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Million-Dollar Digital Collectibles: An In-Depth Look at the Top 10 Most Expensive NFTs Sold This Year
2021 is coming to an end and one prominent theme this year in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology most definitely...
Polygon co-founder on DeFi applications, NFTs on the Ethereum layer 2 solution
All the popular dApps on Ethereum are now using Polygon, says co-founder Sandeep Nailwal The latest Ethereum-based dApp to look to the...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, MATIC, NEAR, ATOM, HNT
After staying above $50,000 on Christmas day, Bitcoin (BTC) faced selling pressure on Dec. 26. One of the reasons for the possible dip in...
Matrixport co-founder says crypto has potential to grow to a $10+ trillion market
Jihan Wu says the future of crypto could include exponential growth to a market worth over $10 trillion. Bitcoin’s rally to an...
The Opendao Gives Xmas Airdrop to Opensea Users
New decentralized organization Opendao gave users of Opensea, one of the biggest NFT marketplaces by trading volume, a gift on Christmas....
How Binance NFT Is Building the No․1 Gaming Metaverse
Video games, the Metaverse and NFTs. Binance NFT has become the largest centralized gaming NFT marketplace. See what the team has...
India’s Swadeshi Jagran Manch Calls for Outright Ban on Cryptocurrency
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has reportedly passed a resolution demanding...
Former UK Chancellor Lord Hammond Warns About Crypto Investing — Says ‘It’s Gambling Money’
Former U.K. chancellor of the exchequer Lord Hammond has reportedly warned about investing in cryptocurrencies. He said,...
Analysts say 2022 will be ‘defined by agility and cost-efficiency’ instead of ‘blockchain purity’
The entire crypto market took great strides toward mass adoption in 2021 and now that the year is nearly complete, analysts are setting...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Torrents May Contain Crypto Malware, Cybersecurity Firm Warns
Cryptocurrency malware has been found in a torrent download of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, a cybersecurity firm has...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin’s Price Remains Boxed In Below $51K Over Holiday Weekend
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin moved little, as the market activity was muted over the...
Iran Orders Crypto Miners to Halt Operations to Prevent Winter Blackouts
Authorities in Iran have again told licensed miners to suspend their activities in the face of electricity shortages during the cold...
7 NFL players that chose crypto over cash salaries
For NFL fans, 2021 was a great year. Stadiums returned to capacity crowds after the 2020 season was shortened with limited attendance....
Top 5 Best Altcoins to Invest in for 2022
2021 was a great investment for some of us. Some rode the dogecoin bubble, some turned billionaires from Ethereum's all-time highs while...
Audius (AUDIO) breaks bearish trend to rally 20% in a few days – should you buy
Audius (AUDIO) has finally managed to break its downtrend, rallying 20% as sentiment on the broader crypto market improves. The surge has...
Monero (XMR) sees increased bull activity this week – is it a good buy for 2022?
Monero (XMR) has seen increased bull activity this week as investors look to add it into their portfolio. Known for its secure and private...
Positive buzz on Layer-1 networks pushes Terra (LUNA) to all-time highs – can it hold the momentum?
Terra (LUNA) has reached all-time highs in intraday trading today. The coin went above the $100 mark for the first time. It has...
Can Kava (KAVA) retrace its September all-time high? Price analysis and prediction
When the Kava (KAVA) DeFi protocol launched in 2019, it was dubbed one of the most promising projects in decentralised finance. At the...
UAE to Jail Promoters of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Schemes for Five Years, Offenders to Pay Over $270K in Fines
Fraudsters promoting online cryptocurrency scams in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now face a possible five-year jail sentence plus a fine...
Dogelon Mars (ELON) is up 50% for the week – should you buy it?
Memecoins have always been speculative assets with very little or no intrinsic value. But despite this, they are incredibly popular, and...
Verasity (VRA) plummets after massive December correction – should you buy this dip?
The price action for Verasity (VRA) for the most part of December and November has been bearish. After making a massive 240% rally in...
Ripple (XRP) breaks $1 resistance – should you buy it today
The story of Ripple (XRP) this year has been bittersweet, to say the least. At one time, the coin was ranked among the top three...
Curve DAO surges to monthly highs – does this uptrend have enough legs to keep going?
Curve DAO (CRV) has surged to new monthly highs after surpassing $5. At the time of writing, the token was up over 10% in intraday...
Meme Token Economy Climbs 14% in 2 Weeks — DOGE, SHIB Command 83% Dominance
Toward the end of this week, crypto-assets rebounded in value after meandering for two weeks and consolidating. While specific tokens like...
Top crypto winners and losers of 2021
The year 2021 has undoubtedly been a bull market with Bitcoin (BTC) raising the all-time high price bar several times this year. But not...
Why Portfolio Managers Will Need to Look at Altcoins in 2022
With 2021 just about in the rearview mirror, it’s a good time to reassess the notion that cryptocurrency is still a risk-on asset class....
Crypto․com CEO Kris Marszalek Accuses Coinmarketcap․com of ‘Arbitrarily Reducing’ Exchange Rankings
Crypto․com CEO Kris Marszalek has an issue with coinmarketcap.com’s exchange volume rankings, according to a tweet he...
The Emergence of DAOs With Santiago Santos
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by...
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Reimbursed a Portion of Invested Funds
Investors in Africrypt, the now-defunct South African crypto platform, were recently reimbursed a portion of their invested funds. The...
What You Can Create With a Small Piece of Land in the Metaverse
Everybody inside and outside of the metaverse world knows that land ownership is important, and acquiring a plot of land is a very...
Creator of App for Remittances to Africa and Asia Raises $65 Million in Series B Round
Tap Send, the creator of a remittances app of the same name, revealed it has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round. The fintech...
Bitcoin slips under $50K amid warning ‘new player’ Binance whale is pressuring BTC price
Bitcoin (BTC) lost $50,000 for the first time in several days on Dec. 26 as exchange inflows caught up with the cautiously optimistic...
UST Gets Listed on Binance and Huobi, Propelling Terra to $100
UST, the main stablecoin of the Terra project, is being integrated into Binance and Huobi, two leading exchanges by trading volume,...
Serbia Reviews License Applications From 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Three crypto exchanges have applied for licensing in Serbia, which recently adopted legislation regulating its digital asset space. The...
Turkish President Erdogan Says Cryptocurrency Law Is Ready as Crypto Regulator Fines Binance 8 Million Lira
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly announced that the country’s cryptocurrency law “is...
What is a honeypot crypto scam and how to spot it?
What is a crypto honeypot and why is it used? Smart contracts programs across a decentralized network of nodes can be executed on modern...
Ethereum Gas Fees Are Currently 62% Cheaper Than Last Month
Since November 9, 2021, or 46 days ago, transaction fees on the Ethereum network have been cut by more than half the rate they were on...
Crypto Mixing Tools Tornado.cash and Cashfusion Obscure More Than $8 Billion in Transactions
While blockchain monitoring has increased a great deal during the last few years, cryptocurrency mixers have seen significant use from...
Stablecoin Economy Jumps 3.5% in 2 Weeks to $167 Billion, Fiat-Pegged Tokens Command Over 60% of Crypto Trades
Since December 8, the stablecoin economy has grown 3.59% in 17 days as numerous stablecoin market valuations have issued more fiat-pegged...
Bitcoin battles bears ‘on offense’ as Christmas delivers a $50K BTC gift
Bitcoin (BTC) held $50,000 into Dec. 25 as BTC bulls avoided an unwelcome Christmas Day surprise. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)....
Dogecoin Foundation Says It’s Working With Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin on a Staking Concept
According to the Dogecoin Foundation, the organization is working with Vitalik Buterin on constructing proof-of-stake (PoS) capabilities...
More Needs to Be Done to Ensure Tanzanians Understand the Risks of Crypto Trading, Says Blockchain Educator
Tanzanians are embracing cryptocurrencies but more work still has to be undertaken in order to reduce the number of scams in the industry,...
Weekly Report: Bitcoin will replace the Dollar, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says
Jack Dorsey has this week taken issue with venture capital firms for pushing a 'false' idea of a decentralised Web3 Here is a recap of...
Kraken reveals NFT marketplace plans: Here’s what makes its platform unique
Kraken is currently working on a model to determine the liquidation value of NFTs before use as backing for loans Digital assets trading...
Terra’s Mirror protocol warns community against governance attack
Public blockchain network Terra has confirmed an ongoing scam attack via an official governance poll on Mirror, an in-house synthetic...
Marathon Announced New Purchase of Bitmain Miners, Expects to Reach 23.3 EH/s for Early 2023
Marathon, one of the leading bitcoin mining companies in North America announced it has entered a new purchase agreement with Bitmain, a...
Pro Bitcoin US Senator to table new crypto bill in 2022
The Wyoming Senator is looking to provide clear guidance on regulations for various asset classes via a proposed crypto bill Senator...
Turkey’s crypto law is ready for parliament, President Erdoğan confirms
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reportedly confirmed the completion of a crypto law draft that will soon be shared with...
Russian Government Allows Regions to Raise Electricity Rates for Crypto Miners
The federal government in Moscow has permitted regions to determine local electricity tariffs for the population, a measure that will...
Pro-Bitcoin Senator to Introduce Comprehensive Crypto Bill in US
The pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has reportedly unveiled her plan to introduce a comprehensive crypto bill that will cover...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reveals Why He’s Pro Dogecoin Amid Debate Over Web3, Ethereum, Decentralization
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has explained why he’s pro dogecoin as the debate over web3, Ethereum, and decentralization...
Beware of sophisticated scams and rug pulls, as thugs target crypto users
This year has been monumental for the cryptocurrency sector in terms of mainstream adoption. A recent report published by Grayscale...
‘Twas the Night before Christmas: A Cointelegraph Story
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the Twittersphere Not a troll was stirring, not even a financier; The crypto...
5 cryptocurrency projects that made waves in 2021
2021 was a breakout year for the cryptocurrency market in many respects and most investors are absolutely thrilled that Bitcoin (BTC)...
Matrixport Founder Jihan Wu Believes Crypto Space Will Swell to ‘Tens of Trillions of Dollars’
Seven months ago, during the first week of May, the digital currency entrepreneur Jihan Wu said at a conference that he expects the crypto...
10 key highlights from Nansen’s deep dive into Avalanche
Blockchain analytics platform Nansen published a comprehensive research report on the emerging EVM compatible layer1 platform Avalanche...
100 Opening Slots, LBank Exchange Reveals Galaxy Club Program to Encourage Project Innovation
PRESS RELEASE. Innovation has always been an essential part of the LBank Exchange’s core value. Lots of projects with different...
VeChain (VET) sees liftoff after broader crypto market sees gains – Can it hold the momentum?
The broader crypto market has seen some consolidating gains this week after a slumpy December. VeChain (VET) has followed major coins like...
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) continues bullish surge into the week – is it time to buy?
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) started off the week with some incredible gains. The coin appears to have held steady, adding up to this surge. In...
Should you buy Crypto.com (CRO)? price action and analysis to follow
The downtrend for Crypto.com (CRO) over the past few weeks has been quite consistent. The coin was mostly trading slightly lower or above...
Cosmos (ATOM) is up over 10% in 24-hour bullish breakout – price analysis and prediction
Cosmos (ATOM) is seeing a bullish breakout in intraday trading, surging over 10% in the last 24 hours. The coin, at the time of writing,...
Should you buy Convex Finance (CVX)? – price analysis and prediction
As with most assets in the crypto sector, the best part of December hasn’t been that good for DeFi tokens. A market-wide slump has...
The Sandbox (SAND) breaks above $6 as it builds extraordinary bullish momentum – Buy it now!
The Sandbox (SAND) is currently one of the big gainers in intraday trading today. The token is up 22% and has surged beyond $6. It also...
Gitcoin (GTC) surges nearly 6% in intraday trading – is it time to buy?
Gitcoin (GTC) has been surging in intraday trading today, gaining nearly 6% at press time. All momentum indicators are also pointing...
SWIFT Aims to Test Tokenization in 2022, Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL to Participate
SWIFT, the Belgian-based cooperative that serves as an intermediary and settlement executor of financial transactions between banks...
Decentraland (MANA) looks set for an impressive bullish uptrend – here’s why you should buy
Decentraland (MANA) is one of the most promising metaverse-related blockchain projects. In recent months. The platform has gained a lot of...
Turkey President Erdogan to Send Crypto Law to Parliament: Report
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will send a crypto law to the country’s parliament, two European publications, ABC Gazetesi and...
On heritage and NFT: Challenging the meaning of legacy itself
In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized...
Bitcoin ‘Santa rally’ pauses at $51.5K as funds bet on a sub-$60K BTC price for January 2022
Bitcoin (BTC) lost momentum at $51,500 on Dec. 24 as traders weighed the odds of a “Santa rally” coming true for Christmas....
30 Day NFT Sales Continue to Run Hot With Punks and Apes, Metaverse Trade Volume Skyrockets
The number of recorded non-fungible token (NFT) sales during the last 30 days consisted of roughly 362,374 sales. During the past 30 days,...
Price analysis 12/24: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, AVAX, DOT, DOGE
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced back above the psychological level at $50,000 and the S&P 500 hit a new all-time closing high on Dec. 23,...
Planning for a Better Breed of DOGE; Dogecoin Foundation Lays Out First-Ever Roadmap
The Dogecoin Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aims to support the development of the memecoin through advocacy, has launched its...
10 2022 Predictions From PwC’s Henri Arslanian
2021 was a historic year for crypto with many milestones. And there are no signs of the momentum slowing down in 2022!As per our tradition...
Former Finance Secretary Doubts Indian Government Understands Crypto
The Indian government has not introduced the cryptocurrency bill that was listed to be taken up in the winter session of parliament....
Deeze on Why 2021 Was the Year of NFTs
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by...
Bybit’s Jolly Jamboree: Trade and Win Tesla Model 3, iPhone 13 and More
‘Tis the season of giving and Bybit, one of the world’s fastest growing cryptocurrency exchange and trading platforms, wants...
Just 1.3 million Bitcoin left circulating on crypto exchanges
In glad tidings for an orange Christmas, Bitcoin (BTC) supply is drying up to lows not seen for years. In a recent tweet by CryptoRank,...
Cardano, Polkadot Advance as Crypto Market Rallies Ahead of Christmas
A ‘Santa rally’ ahead of Christmas gripped crypto markets on Friday with most large-cap coins showing gains over 24 hours.Bitcoin, ether...
A ‘Best of’ 2021 Holiday Special: Haiti’s Transition Into Modern Finance
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp, Nexo.io and KuCoin.This week and next we’re taking a year-end holiday from new episodes of “Money...
Working Group Meets to Prepare Regulations for Cryptocurrencies in Russia
A crypto working group has held its first meeting at Russia’s parliament. Its members have been tasked to put forward legislative...
Market highlights December 24: Crypto’s Santa rally
The crypto market is booming on December 24 as Christmas Eve approaches. This led analysts to coin the term “Santa rally”. Top...
Thai Central Bank to Delay CBDC Test Till Late 2022: Report
The Bank of Thailand will delay its test of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the second quarter to late next year, Reuters...
DeFi Value on Terra Surges to Record $21B as LUNA Tops $100
LUNA, the native token of decentralized payments network Terra, bumped to over $100 in European hours on Friday to lead a ‘Santa rally’ in...
Dogelon Mars up 37% today, crashes top 100: here’s where to buy Dogelon Mars now
The live Dogelon Mars price today is $0.000002 with a 24-hour trading volume of $113.4 million. Dogelon Mars is up 37% in the last 24...
Baidu metaverse app would take 6 years for a full launch, VP says
The Chinese internet giant Baidu doesn’t expect to fully launch its XiRang metaverse app soon despite the app’s initial would debut on...
No end to Sandbox gains in sight: Top places to buy Sandbox today
After NFT gaming ecosystem platform Sandbox raised $93 million in an investment round, the Sandbox (SAND) token price hit an all-time high...
Bitcoin needs to clear $51K to reduce the chance of new sell-off from BTC whales
Bitcoin (BTC) whales are the center of attention again this week as large transactions flow back to exchanges. Data from on-chain...
You can now buy GALA, the native token of Gala Games: here’s where
The live Gala price today is $0.51 with a 24-hour trading volume of just over $1 billion. The gaming token is up 11.50% in the last 24...
Justin Sun Will Go to Space on Blue Origin Mission Taking 5 People With Him
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency platform, announced yesterday he would fly to space next year to...
Kraken to Develop NFT Marketplace Offering Token-Backed Loans
Crypto exchange Kraken is developing a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) where users can arrange loans using the tokens as...