Data
India is now the world’s fifth-largest economy after surpassing the U.K., the latest data from the International Monetary Fund...
Indonesian Government to Launch Crypto Bourse This Year, Official Says
The Indonesian government is set to launch a crypto bourse by the end of this year, a high-ranking government official reportedly...
Deloitte: Nearly 50% of CFOs Surveyed Expect Recession to Hit US Economy This Year
Financial services firm Deloitte has conducted a survey of chief financial officers (CFOs) and found that nearly 50% of respondents expect...
FIFA to Launch NFT Platform for Soccer Fans
The international soccer governing body, FIFA, has announced the upcoming launch of an NFT platform for fans of the sport across the...
IMF Bailout Approval Helps Zambian Kwacha Take the Russian Ruble’s Position as World’s Best Performing Currency
After the International Money Fund revealed it had approved a bailout package for Zambia, the Southern African country’s currency,...
Saylor gets sued, FBI warns about DeFi exploits and Crypto.com drops $495M sponsorship: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 28-Sept. 3
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Poloniex, Bittrex Want Kyle Roche’s Law Firm Removed From Class-Action Against the Exchanges
Following the controversy surrounding Kyle Roche, the attorney and founding partner of the litigation firm Roche Freedman LLP, the two...