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AscendEX loses $80M following ERC-20, BSC, Polygon hot wallet compromise
Crypto trading platform AscendEX suffered a loss of $77.7 million in a hot wallet compromise that allowed hackers to access and transfer...
Thailand Doesn’t Prohibit Crypto Use for Payments but Warns of Price Fluctuation
Bank of Thailand’s officials say that using cryptocurrency as a means of payment is not illegal. However, they added that users...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Insists Depression Is Coming – Predicts ‘Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Real Estate Will Crash Too’
The author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says a crash and a depression are coming, predicting that...
Institutional Investors Expect Major Correction in Crypto Market Next Year
Many institutional investors are predicting a major correction in the cryptocurrency market next year, a survey published by Natixis...
Vitalik Buterin outlines path to ETH 2.0, Visa launches crypto advisory, Biden’s anti-crypto nominee for Comptroller withdraws: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 5-11
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Creating a Cryptocurrency Payment System for State Fees
The American politician and attorney serving as the 46th governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced the state’s 2022-23 budget...
Enterprise blockchain to play a pivotal role in creating a sustainable future
Bitcoin (BTC) is often used to criticize all blockchain-based projects. This is understandable since Bitcoin was the first project to use...
E-Commerce Giant Amazon Backs Wax Blockchain-Based Fractional Trading Card Market Dibbs: Report
According to reports, the e-commerce giant Amazon has recently invested in a fractional sports trading card marketplace called Dibbs. The...
Metaverse opens the gateway for luxury NFTs to become a multi-billion market
The nonfungible token (NFT) market is hot right now, and the future forecasts that it will only be getting hotter. The creation of the...
5 times quickfire crypto traders bought the news for double (or triple) digit profits
Why do crypto traders “buy the rumor, sell the news”? Simple. Because whispers of exchange listings or big-name partnerships reach very...
Anonymous Crypto Donors Are Changing Philanthropy
In 2021, crypto users were crowned the most charitable investors on the planet. To those outside of crypto that might not mean much, but...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Plans to Take a Fraction of His 401k in Bitcoin
During the first week of November, the reelected Miami mayor Francis Suarez explained that he would receive part of his salary in bitcoin...
IMF Advises How Crypto Should Be Regulated Citing ‘Urgent Need for Cross-Border Collaboration’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has outlined some recommendations of how cryptocurrency should be regulated, noting that there is an...
The 10 (Other) Most Crypto Influential
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeCoinDesk has just completed its list of 2021′s 50 Most Influential people. On...
5 Ways to Earn Passive Income From NFTs
The non-fungible token (NFT) market has grown into a major sector of the crypto industry over 2021, with the total amount spent on...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Tells President Biden’s Summit: Cryptocurrency Should Be Used to Empower Democracy
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about cryptocurrency at a recent Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe...
FATF guidance on virtual assets: NFTs win, DeFi loses, rest remains unchanged
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its long-awaited guidance on virtual assets, laying out standards that have the potential...
Inflation Plagues American Economy: US Consumer Prices See Fastest Rise in Close to 40 Years
The consumer price index (CPI) data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show prices in the United States climbed 6.8%...
Bitcoin Mining Company Cleanspark to Kick-Start 20 MW Immersion Cooling Initiative
Cleanspark, a sustainability-focused bitcoin mining company, has announced it will kick-start a 20 MW initiative in its Norcross bitcoin...
Regulator Claims South Africa Set to Unveil Cryptocurrency Regulatory Framework in Early 2022
In early 2022, South Africa will have a new regulatory framework that covers cryptocurrencies, a commissioner with a regulatory body has...
McDonald’s McRib NFT Project Links to Racial Slur Recorded On Blockchain
One of the problems with the recent phenomenon of food brands getting into NFTs is that food is actually quite different from NFTs.If...
Altcoin Roundup: 3 metrics that traders can use to effectively analyze DeFi tokens
Much to the chagrin of cryptocurrency proponents who call for the immediate mass adoption of blockchain technology, there are many...
Chainalysis to Offer Lightning Network Monitoring Service to VASPs in 2022
On December 10, the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis revealed that the company has added support for Bitcoin’s second-layer...
BadgerDAO Reveals Details of How It Was Hacked for $120M
In a blog post this week, DeFi platform BadgerDAO provided details of how it was exploited for $120 million earlier this month.BadgerDAO...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Publishes ‘Plausible Roadmap’ Addressing Scalability
In recent times the Ethereum network has received a lot of criticism about the protocol’s data transfer fees and scalability. In a...
Blockchain folk hero Nandy Martin hopes to build a better community for Haitians in Miami
Haiti, a Western Caribbean country torn by a tragic past, natural disasters, poor leadership and ineffective foreign aid, is not a country...
Analysts say Bitcoin’s open interest wipeout ‘will give way to further upside’
The weekend is upon us and fear remains the dominant short-term sentiment in the cryptocurrency market. Earlier today Bitcoin (BTC) price...
2 Prominent Bitcoin Core Contributors Step Away From Their Roles
Veteran open source Bitcoin developer John Newbery announced on Friday he will take a step back from his work, continuing a series of...
How ‘Intelligent’ NFTs Raise Some Red Flags
NFTs are on a clear collision course with artificial intelligence, which will in theory unlock all sorts of new utilities, including...
Most Influential 2021: Robert Leshner
Good morning. Robert Leshner has built one of the essential cornerstones of decentralized finance (DeFi) with Compound, a lending...
Most Influential 2021: Devin Finzer
Devin Finzer is the co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest non-fungible token (NFT) platform, OpenSea. Finzer says his interest was...
Another Cryptocurrency Hearing on Capitol Hill: This One Felt Different
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp, Nexo.io and KuCoin.On this week’s “Money Reimagined” podcast, Michael Casey and Sheila Warren...
Blockasset Pushes the Limits of NFTs and Fan Tokens, Empowers Sports
On the 4th of November, one of Times Square’s Countdown screens lit up with artworks depicting five iconic sports heroes, Alexander...
After Major Crypto Sell-Off, Why Did DeFi Stay So Sticky?
According to the data, decentralized finance (DeFi) users might not be that degenerate after all.Amid the dozens of introductory posts and...
The Two Miami Art Weeks
Near the doors to the Miami Airport Convention Center – by a parked Ferrari studded with kitten stickers, just across from a pavilion...
Market Wrap: US Inflation at 39-Year High Fails to Buoy Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s price swung from gains to losses and back to gains on Friday after a key U.S. inflation report showed consumer prices rose in...
Gitcoin Deactivates Grant for Farsi Speaking Communities Due to U.S. Sanctions
Gitcoin, an organization that helps fund open source projects around the Ethereum blockchain, has deactivated a grant due to it being...
Most Influential 2021: Matt Hall and John Watkinson
This year, everyone from Jimmy Fallon to Jay-Z decided to express themselves on social media using cartoon Apes and pixelated heads as...
Most Influential 2021: Brian Armstrong
The 38-year-old founder of Coinbase took the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange (by volume) public this year. In addition to his work making...
Most Influential 2021: Jack Dorsey
The one-time chief executive of social media giant Twitter and payments platform Square is now focused solely on Block (Square’s new...
What Would A Mutual Aid DAO Look Like?
Though it’s not exactly a new idea, the phrase “mutual aid” first came to prominence last year, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Most Influential 2021: Beeple
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were already gaining steam before Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist who publishes under the name Beeple, sold...
Indian PM calls for cryptocurrencies to ’empower’ democracy at global summit
Cryptocurrency made an appearance at a global online summit for world leaders in a speech from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At...
Most Influential 2021: Random Celebrities Who Discovered Crypto
In 2017, during the unmoored initial coin offering (ICO) boom, celebrities were paid shills. Remember when Dennis Rodman promoted Potcoin...
Finance Redefined: AWS turns crypto exchanges offline, and Sushi CTO resigns, Dec. 3–10
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. Although the markets may be down and technical...
Most Influential 2021: Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao (often simply “CZ”) may be the world’s richest person. As founder of cryptocurrency behemoth Binance, he’s not only the...
Most Influential 2021: Anatoly Yakovenko
Anatoly Yakovenko calls himself the biggest skeptic of cryptocurrencies, even though he developed one of the fastest-growing crypto...
The Highest Inflation Since 1982
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeNovember inflation came in at 6.8%, the highest in 39 years. In this episode,...
Most Influential 2021: Kristin Smith
This year crypto emerged as a political force, with many Washington DC-based lobbyists fomenting the charge. Executive Director of the...
Assembly Blockchain Receives $100M Investment From VCs, Crypto Market-Maker: Report
A group of the largest Asia-based venture capital firms and crypto hedge funds are headlining a $100 million investment to further the...
Makersplace Plans to Drop World’s First 2pac NFT Collection Authorized by the Shakur Estate
On December 15, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace will drop an assortment of NFTs based on Tupac Shakur’s...
Most Influential 2021: Do Kwon
Do Kwon, the 29-year-old founder of Terraform Labs, was running late. Being subpoenaed by a hired hand of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
FLUX, SFP and Badger DAO surge even as Bitcoin price falls to $47K
The year-long mantra that the crypto market would see a blow-off top in December has proven to be a dud thus far and for the last week,...
What Intellectuals Still Don’t Get About Crypto
“Yes, Web3 is a bunch of bullshit. The problem is, compared to what?”That subhed to Matt Stoller’s newsletter this week set me off even...
Why Is Bitcoin Dropping if It’s an ‘Inflation Hedge’?
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released updated numbers for its inflation-tracking Consumer Price Index (CPI), showing...
Coinbase Launches Defi Yield Earning Service to Over 70 Countries, United States Not Included
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has made decentralized finance (defi) more accessible by giving Coinbase...
Bitcoin hovers near $48K ahead of fresh key US inflation data
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered above $48,000 on Dec. 10 after another fall took BTC/USD to lows of $47,350 overnight. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Crypto market eyes recovery ahead of key US inflation data release
Growing inflation has become a mounting concern for nations around the world, especially the United States. The U.S. has seen one of the...
Bitcoin jumps past $50K as US CPI data shows highest inflation in nearly 40 years
Bitcoin (BTC) surged over $1,000 in seconds on Dec. 10 as the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed inflation in November...
Virtue Gaming launches play-to-earn crypto model to bring online poker to US players
On Friday, Virtue Gaming, a decentralized online poker platform built on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, launched the first play-to-earn...
NFT clone Punks: Right or wrong?
“Can someone explain to me why NFT ‘clones’ are selling for so much?” asked Redditor LittleDoofus a couple of months ago. NFT clones cash...
Trader who called 2017 Bitcoin price crash raises concerns over ‘double top’
Bitcoin (BTC) could be forming a so-called “double top” pattern after falling by over 30% from its record high of $69,000,...
Craig Wright Isn’t Satoshi Nakamoto and Other Facts ‘The Media’ Won’t Tell You
A Florida jury kinda sorta ruled in Craig Wright’s favor: The man who claims to be Satoshi won’t need to cough up half his...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 10, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Under Pressure, Two-Year Treasury Yield...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Take Final Decision on Cryptocurrency Regulation
A high-level meeting is reportedly being held on cryptocurrency regulation in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take a final...
Most Influential: Katie Haun
After the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, mainstream commentators wagged their fingers at bitcoin. Fortunately for the cryptocurrency...
ConsenSys-Backed Virtue Gaming Launches ‘Play-to-Earn Poker’
The bustling play-to-earn space is adding poker tables to the mix with the release of Virtue Gaming’s online poker platform.The...
ConstitutionDAO Tokens (Yes They’re Still Trading) See Wild Session With $9M Liquidations
Crypto traders betting on the recently famous ConstitutionDAO’s PEOPLE tokens recorded over $9 million in liquidations on Friday, data...
South Africa’s Financial Regulator Is Planning Crypto Rules to Protect Vulnerable Population: Report
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FCSA) is preparing a regulatory framework for crypto to protect the more vulnerable...
Crowdfunding Platform Kickstarter Will Shift to Blockchain-Based Model
Kickstarter, one of the leading crowdfunding platforms on the market, has decided to abandon its current business model and migrate to a...
Opera’s Browser Wallet to Support Solana in Early 2022
Opera said Friday its native wallet will add support for Solana early next year, a timeline that could place the browser developer on...
Audius Is Building a Radio Station in the Metaverse
On a quiet Thursday morning in DeFi Land, an FM radio tower was erected amind a landscape of barns and cornfields. Its completion brought...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds Support For Multisig (Shared) Wallets
The Bitcoin.com Team is excited to announce support for shared (multisig) wallets for Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in the Bitcoin.com Wallet....
India’s Modi Calls for Global Crypto Standard
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the creation of a global standard for technologies, such as social media and crypto.At the...
US Inflation Rate Surges to 6.8% in November, a 4-Decade High; Bitcoin Jumps
The U.S. Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), closely tracked by bitcoin traders due to the cryptocurrency’s use by some...
Crypto’s Carbon Footprint Could Hinder Adoption: Deutsche Bank
In the past three years bitcoin’s market cap has grown to more than $1 trillion from $70 billion and its “annual global energy consumption...
IMF Outlines Need for Global Approach to Crypto Regulation
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the financial institution focused on maintaining worldwide financial stability, has outlined its...
Prosecutor General’s Office Wants to See ‘Cryptocurrency’ in Russian Law
The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has insisted that the term “cryptocurrency” should be added...
Chainalysis Blockchain Data Platform to Integrate Lightning Network
Chainalysis blockchain data monitoring platform is launching support for the Lightning Network, according to a press release shared with...
Bitcoin Under Pressure, Two-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 21-Month High as US Inflation Report Looms
Bitcoin fell as bond yields rose ahead of a U.S. inflation report that could seal the deal for a faster unwinding of stimulus by the...
Market highlights December 10: Crypto market decidedly bearish, Tesla tumbles on autopilot investigation
The crypto market was lower over the past 24 hours. The majority of cryptos were in the red at time of writing. US markets today may be...
Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.
Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S....
Router Protocol Raises $4.1M to Bridge EVM and Non-EVM Chains
Router Protocol, a project aimed at connecting multiple blockchains, has raised a $4.1 million funding round.Router, which raised $485,000...
Tether, SHIB Compete With Bitcoin in Inflation-Ridden Turkey as Lira Tumbles
Turkish citizens, facing high inflation and a plunging currency, are shunning the example set by some foreign public companies that have...
Polkadot, Solana, Terra, Lead Large-Cap Losses Amid Market Drop
The native tokens of layer 1 blockchains Polkadot, Solana, and Terra were among the biggest losers Friday morning amid a fall in the...
Aces, Jokers, and NFTs: Playing Card Manufacturer Bicycle Launches NFT Genesis Collection
The well known playing card manufacturer Bicycle has announced the launch of the company’s first non-fungible token (NFT)...
Binance in Talks With Indonesian Heavyweights for Crypto Venture: Report
Binance is discussing crypto ventures with some of Indonesia’s biggest companies, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar...
Why did Contentos (COS) price shoot up on Thursday night?
The price of Contentos (COS) shot up by over 30% yesterday (Thursday) night propelling its price from slightly above $0.26 to a high of...
Pika is trending today, up 15%: You can now buy PIKA, here’s where
The live Pika price today is $1.98e-7. Pika is up 15.24% in the last 24 hours. Read on to find out what PIKA is and where you can buy it...
Credefi lost almost 20% today: here’s where to buy Credefi for a good price
The live Credefi price today is $0.11 with a 24-hour trading volume of just over $9 million. Credefi is down 18.11% in the last 24 hours....