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Kosovo Seizes Hundreds of Crypto Mining Machines in Crackdown
Police in Kosovo seized another batch of over 200 mining devices as part of raids that started on Thursday. The offensive against...
Social Media Giant Wechat to Support China’s CBDC, Platform Expected to Boost Adoption Rate
China’s social media giant, Wechat has said it will support the digital yuan in a move that is expected to increase the of Chinese...
Bitcoin performs classic bounce at $40.7K as BTC price comes full circle from January 2021
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced off what is for some a key level on Jan. 9, closely mimicking events from September 2021. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Game on NFT™, a Work of Art That Celebrates Bitcoin and Bitcoiners
PRESS RELEASE. Chicago, IL – 9th January, 2022 – Denjary Watru, the creator of the Game On NFT has dropped an NFT that is...
Breaking Down the Fight Between Bitcoin and Web 3
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeThis week’s Long Reads Sunday features a reading of David Z....
Ruling Party Sources Deny Plan to Levy 40% Tax on Crypto Yields in Turkey
The government in Turkey does not intend to impose a 40-percent levy on crypto-related gains as has been alleged, members of the ruling...
Pakistan to investigate Binance for multi-million dollar crypto scam
Pakistan‘s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reportedly issued a formal notice to crypto exchange Binance in an effort to identify links...
Samsung Reveals Virtual Store 837X in Decentraland Metaverse With NFT Badges and Theater
After the electronics giant Samsung disclosed the firm’s upcoming 2022 smart televisions would boast non-fungible token (NFT)...
LCX loses $6.8M in a hot wallet compromise over Ethereum blockchain
Liechtenstein-based crypto exchange LCX has confirmed the compromise of one of its hot wallets after temporarily suspending all deposits...
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Score Hits 5 Month Low, Analyzed Sentiment Points to ‘Extreme Fear’
On January 8, 2022, the price of bitcoin dropped to $40,517 per unit just after 1 p.m. (EST) on Saturday afternoon. According to the...
SEC Charges Australian ‘Man Behind the Machine’ in $41M Crypto Fraud Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged an Australian citizen who called himself the “Man behind the...
5 NFT-based blockchain games that could soar in 2022
After the popularity of DeFi, came the rise of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and to the surprise of many, NFTs took the spotlight and remain...
Paypal Coin: Payments Giant Explores Launching Stablecoin to Boost Crypto Offerings
Paypal is reportedly working on a stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar to expand its cryptocurrency offerings. “We will, of course,...
Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Shares ‘Sacred Trading Rule’ as Bitcoin Falls, Warns Against Buying the Dip
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has shared “a sacred trading rule” he uses in response to a comment about buying bitcoin as the...
Pakistanis Lose Millions to Crypto Scam, Pakistan Issues Notice to Binance
Investors from Pakistan have become victims of a massive fraud using cryptocurrency. The country’s main law enforcement agency has...
Bitcoin Falls Toward $40K, Racks Up Longest Losing Streak Since 2018
Bitcoin fell for a seventh-straight day, the longest losing streak since 2018, slipping toward the key psychological threshold of...
Fed’s Outgoing Vice Chair Richard Clarida’s ‘Rebalancing’ Trades Ignite Fed Trading Ethics Scandal
Members of the U.S. Federal Reserve are getting criticized this week after the central bank published its minutes report from the policy...
The Metaverse Needs a Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is the foundation of America, ensuring rights and responsibilities for every American. Today, another new world is...
$2.7 Billion in NFT Sales Recorded Last Month — Ethereum, Ronin, Solana Top 3 NFT Networks
This week Google Trends shows that the acronym NFT, which stands for non-fungible token, has reached a score of 100, the highest score a...
Ava Labs and EV maker Togg to build smart contract-based mobility services
Turkey’s electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturer Togg has announced a strategic partnership with Ava Labs to design and build smart...
Will this time be different? Bitcoin eyes drop to $35K as BTC price paints ‘death cross’
Bitcoin (BTC) formed a trading pattern on Jan. 8 that is widely watched by traditional chartists for its ability to anticipate further...
Value Locked in Defi Slips 10% in 4 Days, Ethereum TVL Dominates at 58%
Four days ago, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) was coasting along at $255.84 billion and since then, the TVL...
India’s Central Bank Creates FinTech Department as Challenges Posed by Crypto, CBDC Grow
India’s central bank has created a dedicated department for fintech challenges, which includes a pair at their doorstep: framing...
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Push for Jailing of Africrypt Directors
A group of investors in Africrypt are reportedly pushing to have criminal charges pressed against directors of the now-defunct...
Welcome to 2022: The Year of Absolutely Everything
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeIn the first 2022 edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW looks at:The...
Industry Body for Indian Startups Seeks Crypto Rules in Coming Budget Session of Parliament
“It is critical for the Union Budget to clearly lay down taxation clarity around crypto assets by formally naming them in tax laws,” said...
CEO of Mirror Trading International Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrested in Brazil
Johann Steynberg, the wanted CEO of Mirror Trading International was recently arrested by Brazilian law enforcement after he was caught...
Solana Formally Acknowledges Problems With ‘High Compute’ Transactions Clogging the Network
Solana, a top ten smart contracts-enabled cryptocurrency by market cap, has acknowledged it is facing a series of problems hindering the...
PayPal reportedly confirms plans to explore the launch of a stablecoin
American fintech giant PayPal Holdings has reportedly confirmed its intent to launch its own stablecoin named PayPal Coin. The development...
JPMorgan Report States Ethereum Might Lose Defi Dominance Due to Scaling Issues
A note from JPMorgan states that Ethereum might be at risk of losing defi dominance as a result of its inability to produce effective...
Maker Co-Founder Calls UST and MIM ‘Solid Ponzis’ That Will Go to Zero
Rune Christensen, one of the founders of Maker, the decentralized autonomous organization behind the governance of stablecoin DAI, has...
Cryptocurrency Worth $435 Million Seized by 12 UK Police Forces in Five Years
U.K. police have revealed how much cryptocurrency they have seized in the past five years in response to Freedom of Information requests....
Institutional Investors Say SEC Having More Power to Regulate Crypto Will Boost Prices
Institutional investors are optimistic about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) having more power to regulate the crypto...
Crypto regulation concerns make decentralized stablecoins attractive to DeFi investors
Stablecoins have emerged as a foundational part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem over the past couple of years due to their ability to...
Report: Illicit Crypto Addresses Received $14 Billion in 2021, Only 0.15% of Transaction Volume Associated With Crime
According to the latest data from Chainalysis, the total cryptocurrency value received by illicit addresses grew to a new all-time high of...
Here are the most predictable tokens of 2021 — For those who knew where to look
Digital assets’ past performance is never a guarantee of future price movement. There are never two identical situations in the crypto...
Cosmos ecosystem tokens rally after Evmos promises Ethereum interoperability
The wider cryptocurrency market is facing another day of volatility and selling on Jan. 7 as Bitcoin (BTC) bears managed to break bull...
PayPal Is Exploring Creating Its Own Stablecoin as Crypto Business Grows
PayPal (PYPL) is looking into launching its own stablecoin as the company grows its crypto business, a company spokesman confirmed to...
Ertha Partners with Cryowar
Ertha, one of the most highly-anticipated metaverse projects, recently launched it’s native ERTHA token to much success on Huobi...
Mozilla ‘Pauses the Ability to Donate Crypto’ After Complaints and ‘Environmental Impact’ Considerations
On December 31, the software community founded in 1998, Mozilla, announced it was accepting crypto-asset donations via Bitpay. However,...
Market Wrap: Crypto Traders Reduce Leverage, Selling Pressure Subsides
Bitcoin stabilized at around $41,000 on Friday and is down about 9% over the past week. Analysts expect prices to move sideways, although...
Internet Shut Down, Bitcoin Mining Offline as Kazakhstan’s Political Crisis Escalates
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download the episodeOn today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW provides a basic primer...
Fantom Transactions Surge Ahead of Avalanche as DeFi Prospects Heat Up
Transactions on emerging layer 1 blockchain Fantom crossed those on Avalanche this week as crypto users looked for the next decentralized...
Price analysis 1/7: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, DOT, AVAX, DOGE
Bitcoin (BTC) and the U.S. equity markets fell sharply on Jan. 5, reacting negatively to the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s...
UK lawmakers form crypto advocacy group for parliament: Report
Lisa Cameron, a member of parliament for the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, is reportedly chairing a lobbying group aimed at promoting...
Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Ousts Founders as Mood Turns Icy
There’s trouble brewing in the huddle.The beloved NFT project Pudgy Penguins voted out its founders on Thursday after they allegedly...
Finance Redefined: Terra expanding UST and LUNA, and Aave Arc seeks institutional adoption, Dec. 31–Jan. 7
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. The new year is upon us, and the expectations for DeFi...
Here’s how Terra traders use arbitrage to profit from LUNA and bLUNA
The end of the year is normally a time to wind down and prepare for the holiday season, but the last few weeks of 2021 saw a crypto market...
How to Stay Sane During a Crypto Crash
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are having a rough few weeks. Bitcoin is currently down more than 18% over the last 30 days....
Interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum Slides According to Google Trends Data, NFT Queries Skyrocket
While bitcoin, non-fungible token (NFT) assets, ethereum, and cryptocurrencies had an incredible year in 2021, none of the trends made it...
Bitcoin Oversold Within Downtrend; Resistance at $45K
Bitcoin (BTC) remains in a two-month long downtrend, defined by a series of lower price highs. The cryptocurrency was down about 9% over...
JPMorgan Sees More Crypto Adoption in 2022, Debates Bitcoin’s Status as Store of Value
The cryptocurrency markets and industry are set for greater acceptance from mainstream investors and companies this year, JPMorgan equity...
GameStop shares spike on news of creating an NFT marketplace
GameStop shares gained 22% in extended trading on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report disclosed that the gaming merchandise...
Pantera Adds $46M in Investments to Bitcoin Feeder Fund
Pantera’s Bitcoin Feeder Fund now has $63.7 million in funding from 153 investors, up from $18 million from 56 backers a year ago,...
A16z Publishes Web 3 Policy Proposal for World Leaders
If you’re a world leader hoping to transform your country into a global Web 3 hub, Andreessen Horowitz wants to show you the way.On...
¿Están las DAOs realmente descentralizadas?
El 2021 fue el año de la organización autónoma descentralizada, conocida como DAO por sus siglas en inglés. Proyectos como PleasrDAO,...
Crypto in Congress 2022: Rep. Darren Soto
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io.Download this episode“We can’t use 1920s to 1940s definitions in securities laws for...
Is a DAO + LLC Still a DAO?
2021 was the year of the decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO. Projects like PleasrDAO, Friends With Benefits and ConstitutionDAO...
NYC Mayor Undeterred by Falling Bitcoin Price, Says Buying the Dip Could Yield ‘Good Profit’
The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is not deterred by bitcoin’s volatility, noting that buying the dip could yield “a...
Twitter Data Scientist Leaves for Aave as DeFi Social Media Plans Simmer
After months of teasing a possible Web 3 social media platform, DeFi giant Aave has bagged a major hire from one of the world’s most...
WisdomTree Adds Bitcoin Futures Exposure to Fund, Refiles for Spot ETF
WisdomTree, an asset manager with over $76 billion in assets under management, announced Thursday that it had added bitcoin futures...
Kazakh Mining Slide Offers Lesson for US Lawmakers
A big disruption in Bitcoin’s hashrate this week can be pinned on one man: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who after declaring...
Bitcoin clings to $42K as key moving average break from July reappears
Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated above $42,000 prior to Wall Street’s opening bell on Jan. 7 as more similarities to last year’s...
Bitcoin leverage ratio reaches new highs
The estimated leverage ratio for Bitcoin (BTC) hit a new all-time high last night, according to CryptoQuant. Further metrics point to...
Mid-Way Cool Down: Analysts Believe Bitcoin Price Cycle Is Incomplete, Trader Says BTC’s ‘Next Move Should Be Cycle’s Top’
The price of bitcoin is down 16% over the last 30 days and since the crypto asset’s all-time high (ATH) on November 10, 2021,...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 7, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Slips to 3-Month Low, Analysts Divided on Impact of Fed’s TighteningEther Sees...
GSI: The Blockchain Solution to the Problem of Water Pollution
PRESS RELEASE. We work harder every year to increase production of the consumer goods that meet everyone’s needs, but in many parts...
NFT Curation Site JPG Goes Live With $3.8M in Seed Funding
As the technology behind non-fungible tokens (NFTs) keeps racking up wins, JPG, short for Juried Protocol Galleries and a nod to the...
Boba Network Introduces ‘Wagmi’ Options for Developers and Builders
Boba Network, an L2 (layer 2) expansion layer for Ethereum, has announced the launch of what it calls “Wagmi” options as a...
Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitso to Sponsor São Paulo Football Club
Latin American crypto exchange Bitso entered into a three-year sponsorship agreement with the Brazilian soccer team São Paulo Futebol...
Solana DeFi Major Serum’s ‘Incentive Ecosystem Foundation’ Is Raising $100M
Having emerged from the shadow of former parent company FTX, Serum is now looking to soar.The team behind one of Solana’s largest projects...
Chinese crypto miner BIT Mining ‘unlikely’ to flee Kazakhstan: Report
Despite major internet blackouts amid anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, some Bitcoin (BTC) miners operating in the country are not...
Users of Hong Kong Crypto Exchange Coinsuper Say They Cannot Withdraw Funds
Multiple users of Hong Kong-based exchange Coinsuper have been unable to withdraw funds from the platform since late November, according...
Turkish Lira Is Now More Volatile Than Bitcoin
The Turkish lira is now more volatile than bitcoin.The currency’s 90-day historical volatility, a measure of how much the price fluctuated...
Crypto Investors in Thailand to Pay 15% Capital Gains Tax, Report Unveils
Crypto-related profits, such as those resulting from the trading of digital currencies, will be taxed at a rate of 15%, a finance ministry...
BIS Names CBDC Expert as Head of Euro-Region Innovation Center
The Bank for International Settlements, the umbrella group for central banks, named an expert in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)...
Market highlights January 7: Metaverse tokens make a comeback, most other cryptos remain in the red
The crypto market was seen lower over the past 24 hours, as the majority of top 10 cryptos were in the red at time of writing....
Katie Haun Seeks $900M for Crypto Funds After A16z Departure: Report
Katie Haun, soon to be former partner at Andreesen Horowtiz (a16z), is looking to raise $900 million for a pair of crypto investment funds...
Bividend: Nasdaq-Listed Company to Pay Dividends in Bitcoin at the Option of Shareholders
A Nasdaq-listed company has announced that shareholders can receive dividends in bitcoin. The company claims to be the first one to pay...
Ether Sees Higher Liquidations Than Bitcoin After Falling Under $3.2K
Traders racked up $182 million in losses on ether-tracked futures products in the past 24 hours, according to data from analytics tools...
Bitcoin may pass $30K September lows, trader warns
Bitcoin (BTC) scooped liquidity at new lows on Jan. 7 as 2022 continued to deliver uninspiring price action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Avalanche-Based Wonderland Makes Seed Investment in Betting Dapp
Algorithmic money market Wonderland has made a seed investment in Polygon-based decentralized betting application BetSwap, the team said...
Where to buy Sandbox, the ecosystem of the most popular metaverse game
The Sandbox is a unique platform that introduces blockchain technology to the world of gaming. Its native token SAND has gained 4% in the...
Cosmos is skyrocketing today, up 15%: here are the top places to buy Cosmos now
The live Cosmos price today is $42 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.7 billion. Cosmos is up 14.90% in the last 24 hours. If you want to...
Hex trending today with no end to gains in sight: best places to buy Hex
Hex is recovering very well from recent losses, which affected the whole crypto market. It has gained 3% today and that’s just the...
Argo Blockchain Monthly Revenue Drops Even as It Mined More Bitcoins
Argo Blockchain, the sole crypto miner listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), said mining revenue fell 5.7% in December as a declining...
You can now buy Quant, the token that gained 13% in 24 hours: here’s where
Quant is recovering very well from recent losses, which affected the whole crypto market. It added 13% to its value in the last 24 hours....
NFT Analytics Platform Cryptoslam Raises $9M From Animoca Brands, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) data and analytics platform Cryptoslam raised $9 million in a capital funding round led by...
Decentraland recovering swiftly, up 10% in 24 hours: here’s where to buy MANA now
MANA is the first of the top 100 coins by market cap to start recovering from yesterday’s losses. The live Decentraland (MANA) price...
Japanese Video Game Giant Konami Reveals Castlevania 35th Anniversary NFTs
The Japanese entertainment conglomerate and video game company, Konami Holdings Corporation, has revealed a non-fungible token collection...