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Maker price prediction after breaking above 100-day MA
Summary: Maker (MKR/USD) price on Thursday and Friday pulled back to trim Wednesday’s gains. MKR is the governance cryptocurrency...
Craig Wright’s Latest Funhouse-Mirror Legal Adventure
Today is the fifth day of the civil trial between Craig Wright, chief scientist of crypto research firm nChain, and the estate of Dave...
DeFi Lender bZx Suffers Hack for Reported 55M
DeFi lender bZx suffered a hack for a reported $55 million, according to a tweet on Friday by the blockchain security firm SlowMist. “#bZx...
US Stablecoin Report Gets Mixed Reviews From Crypto Industry
To hear them tell it, stablecoin issuers’ prayers have been answered.Two of the top 10 issuers hailed this week’s report from the...
FBI Public Service Announcement Warns of ‘Increased’ Crypto ATM, QR Code Fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), America’s domestic intelligence and security service, has published a public service...
NFTs Take Over NYC
It’s hard to find words to describe the crypto phenomenon that New York is witnessing right now.This week’s NFT.NYC conference, which was...
Bitcoin whale selling jumps while BTC price holds $60K and buyers snap up supply
Bitcoin (BTC) is still seeing a supply squeeze despite a significant uptick in whale selling on exchanges this week. As confirmed by...
Altcoins surge even as Bitcoin and Ethereum price fall toward key support levels
Price action in the crypto market has not been for the faint of heart over the past 48 hours and it’s clear that volatility...
Chia Network to Develop Prototype for World Bank’s Climate Warehouse
Chia Netwok, the smart transaction, energy-efficient platform created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, is developing a data-sharing...
Value Locked in DeFi Surges. So Do the Exploits
The phrase “Code is Law” is often tossed around in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry, posing that DeFi is able to self-regulate...
Central Banks Sending Worrisome Signals About the Economy
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW gets macro with a discussion of a flattening of the yield...
Jack in the Box claims in court FTX US ripped off its character to create ‘Moon Man’
Lawyers for major fast food chain Jack in the Box have filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange FTX US for copyright and trademark...
FBI Warns of Scams Using Crypto ATMs and QR Codes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that there has been a rise in fraudulent schemes using cryptocurrency automated...
Bitcoin only needs to break $64K to run to new all-time highs — Analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound on Nov. 5 as fresh analysis argued that breaking $64,000 would produce a new all-time high. BTC/USD 1-day...
Metamask founder Joel Dietz is a true Renaissance man
Joel Dietz, founder of Metamask and founding team member of Ethereum, is a romantic at heart. He creates art as “Cryptoapollo” that...
THORSwap hammers home the point: Aligned incentives are a crypto superpower
THORChain hasn’t had an easy year. After three exploits in the space of a month during the summer the protocol’s native token (RUNE) took...
Bakkt Expands Cryptocurrency Offering Beyond Bitcoin With Addition of Ether
Digital asset platform Bakkt Holdings (NYSE: BKKT) will soon allow its customers to trade ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, in...
Moving $25 Billion in BTC via Alternate Chains — There’s Now Over 400,000 Tokenized Bitcoins in Existence
As the end of the year approaches, the price of bitcoin has hovered above the $60K region and with 18.8 million bitcoin in circulation,...
Phoenix Global token soars by 5,600% in just four minutes — But there’s a catch
It took just four minutes for a relatively unknown cryptocurrency to rise by over 5,600% as of Nov. 5, according to data from...
Crypto Risk-Monitoring Firm Solidus Labs Raises $15M
Crypto-tracking firm Solidus Labs has raised $15 million in strategic funding led by Liberty City Ventures with participation from GSR and...
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 5, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Faces Resistance Near $64K; Support...
Argo Blockchain Shares Fall After Workers Accidentally Share Non-Public Information
The American depositary shares of Argo Blockchain, the London based crypto miner, fell as much as 5% in early U.S. trading, after the...
Analyst: Shiba Inu (SHIB) likely to see a dead cat bounce
A 26% rebound to $0.000055 is possible before another leg down SHIB could plummet even more if whale sells bags Shiba inu continues to...
BTC Futures Open Interest Continues to Rise Following Bitcoin ETF Listings Last Month
Bitcoin futures open interest continues to remain high after the launch of the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22....
ECB’s Panetta Says Digital Euro Should Expand Overall Payment Solutions
Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board, detailed the roadmap for the successful inclusion of a...
SHIBA INU (SHIB) dip continues after a massive whale token movement
After an impressive bull run, Shiba Inu (SHIB) has taken a hit from a recent whale movement. The price of SHIB has dropped by over 28% in...
Kazakhstan Passes Law to Monitor Crypto Services for Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing
Companies working with digital assets in Kazakhstan could soon be subject to anti-money-laundering regulation, according to a new law...
Market highlights November 5: BTC with slight losses, CRO up 20%, Phoenix Global trending
The crypto market fell to a low of $2.5 billion on Monday, then peaked at $2.8 billion on Wednesday. The total market cap was $2.7 billion...
How to Invest in LuxFi – the Luxury Asset-Backed NFT Marketplace
For many people the luxury market is out of reach. However, with LuxFi, that is no longer the case. The platform combines blockchain...
FTX, Lightspeed, Solana Ventures to Invest $100M in Web3 Gaming
FTX, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Solana Ventures are investing $100 million in Web3 gaming development, the companies announced...
Weekly Report: Banks are being drawn into crypto, Newly voted-in NY Mayor will take BTC pay checks
Regulations around stable coin once again took the headlines this week as involved parties struggle to read from the same page. ...
Raoul Pal: Expect a sell-off before crypto markets rip again
Pal suggests markets are about psychology Markets take the path of most pain Institutional inflows, Ethereum ETFs, and ETH 2.0 could drive...
Bitcoin Cash Briefly Spikes on Fraudulent Press Release
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) saw a sharp but short-lived uptick in its value on Friday after the publication of a fraudulent press release claiming...
Former Binance.US chief lands gig as Bitfury CEO
Brian Brooks, who has previously held positions at Binance and the US government, will take over from the resigning co-founder Bitfury...
Kazakhstan Imposes Purchase Limits on Retail Crypto Investors
Authorities in Kazakhstan have introduced restrictions on the amounts of cryptocurrency retail investors can buy on local exchanges....
Bitcoin Faces Resistance Near $64K; Support Between $55K-$60K
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade in a tight range, although buyers appear to be holding support above $60,000. Short-term indicators are...
Binance Hires Former IRS Special Agent to Head Suspicious Activity Reporting
Binance has hired a veteran financial criminal investigation agent to head up suspicious activity reporting as it continues to strengthen...
Bitcoin Dominance Weakens as Altcoins Rally
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, traded little changed between $60,000 and $63,000 Friday before the U.S. jobs report. The...
Best places to buy Ethereum
Ethereum reached an ATH of around $4,500 recently. The second crypto is considered a great alternative to Bitcoin with more temperate...
Sky Mavis Launches Katana, a Native Dex for Its Ronin Sidechain
Sky Mavis, the company behind the development of Axie Infinity, has launched Katana, the first decentralized exchange for Ronin, its...
Where to buy Bitcoin – in case you haven’t yet
On Thursday, Bitcoin lost 2.35%, closing the day at $61,414. The near-term bullish trend is intact according to FX Empire, supporting a...
Top places to buy Small Love Potion (SLP)
The live Smooth Love Potion price today is $0.100094 with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.8 billion. Smooth Love Potion is up...
You can now buy BinaryX: here’s where
BinaryX is a metaverse-themed, unique dual-token economic system, which lets users make money and experience fantastic adventures at the...
Phoenix Global (PHB) is up 3,718%: here’s where to buy
PHB runs on the Neo platform and has a current supply of 3.7 trillion. It is 57th by market cap, trading at $0.929 at the time of writing....
OmiseGo (OMG) soars as major exchanges support $BOBA airdrop
OmiseGo (OMG) is on the rise as major crypto exchanges show support for the $BOBA Airdrop scheduled to take place on November 19. In the...
Mintverse Closes Successful Seed Round of $1.5M
PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, UAE, 5th November 2021 — Mintverse, a new and improved NFT service platform, closes their seed round raising...
S. Korean Regulator Says NFTs Are Not Virtual Assets: Report
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) reaffirmed its view that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) generally do not fall under the...
Microsoft to Offer Mesh, a Corporate Metaverse for Teams
Microsoft has announced the launch of a metaverse-inspired feature for its Teams app called Mesh. Mesh will allow users to introduce...
Shanghai Man: $130M hack raises suspicions, Chinese miners head to Laos, Huobi’s moon mission
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Warner Bros to Launch Matrix NFT Avatars With Blue Pill and Red Pill Options
Warner Bros., the American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate has announced the launch of non-fungible token (NFT)...
mCBDC Bridge Reveals 15 Use Cases and 22 Heavyweight Participants
Multiple CBDC bridge, a project by four monetary authorities to build infrastructure to connect central bank digital currencies (CBDC),...
3air Solves Africa’s Massive Internet Access Problem With Cardano-Based ISP Platform
PRESS RELEASE. 3air is using an ISP platform built on Cardano to provide internet to the most unconnected regions in Africa. November 2nd,...
Indian Payments Giant Paytm Could Offer Bitcoin Services if Government Makes Crypto Legal, Says CFO
Paytm, one of India’s largest payments companies, is open to offering bitcoin services if the crypto asset becomes legal in the...
US Lawmakers Urge SEC to Permit Trading of Bitcoin Spot ETFs
U.S. lawmakers have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Since the...
Square’s Cash App Bitcoin profits fall 23% — Will opening it to teenagers help?
Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square Inc. revealed in its Q3 earnings report that mobile payments app Cash App saw a 23% drop in...
Day 4 of Kleiman v. Wright: Craig Wright’s Testimony Delayed
Craig Wright – the Australian computer scientist best known for his widely disputed claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator...
US Senator Proposes Congress Adopt Cryptocurrency for Payments
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a resolution that would position Congress to lead in the area of cryptocurrency by having...
Hawkish Fed comments and fears of stablecoin regulation spark market sell-off
The bullish optimism seen earlier in the week was dialed back on Nov. 4 after recent comments from United States Federal Reserve Chairman...
Layer-2 and multi-chain DeFi platforms see record inflows as Ethereum fees soar
High transaction fees have been a persistent thorn in the side of investors and blockchain projects since at least 2014 when Ethereum...
IoTeX (IOTX/USD) price prediction after announcing key partnerships
Summary: IoTeX (IOTX/USD) price rose on Wednesday and Thursday after announcing key partnerships. The company announced its partnership...
Indiana’s Star Bank Launches Bitcoin Trading Services
Star Financial Bank (Star Bank) says it has become the first bank in the U.S. state of Indiana to offer bitcoin services to customers. The...
Spain’s Central Bank Requesting Financial Institutions to Outline Crypto Plans Until 2024: Report
The Bank of Spain is asking the country’s leading financial institutions to provide information on their crypto-related plans for the next...
Trava Finance Is a Groundbreaking Protocol That Lets You Create Lending Pools to Start a Lending Business
Trava is the next generation of Lending Protocols, employing an innovative model of multiple lending pools created by users. This...
Square’s Cash App Generated $1.8B in Bitcoin Revenue in Q3
Payment processor Square said in its third quarter earnings letter Thursday that its Cash App generated $1.82 billion of bitcoin revenue...
Market Wrap: Analysts See Further Upside in Ether as Bitcoin Stalls
Bitcoin has traded mostly sideways over the past two weeks, prompting some traders to consider alternative cryptocurrencies such as ether...
Uniting DeFi and NFTs in Gaming
Blockchain gaming remains a largely underappreciated area of crypto. There are, for instance, still no gaming coins in the top 50 tokens....
FTX, Lightspeed Lead $21M Funding Round in Gaming Studio Faraway
FTX and Lightspeed Venture Partners have led a $21 million Series A funding round for gaming studio Faraway.Faraway said in a press...
The Growing Utility of NFTs
When most people think of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), they think of their value as lying in their being unique – hence “non-fungible.” As...
Bitcoin on-chain metric suggests 2017-style bull run will continue
Bitcoin’s (BTC) pullback from its record high of $67,000 to below $60,000 has not deterred bulls from eyeing another peak level...
Will Bitcoin Win When the Fed Stops Buying Bonds?
There are things out of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s control. The central bank has a dual congressional mandate to maintain the U.S....
‘Privacy-preserving computing is the future,’ says Secret Network’s Guy Zyskind after Quentin Tarantino NFT drop
On Nov. 2, award-winning writer and director Quentin Tarantino announced he would auction off seven uncut scenes from Pulp Fiction as...
Why Some US Congressmen Are Asking Gensler About a Bitcoin Spot ETF
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW follows up on the burgeoning bitcoin-mayor competition...
Why Bitcoin bears are trying to keep BTC price below $62K for Friday’s options expiry
Bitcoin’s (BTC) 90% year-to-date gain was largely fueled by the SEC’s recent exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval and in the first...
NYC Mayor-Elect Eric Adams to Take First 3 Paychecks in Bitcoin
Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday that he will take his first three paychecks in bitcoin when he takes office in...
Jefferies’ Wood Urges Banks to Embrace Blockchain, Add More Bitcoin Exposure
Banks should focus on blockchain technology and investors should increase their bitcoin holdings while trimming gold exposure, according...
Russian Government to Track Crypto Transactions With Help From Anti-Drug Organization
Russian institutions have responded to a call from а public movement for joint efforts to identify cryptocurrency transfers related...
DeFi Needs Clear Regulation; Or Does it? Feat. PaperImperium
This week, “Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to PaperImperium, the first and only pseudonymous...
SHIB Slumped Amid Near-Term Sell Pressure Triggered by Whale Speculation
Shiba inu (SHIB), the popular meme token powered by a strong internet community, remained in deep red after its biggest daily sell-off...
Bitcoin Rangebound; Support Between $58K-$60K Could Stabilize Pullback
Bitcoin has traded in a tight range between $60,000 support and $64,000 resistance over the past week. Short-term buyers have been active...
A16z Leads $150M Round for NFT Game Platform Mythical Games at $1.25B Valuation
Mythical Games has raised $150 million in a Series C round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) at a $1.25 billion valuation, the company...
Crypto Arbitrage Trading: How to Make Low-Risk Gains
Crypto arbitrage is a type of trading strategy where investors capitalize on slight price discrepancies of a digital asset across multiple...
Finder’s Experts Expect Solana to Surpass $1,100 by 2025, Over $5K by 2030
At the end of October, the product comparison website finder.com published new survey data about price predictions concerning the leading...
Bitcoin will peak at $253K, Ethereum at $22K this cycle if 2016 halving bull run repeats
Bitcoin (BTC) may be over seven times higher than at its last halving, but if history repeats, that number could grow another 300% and...
Value Secured by Chainlink Data Soars 10-Fold in Less Than a Year
Chainlink, the biggest provider of data to smart contracts, said the value of smart contracts dependent on its feeds has climbed to $75...
Chainlink’s total value secured surpasses $75B as DeFi continues to surge
The total value secured by the Chainlink network has officially surpassed $75 billion, marking a new milestone for the decentralized...
Revolut Looks to Hire Tech Lead to Build a Crypto Exchange
Digital bank Revolut is looking to hire a tech lead to build a crypto exchange, according to a new job posting.The successful candidate...
RTFKT partners with Daz 3D to advance metaverse NFT’s
RTFKT Studios, pronounced artifact, has announced a collaborative partnership with software developer Daz 3D to leverage their technology...
Online Broker TradeStation Going Public Via $1.43B SPAC Merger
Online trading and brokerage company TradeStation Group will become a publicly traded company through a combination with Quantum FinTech...
Man loses millions selling DOGE a day too soon
A trader lost $6 million by selling his Dogecoin a day too early, The Sun reported. He had made over $2 million profit from Shiba Inu and...
Ethereum Alternatives and Gaming Tokens Outperform BTC and ETH
Bitcoin and Ethereum’s ether (ETH) were little changed over the past 24 hours, though Solana and Polkadot – both alternatives to the...