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NFT Music Startup Sound.xyz Raises $5M Seed Round From A16z, 21 Savage
A buzzy new music startup called Sound.xyz has raised a $5 million seed round, with contributions from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Variant...
CardCoins Offers Bitcoin Payments Over the Lightning Network
CardCoins, a website that lets users trade prepaid gift cards for bitcoin, now offers users the choice to receive their BTC over the...
Exidio Launches Decentralized VPN App Allowing Users to Mine Bandwidth
Exidio is launching a decentralized virtual private network (dVPN) app that encrypts a user’s data on the go and allows them to earn...
Valkyrie Launches ETF to Track Bitcoin Balance Sheet Stocks
A new exchange-traded fund (ETF) from crypto manager Valkyrie invests in companies with big bitcoin bags, according to a regulatory filing...
$33.5 billion worth of ETH ‘trapped’ in largest Ethereum contract
The single largest Ethereum contract containing 8,641,954 Ether (ETH) worth $33.5 billion is sitting idle because it cannot be spent or...
‘Avoid Ban on Private Cryptocurrencies,’ Indian Technology Think Tank CIS Recommends
The Indian government should avoid a ban on private cryptocurrencies, according to a report by Indian non-profit organization Centre for...
Bitcoin sheds ‘dumb money’ as retail buys most BTC since March 2020 crash
Bitcoin (BTC) is back in fashion for regular investors at $48,000 as data confirms the biggest buying spree since March 2020. In a tweet...
Galaxy, Bloomberg Debut Solana Fund for Institutional Investors
Galaxy Digital on Wednesday said it will launch a crypto fund for Solana, the high-speed blockchain whose native token SOL has soared in...
Mobile Bitcoin Gaming Is Powering Up on Lightning
A new game will soon drop in the App Store. You are a cat – a cute cat, a cartoon cat – who flings items like fish, seashells, and golden...
BofA Says Avalanche’s Scaling Capability Offers Viable Alternative to Ethereum
Smart-contract platform Avalanche’s ability to scale while remaining secure and decentralized makes it a credible alternative to Ethereum...
Why Ethereum’s ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Has Been Delayed Again
The Ethereum network recently underwent the Arrow Glacier hard fork on Dec. 9, with the sole purpose of delaying the “difficulty bomb” to...
Crypto Firms Get a Slap From UK Advertising Regulator Over Misleading Ads
Cryptocurrency trading giants Coinbase, eToro and Luno were among a gaggle of virtual asset industry participants to receive a warning...
Crypto Lender Ledn Raises $70M in Series B Round, Readies Bitcoin-Backed Mortgage Product
Cryptocurrency lending platform Ledn raised $70 million in a Series B funding round at a $540 million valuation, and plans to use some of...
Market highlights December 15: Cryptos recovering, US stocks dip ahead of Fed decision
The crypto market is recovering as a whole. It was in the green over the past 24 hours, as the majority of top 10 cryptos were seen higher...
Dogecoin Leads Gains as Crypto Market Shows Muted Recovery
Cryptocurrency prices showed signs of recovery across the board on Wednesday after almost a week of declines.Dogecoin led growth among...
How to Buy a Tom Brady NFT
Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL quarterback Tom Brady recently launched his own non-fungible token (NFT) collection – called “Live Forever: The...
NFT Marketplace Rarible Launches Integration With Tezos
Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has launched its integration with energy-efficient, proof-of-stake blockchain Tezos after...
Dogecoin Leads Gains as Crypto Markets Show Muted Recovery
Cryptocurrency prices showed signs of recovery across the board on Wednesday after almost a week of declines.Dogecoin led growth among...
Voxies going insane, gained 70% in a day: Where to buy Voxies, the RPG game of the future
As the next big Binance launchpad project, Voxies is seeing marvelous gains. Binance launchpad will host a Voxel token sale. Today, Voxies...
SBI Holdings invests in Singaporean crypto exchange Coinhako
Tokyo-based financial services giant SBI Holdings announced a joint investment in Coinhako, Singapore’s first licensed crypto exchange...
SEBA Bank Offers Token for Digital Ownership of Gold
Digital asset banking platform SEBA is offering a stablecoin that serves as a token for digital ownership of gold.The token will be backed...
India’s Crypto Bill Likely to Be Delayed for Several Weeks: Reports
India’s highly anticipated crypto regulation bill probably won’t be introduced to Parliament until next year’s session begins in late...
Where to buy Safemoon, which allows holders to earn up to 80% APY
The live SafeMoon price today is $0.000001 with a 24-hour trading volume of just over $7 million. SafeMoon is up 1.32% in the last 24...
Dogecoin pumping after Musk announcement: Here are the best places to buy Dogecoin
Dogecoin is gaining rapidly after Elon Musk announced he would begin accepting it as payment for some merchandise. It’s high time as...
Bitcoin’s Decline Suggests Fed’s Hawkish Policy Shift is Priced in
Bitcoin appears to have digested the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed) impending hawkish or anti-inflation policy adjustment with a significant...
Dogecoin (DOGE) skyrocketing after Elon Musk says Tesla will start accepting it as payment
On 14th December, DOGE price went up by over 25% and became the only major cryptocurrency to deliver gains for the day as the rest of the...
Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Raises $350M Funding at $3B Valuation
Anchorage Digital has closed a $350 million funding round, valuing the cryptocurrency custody firm at over $3 billion.The Series D funding...
Avalanche is gaining on news of USDC listing: here’s where to buy AVAX
The live Avalanche price today is $91.46 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.29 billion. Avalanche is up 13.57% in the last 24 hours. If...
55% of Aave’s Community Votes for ‘Business License’ to Prevent Forks
A governance proposal floated by the Aave community centered around the platform’s code licensing ended on Tuesday, with 55% voting for...
Bitcoin, Cardano, Ethereum, and Everything Else is Still Down 99% on CoinMarketCap
Prices of bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, were down 99% on crypto tracking site CoinMarketCap. But...
Binance, MDI-Led Consortium to Create Crypto Exchange in Indonesia
Crypto exchange Binance and a consortium led by MDI Ventures will establish a joint venture focused on developing blockchain technology in...
BCB Group Expands in Europe With Acquisition of 100-Year-Old German Bank
BCB Group, the crypto-dedicated payments services provider, has acquired fintech-focused Sutor Bank, gaining control of a German bank to...
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark 2021 Revenue Rises 400%
CleanSpark’s total revenue rose 400% in its 2021 fiscal year, but the sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company also...
Animoca Brands Leads $130M Investment in Venture Accelerator Brinc for Web 3 Expansion
Venture accelerator Brinc closed a $130 million funding round, led by NFT and metaverse investor Animoca Brands.Brinc closed a $30 million...
3 reasons why Nexus Mutual (WNXM) price is holding steady in a volatile market
There is always going to be risks involved with interacting with cryptocurrencies and recent proof of this can be seen over the past few...
US Lawmakers Ask Janet Yellen to Define ‘Broker’ for Infrastructure Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators want Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to specify how the finance ministry will define a “broker” for...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Traders Laying Low While Fed Ponders; Bitcoin, Ether Gain
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin moved above $47,000 a day before a Fed decision on combating...
Robinhood Acquires Cross-Exchange Crypto Trading Firm Cove Markets
No-fee trading app Robinhood has acquired cross-exchange trading platform Cove Markets to make it easier for customers to manage their...
What Gives Crypto its Value?
Where does crypto get its value? Where does anything get its value?It’s really quite simple: If enough people agree that something is...
Data suggests traders view $46,000 as Bitcoin’s final line in the sand
Dec. 13 will likely be remembered as a “bloody Monday” after Bitcoin (BTC) price lost the $47,000 support, and altcoin prices dropped by...
Witnesses offer differing opinions on approach to stablecoins at congressional hearing
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs heard from several expert witnesses with knowledge of stablecoins who urged...
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Stabilize as Traders Await the Fed
Bitcoin traded in a tight range around $46,000 on Tuesday. Some traders prefer to remain on the sideline until the U.S. Federal Reserve...
Just How Bearish Are the Bitcoin and Crypto Communities?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a few explanations for the current bearish...
Bitcoin Is Free and Fair but Not Progressive
Strictly speaking, Bitcoin is for everyone. I like to think about this decentralized network as a type of public commons – it’s an open...
Bitcoin intenta superar los $47.000 a la espera de una reunión de la Reserva Federal
Bitcoin, la mayor criptomoneda del mundo por capitalización de mercado, estaba a la baja mientras el mercado espera la reunión de política...
Get Ready for the 2022 Metaverse Real Estate Boom
This time last year, if someone had said, “I’ll sell you a plot of virtual land for 1 ETH,” most of us would have told them to kick sand....
Bitcoin Holds Short-Term Support at $46K; Resistance at $50K
Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady around the $46,000 support level as oversold signals appear on the charts. This means short-term buyers...
FTX Partners With Nuvei to Offer Instant Payment Solutions to Users
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has partnered with payments firm Nuvei Corp to enable instant payment solutions for FTX users so they can buy...
Block Launches Cash App Feature Allowing Users to Gift Bitcoin
Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, will allow its Cash App users to gift as little as $1 in stock or bitcoin, according to a...
Mintable app to support minting NFTs on the layer two Immutable X protocol
Mintable marketplace announced its partnership with Immutable X, a StarkWare-based layer-two solution for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on...
Ex Populus Raises $8.5M Amid Fears Web 3 Gaming Is Growing Frothy
Blockchain gaming projects like Illuvium have reached remarkable valuations in the tens of billions in recent weeks, despite sometimes...
What Is ShibaSwap?
ShibaSwap is the native decentralized exchange (DEX) of the shiba inu coin project; a popular meme coin and leading competitor of dogecoin...
How Brands Can Build in the Metaverse
Clinique had a problem. The brand wanted to “enter the metaverse,” but it didn’t want to do it in a way that was cringey. So, they called...
The Elon Effect: How Musk’s Tweets Move Crypto Markets
In the early stages of 2021, Elon Musk had the cryptocurrency market wrapped around his finger.A single tweet about dogecoin by the Tesla...
Binance UK Is Threatening to Block Derivatives Traders in a Move to Keep Regulators at Bay
Binance U.K. is cutting off retail investors from accessing crypto derivatives in order to comply with local regulations, the exchange...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Behind Tom Brady’s NFT Play
It’s no surprise Tom Brady would get a lot of attention for his new non-fungible token (NFT) company. The six-time Super Bowl wner is an...
From DOH! to DAO: The Rise of Decentralized Organizations
In the summer of 2016, Joe Lubin, one of the eight co-founders of Ethereum, was in midtown Manhattan to talk about how blockchain could...
Solana Ventures Looks to Boost Web 3 Gaming With Launch of $150M Fund
Investors have bet big on the future of play-to-earn gaming, and they aren’t done yet.Solana Ventures, Forte and Griffin Gaming Partners...
FTX Strikes Sponsorship Deal With NBA Team Golden State Warriors
FTX.US, the American arm of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, signed a global sponsorship deal with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.FTX.US...
Crypto AML Compliance: How Risk Scoring Can Help Meet Regulatory Requirements
Crypto industry regulations are evolving quickly along with the market’s unprecedented worldwide growth. As both risks and regulations...
Bitcoin Struggles to Break $48K as Fed Meeting Looms
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was lower as the market prepares for this week’s Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting,...
NYDIG raises $1B in funding, valuation now $7B
On Tuesday, New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, a financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services such as...
Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Tumbles in Trading Debut
TeraWulf (WULF), an environmentally minded bitcoin miner, was falling almost 24% in its first day of trading on Tuesday.TeraWulf went...
Raoul Pal: Digital assets have gone nowhere since May
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal believes that the crypto market is yet to top and a fresh rally is likely in the first quarter of 2022, with...
Vaynerchuk Backs $7M Bet on You Wanting to Show Off Your NFTs IRL
As NFTs continue their invasion of the art world, one startup wants to help collectors display their collections in the meatspace.Danvas...
Toy Brand L.O.L Surprise! Launches In-Store NFT Collection
MGA Entertainment is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) collection that accompanies in-store purchases of its L.O.L. Surprise! brand...
AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More
Blockchain oracle services firm Chainlink has added U.S. meteorology forecasting provider AccuWeather to further bolster its suite of...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 14, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Bitcoin CME Futures Slip Into ‘Backwardation’...
Brazilian Crypto Asset Manager Hashdex Pursues US Expansion Following 2 Key Hires
Brazil-based crypto asset manager Hashdex is pursuing a U.S. expansion after hiring a pair of executives to focus on growing its $1...
Market Analyst Says ‘Whole Crypto Sphere Is in a Bear Market’ as Prices Continue to Slide Lower
The crypto-economy has been sliding in value this week and during the last 24 hours, it has lost 2.5% dropping to $2.3 trillion. The...
CoinDesk Indices Launches the Digital Asset Classification Standard, a Roadmap for Investing
The digital asset industry has grown at a rapid pace since the inception of bitcoin in 2008, accelerating greatly over the few years. This...
Metaverse Alliance Launches Metathon for Devs and Degens With $50 Million in Prize and Seed Funding
PRESS RELEASE. Metaverse Alliance has announced the launch of its online Metaverse Hackathon (Metathon) for all metaverse enthusiasts...
Institutional Bitcoin Broker NYDIG Valued at $7B in Whopping $1B Funding Round
NYDIG said in a press release Tuesday that it is bringing on $1 billion in growth capital to lead bitcoin further into Wall Street.The...
Morgan Stanley CEO says crypto and meme stocks pose bigger risks to investors
James Gorman said some moments in the crypto and meme stock markets do not make sense. He also says SPACs and high-valuation stocks from...
Cardano’s ADA price eyes 30% rally with a potential ‘triple bottom’ setup
Cardano (ADA) may rally by nearly 30% in the coming days as it forms a classic bullish reversal pattern. Sharp ADA rebound underway Dubbed...
Dogecoin Soars After Elon Musk Announces Tesla Will Accept DOGE
Dogecoin got a boost Tuesday morning when Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be accepting dogecoin for some products. Musk has just been...
Dogecoin gains 25% after Elon Musk confirms Tesla will accept DOGE for merchandise
Dogecoin (DOGE) saw a sudden price increase on Dec. 14 after Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would begin accepting it for some...
RIA of the Future
On this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross envisions the future of the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry. A shift in...
Ukraine Commercial Bank to Test Digital Currency Built on Stellar
One of Ukraine’s oldest commercial banks, Tascombank, is planning to test an electronic hryvnia, a digital version of its sovereign...
Playing Around With the SIDUS HEROES Demo Left Me in Great Anticipation for the Game Release in January
SIDUS HEROES is the first ever WebGL, AAA-level, Play-to-Earn, NFT and MMORPG game built by an experienced tech company with 200+...
Avalanche Adds USDC Stablecoin in Continued DeFi Push
Avalanche, an Ethereum-rivaling smart contract blockchain, is adding a native version of USDC – the stablecoin backed by cash and liquid...
Vulcan Forged Platform Suffers Security Breach, 96 Wallets Compromised
Vulcan Forged, a gaming and NFT platform, suffered a security breach that allowed attackers to gain control of some cryptocurrency wallets...
Dogecoin Surges as Elon Musk Teases Tesla Merchandise Plan
Dogecoin rose 33% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker would accept dogecoins as payment for its merchandise.“Tesla will...
Market highlights December 14: Crypto market in the red, US stocks sink as Omicron fears return
The crypto market was in the red over the past 24 hours, as the vast majority of cryptos were seen lower at time of writing. All three...
Avalanche, Cosmos Lead Crypto Losses Amid Altcoin Purge
Tokens of the Avalanche, Algorand and Cosmos blockchains were among some of the biggest losers early Tuesday as the crypto market took a...
Robinhood Working on New Crypto Gifting Feature: Report
Code discovered in a beta version of Robinhood’s iPhone app reveals the popular no-fee trading platform is considering adding a feature...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Tumble Ahead of Federal Reserve Meeting
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin fell as investor jitters grew over the...
The new Dogecoin? Meet MetaDoge, which is up almost 18% today
Dogecoin has spawned quite a number of successors, but there’s one that stands out: MetaDoge. The live MetaDoge price today is...
Ether Breaks Short-Term Bullish Trendline, Support Below $3.3K
Ether’s short-term pattern has turned bearish with the cryptocurrency finding acceptance under a crucial support.The native token of...
Where to buy MetaShiba, which gained 14% today
MetaShiba is one of the few coins trending today amid all-pervasive crypto market gloom. It has been gaining steadily ever since it was...