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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...
Bitcoin Slips To 3-Month Low, Analysts Divided on Impact of Fed’s Tightening
Bitcoin continues to lose ground as minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting released earlier this week flagged the chance of a...
Bring Your AOZ NFT to Life! Claim Your Free Soul
From the moment you minted the selected AOZ citizen NFT, we believe a bond has been created between you and this particular PFP artwork,...
Decentralized Credit Protocol Goldfinch Raises $11M in Series A Funding
Goldfinch, a decentralized protocol enabling crypto borrowing without crypto collateral, has raised $11 million in a Series A funding...
The Inside Story of How India’s Crypto Exchanges Were ‘Inspected’ by Tax Agencies
The TakeawayTax agencies have several other crypto exchanges on their radar but expect these “inspections” to serve as a deterrent that...
Chinese Crackdown Bolsters Bitcoin Mining in Thailand, Bigger Investors Eye Setting Up Operations in Laos
A crackdown on bitcoin mining by China has led to an increase in the number of Thai investors that have acquired and are operating mining...
Devere Group CEO Predicts 3 Countries Will Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender This Year
The CEO of financial advisory and asset management firm Devere Group has predicted that three countries will adopt bitcoin as legal tender...
Goldman Sachs Predicts Bitcoin Could Reach $100K as BTC Continues to Take Gold’s Market Share as Store of Value
Goldman Sachs has predicted that the price of bitcoin could reach $100,000. The global investment bank believes that bitcoin will continue...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Stabilizes Near $43K as Layer 1 Tokens Attract Attention
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin stabilized near $43,000 after Wednesday’s sell-off, while traders’ attention...
AMC Theatres on Track to Accept Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Payments in Q1, CEO Confirms
The CEO of the world’s largest movie exhibition company, AMC Entertainment, says his company is on track to accept meme...
SEC Charges Founder of Crypto Startup Crowd Machine With Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Craig Sproule of Australia, along with two crypto companies he founded – Crowd...
GameStop Surges Following Report It’s Launching an NFT Marketplace
Shares of GameStop (GME), the original meme stock that stoked retail investor frenzy in buying highly volatile stocks, surged as much as...
Pocket Network Announces Closing of Its Strategic Private Sale to Accelerate Network Development & Global Expansion
PRESS RELEASE. Pocket Network exceeded $56,000,000 in monthly revenues in December placing it in the Top Five revenue producer for...
Here’s why Bitcoin traders say a drop to $38K is the worst case scenario
The fallout from the Federal Reserve’s recent hawkish comments about raising interest rates as soon as March continued to weigh...
Polygon Under Accidental Attack From Swarm of Sunflower Farmers
A chain normally known for its high throughput has been hobbled today by a surprising foe: a simple blockchain-based agriculture game...
A16z Leads Additional $25M Round for DeFi Credit Protocol Goldfinch
Decentralized credit protocol Goldfinch has raised $25 million in a Series A extension round led by Andressen Horowitz (a16z), which had...
Report: Pakistan Likely to Earn Billions From Cryptocurrency
According to a document produced by a Pakistani policy advisory board, the country is likely to earn billions of dollars from crypto-asset...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sentiment Turns Extremely Bearish
Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies are stabilizing after a sell-off on Wednesday. Some analysts expect crypto volatility to remain...
Después de la caída, bitcoin se estabiliza en una resistencia cercana a $45K-$50K
Bitcoin (BTC) cayó por debajo del soporte inicial de $45.000 el miércoles, aunque más tarde se estabilizó en torno a $42.000, cerca del...
Why Bitcoin and Crypto Are Crashing
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at one of the most important...
NYDFS Hires New Deputy Superintendent of Virtual Currency
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has hired Peter Marton as deputy superintendent of virtual currency, according...
Bitcoin could outperform stocks in 2022 amid Fed tightening — Bloomberg analyst
The Federal Reserve’s signaling for tighter monetary policy in 2022 could provide short-term headwinds for risk assets such as stocks and...
Arab Bank Switzerland Is Quietly Getting Into DeFi
Arab Bank Switzerland, the Geneva-headquartered affiliate of Middle Eastern lender Arab Bank PLC, has extended its wealthy...
Ravencoin (RVN) has been surging the past week – should you buy it?
Ravencoin (RVN) is right now one of the best performing coins in the market. The token is up 20% over the last week. These gains would be...
Oracle tokens turn bullish as blockchain projects focus on interoperability
2022 looks to be a transformative year for the cryptocurrency ecosystem as the focus on interoperability between siloed blockchain...
Not Everyone Can Afford to Be Satoshi
In a recent open letter reflecting on his invention of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee first thanked his boss.“I was very lucky, back...
Here is why you should buy Aave (AAVE) despite pullback below $250
Aave (AAVE) has largely traded sideways over the last month without any significant breakouts. But it did manage to oscillate between $250...
Fed’s Minutes Report ‘Bludgeons’ Global Markets — Stocks, Crypto, Precious Metals Slip in Value
Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on December 14-15 show that the central bank is being persistent about...
Bitcoin Stabilizes After Sell-Off, Resistance Near $45K-$50K
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below initial support at $45,000 on Wednesday, but later stabilized around $42,000, which is near the Dec. 5 crash...
Loopring (LRC) sees a massive sell-off – Should you still buy it today?
After some positive price action during the first days of 2022, Loopring (LRC) is tumbling fast. The coin has seen a massive sell-off in...
State of the Union Part 2: Education, Access and Tools
“Onramp does write three things: education, access and tools. ‘E.A.T.,’ we help the RIA space eat.”In this second part of “On Purpose”...
Kazakhstan Shuts Down Banks, Internet Amid Unrest That Threatens Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate
Measures imposed by authorities to quell mass protests in mining hotspot Kazakhstan are affecting cryptocurrency markets and the Bitcoin...
Will DAOs Replace Crypto Venture Capital?
Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, have recently formed to try to buy the U.S. Constitution and a professionally certified...
BTCS stock jumps 44% after announcing first-ever dividend payable in Bitcoin
On Jan. 5, Nasdaq Composite logged its biggest daily loss since February last year. But for one of its listed companies, the day turned...
Bitstamp
Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is a Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange that offers crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto exchange services. It...