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Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer to Go Public With SPAC Merger; Deal Values Company at Around $4B
Bitdeer Technologies, which operates five cryptocurrency mining data centers in the U.S. and Norway, announced its merger with special...
Bitcoin holders who bought at $20K refuse to sell BTC at all-time highs — Latest data
Bitcoin (BTC) investors who bought at 2017 all-time highs and above have still not sold, data suggests. According to the Hodl Waves...
Post Malone features BAYC NFTs in new music video with The Weeknd
Rapper Post Malone is the latest celebrity to move into nonfungible tokens (NFT) by promoting a major NFT project and a cryptocurrency...
Market highlights November 18: Cryptos mixed, Amazon to ban Visa?
The crypto market was mixed over the past 24 hours, with some of the top 10 cryptos registering gains, while others...
Institutions Snap Up Ether $5K Call, Bitcoin Risks Double Top as RBA Official Warns of FOMO Meltdown
Bullish flows have returned to ether’s options market with institutions purchasing higher strike or out-of-the-money call options....
US Congressmen Introduce Bill to Modify Crypto Tax Provision in Infrastructure Law
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to amend the crypto-related provisions in the bipartisan infrastructure bill...
RBA Steps Up CBDC Research, But Is Not Convinced There Is a Policy Case Yet: Official
The Reserve Bank of Australia has been ramping up research into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), but is not convinced “that a...
Creditors of Collapsed South African Crypto Firm Vote to Accept Offer to Resuscitate the Company
Creditors of a South African crypto trading firm, Africrypt, have agreed to a proposal recently tabled by an unnamed investor who is...
Not another Squid token: Where to buy AngrySquid, the token that gained 1,129%
It may be worth a thousandth of a cent now, but Angry Squid shows great promise. The token was inspired by the Squid Game, like many...
Gala is up 31% today: here’s where to buy the world-class gaming token
The live Gala price today is $0.21 with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.3 billion. Gala is up 30.79% in the last 24 hours. If you are...
Invesco Defers Launch of Blockchain ETF in India
Invesco is deferring the launch of a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) in India due to regulatory uncertainty, the company said in a...
Nigeria Central Bank Governor: Cryptocurrency Is a Product ‘Embedded in High Level of Illegality’
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, has claimed that a majority of cryptocurrency transactions are embedded in...
Indian Central Bank May Pilot Test CBDC in 2022: Report
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is examining the feasibility of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and may launch a pilot project in...
KuCoin announces $100M fund, plans to invest in the metaverse
This is the second step by KuCoin into the metaverse following its launch of a virtual office on a Bloktopia-based skyscraper earlier this...
Blockchain-Based Social Network Viblos to Launch Beta Version in March 2022
PRESS RELEASE. In today’s day and age, social networks play an immense part in people’s lives. However, some privacy issues...
India’s Modi Calls On Democracies to Cooperate on Crypto
Democratic countries should work together to ensure crypto “doesn’t end up in the wrong hands” and “spoil our youths,” Indian Prime...
Crypto Exchange Gemini Trust Looks for $7B Valuation In $400M Funding Round: Report
Crypto exchange Gemini Trust is raising $400 million in a new funding round which would bring its valuation to $7 billion, Bloomberg...
Investors Offer OpenSea $10B Valuation in New Round: Report
Investments on the table for OpenSea’s new funding round would set its valuation to $10 billion, The Information reported, citing sources...
Kleiman v. Wright: The Trial Transitions From Plaintiffs to the Defense
MIAMI — A federal civil trial over the potential ownership of 1.1 million BTC — worth about $66 billion — was interrupted on Tuesday when...
Russia’s Prosecutor General Wants Cryptocurrency Recognized as Property Under Criminal Law
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia has proposed to define cryptocurrency as property in the country’s Criminal Code....
Famed Economist Doubts Bitcoin Will Become Global Currency
Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at financial services company Allianz, says that bitcoin is not going to be a global currency and...
U.S. is not moving fast enough to develop a CBDC, says former CFTC chair
Tim Massad, who served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission until 2017, said the United States is too slow in developing a...
Opulous (OPUL) rallies 785% as fans dig the sound of NFTs in the music industry
There is potential for the use cases of nonfungible token (NFT) technology to expand far beyond the simple tracking of unique images with...
Was the first reply to the Bitcoin White Paper Satoshi himself? In-depth theory
Ever since Satoshi Natamoto, the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin, disappeared in 2011 there has been no shortage of theories about his...
Games Coins, Defi Tokens, Metaverse Assets Rise Above Market Downturn With Double-Digit Gains
While digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum lost roughly 10% in value during the last seven days, the decentralized finance (defi)...
Federal Reserve Governor Argues Against Subjecting Stablecoins to Full Banking Regulation
Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller says that stablecoins do not need to be regulated with all the same rules as banks. He...
First Mover Asia: Altcoins Surge as Bitcoin, Ether Stall
Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market Moves: Crypto.com’s CRO token moons on deal with Los Angeles’ Staples Center, as...
ConstitutionDAO Raises $27M on Eve of Sotheby’s Auction. $PEOPLE Could Be the Reason
Crypto nerds are on the precipice of pulling off the caper of the century.What started as a longshot bid for a decentralized autonomous...
Solana-Based Sports Betting Protocol BetDex Closes $21M Seed Funding Round
BetDex has raised a $21 million seed round to create a decentralized global sports betting protocol, the company announced Wednesday.In...
Blockchain Industry to Surpass $67 Billion by 2027: Fintech Report Names 2021’s Most Influential Blockchain Companies
Financial technology (fintech) has exploded during the last two years and cryptocurrency and blockchain firms have bolstered the...
Fed Governor Waller praises stablecoins as a genuine innovation that makes the development of CBDCs redundant
In a speech published Wednesday noon, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller reiterated his skepticism for implementing a central...
Here’s why bears hope to pin Bitcoin under $60K ahead of Friday’s $1.1B options expiry
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls were euphoric when the price soared to $69,000 on Nov. 10 because the 14.5% gain accumulated over five days meant they...
US is not moving fast enough to develop a CBDC, says former CFTC chair
Tim Massad, who served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission until 2017, said the United States is too slow in developing a...
Moledao Launches Pioneering Web 3.0 Hackathon on the Metaverse
PRESS RELEASE. Moledao, a social platform for blockchain enthusiasts, announced today its upcoming Web 3.0 Hackathon. This pioneering...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pullback Pauses as Traders Reduce Leverage
Bitcoin’s price continued to stabilize around $60,000 on Wednesday after dropping nearly 15% from an all-time high near $69,000. Some...
Crypto.com’s CRO Token Soars on Naming Deal for LA’s Staples Center
Crypto.com’s CRO token soared in digital-asset markets after the cryptocurrency exchange and credit-card issuer inked a naming-rights deal...
Fidelity Launches Canada’s First Institutional Bitcoin Custody Service
Fidelity Clearing Canada ULC (FCC) has become Canada’s first regulated entity to offer bitcoin custody and trading services for...
Bitrefill Enables Salvadorans to Pay Many of Their Bills With Bitcoin
Bitrefill, a startup that provides users with ways to pay for their daily needs with bitcoin, has launched a bill-paying service in El...
Shiba Inu Coin Faces ‘Reversion’ Worthy of Parabolic Rise
Send the dog tokens to the doghouse.That’s the message from some cryptocurrency analysts who say the stunning rise this year of dog-themed...
Will New Anti-Terrorism Rules Help Israeli Crypto Startups? A Global Regulatory Roundup
The state of crypto regulatory news from India to Russia to Brazil.This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s...
China Targets Crypto Mining at State-Owned Enterprises, Threatens Punitive Measures
Authorities in China are continuing to crack down on activities linked to cryptocurrencies which they consider illegal. The...
Four days with Satoshi Nakamoto on the stand: What did we learn from the Bitcoin creator?
Jordan Atkins In the years following Satoshi Nakamoto’s exit from public life in 2010, the growing number of investors and enthusiasts in...
Price analysis 11/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, DOT, DOGE, SHIB, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are testing psychologically important support levels at $60,000 and $4,000 respectively. Both these levels...
Canadian Police Arrest Teen for Allegedly Stealing $36M in Crypto
Hamilton police in Ontario arrested a teen for allegedly stealing CAD$46 million (US$36 million) worth of cryptocurrency through a SIM...
FTX, Crypto.com and the ‘Stadium Curse’
News broke Wednesday that Los Angeles’ Staples Center, longtime home to the National Basketball Association dominator L.A. Lakers team,...
After Taproot, What’s Next for Bitcoin’s Future?
Taproot, a privacy and scalability upgrade Bitcoin developers have long been drooling over, finally activated last weekend. But more...
A16z Leads $3.1M Funding Round for Mem’s Social Media Protocol
Mem Protocol, a startup building Web 3 tools for social networking, has closed a $3.1 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz...
Argentina to Tax Crypto Exchanges
Argentina plans to tax crypto exchanges operating in the country on purchases and sales executed on their platforms, the office of...
Bitcoin Holding Support at $60K; Could Face Resistance at $63K-$65K
Bitcoin (BTC) is stabilizing around the $60,000 support level after declining about 15% from an all-time high near $69,000. The...
Small-cap altcoins stage a recovery as Bitcoin traders aim to recapture $60K
The fortitude of Bitcoin (BTC) holders continues to be tested on Nov. 17 as a number of attempts to push the price to $59,000 and below...
Staples Center Name Change Tops List of Crypto Sports Sponsorship Deals
Cryptocurrency companies have taken the sports world by storm over the past year, and if you’re an avid watcher of sports, you’ve...
ChangeNOW returns $1M worth of MATIC stolen from Eterbase in 2020
The non-custodial platform froze the MATIC tokens for a year It recently contacted Eterbase and returned the recovered coins, ahead of...
12-Month Mega Gains — A Dozen Crypto Assets Gained More Than 7,000% Since Last Year
The crypto asset bitcoin has seen a phenomenal year gaining 261.5% over the last 12 months and the second leading crypto asset, ethereum,...
Binance CEO CZ Says He Plans to Give Away Vast Majority of His Wealth
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao says he plans to give away up to 99% of his wealth, according to an interview he gave to the Associated...
Circle Launches Initiative to Boost Global Financial Inclusion
Circle, the payment services company that operates stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), has launched an initiative aimed at helping minorities and...
Anoma Foundation Raises $26M to Simplify Exchanging Cryptocurrencies
The Anoma Foundation, a blockchain technology company, has raised 24 million Swiss francs (US$26 million) in a funding round at a...
Web 3 Social Media Needs Dedicated Blockchains
Many believe that general-purpose blockchains like Ethereum, Cardano, Avalanche and Solana will come to power everything on the web,...
$9 Billion in Bitcoin: Court Trustee Says Mt Gox Rehabilitation Plan ‘Final and Binding’
Mt Gox claimants may see restitution soon as a recent filing from the Tokyo District Court’s trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi explains...
Avalanche’s AVAX Token Surges to All-Time High After Deloitte Deal, Defying Crypto Trend
Smart-contracts platform Avalanche’s AVAX token hit a new all-time high Wednesday and is up 20% on the week, even as bitcoin, the world’s...
Analyst: Bitcoin to $100K by EOY 2021“won’t happen”
Digifox CEO Nicholas Merten believes Bitcoin could hit the six-figure value in 2022 Bitcoin needs to grow by over $660 billion in a little...
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 17, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Stock Futures Muted After Target, Lowe’s...
Bitcoin Still Unsuited For Mainstream Payments, Says Deutsche Bank
Bitcoin must overcome extreme volatility, high transaction costs and its large carbon footprint before it can be used more widely as a...
Bitcoin toys with $60K as crucial price support level sees multiple retests
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced at the pivotal $58,400 during Nov. 17 as the day continued choppy price action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
ConsenSys Plots Massive Expansion Following $200M Raise
ConsenSys is girding for battle in crypto’s super-hot jobs market with $200 million to spend on up to 400 new hires after a funding round...
Binance Smart Chain hits record-high daily transactions
Analytical data from BscScan, a sister product of Etherscan, reveals that Binance Smart Chain (BSC) surpassed 14.7 million blockchain...
Bit Digital Migrates All of Its Bitcoin Mining Out of China Amid Ban
North American dominance in bitcoin mining continues to strengthen as most miners continue their migration out of China, since the...
SEC Reportedly Looking Into BlockFi’s Crypto Yield Products
BlockFi’s high-yield crypto interest products have reportedly come under the federal microscope.Citing one anonymous source, Bloomberg...
Iconic Staples Center, Home of Los Angeles Lakers, Changing Name to Crypto.com Arena
Staples Center, one of the most iconic and globally recognized sports and entertainment arenas in the world, is changing its name to...
Oasis Launches $160M Ecosystem Fund With Backing From Jump Capital and Others
After the establishment of a $160 million investment fund, a long-dormant layer 1 project with a focus on privacy is showing signs of...
FMFW.io Has Listed Audited Asset-Based Stablecoin – EURST
PRESS RELEASE. EURST will be listed on fmfw.io starting November 17th. The Euro representative digital coin you can purchase with FMFW.io...
Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Upsizes Its IPO, Valuing Company at $1.5B
Iris Energy, a Sydney-based company that mines bitcoin primarily with renewable energy, raised its initial public offering (IPO) pricing...
Binance CEO: Dogecoin’s growth shows the power of decentralisation
Changpeng Zhao says growth for Dogecoin and Shiba Inu among other meme coins is indicative of crypto’s decentralisation He told The...
Nearly 500,000 Nigerian CBDC Wallets Downloaded Since Launch
Nearly half a million e-naira wallets have been downloaded a few weeks after the central bank digital currency (CBDC) was officially...
Get Your Daily Price Updates on TikTok With Bitcoin.com News’ Brand New Channel
Are you addicted to following the crypto markets? Are you new to the game and just want to know what’s going on? In just 59 seconds...
KuCoin Labs Launches $100M Fund for Metaverse Projects
KuCoin Labs, the investment and research firm spun out of the crypto exchange KuCoin has launched a $100 million fund to invest in...
‘Ethereum Killers’ Are Helpful, Not Harmful
Since the launch of initial coin offerings (ICOs) like EOS and Tezos, a steady stream of alternative smart contract platforms have been...
ECB Sounds Alarm Over Linkages Between Stablecoins and Conventional Financial Markets
The search for higher yields amid rising inflation and falling interest rates, have led investors to take greater risks, exposing a broad...
Kyrgyzstan Shuts Down Cryptocurrency Farm With 2,500 Mining Rigs
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have uncovered and shut down a large crypto mining farm in the north of the country. Law enforcement officials...
LA Laker’s Home Renamed from Staples Center to Crypto.com Arena
Staples had previously paid $120 million to secure naming rights of the Arena in 1999, according to Financial Times Award-winning...
Crypto markets lower, SAND is the big winner today
The crypto market was lower over the past 24 hours, with the majority of top 10 cryptos registering losses. All three major US indices...
Where to buy Doge Dash, the game token that gained 27% in the last 24 hours
Doge Dash is a game token that wants to give mainstream audiences access to crypto gaming. It is a simple game, inspired by classics like...
A rose by any other name…best places to buy CUMSTAR now
As the name suggests, CUMSTAR is a token for the adult industry. It provides solutions for privacy, chargebacks, and anonymity. Most...
India’s crypto panel yet to agree on which regulator should oversee the sector
The Parliamentary Standing Committee wants government officials to appear before it to address existing concerns In a meeting that was the...
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Joins FTX’s Global Ambassadors, MLB Superstar to Be Paid in Crypto
The cryptocurrency firm FTX Trading Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the Major League Baseball (MLB) legend Shohei Ohtani also known as...
Australian baseball club Perth Heat to pay athletes in Bitcoin
Australian baseball club Perth Heat has announced a partnership with Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode to accept and make payments in...
Some Chinese Crypto News Sites Appear to Go Dark As Crackdown Continues
Chinese crypto news sites ChainNews, Odaily, and information platform Block123, were inaccessible on Wednesday, as the Chinese government...
Here’s where Porto fans can buy the football club’s token – if they choose
FC Porto Fan Token empowers fans of the popular club with lower fees, broader accessibility, and more functions. It runs on the Binance...
GenshinShibln up 380% after PancakeSwap listing
GenshinShibln (GSHIB), the latest meme coin in the market, is up 380% in the last 24 hours with a trading volume of over $1 million after...
Where to buy SAND after the successful Metaverse Alpha launch
After play to earn virtual world The Sandbox announced the launch of Metaverse Alpha, which had been a long time in coming, the price of...
India’s Central Bank Governor Says Blockchain Technology Can Thrive Without Cryptocurrencies
While the Indian government has recently softened its stance on cryptocurrencies, the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India...