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Tether Partners With Identity Startup Notabene on Travel Rule Compliance
Stablecoin issuer Tether is taking steps to be more compliant with global crypto regulations.Tether announced on Tuesday that it has begun...
Blockchain Data Indexer The Graph Launches on NEAR
Developers on the NEAR blockchain are getting a lift Tuesday with data indexing and query service The Graph going live in beta.The Graph...
Stellar’s network to facilitate remittances between Europe and Africa
Stellar, the blockchain network dedicated to facilitating cheap cross-border financial transactions, is set to enable two more remittance...
Dubai Issues New Rules for Security, Derivatives Tokens
Dubai’s Financial Services Agency announced new rules for “investment tokens,” which can represent securities or be derivatives.The agency...
Solana price analysis: Bulls eye more as SOL reaches new ATH near $220
SOL broke above the previous ATH near $215, with the upside momentum pushing it to a new all-time high near $220. Solana (SOL) has been...
Colombian Government Might Take Unused Funds From Bank Accounts Inactive for a Year
The budget law for the next year, which was recently approved by the Colombian representative’s chamber, includes a controversial...
CME Leveraged Funds Raise Bets Against Bitcoin to Record High as Futures Premium Spikes
Leveraged funds on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) raised their bets against bitcoin to record high in the week ended Oct. 19,...
UK Regtech Firm ComplyAdvantage Adds Elliptic to Its Crypto Compliance Suite
London-based regtech firm ComplyAdvantage is beefing up its cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities by partnering with...
Start-up CGU Raises $2.5 Million USD in Third Public Round
PRESS RELEASE. A crypto platform Crypto Gaming United (CGU), which has joined the crypto exchange TimeX on the 18th of october, made $2.5...
Alleged South African Bitcoin Fraudster Makes First Court Appearance Since Arrest
Sandile Shezi, the South African bitcoin trader accused of defrauding investors, recently made his first court appearance before a...
Bakkt shares skyrocket after partnering with Mastercard and Fiserv
The share price of the Intercontinental Exchange-backed crypto services company Bakkt ($BKKT) has surged as it unveiled two partnerships...
3 reasons why Harmony (ONE) rallied to a new all-time high
Ecosystem development funds have become one of the latest market-moving trends in the crypto sector and protocols with large treasuries...
Elon Musk Reveals Real Reason He Supports Dogecoin, Says Many People at Tesla and Spacex Own DOGE
Elon Musk has revealed the real reason he supports the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin. He shared that a lot of people he talks to at his...
US Treasury Report to Give SEC Oversight on Stablecoins: Report
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may have moved one step closer to achieving significant oversight on...
Mastercard to Enable Merchants on Its Network to Offer Crypto Products and Services
Payments giant Mastercard has partnered with a cryptocurrency exchange to allow its partners and merchants in the U.S. to offer crypto...
Binance CEO expects ‘very high volatility’ in crypto. Here’s how to trade it
Volatility is a complex statistical measure commonly used by traders and investors. Those unfamiliar with it will likely attribute some...
Price analysis 10/25: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) has recovered from the dip below $60,000, indicating strong buying at lower levels. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that...
Player’s Wins a $120,000 Jackpot on Slot Game, Wish Granted by King Elvis
Player wins a mighty big jackpot in the flashy new sequel Aloha King Elvis! on our crypto casino! A massive 1000x on the exciting...
Metawars Concludes Raise With Reputable Supporters and Partners
PRESS RELEASE. MetaWars, an innovative, multiplayer strategy blockchain-based game, has successfully raised $2.3 million USD from its...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises Again as Altcoins Outperform
Bitcoin is recovering from a weekend dip as traders anticipate the third U.S. futures-focused bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing....
Facebook to Break Out Results for Augmented/Virtual Reality Division Starting in Q4
Facebook will begin breaking out the results for Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), its augmented/virtual reality division starting in the...
Swarm of Alternative Crypto Assets Outpace Bitcoin’s Gains by Double Digits This Week
After the price of bitcoin tapped an all-time high above the $67K handle, it then dropped below the $60K zone to $59,510 per unit. Since...
Bakkt Shares Surge 180% After Pacts With Mastercard, Fiserv for Crypto Payments
Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) shares jumped about 180% Monday and reached a record high of $28 after the digital asset platform announced two...
Why One Crypto Company Is Suing the SEC
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeAt Messari’s Mainnet conference in September, rumors flew that the U.S. Securities...
NFTs and the Patronage Model
Last week, a crypto investment collective called PleasrDAO paid $4 million for a copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s seventh album, “Once Upon a...
Why Everyone Is Mad at Sam Altman’s Worldcoin
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project, which promises to distribute a universal basic income (UBI) to global citizens willing to have their...
DCG’s $1B Pledge and an SEC Filing Kindle Fresh Speculation on ‘Grayscale Discount’
Digital Currency Group, a crypto-industry holding company, came out in defense of its subsidiary Grayscale’s Grayscale Bitcoin Trust...
While Musk Mentions Doge Improvements, Dogecoin Developers Continue to Address Scaling Concerns
On Sunday, Elon Musk discussed his relationship with the Dogecoin Foundation and he mentioned a few improvements he’d like to see...
Web 3.0-focused altcoins soar as the need for truly decentralized crypto grows
The cryptocurrency market is abuzz on Oct. 25 as the sight of multiple altcoins hitting new all-time highs and Bitcoin’s (BTC)...
Want to Buy Dogecoin? Read This First
With so much social media hype, mainstream attention and celebrity support it’s easy to think that dogecoin is a solid investment. But is...
New to Bitcoin? Stay Safe and Avoid These Common Scams
Bitcoin hit a new high Wednesday, topping $20,000, and is continuing to rise. Maybe today is the day that you finally are ready to take...
The Coming Convergence of NFTs and Artificial Intelligence
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are becoming one of the most important trends in the crypto ecosystem. The first generation of NFTs has focused...
Buying Your First Crypto? 10 Things You Should Know
Between dogecoin’s cameos on U.S. television and bitcoin’s growing acceptance on Wall Street, cryptocurrency is reaching a wider audience...
4 Ways to Stay Safe in Crypto
Digital assets are resistant to censorship by design and give private key holders complete control over their crypto. The only caveat is...
Solana Hits New Record High as Layer 1 Tokens Follow Bitcoin’s Gains
Prices for Solana’s SOL tokens hit a record high during early U.S. trading hours on Monday, as a majority of tokens representing layer 1...
Bitcoin price action in 2021 so far mirrors 2017 — Will it continue?
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent rally has finally broken through to reach widely anticipated new all-time highs. With September being left behind...
How to use stablecoins to earn a higher APY
Many are quick to flock to stablecoins for their ability to de-risk cryptocurrency positions. A stablecoin can be pegged to any...
Bitcoin charges toward $64K as Tesla ATH boosts Elon Musk to $250B net worth
Bitcoin (BTC) price hurtled towards $64,000 in a fresh round of bullishness on Oct. 25 as the market left a weak weekend behind. BTC/USD...
Crypto Fund Inflows Hit Record $1.5B as Bitcoin Futures ETFs Go Live
Investors pumped a record $1.47 billion of new money into digital asset investment products last week, fueled by a rally in...
Iris Scanning Worldcoin Idea Fuels Objections From Privacy Advocates — Snowden Says ‘Don’t Catalog Eyeballs’
During the last few weeks, a project called Worldcoin has been the subject of numerous headlines and speculation. Worldcoin launched on...
How to Set Up a Bitcoin Miner
By this stage, you will understand how bitcoin works, and what mining means. But we need to get from theory to practice. How can you set...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 25, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:European stocks steady as investors prepare for...
Crypto Firm Crypterium Secures FCA Registration
Cryptocurrency firm Crypterium has secured Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) registration to operate in the U.K., the firm announced...
Porn, Mastercard Moderation and How Bitcoin Doesn’t Fix It
As huge financial intermediaries increasingly censor online content providers, decentralized technologies de-censor them. It’s not always...
Institutional Investors Growing Curious on Crypto Mining but With ‘Plenty of Skepticism,’ Analyst Says
Interest from institutional investors in bitcoin and crypto mining stocks is growing, although most of these investors are still...
Ethereum eyes rally against Bitcoin, with ETH price showing hidden bullish divergence
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), has been declining against its top crypto rival, Bitcoin (BTC), since Sept. 3. Ether dropped in...
‘An Act of War Against the Middle-Class’ — Americans Criticize Janet Yellen’s Idea to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’
The 78th United States secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that U.S....
Solana reclaims $200 — 3 reasons why SOL price is up 35% in seven days
The price of Solana’s native SOL coin edged up on Oct. 25 in the wake of a marketwide rally led by Bitcoin (BTC), with the total value...
BlockFi to Develop Crypto Asset Management Products With Neuberger Berman
Crypto lender BlockFi has partnered with private investment manager Neuberger Berman to develop new crypto asset management products.The...
Nifty News: The rise of environmentally-focused NFT collections
HapeBeast hitting the headlines Three-dimensional nonfungible token (NFT) project HapeBeast is garnering notable attention on social media...
TaxBit Courts Corporate America With Crypto Accounting Software
TaxBit has begun pitching corporate America on specialized crypto tax prep software in a sign of the growing business behind bitcoin and...
Mastercard Is Integrating Crypto Payments Through a New Partnership With Bakkt
Mastercard and Bakkt are partnering to allow merchants and banks to build cryptocurrency into their offerings, the firms announced Monday....
Sino Global Capital Launches $200M Fund Backed by FTX
Chinese crypto venture capital firm Sino Global Capital is launching a $200 million fund, backed by derivatives exchange FTX.The news was...
Bitcoin Pushes Upward After Weekend Dip
Bitcoin was pushing back up Monday after experiencing a price dip below $60,000 over the weekend, down from the all-time high near $67,000...
A16z Leads $7.5M Funding Round in NFT Toy Firm OnChain Studios
OnChain Studios has raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to develop Cryptoys: a new non-fungible token...
NEAR Protocol Offers $800M in Grants in Bid for DeFi Mindshare
While Fantom, Harmony, Avalanche and Celo have all launched nine-figure ecosystem development funds, NEAR may be setting a new high water...
Announcing the HUMAN Grants Program: $10 Million to Fund the Next Wave of HUMAN Protocol Solutions
PRESS RELEASE. The MetaHUMAN Foundation has announced a grants program to support a new generation of projects looking to adopt and build...
Nigeria’s ENaira CBDC Goes Live
Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, is live following an announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.The...
FTX Crypto Exchange Finalizes LedgerX Acquisition
The ink has dried on an acquisition announced by FTX.US in August, revealing a multipronged approach by the American arm of Sam...
France-based Crypto Blockchain Industries lists on Paris stock market
The company is the first blockchain-focused IPO in France. Crypto Blockchain Industries, a France-based company focused on blockchain...
BNY Mellon Urges Ireland to Adopt Crypto Rules Before EU Regulations, Report Reveals
As authorities in the EU are still discussing union-wide cryptocurrency regulations, a major U.S. bank has reportedly lobbied the Irish...
BTC price ‘on the way to $90K’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) launches into a new week, determined to keep $60,000 as support — despite new all-time highs failing to last. After a...
Top places to invest in Gyro token: a stable-currency gaining attention
Gyro token is a decentralized currency that is not pegged to a specific fiat currency. The coin has surged 75% in value over the past 24...
Where to buy GMR token: today’s hottest cryptocurrency
GMR token is among Monday’s hottest and most-trending cryptocurrencies. GMR is up around 250% over the past 24 hours and nearly 350%...
Twitter reportedly testing Bitcoin Lightning Tip Jar for Android
'Tips' was unveiled for iOS in September, with Twitter stating that the service would follow for Android within weeks. Twitter is working...
Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon Is Suing the SEC
Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, the company that backs the Terra blockchain ecosystem, is suing the U.S. Securities and...
Singaporean Payments Unicorn Nium Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Platform
Singapore-based payments unicorn Nium has rolled out a crypto-as-a-service (CaaS) offering aimed at financial institutions.Nium provides...
Shiba Inu price analysis: SHIB poised for fresh gains despite Elon Musk tweet
The SHIB token price jumped over 46% in seven days to reach a new all-time high of $0.000044. Shiba Inu (SHIB) price has increased by more...
Bitfarms Mega-Mining Facility Raises Concerns Among Legislators in Argentina
The construction of a bitcoin mega-mining farm in Argentina by Bitfarms is raising concerns for legislators. Martín Berhongaray, a...
Ant Group, Tencent Change NFT References to ‘Digital Collectibles’: Report
Ant Group and Tencent have changed references of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to “digital collectibles” on their platforms and sites,...
Reddit Seeks Senior Engineer for Platform That Features ‘NFT-Backed Digital Goods’
On Friday, American social news aggregation and discussion website, Reddit published a job listing seeking a senior backend engineer for a...
Label Foundation Raises $1 Million to Build Blockchain-Based Platform for the MOOC Industry
PRESS RELEASE. The next-generation NFT Infrastructure – Label Foundation has announced the successful completion of its private...
Saudi Central Bank Mulls Blockchain for Finance, Rejects Phasing Out Cash: Report
Saudi Arabia’s central bank is experimenting with emerging technologies like blockchain for the finance sector, but doesn’t intend to...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to Unveil Country’s CBDC
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to formally launch the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) on...
Facebook Whistleblower Holds Crypto to Support Herself Financially: Report
Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager and whistleblower, reportedly practices the strategy of holding cryptocurrency.In an...
Is excessive bullish optimism behind Bitcoin’s drop below $60K?
Bitcoin (BTC) has a long history of forming local tops when events that are anticipated by the market occur. The recent Bitcoin...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Warns Hyperinflation Will Soon Happen in US and the World
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has warned that hyperinflation will soon happen in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world....
Over 3 Million CoinMarketCap Email Addresses Leaked to Dark Web
Millions of email addresses associated with the crypto market capitalization website CoinMarketCap (CMC) have been compromised.According...
Elon Musk Discusses Important Dogecoin Improvements, Confirms No Investment in Shiba Inu
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared what he believes to be the most important dogecoin improvements. He also clarified that he does not have...
Reactivated Ethereum pools trigger a 78% surge in THORChain price
Ealier this year THORChain underwent a series of protocol exploits which led to $8 million being drained from its reserves and these...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, SOL, AVAX, ALGO, AXS
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face strong selling as bulls attempt to flip the psychological level at $60,000 into support. Some analysts...
An African Blockchain Enthusiast Launches Expedition That Seeks to Highlight East Africa’s Potential
While the African continent is generally viewed as one of the most ideally placed to embrace and fully exploit the blockchain, the reality...
Adshares.net web3 Marketing Protocol Aims for Metaverse Ads
PRESS RELEASE. Adshares ($ADS) decentralized network working since 2017, created the possibility to connect Publishers and Advertisers...
Bitcoin Hashrate Increases 32% in 3 Months, Stealth Miners Command 12% of BTC’s Hashpower
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been increasing a great deal during the last three months, as it’s increased more than 32% from 103...
Beijing Presses Fast-Food Chain McDonald’s to Support Digital Yuan — China’s CBDC Expected to Launch in February
According to a recent report, Beijing is pressing the fast-food retail chain McDonald’s to support the digital yuan before the...
ProShares Seeks Waiver From CME for Position Limits on New Bitcoin Futures ETF: Report
ProShares, the sponsor of the first-ever exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by bitcoin futures, has applied for a waiver to limits the...
Play-to-earn games are ushering in the next generation of platforms
The online gaming industry has been on the rise for the past few years and for a good reason. From a global pandemic pushing an online...
Why Is the IMF Afraid of Cryptoization?
Speaking of Bitcoin on the CoinDesk Podcast Network is brought to you by CrystalBlockchain.com.Join hosts Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan...
As the CME’s Volume Gets Pumped, the Bitcoin ETF’s Quirky Structure Could Explain Some of It
Last week’s launch of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) was a smash hit by any measure. Yet it may be that at least part of its...
5 Dollar-Pegged Tokens Command 94% of the Swelling $135 Billion Stablecoin Market Cap
During the last month, four out of five of the top stablecoins by market capitalization saw their valuations swell in size. At the time of...