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Web3 games incorporate features to drive female participation
Although there is still an apparent lack of women in the Web3 sector, blockchain-based games geared toward women may help drive...
Yuga Labs Officially Releases IP Rights Tied to Cryptopunks, Meebits NFTs — Galaxy Digital Report Criticizes BAYC License
Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection, has officially released the...
BlockFi tops revenue grower list with 250,000% increase, BitGo aims to sue Galaxy Digital, and Bitcoin’s price drops: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 14-20
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Tether Hires BDO Italia for Monthly Assurance Reports, USDT’s Quarterly Attestation Shows a 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper
This week, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed an update to its assurance and attestation process and detailed that the...
Uniswap Censors 253 Crypto Addresses Blacklisted for Crime, Sanction Associations
According to a recently published report, the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has blocked roughly 253 cryptocurrency addresses...
Biggest Movers: SHIB Rebounds on Saturday, as ATOM Moves Away From 3-Week Low
Following three consecutive days of declines, shiba inu rebounded on Saturday, as the meme coin appears to have found a support point....
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Extend Recent Declines During Saturday’s Session
This week’s sell-off in cryptocurrency markets worsened on Saturday, with bitcoin falling below $21,000 for the first time in...
United Texas Bank CEO wants to ‘limit the issuance of US dollar-backed stablecoins to banks’
Scott Beck, chief executive officer of United Texas Bank, called on members of the state’s blockchain working group to recommend policy...
The Central Bank of Colombia Is Studying the Creation of a Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Colombia is studying the launch of a digital currency, according to statements made by its manager, Leonardo Villar....
Latam Giant Mercado Libre Launches Mercadocoin in Brazil
Mercado Libre, a leading Latam-based e-tailer, has announced the launch of its own token, called “Mercadocoin,” for...
Indian Police Search for Bitconnect Founder After the US Indicted Him for Defrauding Crypto Investors
The Indian police have launched an investigation into Bitconnect and booked its founder after a bitcoin investor reported being defrauded...
Korean Regulator Takes Action Against 16 Foreign Crypto Exchanges
The South Korean financial intelligence unit is taking action against 16 foreign cryptocurrency exchanges for operating illegally in the...
Top 10 PoW Dominance Evaporates 9 Years Later, Only Two Proof-of-Work Coins Will Remain After The Merge
The crypto community is patiently waiting for the highly anticipated Ethereum network upgrade from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake...
Price analysis 8/19: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, SHIB, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins witnessed a sharp sell-off on Aug. 19, but there does not seem to be a specific trigger for the...
3 reasons why Bitcoin’s drop to $21K and the market-wide sell-off could be worse than you think
On Friday, August 19, the total crypto market capitalization dropped by 9.1%, but more importantly, the all-important $1 trillion...
FDIC issues cease and desist letter to FTX US over misleading statements
FDIC sent the cease and desist letter to five companies, including FTX US and mentioned alleged misleading tweets from FTX US president...
SBI lost 40% of hash rate after stopping mining in Russia: Data
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has partly terminated cryptocurrency mining in Russia due to geopolitical uncertainty and the crypto...
Biden is hiring 87,000 new IRS agents — and they’re coming for you
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law this month by President Joe Biden, empowers the IRS with nearly $80 billion in new funds. The...
FTX US among 5 companies to receive cease and desist letters from FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued cease and desist letters to five companies for allegedly making false...
Bitcoin Miners Take in Bear Rally Profits by Selling More Than 6,000 BTC Since August 1
Bitcoin’s value against the U.S. dollar lost 7.3% during the last 24 hours after more than $600 million in value was removed from...
Gemini launches staking for Polygon (MATIC)
Gemini Staking adds to the yield-generating offering Gemini Earn launched in February 2021. Staking will be available for US customers...
Cosmos price outlook: here’s what top analyst says about ATOM
Cosmos (ATOM) trades around $10.86, nearly 10% down in the past 24 hours. ATOMUSD was rejected around $12.25 and could dip to support...
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Shows Market Sentiment Remains Fearful
After the Crypto Fear and Greed Index (CFGI) dropped to significant lows and pointed to “extreme fear” in crypto markets at...
Algorand risks fresh new bottom as weakness persists after a failed breakout
Algorand is expected to get a lot of publicity from this year’s World Cup The native token ALGO failed to break above key resistance...
Brazilian E-commerce giant MercadoLibre launches its own cryptocurrency
Despite the cryptocurrency sector facing a bleak future, Brazilian E-commerce giant MercadoLibre has launched its own cryptocurrency. The...
Dogecoin rally comes to a halt as price slides back to below key support
Meme tokens surged at the start of the week due to risk-on sentiment Dogecoin cleared a resistance at $0.072 but is now crashing below...
ApeCoin prediction as token retest key support amid bearish pressure
ApeCoin has plunged 15% in the past day Fundamentals around NFT and metaverse remain the growth drivers The Stochastic Oscillator shows...
Bitcoin breaks below Realized Price as bears push BTC below $21.4K
Bitcoin has declined by more than 8% in the past 24 hours to currently trade below $21,400. Glassnode data shows Bitcoin Realized Price is...
BNB breaches key support but be aware of false breakout as bulls take charge
Binance coin has returned more than 77% since the June bottom price. The token hit the resistance target at $326, forcing profit-taking...
Top cryptos that could easily double your money in August
The cryptocurrency market is currently consolidating after more than 7-months of persistent losses. However, if past cycles are anything...
Biggest Movers: DOGE Extends Recent Declines, Falling by Nearly 15% on Friday
Dogecoin fell for a third consecutive session on Friday, with the token dropping by almost 15% in today’s session. As of writing,...
Ethereum Merge prompts miners and mining pools to make a choice
The Ethereum blockchain is all set to make its highly anticipated transition from its current proof-of-work (PoW) mining consensus to...
Value Locked in Defi Loses $5.7 Billion in 5 Days, Smart Contract Tokens Shed 7.8% in 24 Hours
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has slid 8.53% over the last five days since August 14, 2022. At the time,...
Fake employees and social attacks: Crypto recruiting is a minefield
Hiring in the crypto world can be difficult. Web3 companies are often disorganized and lack HR departments. Developers sometimes want to...
Gnosis (GNO) the only coin that is up today: here’s why
The crypto market has taken a significant dive today with all cryptocurrencies including the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum dropping by...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Plunges Below $22,000, While ETH Nears 10-Day Low
Bitcoin was significantly lower on Friday, as the token fell by over $1,500 in a 24-hour period. The world’s largest cryptocurrency...
Qatari National Blockchain Blueprint Spotlights Benefits of the Technology to Country’s Economy
Qatar’s recently released “National Blockchain Blueprint” has suggested that the technology, combined with a...
PROS price has defied gravity. Is the Prosper coin a buy?
PROS price has defied gravity in the past few weeks as demand for the coin rose. The Prosper token jumped to a high of $0.7451, which was...
STG price prediction after Binance listed Stargate Finance
STG price went parabolic on Friday after being listed in Binance, the biggest exchange in the world. The Stargate Finance token jumped by...
Whitepay Introduces Crypto Payments to Ukraine’s Tech Stores
Ukrainians will be able to purchase electronics and other products with digital coins thanks to a service provided by Whitepay. The...
Bitcoin could slip below $21k as the broader market dips again
Bitcoin has dropped below the $22k support level after losing more than 6% of its value and could record further losses soon. The...
Kaiko Report Shows Latam Harnessing Crypto Mostly for ‘Real World’ Use Cases
The latest data debrief issued by Kaiko, a provider of digital assets market data, has found that while there is retail movement in Latam...
Bitcoin ‘very bearish’ below $22.5K says trader as BTC price dives 6%
Bitcoin (BTC) fell rapidly on Aug. 19 as the culmination of a week’s sideways action ended in disappointment for bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Financial institutions are more interested than ever in crypto, says CF Benchmarks CEO
The CEO of CF Benchmarks has revealed that financial institutions are more interested in cryptocurrency than ever. The CEO of Benchmarks,...
South African Banking Regulator: ‘De-risking’ Crypto Firms Potentially Creates ‘Opacity in Financial Conduct’
According to the latest guidance note issued by the South African banking sector regulator, Prudential Authority, risk assessment does not...
Robinhood lands steep 60% discount on $170M exchange acquisition: Report
Stock and crypto investment platform Robinhood has reportedly scored a 58% cut on its $170 million offer to buy crypto exchange Ziglu due...
Philippine Regulator Warns the Public of Engaging With Foreign Crypto Service Providers
The central bank of the Philippines, the primary regulator of the country’s crypto sector, has warned investors about engaging with...
Wife of arrested Tornado Cash dev forbidden to speak with him — Rally organized
Ksenia Malik, the wife of Tornado Cash creator Alexey Pertsev Wife has lashed out at Dutch authorities for treating her husband like a...
ECB Creating a Harmonized Regulatory Framework Governing Crypto Activities and Services
The European Central Bank (ECB) is working to harmonize the regulatory framework governing crypto activities and services in the EU. The...
Podcast: Charmyn Ho, head of crypto insights at Bybit talks NFTs, GameFi, the state of crypto and more
It’s been quite the turbulent year in the crypto markets so far in 2022, with words like “contagion”, “death...
CME Group to Offer Market Participants Ethereum Options 3 Days Before the Merge
Three days before Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the world’s largest derivatives...
Russian Accused of Laundering Cryptocurrency From Ransomware Attacks Extradited to US
A Russian national suspected of laundering ransomware payments in cryptocurrency on behalf of cybercriminals targeting hospitals has been...
Options data shows Bitcoin’s short-term uptrend is at risk if BTC falls below $23K
Bitcoin (BTC) briefly broke above $25,000 on Aug. 15, but the excitement lasted less than an hour and was followed by a 5% retrace in the...
A sharp drop in TVL and DApp use preceded Avalanche’s (AVAX) 16% correction
After an impressive 73% rally between July 13 and Aug. 13, Avalanche (AVAX) has faced a 16% rejection from the $30.30 resistance level....
Ripple partners Travelex Bank to launch XRP-enabled enterprise payments in Brazil
Ripple’s partnership with Travelex Bank will see customers of the locally regulated bank benefit from XRP-powered cross border...
Another Stablecoin Fluctuates Wildly as HUSD Slips Below USD Peg to $0.82 per Token
The stablecoin HUSD, originally associated with the crypto exchange Huobi Global, lost its peg with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, August...
Three potentially profitable crypto trades as we head into the weekend
It has been a rollercoaster ride for cryptocurrencies this week. After a rally earlier in the week, the market has nosedived, and many top...
Is Chainlink’s losing streak now over, or will bears remain in control?
Chainlink’s LINK is correcting after facing a resistance The weakness heightened after the Federal Reserve earmarked further...
CRO consolidates under $0.15 – Could we see a breakout?
CRO has dipped 5% in the past day Other tokens native to crypto exchanges are looking bearish CRO is contained below $0.15 and above...
Avalanche slips back into the consolidation zone, but how far can the price drop?
Avalanche’s AVAX has slipped below a key breakout zone as price corrects AVAX price has more than doubled since June The token faces...
Back to basics for Decentraland’s MANA as momentum indicator turns bearish
Decentraland boomed in 2021, but this year has been relatively quiet The native token MANA is sliding after remaining robust The bear...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Rises for the Second Time in a Row — It’s Now 0.63% Harder to Find a BTC Block
On August 18, 2022, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased again after the 1.74% rise two weeks ago on August 4. At block height...
Bitcoin ‘liveliness’ lowest since 2021 amid new 5-year BTC hodl record
Bitcoin (BTC) long-term holders are knuckling down as a record portion of the BTC supply stays dormant for years. Data from on-chain...
Asia Broadband Inc. seeks to further unite the crypto and gold worlds
Asia Broadband, Inc. wants to further unite cryptocurrency and gold in a bid to improve the company’s digital asset development...
Biggest Movers: FLOW Rebounds Following 7-Day Losing Streak
FLOW was trading higher on Thursday, as the token rallied upward following seven straight days of declines. The surge comes despite the...
Coinbase Could Be a Material ‘Beneficiary’ of Ethereum’s Merge Transition, JPMorgan Analyst Says
JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington says digital currency exchanges like Coinbase will end up being a meaningful...
Bitcoin price heads above $23.5K after highest EU inflation in history
Bitcoin (BTC) shifted higher on Aug. 18 as the latest data confirmed the European Union’s highest ever inflation. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Below $1,900 as Ethereum Foundation Comments on Gas Fees
Ethereum was once again trading below $1,900 during Thursday’s session, as the Ethereum Foundation clarified speculation...
Electricity Consumption of Russian Crypto Miners Spikes 20 Times in 5 Years, Research Finds
Power needs of cryptocurrency miners in Russia have grown significantly since 2017, with consumption of electrical energy seeing a 20-fold...
NEAR Foundation publishes shortlist of Women in Web3 finalists
NEAR Foundation, a Swiss NPO that supports the growth and governance of the NEAR protocol, published the shortlist of Web3 Changemakers...
Crypto Token Launches Meditate2Earn Program Rewarding Holders for Self-Care
London, England, 18th August, 2022, Chainwire The team behind Ryuuko Tsuka, an innovative new wellness token, has launched Meditate2Earn....
BNB price prediction as Bitgert and Rubic RBC price rebound
The BNB price pulled back to the lowest level since August 4 as cryptocurrencies recoiled. The token dropped to a low of $308, which is...
Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Metaverse App in Spain and France
Meta, the social network company, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move...
Ontario crypto exchanges impose $30K CAD annual limit on altcoin buys
Canada-based crypto exchanges Bitbuy and Newton are enforcing a 30,000 Canadian dollars annual “buy limit” for “restricted coins” for...
3 cloud providers accounting for over two-thirds of Ethereum nodes: Data
The majority of 4,653 active Ethereum (ETH) nodes are in the hands of centralized web providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), which...
Why is Celsius up by more than 11% in the last 24 hours?
Celsius token is the best performer amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the market today. CEL, the native token of the Celsius...
Crypto scams are down while hacks and stolen funds are up: Chainalysis midyear report
Chainalysis’s mid-year report indicates that cryptocurrency scams have decreased while hacks and stolen funds have increased....
We’d shut down Ethereum staking if threatened by regulators, says Coinbase’s CEO
Coinbase’s CEO says the crypto exchange will abandon Ethereum staking if threatened by regulatory agencies. The Ethereum blockchain...
Ethereum price falls for four successive days, has the Merge craze fizzled?
After a strong rally since the beginning of July 2022, the crypto market is once again under selling pressure. The broad crypto market has...
US Federal Reserve Board Unveils Final Guidelines Used When Reviewing Requests for Access to Master Accounts
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has said it has released the final guidelines which are set to be used by Reserve Banks when...
British Fintech Revolut Granted Crypto License in Cyprus
U.K.-based digital bank Revolut has been authorized by Cyprus to provide cryptocurrency services to millions of customers on the Old...
Chainalysis: Illicit Crypto Activity Falls — Scam Revenue 65% Lower Than Last Year
Chainalysis has found that illicit crypto volumes are down this year, with total scam revenue sitting at $1.6 billion, 65% lower than...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Changes His Mind About Treasury Bonds — Says ‘Time to Open My Closed Mind’
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says it’s time to open his closed mind after...
Ethereum Foundation Makes It Clear The Merge Will Not Improve Fees and Throughput
On Wednesday the Ethereum Foundation clarified that The Merge will not reduce onchain fees as the highly anticipated transition from...
Tornado Cash sanctions will ultimately undermine the US and strengthen crypto
The United States government’s sanctioning of the open-source code that makes up the Tornado Cash privacy protocol may be shocking, but...
Price analysis 8/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, SHIB, AVAX
Bitcoin’s (BTC) bounce fizzled out near $24,500 on Aug. 17, indicating that the recovery still faces stiff resistance from the bears....
What next for the FTX token as it fails another breakout?
FTX exchange has witnessed increasing trading volumes. The exchange has remained stable while most crypto exchanges scaled down in the...
Tezos prediction as token sets $2.26 as the next frontier
Tezos is likely to face competition after the Ethereum PoS merge. Native XTZ token has flipped $1.68 resistance. The token is bullish with...
eToro to acquire trading startup Gatsby amid US expansion plans
eToro will acquire the US-based startup for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. The deal is part of eToro’s plans to expand...
Polkadot token prediction after MACD bearish crossover
Polkadot has been losing for the past one week, but the price remains stable. The Polkadot ecosystem is the greenest in the crypto space....