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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Slumps to Below $48K Ahead of $6B Options Expiry
(Edited by James Rubin and Greg Ahlstrand)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin slumps below $48,000, as December’s...
Ozzy Osbourne Reveals Cryptobatz NFT Project Paying Tribute to His Iconic Bat Bite
The English singer, songwriter, and former Black Sabbath frontman, Ozzy Osbourne, has revealed he’s launching a non-fungible token...
The Novatar — the Best Place to Create Your Digital Identity
PRESS RELEASE. The Novatar will be launching with a limited edition of 25K avatars, an NFT project to enable users to experience the...
Tenedores a largo plazo de bitcoin mantienen posiciones pese a una fuerte caída desde noviembre
Los tenedores a largo plazo de bitcoin recortaron marginalmente sus posiciones en las últimas semanas a pesar de la fuerte caída de los...
DeFi sector tokens offer shelter as Bitcoin falls below $48.5K
The cryptocurrency market slid lower on Dec. 28 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) lost nearly $4,000 in value in a matter of hours with bulls...
Market Wrap Year-End Review: Altcoins, NFTs Filled Void When Bitcoin Got Boring
Hi Market Wrap readers! During the final two weeks of 2021, we’re using this space to recap this year’s most dramatic moments in...
Analysts warn that possible downside wick could push BTC price as low as $44K
It looks as though the year-end rally that many crypto traders had hoped for will have to wait until 2022, as Bitcoin (BTC) bears gained...
Italian Sports Car Maker Ferrari Inks Multi-Year Deal With Blockchain Firm Velas Network AG
The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer headquartered in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari has announced the firm is partnering with Velas...
A new intro to Bitcoin: The 9-minute read that could change your life
By now, you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin. You may have heard that it has made some people rich. You may also have heard that it’s a new...
Can SafeMoon (SFM) replicate its 2021 explosive growth next year?
SafeMoon (SFM) was launched as a community-driven DeFi token. Technically a meme coin, the hope was to challenge other high-growth meme...
Can Avalanche (AVAX) surge towards all-time highs of $147?
After a decisive slump in December, Avalanche (AVAX) and most cryptos have rebounded. Although momentum is starting to die down, we have...
Helium (HNT) teeters after recent surge – Here is why the bullish run is about to end
Despite showing decent upward momentum in recent weeks, Helium (HNT) has started to lose steam. Although the coin is still on the green,...
Should you buy Chainlink (LINK) today? Price analysis and predictions below
Chainlink (LINK) is a smart contracts platform that ranks among the top 20 crypto projects in terms of market cap. At the start of...
5 Reasons to Buy Polkadot
While Bitcoin remains on top of the cryptocurrency market, other upcoming coins challenge this supremacy. One such coin is Polkadot, a...
Creating the On-Ramp for Web 3
Arguably the biggest challenge for the ongoing development of crypto, blockchain technology and Web 3 is finding ways to widen their...
Yearn Finance (YFI) loses uptrend momentum and could plunge towards $25000
Yearn Finance (YFI) saw a very decent uptick in December, even as the broader crypto market reported a dip in sentiment. But it seems the...
Ethereum 2.0 Explained
With the launch of every new blockchain comes a new block explorer website to understand.Block explorer sites offer real-time updates on...
OpenDAO’s SOS Token Hits $250M Market Cap Despite Unclear Goals, Security Risks
In a remarkable display of the power of airdrops in community formation, a new token reached a peak market capitalization of over a...
Growth of Dollar Digital Currency Creates New Investment Opportunities for Businesses
In November 2021, the total value of dollar digital currencies surpassed $127 billion, according to a U.S. Treasury Department report. It...
WallStreetBets Reddit Group: What Is It?
A decentralized Reddit forum called WallStreetBets is causing chaos on Wall Street.The group "r/Wallstreetbets" (aka WSB) is a...
How to Make, Buy and Sell NFTs
NFTs have become one of the hottest crypto trends of 2021, with overall sales up 55% already since 2020, from $250 million to $389...
Ethereum Has Burned 1.2 Million ETH in 4 Months, Close to $5 Billion in Ether Destroyed
With three days left until the end of 2021, the Ethereum network and its native token ether have had a phenomenal year as ether has...
Institutional adoption of crypto to accelerate in 2022, says Genesis’ Noelle Acheson
Crypto saw astonishing institutional growth in 2021, but Genesis’ Noelle Acheson believes adoption is set to accelerate over the...
Iran Banning Crypto Mining Until March 6 to Save Power: Report
Iran is banning authorized crypto mining in the country until March 6 in an attempt to save power and avoid blackouts this winter,...
Tokenized Bitcoin in Circulation Nears a Half Million BTC, Bitcoin-Pegged Token Value Exceeds $21 Billion
According to data recorded on December 28, there’s approximately 434,265.43 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped bitcoin tokens worth more...
Ethereum whales dumping ETH as price slides below $4K, data shows
Ethereum is having difficulty keeping its richest investors in line as its native token, Ether (ETH), hints at logging more losses in the...
Solana Wallet Phantom Nears Mobile App Rollout – With an NFT Twist
Solana’s Phantom wallet plans to launch its iOS beta on Thursday with a twist: you’ll need to buy an NFT access pass to get in on the...
GameFi apps revived interest in blockchain gaming: Huobi Research
Crypto exchange Huobi’s research arm, Huobi Research, has identified a rising interest in blockchain gaming as a direct impact from GameFi...
RBI Recommends India Implement Basic Version of CBDC
As India grapples with uncertainty around cryptocurrency regulation, its central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has indicated it...
Bitcoin daily losses near $4K as S&P 500 hits 69th all-time high of 2021
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped nearly $4,000 on Dec. 28 as the market offered a sharp reminder that the bull run would need to wait. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Multiple Metaverses, One Avatar: ‘Ready Player Me’ Raises $13M to Make It Happen
In a bid to become the go-to avatar company of the metaverse, Ready Player Me has raised a $13 million funding round led by venture...
How Crypto’s Regulatory Scene Might Evolve in 2022
The story of crypto is one of a global asset and technology class, and it’s one we intend to cover as comprehensively as possible. Here’s...
Bank of Russia to Collect Data on Crypto-Related Transactions Between Individuals
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) plans to obtain information from commercial banks pertaining to some money transfers between private...
Veteran Bitcoin hodlers are still selling record low amounts of BTC despite 70% gains in 2021
Seasoned Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers have hardly spent any coins despite $69,000 all-time highs this year, data shows. According to the Coin...
DeFi Portfolio Tracking Firm DeBank Raises $25M in Round Led by Sequoia China
Decentralized finance (DeFi) portfolio firm DeBank has raised $25 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Sequoia China....
From art to gaming: The biggest NFT trends of 2021
According to a recent report by Cointelegraph Research, the volume of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) sold this year could eclipse $18 billion....
Travis Kling on Why Elon’s BTC Buy Was the Biggest Story of the Year
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza”, NLW is joined by...
Analyst says the 2022 altcoin “Supercycle” is here, highlights 4 top picks
Analyst Nicholas Merten says altcoins are ready to rally, with Aave, Uniswap and Yearn.Finance his top picks. DataDash host and popular...
How Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Advanced in 2021
Attention in Bitcoin in 2021 has been glued to El Salvador making history as the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal...
Meet MultiFarmCapital, the coin that gained 1,725% today: Where to buy MultiFarmCapital
It might be trading for a fraction of a cent now, but MultiFarmCapital shows great promise. The native token of the experimental yield...
Fine Art to Be Recreated Thanks to Inheritance Art
PRESS RELEASE. NFTs have exploded in terms of popularity and usage in 2021, and for good reason. Artists and content creators alike have...
Deriving High Yields From Decentralized Derivative Markets
As price volatility of many of the major crypto coins and tokens has increased in the second half of this year, many market participants...
ICX is up 14% today: you can now buy ICX, here’s where
ICX, the native token of the South Korean Icon Network, is up 13.92% today to the dismay of investors. If you want to know what ICX is and...
AMM SushiSwap is up 15% today and counting: here’s where to buy SushiSwap now
The live SushiSwap price today is $9.09 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.3 billion. SushiSwap is up 14.43% in the last 24 hours. If...
Bitcoin Long Term Holders Stay Strong Despite $20K Drop From Last Month’s High
Long-term holders marginally trimmed their bitcoin positions in recent weeks despite a sharp price drop, data from analytics firm...
Cardano founder says many DeFi projects will be extinct in five to ten years
Cardano’s founder says poorly engineered DeFi projects have seen over $10 billion in crypto lost in hacks and scams....
HP-Branded Servers Hijacked to Mine $110,000 Worth of Cryptocurrency
Hackers recently took control of a group of HP-branded servers and used them to remotely mine a cryptocurrency called raptoreum, according...
Polkadot Leads Altcoin Losses After Bitcoin Is Rejected at $52K
Bitcoin failed to hold above $52,000 after briefly breaking through the resistance level on Monday, and slipped below $49,500 in early...
US regulatory focus on crypto will spike in 2022, says WEF’s Sheila Warren
China was at the forefront of a crackdown on Bitcoin mining and crypto trading Sheila Warren predicts that the US will take the lead in...
Crypto Futures See $300M in Losses After Spot Market Drops
A drop in crypto markets from Monday evening (UTC) prompted almost $300 million in liquidations across several crypto futures, data from...
Market highlights December 28: Cryptos seen lower, US markets return with post-Christmas bang
The cryptomarket was mostly in the red over the past 24 hours, as the vast majority of top 10 cryptos were seen lower at time of...
Crypto Scammer Arrested in Bangkok After Fleeing With 500 Million Baht
A man allegedly behind a cryptocurrency investment scam has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. He lured people into investing in his...
Ex UK chancellor advises against investing in cryptocurrencies
Lord Hammond cautioned that crypto is not as suitable an investment for retail investors Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord...
Dogecoin co-creator says he’ll never return to the project: Here’s why
Dogecoin's Shibetoshi Nakamoto said he has no plans to ever return to the coin project citing an unappreciative community On Monday, Billy...
Ethereum Hashrate Taps Record-Setting 1 Petahash as ETH’s Mining Profitability Remains High
20 days ago, Ethereum’s network participants upgraded the protocol and implemented the Arrow Glacier upgrade. The move delayed...
Ozzy Ozbourne, Black Sabbath Frontman Who Purportedly Bit the Head Off a Bat, Is Betting Fans Will Be Hungry for His New NFTs
Ozzy Osbourne, the former lead singer of 1970s-80s heavy metal band Black Sabbath who purportedly bit the head off a bat during a 1982...
XTRA: The Revolution Staking Platform
XTRA is a DeFI staking platform that offers over 14,7 to 45,2% APY. It is trustless, capital-backed, secure, powerful, extremely...
Crypto Exchange Binance Receives Approval in Bahrain — Plans to Become Regulated, Centralized Worldwide
Binance has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain to operate a cryptocurrency service provider in the country....
Billionaire Ray Dalio Sees Limitation on Bitcoin’s Price, Doubts BTC Can Reach $1 Million
Billionaire Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, says it’s not possible for the...
Bitcoin rises above $51K as the dollar flexes muscles against the euro
Bitcoin (BTC) regained its bullish strength after reclaiming $50,000 last week and continued to hold the psychological level as support on...
Bitcoin can hit $333K ‘parabolically’ if this BTC price fractal plays out
Bitcoin (BTC) could target a massive $333,000 by May 2022 if the U.S. Federal Reserve provides a “perfect storm” of low rates,...
Mexico’s Third Richest Billionaire’s Advice: Invest in Bitcoin, Stay Away From Dollars, Euros
Mexico’s third-richest billionaire has advised people to stay away from fiat currencies, like the dollar and euro, and invest in...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Continues Its Low-Volume Rally Before Tapering Off
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin broke $52,000 briefly, while its supply outside of...
5 Reasons why you should buy Dogecoin today for 2022 gains
Dogecoin is one of the many altcoins that came into existence after Bitcoin. The developers Jackson Palmer and Billy Marker developed this...
5 Reasons why you should buy Shiba Inu today for 2022 gains
Shiba Inu is a relatively new coin created in August 2020. It is an Ethereum based altcoin whose mascot is a Japanese breed hunting dog...
Fantom (FTM) has reported explosive growth in the past week – Here is why you should buy
Fantom (FTM) is currently on an explosive growth uptrend. The token has in fact gained 72% over the last 7 days, surging well beyond...
Enjin Coin (ENJ) continues bullish surge for the week – Price action and analysis below
As sentiment in the crypto market has improved drastically in the past few days, some coins have managed to ride this positive wave and...
Santa rally brings decent gains for Kadena (KDA) – can it hold the momentum?
The Santa rally that we have seen in crypto over the last few days has lifted most coins. Kadena (KDA) has not been left behind. The...
Ertha Metaverse Raises $5.4M
Ertha Metaverse, currently the most notable Metaverse and Play-to-Earn projects in BSC blockchain gaming, announced its list of key...
DeFi Traders Push Terra’s UST Stablecoin to $10B Market Cap
The Terra blockchain’s fast growing stablecoin UST, which surpassed its rival DAI to become the largest decentralized stablecoin, has how...
This Year’s Top 10 Crypto Asset Gainers Outshined BTC’s and ETH’s 12-Month Returns
Digital currencies had a phenomenal 2021 as the crypto economy surged past a couple of trillion dollars in value this year. Over the last...
Market Wrap Year-End Review: Institutions Cash Out of Bitcoin
Hello, Market Wrap readers! During the final two weeks of 2021, we’re using this space to recap this year’s most dramatic moments in...
Polkadot (DOT) is up 30% in 7 days – Here is why this uptrend will continue?
Polkadot (DOT) has followed the entire crypto market in posting gains this week. But the chain has done even better, surging over 30% in...
Altcoins: por qué los gestores de carteras deberían tener en cuenta criptomonedas alternativas en 2022
A punto de terminar el año 2021, es un buen momento para reconsiderar el argumento de que las criptomonedas siguen siendo una clase de...
Pensioners of the National Oil Company Will Receive 2 Petros as a Gift in Venezuela
The pensioners of the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, PDVSA, have started receiving a Christmas bonus in petros (PTR), the first...
Price analysis 12/27: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, AVAX, DOT, DOGE
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins have bounced off their immediate support levels, indicating that the sentiment is improving and...
Metaswap Gas incommunicado as experts link MGAS price drop to rug pull
Blockchain security company PeckShield has alerted investors of a possible rug pull event after identifying a massive 46.99% price drop on...
Crypto Twitter year in review: 10 influential tweets of 2021
Another year has come and gone in the cryptocurrency industry, leaving behind an ocean of developments, drama, price swings and innovation...
Concerts in the Metaverse could lead to a new wave of adoption
Colin Fitzpatrick is a Dubliner based in Dubai who turned a bad time during quarantine into a business that promises to bring your...
Binance scores regulatory approvals in Canada and Bahrain ahead of the new year
Binance’s Turkey unit was recently slapped with a fine for not abiding by financial surveillance reports requirements Binance, the...
Study Shows Market Share of Altcoins Surged Threefold Since 2014
This week, bitcoin’s market dominance among the market capitalization of all 12,046 crypto assets in existence has been hovering...
Three Dominant Trends in the Future of Blockchain Gaming
On many levels, 2021 was an eventful and exciting year on the Open Web gaming front, and Web 3 gaming’s momentum will continue into 2022...
Charles Hoskinson Discusses Cardano’s 2022 Plans, Founder Says Project ‘Needs Institutions to Have Stake in the Success of ADA’
The digital currency cardano has jumped over 8% in value during the last 24 hours and 25% over the last seven days. The price move follows...
The Programmable Future of Bitcoin, Feat. Muneeb Ali
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by...
GenkoKishi and TrustPad Announce Strategic Partnership
PRESS RELEASE. GensoKishi Online, which intelligently integrates GameFi with the popular MMORPG Elemental Knights, today announced a...
Decentraland, Luxury Marketplace UNXD to Host Metaverse Fashion Week
Luxury marketplace UNXD, which is built on the Polygon network, and Decentraland, a virtual reality platform built on the Ethereum...
Countdown to the yearly close: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week near $51,000 as the end of 2021 draws near and traders down tools for the holidays. After a $50,000...
Indian Ruling Party-Aligned Group Takes Stance on Crypto Regulation
An economic group allied to the ideological organization behind India’s ruling party has for the first time revealed its stance on...
Will AAVE’s price double next year and where to buy AAVE – all the answers here
The live Aave price today is $286 with a 24-hour trading volume of $522.68 million. Aave is up 10.72% in the last 24 hours. If you want to...
Where to buy Uniswap, which gained almost 14% today after whales bought the dip
As more and more large-scale investors bought the dip, coins like CRO and Uniswap began rising again. The live Uniswap price today is just...