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President Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Containing Crypto Broker Reporting Requirement Into Law
President Joe Biden signed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting...
Why Blockchain Benefits the Supply Chain
Supply chains are having a moment.Many of the world’s most successful systems and products are invisible, but it’s no surprise that supply...
This DAO Is Trying to Buy the Constitution for $20M
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn Thursday, Nov. 18th, Sotheby’s is auctioning off one of just 13 (or 11,...
CoinFLEX’s Stablecoin flexUSD Now Available to Hundreds of Financial Institutions With Copper ClearLoop Integration
PRESS RELEASE. SEYCHELLES, 15 November 2021 – CoinFLEX, leading crypto exchange and yield platform, has partnered with Copper.co, a...
Solana Throws a Three-Day Party for Itself
The Lisbon sky crackled with fireworks and roving spotlights. Dance music pulsed out of a purple-lit marble facade. Foreigners pressed...
Market Wrap: Analysts See Bitcoin as Still in ‘Bullish Phase,’ Despite Pullbacks
Bitcoin was roughly flat over the past 24 hours, suggesting that investor enthusiasm over the Bitcoin blockchain’s Taproot upgrade is...
Bitcoin Hashrate Nears All-Time High Captured in May — BTC Mining Rigs Produced in 2016 Still Profitable
While bitcoin’s value has remained well above the $60K range, the network’s hashrate has surged to over 184 exahash per...
Barbados será el primer país en tener una embajada en el metaverso
En lo que podría ser considerado un paso histórico hacia la legitimación del metaverso, la nación insular de Barbados se prepara para...
Current Chiliz (CHZ) price surge attributed to the launch of live in-game NFTs and rapidly growing ecosystem
Chiliz (CHZ) is the blockchain network behind the Socios.com fan engagement platform, which is focused on the world of sports by helping...
Keep3rV1, WINk and UMA ignore Bitcoin price dip by posting 20%+ gains
The seesaw price action that the crypto market is known for is back on full display today as the modest gains Bitcoin (BTC) achieved over...
Steady Interest in Bitcoin Keeps Money Flowing Into Crypto Funds
Digital asset investment products attracted $151 million last week, cooling from prior weeks but still at an elevated level, according to...
DOGE Users Seethe Over Binance’s 2-Week Withdrawal Freeze
Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world by daily trading volume, is trying to fix a technical issue triggered by a software...
What Will a Metaverse Embassy Look Like?
This morning, my colleague Andrew Thurman put out a piece for this website about the government of Barbados, and its plans to establish a...
Bitcoin Pullback Could Stabilize Around $60K Support
Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating around $63,000 after buyers failed to sustain a price bounce over the weekend. The cryptocurrency is...
Wall Street Journal Reporter Chastised Over Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Unmasking’ Editorial
During the last week, mainstream media outlets have been publishing reports that say “Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto...
Valkyrie to Launch $100M ‘On-Chain DeFi Fund’
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie Investments has launched a decentralized finance (DeFi) fund with $100 million behind it, designed to give...
Stronghold Digital Outperforms After DA Davidson Sees Shares Rising Over 50%
Stronghold Digital (SDIG), the bitcoin mining company that converts coal waste into power for its operations, outperformed its mining...
‘I Think We’re Doing This’: Inside One DAO’s $20M Plot to Purchase the US Constitution
What happens when you get some of crypto’s brightest minds together? Well, they form a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to buy...
Marathon Digital Receives SEC Subpoena Related to 2020 Hardin Data Center Agreement
Marathon Digital executives received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to produce documents and communications...
Sen. Lummis Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Modify Crypto Broker Language
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Monday mounted a last-ditch effort to narrow the Infrastructure Bill’s crypto broker clause that is...
Indian Parliament Committee Discusses Crypto Regulation With Industry Experts
India’s parliamentary committee on finance has held a meeting with representatives from the crypto industry and other stakeholders...
MakerDAO’s Rune Christensen Joins VC Firm Dragonfly Capital
MakerDao founder Rune Christenen has joined crypto investment firm Dragonfly Capital as a venture partner, Dragonfly announced in a post...
Solana Hits Bloomberg Terminal With Galaxy-Backed Index
Bloomberg LP and Galaxy Digital on Monday released a Solana index, making SOL only the third crypto asset – after BTC and ETH – with a...
VCs Back ‘Pawn Shop of the Metaverse’ With $3M Raise
As visions of a popularized metaverse race toward reality, venture capital firms are backing companies that offer lending and leasing...
Bitcoin falls from $66K highs, Tesla down 3% after Elon Musk warns he could sell more stock
Bitcoin (BTC) tested $65,000 as support as United States markets opened Nov. 15 with a weekend surge that ended in a retracement. BTC/USD...
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 15, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin’s Bull Flag Breakout Suggests More...
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Marathon to raise $500M in debt
Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies in the United States, is looking to raise $500 million in...
Invesco India and CoinShares to Launch ‘Feeder Fund’ of Blockchain Stocks
Invesco is giving Indian investors exposure to Coinbase and MicroStrategy through a new pooled fund that invests in several sub-funds.The...
Ankr price up 18% today amid Polkadot Parachain Integration and Binance listing
Ankr (ANKR) has been on a bullish trend since October 27 though it saw some retracement between Nov. 2 and Nov. 11 before resuming the...
Greenidge Generation Reports Record Revenue in Q3, Names New CFO
New York-based miner Greenidge Generation (GREE) reported record quarterly revenue of $35.8 million in Q3, up almost 500% from $6.1...
Marathon Plans to Raise $500 Million From Convertible Senior Notes to Buy Bitcoin and Mining Rigs
On Monday, the enterprise bitcoin mining operation Marathon Digital Holdings announced the firm will raise $500 million from convertible...
BitGo Tops $64B Under Custody as COO Cassie Lentchner Takes Over as ‘Trust’ President
BitGo, the cryptocurrency custody provider being acquired by Galaxy Digital, has seen its assets under custody (AUC) swell to over $64...
Expert: Bitcoin remains a risk-on asset despite last week’s inflation-driven surge
Bitcoin price spiked above $69k as US inflation data showed the highest increase in 30 years The subsequent sharp fall on the day came as...
Crypto Venture Firm Paradigm Announces $2.5B Fund, Industry’s Largest
The venture firm launched by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam now has $2.5 billion for placing bets on the next generation of leading...
‘Musk effect’ sees crypto named after SpaceX’s Starlink satellites gain over 140% in 3 days
In a bizarre event, a cryptocurrency with the same name as SpaceX’s satellite range Starlink jumped over 140% as Elon Musk’s space...
Bitfarms Doubles Hash Rate to More Than 2 Exahash per Second
Bitfarms (BITF), the Canadian bitcoin miner, has doubled its mining power over the last eight months, the company said in a statement on...
Litecoin grapples with ‘double top’ risks after LTC price rallies 37% in November
A 37% November price rally in Litecoin (LTC) risks exhaustion as the “silver cryptocurrency” hints at forming a double top chart pattern....
Alex Raises $5.8M to Bring DeFi to the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Alex, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on the Bitcoin-linked Stacks blockchain, has raised $5.8 million in financing led by...
Alchemy Pay Integrates With TRON to Enable TRX Payment and Investment
Singapore, November 15, 2021 – The Tron Foundation (TRX), the world’s largest blockchain decentralized application operating...
Bitcoin Still a Risk-Asset Despite Last Week’s Inflation-Led Rally, TradFi Experts Say
The “bitcoin is an inflation hedge” drumbeat is growing louder, as the cryptocurrency tapped fresh record highs near $69,000 last...
Galaxy Digital Reports Q3 Earnings of $517M
Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY), the publicly listed cryptocurrency conglomerate helmed by Mike Novogratz, saw its third-quarter income grow to...
Cameroon to Hold Workshop Examining Challenges and Risks of Using Cryptocurrencies
The government in Cameroon, which is reportedly keen on regulating cryptocurrencies, is set to hold a workshop that will look at the...
Marathon Digital to Raise $500M in Convertible Notes
Marathon Digital, one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin miners, will raise $500 million through a convertible senior notes offering,...
Blockchain.com founder: Crypto to start “separating the good from bad” in 2022
Peter Smith was speaking at the “Crypto Goes Mainstream” summit He says it was hard to have lost money during the 2021 bull...
DEX Aggregator ParaSwap Launches PSP Token on Heels of ENS Airdrop Excitement
After years of community badgering, a long-awaited token airdrop is now live.Exchange aggregator ParaSwap today announced the launch of...
Bitcoin’s Bull Flag Breakout Suggests More Upside; Support at $57K
Bitcoin bounced to $66,000 on Monday, partially erasing the losses from last Wednesday. Technical charts signal an impending boost from a...
Market highlights November 15: Bitcoin bullish, exchange coins trending
The crypto market got off to a mixed start today. Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on. Generally, it...
Zanzibar Government Keen to Get Stakeholders’ View on Cryptocurrencies
Zanzibar is keen on getting stakeholders’ views on the viability of adopting digital currencies before a final decision is made, a...
Barbados to Become First Sovereign Nation With an Embassy in the Metaverse
In a historic step toward the legitimization and adoption of the metaverse, the island nation of Barbados is preparing to legally declare...
Citizens in Argentina Might Have to Pay Crypto Taxes Depending on Location
A new crypto tax paradigm is brewing in Argentina, where two provinces have now approved crypto tax laws. This means that Argentinian...
Bitcoin Still a Risk-Asset Despite Last Week’s Inflation-Led Rally, TradeFi Experts Say
The “bitcoin is an inflation hedge” drumbeat is growing louder, as the cryptocurrency tapped fresh record highs near $69,000 last...
Toy Companies Hasbro, Funko, and Mattel Turn to Wax as Trusted Partner
William Quigley loved baseball cards during his pre-teens. As the founder of WAX (Worldwide Asset Exchange), you might think...
SEC Files Action Against Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon Regarding Mirror Protocol
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced an action against Terraform Labs, the company behind the design...
‘Bull market distribution has begun’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week with a race towards all-time highs as bulls save the day — and the week — at the last minute. A week of...
Where to buy Shiba Inu, the adorable pup that made history
Also informally referred to as the Shiba Token, Shiba Inu (SHIB) is an Ethereum based meme cryptocurrency that was launched in August 2020...
You can now buy VeChain: here’s where
VeChain is a well-established token with a history. Its trading volume is up 33.24% today, but it enjoys consistent growth. Here are some...
Pitbull market cap is up 50% today: here’s where to buy PIT
The live Pitbull price today is $4.47e-9 with a 24-hour trading volume of $27 million. The PIT token is up 58% in the last 24 hours. If...
Daily Earnings of Typical Axie Infinity Player ‘Fall Below the Philippines’ Minimum Wage Line:’ Report
This year, the Sky Mavis-crafted blockchain game Axie Infinity has seen incredible growth and has recently surpassed $3 billion in...
Integritee Co-Founder Alain Brenzikofer Explains How to Attract Enterprises to Use a Public Blockchain
In development since 2018, Integritee AG’s solution enables sensitive business or personal data to be securely handled in an...
Skybridge Capital Founder Says Bitcoin ‘Will Easily Trade at $500K’ — Urges Investors to Buy Right Now
Skybridge Capital’s founder says bitcoin “will easily trade at $500,000 a coin,” noting that investors should buy...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Advises How to Get Into Bitcoin — Crypto Now 10% of His Portfolio
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has some advice on how to get into bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies....
Coinbase Pushes for Single Crypto Regulator: CEO Says ‘We Have 53 Regulators in Just One Country, the US’
Crypto exchange Coinbase has been meeting with a number of regulators to convince them that the U.S. should have just one federal...
Chiliz (CHZ) gains 170% after launching live in-game NFTs for fan token holders
This year has seen a number of high profile partnerships formed between the cryptocurrency sector and major sports leagues, teams and...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower After Taproot Upgrade; Ether Drops
Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market Moves: Bitcoin’s highly anticipated Taproot upgrade fails to produce any...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, LTC, LINK, VET, AXS
Bitcoin’s (BTC) bullish sentiment received a minor setback on Nov. 12 afte the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected VanEck’s...
Local Council Member in Ukraine Declares 124 BTC and 500 Tesla Shares
A government official in Rivne region of Ukraine owns close to $8 million in cryptocurrency and 500 Tesla shares, his declaration shows....
How Far We’ve Come (And How Much Stayed the Same)
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today’s show is from a time before the trillion (or even billion) dollar market cap; Before Vitalik...
Popular Tezos NFT Marketplace Discontinues Services Without Explanation
After becoming one of the top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, the Tezos-based NFT market Hic et nunc has discontinued its services....
Why are major global brands experimenting with NFTs in the Metaverse?
Blockchain is a core technology that differentiates itself from other technologies by having solved the double expense with the emergence...
Without quantum security, our blockchain future is uncertain
News that two teams of Chinese scientists have achieved quantum advantage — a technical term for when a computer can perform functions...
VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering
The investment firm VanEck’s bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to debut on the Chicago-based CBOE exchange next week,...
Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates — Taproot Script-Spends Seen in the Wild
Bitcoin advocates are celebrating the successful implementation of the Taproot upgrade after block height 709,632. The upgrade was highly...
FivebalanceUSA Exploring Adding ShibaInu Token as an Additional Reward
PRESS RELEASE. Miami, FL – As the first and only company publicly known to date to use blockchain technology to fight depression...
Crypto Is for the Dissidents and Disenfranchised
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads two pieces:“Why Shouldn’t the...
Will the Holiday Season Bring Gifts or a Lump of Coal for Bitcoin Investors?
We’re approaching Christmas and many expect the art of window dressing to take hold.No, not on the streets of our towns, where shops...
Dutch Authorities Seize Cryptocurrency Worth Over 25 Million Euros
Dutch authorities have seized more than 25 million euros in cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether, from dozens of suspects in...
Crypto Advocates Weigh ETF Rejection — Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Says Bitcoiners Should ‘Oppose Spot Bitcoin ETFs in US’
Following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rejection of Vaneck’s bitcoin spot market exchange-traded fund (ETF) on...
Bitcoin sets up nail-biting weekly close after Taproot goes live
Bitcoin (BTC) traded above a key zone into the weekly close on Nov. 13 after the successful activation of the Taproot soft fork. BTC/USD...
Quant Hedge Fund Two Sigma Hiring Crypto Operations Manager
Two Sigma, the technology-focused hedge fund based in New York, is looking to hire a Crypto Operations person to help build out the firm’s...
Russia Fails to Act on Request to Help Freeze Millions in Crypto Withdrawn From Wex Wallet
The Russian Ministry of Interior has rejected a request filed by clients of Wex to do its part in the blocking of crypto funds removed...
Adapt or die: Venture capital vs. crypto, blockchain, DAOs and Web 3.0
We have seen a steep adoption of crypto-based systems this year, including decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, nonfungible tokens...
South African Fintech Raises $120 Million in Funding Round Led by Fidelity
A South Africa and London-based fintech startup, JUMO, recently revealed it has raised $120 million in a funding round led by Fidelity...
Santander Prepares to Offer Bitcoin ETF in Spain
Santander, a leading financial institution in Spain, is preparing to offer a Bitcoin ETF to its customers in the country. This, while...
BREAKING: The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade
The Bitcoin (BTC) network successfully activated the Taproot soft fork following a 90% lock-in consensus from miners and mining pools...
Two Entertainment Projects Featuring Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Get Backing From Universal Music Group, Timbaland
This week Universal Music Group, the Dutch–American multinational music corporation announced the formation of a non-fungible token...
Litentry Blockchain Offers Massive Potentials to Crowdloan Investors
PRESS RELEASE. The blockchain industry is an ever-evolving world and Litentry is at the forefront of this revolution. Litentry intends to...
Egyptian Billionaire Remains Bullish on Gold, Says It’s Wrong to Compare Precious Metal to Bitcoin
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has said he remains bullish on gold and has no intention to invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin...
Goldman Sachs: Gold Is Becoming Poor Man’s Crypto
Goldman Sachs’ head of energy research says, “Just like we argue that silver is a poor man’s gold, gold is maybe...
Every Large Bank Will Actively Consider Crypto in 1-3 Years, Says Former Citi CEO
A former CEO of Citigroup said that every major bank and securities firm will consider crypto trading or services within one to three...
Elon Musk dumps $1.1B in Tesla stock, NYCCoin launches with mayor’s blessing and Mastercard pushes crypto-linked cards in Asia: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 7-13
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...