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Altcoins take the next leg up as the total crypto market cap tops $2.63 trillion
Crypto markets are in an absolute state of euphoria after Bitcoin (BTC) caught a bid and hit a new all-time high at $67,000....
Bitcoin alcanza su máximo histórico al superar los $66.000 gracias al debut del ETF de ProShares
Bitcoin, la mayor criptomoneda del mundo por capitalización bursátil, ha alcanzado un nuevo máximo histórico por encima de los $66.000, lo...
Why Bitcoin Is Worth at Least a Penny
As bitcoin blasted through new all-time highs Wednesday, the following joke made the rounds.Jamie Dimon walks into a bar and orders a...
After Bitcoin All-Time High, What’s Next?
Bitcoin’s latest rally to a new all-time high price above $66,000 has given rise to a fresh wave of bullish predictions, with the...
Some NFTs Are Probably Illegal. Does the SEC Care?
Here’s a terrifying thought: The U.S. Congress still doesn’t really know how to regulate the $2.5 trillion crypto market. It’s not that...
Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Clan Album Now Belongs to a DAO
Back in 2015, the pharmaceutical executive and fraudster Martin Shkreli purchased the sole physical copy of “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,”...
Bitcoin ETFs Aren’t New. Here’s How They’ve Fared Outside the US
Trading for the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began this week...
LFG! Bitcoin Clears $66K and Hits New All-Time High
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the market’s reaction to a new...
Treasury Says Crypto Reduces Efficacy of US Sanctions, Seeks More Funding
The U.S. Department of the Treasury says that the growing use of crypto assets challenges the efficacy of American sanctions. “We...
Ethereum nears its own all-time high as ETH price retakes $4K
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) is likely to hit its own record high in the short term as ETH has broken above $4,000, a crucial...
Cointelegraph Consulting: ETFs listed — What’s next for Bitcoin?
After dipping below $30,000 in June, Bitcoin (BTC) went on a nearly four-month rally, appreciating by more than 100%. On Friday, it was...
Polygon Becoming Increasingly Independent From Ethereum as App Numbers Rise: Report
How long does a layer 2 remain a layer 2?A new report released on Wednesday from blockchain development platform Alchemy shows that the...
Hive Leads Crypto Mining Stocks Higher as Bitcoin Hits All-Time-High
Crypto miners, whose shares are most levered to bitcoin prices, surged on Wednesday after the price of the largest cryptocurrency hit an...
Bitcoin All-Time High Breakout Could Target $86K, Price Charts Suggest
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price made a fresh all-time high above $66,000 on Wednesday and could continue higher as bullish momentum improves,...
Contango Conmigo: Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Be a Bloody Ride
Since at least 2013, when the Winklevoss twins first filed an application to create one, a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been the...
Crypto Miner Stronghold Digital Soars in Trading Debut
Stronghold Digital, the bitcoin mining company that converts coal waste into power for its operations, surged in its first day of trading...
How to Do Business as a DAO
Every organization, of any kind, is organized in some way. So-called decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a new and different...
Analyst That Said $200-300K Bitcoin ‘Looks Programmed’ Still Says BTC Price ‘Nowhere Near a Top’
On Wednesday, just before bitcoin surpassed the digital asset’s all-time high (ATH), the crypto analyst known as...
What Stablecoins Might Become
Identifying the ideal path to regulatory compliance for a stablecoin has been difficult. U.S. regulators have taken a much more active...
Vitalik Buterin Sent Away Trillions of Unwanted Dog Coins, but More Keep Rolling In
Vitalik Buterin once again “dumped” several dog-themed memecoins that he never asked for.While the market’s attention is centered around...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 20, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Market Wrap: ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF...
Bitcoin price eyes $65K breakout as BTC exchange reserves fall to 2018 lows
Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing price rally above $64,000 has coincided with a substantial drop in its reserves across all exchanges. According to...
Sure, Bitcoin’s Price Is Cool, but Bitcoin’s Technology Is Hot
Bitcoin is back in the news.As a wave of institutional liquidity pours into Bitcoin’s markets, even some of its staunchest critics are...
BREAKING: Bitcoin officially hits new all-time high above $65K
Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a new all-time high in United States dollars as a long-awaited surge pushes BTC/USD into price discovery. BTC/USD...
Facebook’s Novi, Strike’s Bitcoin App Spell Trouble for Western Union Stock, Analyst Says
Western Union was downgraded to neutral from buy at investment bank BTIG, which says the company’s money transfer platform may face...
Famed Brit photographer Platon’s NFTs have stars in their eyes
Platon, the British photographer famous for his close-up portraits of world leaders, is using NFT photos of the human iris to show how...
Shiba Inu (SHIB): A Complete Beginner’s Guide
Shiba inu (SHIB) is an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token that has risen in popularity this year, largely because of its dog-themed ecosystem,...
Bitcoin Smashes Through All-Time High Surpassing $66,000 per Unit
The spot price of bitcoin smashed through the leading crypto asset’s all-time high (ATH) surpassing $66,000 per unit after the...
Hindenburg Research Offers $1M Reward to Uncover Tether’s Backing
Short-selling research firm Hindenburg Research is to offering a bounty of up to $1 million for information that can uncover details about...
VanEck to Join ProShares in Launching a Bitcoin Futures ETF
VanEck will join ProShares in launching a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) next week.The company revealed it had secured...
Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $65K as ETF Goes Live
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has hit a new all-time high above $65,000.The crypto broke above its...
DCG, Facing Competition From Bitcoin ETFs, Plans to Buy More Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
Digital Currency Group (CoinDesk’s parent company) is planning to hoover up up to a billion dollars worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust...
Bitwise Launches Polygon Fund for Ethereum-Scaling Exposure
Cryptocurrency index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management formed a Polygon fund to give investors exposure to the layer 2′s native MATIC...
Russia Considers Partially Replacing Dollar Reserves With Digital Assets in Future
Amid ongoing sanctions, the government of Russia has been working to limit the country’s dependence on the U.S. dollar. The...
Polychain Leads $23M Bet on Startup Streamlining DeFi Portfolio Management
Portfolio management in decentralized finance (DeFi) remains a highly manual and, at times, costly process, especially on platforms like...
MDT announces data oracle for bridging capital market and DeFi
The oracle will allow developers in the decentralised finance sector to securely integrate off-chain trading data Decentralized data...
Binance USD (BUSD): A Case Study for Stablecoin Compliance and Security
Binance USD (BUSD) has become one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrencies in the world, with a variety of use cases and growing demand...
Purpose Investments Files to List 3 More Crypto ETFs in Canada
Purpose Investments has filed to list three further cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds with the Canadian securities regulators.The...
Cboe Acquires ErisX in Return to Crypto Derivatives Market
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) is acquiring crypto spot and derivatives marketplace ErisX, the companies announced...
Crypto assets under management reach a record $72BN
Capital flows into crypto investments have increased as the cryptocurrency market witnesses positive price performances across the board...
Coinbase signs multiyear sponsorship deal with the NBA
This is the second major deal Coinbase has sealed this week following a collaboration with Facebook Coinbase has a new sponsorship deal...
Ethereum’s ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Timing Hints at an Early Summer Merge
This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on...
Polkadot and Ethereum 2.0 — A Look at the Solutions Building the Scalability of Tomorrow
Both Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot are promising sharding-based protocols overcoming the scalability challenges facing legacy blockchains....
Ether Awaits Price Breakout After Bitcoin’s Record Daily Close
Ether continues to struggle for a breakout above key resistance even as bitcoin, the crypto market leader, looks north after record daily...
Bitcoin price reclaims $64k as BTC hits highest ever daily close
BTC/USD touched an intraday high of $64,500 on Coinbase on Tuesday Bitcoin rose as high as $64,500 on Tuesday, with the cryptocurrency's...
Coinbase confirmed as custody partner for Facebook crypto wallet
Facebook yesterday launched its new crypto wallet Novi, initially meant to hold Facebook’s own Diem stablecoin Social networking...
Metaverse Backer Animoca Brands Raises $65M at $2.2B Valuation
Animoca Brands, a prominent investor in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized gaming, has completed a capital raise of $65 million...
Russian Oil Companies Want to Mine Crypto on Flare Gas
Russia’s Ministry of Digitalization and the Bank of Russia have been asked for official comments on the idea that oil companies might open...
Stronghold Digital Upsizes IPO Price to $19 a Share
Pennsylvania-based bitcoin mining company Stronghold Digital has upsized its initial public offering (IPO) to $19 per share with plans to...
Bitcoin Options Open Interest tops $14B as ProShares ETF Goes Live
Investor interest in the bitcoin options market increased, with the cryptocurrency nearing record highs in the lead up to Tuesday’s launch...
Ghana Central Bank Working to Make CBDC Available to Offline Users
The Ghanaian central bank is seeking to make its digital currency, the e-cedi, available to offline users, an official with the bank has...
Bitcoin sees its highest ever daily close as BTC-Euro pair hits all-time highs
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to beat its all-time highs on Oct. 20 — but a separate record kept bulls confident of a breakout. BTC/USD 1-day...
Chinese E-commerce Giant JD.com Reveals NFTs
JD.com’s tech arm revealed its non-fungible token technology and plans, following in the heels of its rival Alibaba.JD Technology is...
Facebook’s Novi Launches Pilot Program in Guatemala and US Using Pax Dollar
Novi, Facebook’s digital wallet, will launch a pilot program to test the functionality of the service in two countries: Guatemala...
Stablecoin USDC Launches on Hedera Network
Circle announced today the launch of its trademark stablecoin USDC on top of the Hedera network. This action is part of the multichain...
Play-to-Earn on Playdapp’s Flagship RPG “Along With the Gods: Knights of the Dawn” in 7 Days
PRESS RELEASE. Fast-rising Blockchain gaming platform PlayDapp has revealed the addition of a Play-to-Earn feature on its flagship game...
Chainalysis Adds Bitcoin to Balance Sheet — Its First Cryptocurrency Acquisition
Blockchain data platform Chainalysis has announced that it is adding bitcoin to its corporate investment portfolio. This is the...
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange OSL Launches Operations in Latin America
OSL, a Hong Kong-based digital asset trading platform, has started offering its exchange services to professional and institutional...
Gary Gensler Explains Why SEC Approves a Bitcoin Futures ETF
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has shared why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to approve a bitcoin futures...
Should Crypto Journalists Own Crypto?
I still remember my first bitcoin.Well, around half a bitcoin. It was early 2014, and I was at Bitcoin Miami reporting on, among other...
Why Avatars Dominate the NFT Market
Of the top 10 NFT collections by market cap, seven, according to CoinMarketCap, are what could be called “avatar NFTs” – headshots,...
Art in the Age of Digital Scarcity: Why NFTs Enchant Us
Last Monday, when Visa announced it had bought a CryptoPunk non-fungible token (NFT) collectible to add to its financial history...
How NFTs Fit Into DeFi
However interesting non-fungible tokens (NFT) might be as a new technology, one of their superpowers within the crypto space is they’re...
India’s Crypto Startups Come of Age, Despite Uncertainty
The Indian crypto ecosystem has seen rising investor interest. India recently ranked second on Chainalysis’s Global Crypto Adoption Index...
‘Wormhole’ Adds UI Support for Terra in Bid to Simplify Cross-Chain Operability
Wormhole, a communication bridge between Solana and other top decentralized finance (DeFi) networks, has added user interface support for...
A Dictionary for Degens
GM. Ape. Liquidity. Those words might not mean what you think – if you’re talking to an NFT degen.It’s not easy making sense of the...
The Metaverse Is Coming, Companies Need to Prepare
Web 2.0, the second iteration of the internet, brought the world into a new paradigm, moving us away from static website pages and towards...
Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People
Over the past few years, the residents of countries in financial distress have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency. In Kenya, Nigeria,...
The Value of NFTs Is Belonging
The spending frenzy for Bored Apes, Cryptopunks, Pudgy Penguins and other “NFT communities” has sparked a parallel frenzy in...
Crypto Long & Short: The Trouble With Ticker Symbols
Would the real USDP please stand up?Last month, Paxos, the issuer of the seventh-largest stablecoin in the $2 trillion global...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Is About Self-Determination
Money talks, often in metaphors. Today, El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, allowing residents to pay...
Gemini Introduces ‘Earn’ Product in Hong Kong as Part of Asia Push
U.S.-Crypto exchange Gemini has launched its interest-bearing product for the people of Hong Kong.“Gemini Earn” enables customers to...
Coinbase Becomes Exclusive Cryptocurrency Platform for NBA, WNBA, USA Basketball
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Nasdaq-listed crypto company is now the...
El Salvador’s Bold Bet on Bitcoin Could Inspire the World
The tiny nation of El Salvador will soon take a giant leap into the future of finance, as it will become the first country ever to...
Multicoin Capital to Raise $250M for Third Crypto Fund: Report
Multicoin Capital, an investment firm focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain companies, is planning to raise a $250 million for a third...
Coinbase Has Words for the SEC. Is It Listening?
Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and one of the largest publicly traded cryptocurrency firms in the world, announced...
Do NFTs’ Crazy Valuations Make Them Art? A Leading Collector Says No
Recent auctions of non-fungible tokens (NFT) at the Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction houses might give the impression the fine art world...
Bukele’s MS-13 Double Bind
Among the reactions to El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, which became official this week, has been concern about...
Congressman Tom Emmer: ‘Crypto Is Not Partisan’
The fight that crypto exchange Coinbase took to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week highlighted that the federal...
Crypto Can Do Better Than ETFs
In what is becoming a seasonal tradition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is using any legal and technical recourse to...
DeFi and the 3 Cs
Imagine thinking that not collecting sensitive data is inherently a bad thing.That canard seemed to be the subtext of two memorable lines...
The Financial Aftermath of 9/11
9/11 was a human tragedy of staggering proportions.This weekend America honored and mourned the first responders, office workers, airline...
How Media Fell for a Lucrative Lie About Walmart
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting its boots on.” – Actually Not Mark TwainThis morning, an unknown...
Play-to-Earn Is Already the Biggest Star in the Metaverse
If you want to play the role of God, you can’t overlook the fish. This is the implied message of a woman named Kelsei, aka “Pandapops,”...
Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ Is Just Like Money, but Is It Good Art?
On the surface, “The Currency” by Damien Hirst is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection that checks a lot of boxes for the genre. It is a...
Advice You’ve Never Had to Consider Before
As a financial advisor, you’re expected to understand and give guidance on a variety of subjects. You’ve sat across conference tables and...
How ‘World of Women’ Became a Celebrity NFT Phenom
It’s an open secret that women are under-represented in the world of crypto. Which helps explain why the newest non-fungible token (NFT)...
Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF Debut Captures Close to $1 Billion in Volume
The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched in the United States and smashed records on Tuesday, capturing close to $1 billion...
Bitcoin in El Salvador: Why Is It Worth the Effort?
More than nine years ago, we founded Bitcoin Argentina’s nongovernmental organization to defend bitcoin and its potential despite all...
Ethereum’s Design Choices Are Inherently Political
In early August, Ethereum’s long-awaited London upgrade went into effect. It contained a package of Ethereum Improvement Proposals, or...