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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dominance Rises as Altcoins Underperform
Bitcoin surged toward $54,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in almost five months. The cryptocurrency is up about 8% over the past 24...
Bitcoin Price Rally Fueled by Whales’ $1.6B Buy, Blockchain Data Shows
One or a group of large bitcoin buyers, also called bitcoin whales, appeared to be behind Wednesday’s price pop, based on data that showed...
Janet Yellen Defends Tax Compliance Agenda — 3 State Treasurers Promise Not to Comply
The 78th United States secretary of the treasury, Janet Yellen, is very concerned about tax evasion, according to statements she made...
Congreso de Brasil tratará un proyecto de ley que regula a exchanges de criptomonedas
El Congreso de Brasil debatirá un proyecto de ley que regula a exchanges de criptomonedas y aumenta las penas para esquemas piramidales y...
Gensler’s SEC Has No Plans to Ban Crypto
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” another major regulatory figure has confirmed he has no...
The Top Universities for Blockchain: Overperformers and Underperformers
CoinDesk’s Top Universities for Blockchain, which CoinDesk announced this week, examines a university’s blockchain educational...
Price analysis 10/6: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, LUNA, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) skyrocketed above the $1 trillion market capitalization today, pulling the total crypto market capitalization close to $2.3...
Art Blocks Raises $6M From Galaxy, Flamingo DAO on Strength of Generative NFTs
Art Blocks, the computer-generated digital art market where chromatic squiggles have commanded millions of dollars, raised $6 million in...
How Erick Calderon Turned NFT Squiggles Into a $6M Funding Round
Art Blocks CEO Erick Calderon has turned generative NFT squiggles into a digital art behemoth. This week on “Opinionated,” we speak with...
Mexican Stock Exchange Is Considering Listing Crypto Futures, CEO Says
The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) is considering listing crypto futures on its derivatives exchange, BMV’s CEO José-Oriol Bosch said.In an...
US Lawmakers Float the Idea of Minting a Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin to Avoid Sovereign Debt Crisis
American politicians have been clamoring about the U.S. facing a significant debt crisis and the debt ceiling putting the country at risk...
Universities Are Flunking Blockchain Tech
As higher education shifted online through the global pandemic, issues of trust, identity and fraud crippled learning and research....
DOJ to Launch National Crypto Enforcement Team: Report
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching a new crypto crime-fighting team, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, according to...
Gensler’s Crypto Testimony: 6 Key Takeaways
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler was in the hot seat on Tuesday during a House Financial Services...
Bitcoin returns to $1T asset as BTC price blasts to $55K
Bitcoin (BTC) surged even higher on Oct. 6 as its spot price saw a sudden surge upward to over $55,000, its highest since May 12. BTC/USD...
How to Talk to Your Legislator About the Crypto Safe Harbor
Yesterday, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a bill that would provide...
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler: No Plan to Ban Crypto, It’s up to Congress
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler says that the SEC has no plan to ban cryptocurrencies as China has done. He noted that it would be up to...
National Bank of Georgia to Test CBDC Next Year
The National Bank of Georgia, which in May said it was exploring the possible development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), plans...
IT Company Globant Acquires Atix Labs to Expand Blockchain Offerings
Information technology and software development company Globant (NYSE: GLOB) has acquired blockchain services provider Atix Labs for...
Mt. Gox Civil Rehabilitation Voting Deadline Ends Friday
The Mt. Gox civil rehabilitation voting deadline to reimburse victims who lost money from hacks to the cryptocurrency exchange ends this...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 6, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Approaching Resistance Near $52K;...
Sorry, Blockchains Aren’t Going to Fix the Internet’s Privacy Problem
It has become an article of faith across the blockchain industry that there is enormous latent demand by users who are poised to take back...
Coinbase Likely to Top Q3 Trading, Revenue Estimates on Bitcoin Volatility: Oppenheimer
Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is likely to top consensus estimates for trading volume and total revenue for the third quarter due to recent...
Bitcoin Price Surges to 5-Month High Over $54K
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, surged past $54,000 to the highest in almost five months as bullishness returns to the market...
Voyager Digital Q1 Revenue Grows to Over $60M
Voyager Digital said fiscal first-quarter revenue climbed to more than $60 million from $2 million a year ago.The crypto brokerage...
EToro adds Polkadot and Filecoin to platform: here’s what you need to know
Brokerage platform eToro is expanding its presence in the crypto space and making more coins available to traders. EToro, one of the...
With $8.5M in Funding, Can Strips Finance Make DeFi Derivatives Click?
A new derivatives platform announced an $8.5 million raise on Wednesday, part of an effort to overcome the ecosystem-wide reluctance in...
FBI Works With Europol to Arrest Ransomware Gang, $1.3 Million in Cryptocurrencies Seized
A coordinated strike involving Europol, Interpol, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has led to the arrest of two...
Ukraine’s President Rejects Crypto Bill, Demands Changes
Ukraine’s yearlong marathon to legalize cryptocurrencies has gone on a detour. Instead of signing the country’s first bill regulating...
Where to buy Siacoin as SC aims for the moon with 16% gains
The Siacoin (SC) token has seen a huge rally in the past 24 hours and the token is trading at $0.019 at the time of writing The Siacoin...
Ertha – a New Dynamic NFT Metaverse on Binance Smart-Chain
Ertha is a new P2E game with an exciting backstory launching on Binance smart chain, unlike anything else. The game will encompass an...
Crypto Exchange BitOasis Raises $30M Funding to Fuel Geographic Expansion
Crypto exchange BitOasis has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Jump Capital and venture capital firm Wamda, which...
Billion-Dollar Toy Brand L.O.L Surprise! to Build Its Own NFT Marketplace
MGA Entertainment, makers of the top-selling L.O.L. Surprise! Dolls, is partnering with Ioconic, a company that helps bring brands into...
Where to buy Ripple as XRP consolidates near the $1 region
The Ripple (XRP) token has seen strong consolidation near the $1 region and the coin could rally soon if the bulls can push prices in the...
Where to buy IOTA as MIOTA surges by 4.56%
The IOTA (MIOTA) token has gained by 4.56% in the past 24 hours accompanied by a huge volume accumulation by whales The IOTA token has...
Securities Meet NFTs With Investment Platform Republic’s New Music Vertical
Republic – the financial services company, not the record label – has announced the launch of “Republic Music,” a loosely defined...
Where to buy Dogecoin as DOGE rallies by 8.76%
The Dogecoin (DOGE) token is up by 8.76% in the past 24 hours with a huge rise in buy volumes Dogecoin is trading at $0.26 at the time of...
IMF Head Says Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Reliable, Hard to Think of Bitcoin as Money
Digital currencies backed by central banks are the most reliable form of digital money, according to IMF managing director Kristalina...
Huobi a Loser in China Crackdown, Bitcoin Futures Market Suggests
Call it the Huobi discount.Bitcoin’s move to $50,000 has revived bullish sentiment, lifting futures premiums on most major cryptocurrency...
IMF’s Georgieva talks cryptocurrency & CBDCs at virtual conference
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discredited Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as forms of money, preferring stablecoins...
How Will the Ethereum Ecosystem React to Fee Burning?
This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on...
Bitcoin Approaching Resistance Near $52K; Support Between $48K-$50K
Bitcoin (BTC) has entered an initial resistance zone near $52,000 and could face a short-term pullback toward $48,000-$52,000 support. The...
Crypto custody services coming to U.S. Bank thanks to NYDIG
U.S. Bank has confirmed it’s introducing custody services that support private funds holding Bitcoin, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash U.S....
AMC Theatres accept Dogecoin for eGift cards
The movie theatre plans to accept Bitcoin and three other major cryptocurrencies for online tickets before the end of the year Dogecoin is...
AMC Theatres to Accept Crypto in Payment for Gift Cards
AMC Theatres, the largest theater chain in the U.S, is accepting dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment for digital gift...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler says the US won’t ban crypto
Gensler, however, notes that a ban could be imposed by the US Congress if it chooses The US has no plans to ban cryptocurrencies in the...
Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain Criticized Over Long Outage — Block Signing Issue Related to Upgrade
On Tuesday, cryptocurrency supporters on social media and forums discussed Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain product as block signing...
Sorare Signs Second Major Soccer NFT Partnership With Bundesliga
The top dog of the European soccer non-fungible token (NFT) industry is adding Germany’s Bundesliga to its growing list of...
‘Large pump’ coming to Bitcoin, hints BTC price metric — But maybe not until December
Bitcoin (BTC) should see a “large” price increase thanks to a rare bullish phenomenon that has just hit for the first time in seven years....
Bitcoin Futures Premium on CME Surges as ETF Speculation Grips Market
Bitcoin’s latest breakout above $50,000 seems to be backed by renewed institutional buying.Front-month bitcoin futures contracts based on...
Bitcoin price breaks $50k again as Shiba Inu and Dogecoin soar
SHIB and DOGE are seeing the most gains among altcoins as BTC looks to battle the profit-taking deals above $51k Bitcoin price has soared...
A16z, Coinbase Crown India’s Second Crypto Unicorn in $260M Funding Round for CoinSwitch Kuber
India has its second cryptocurrency unicorn after Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Coinbase Ventures backed CoinSwitch Kuber in a $260...
Central Bank of Uruguay Describes Roadmap to Crypto Asset Regulation
The Central Bank of Uruguay has issued a statement describing a roadmap for the regulation of cryptocurrency assets in the near future....
BIS Outlines How Stablecoins Could Comply With International Money Standards
The Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) says stablecoin payment systems should comply with international standards for payment,...
ADALend’s Revolutionary GM for an Evolutionary Cardano Based DeFi
DeFi continues to show the world that the future of finance will forever change from its old and traditional form, developed by solving...
Binance Registers 3 More Firms in Ireland as Crypto Regulation Heats Up
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has registered three of its firms in Ireland following regulatory measures and pressure from...
American Collectibles Giant Topps Launches Series 2 MLB NFT Collection
The American company that produces Bazooka chewing gum, candy, and collectibles, Topps Company, Inc., announced the launch of the second...
Cosmos sees 1 million transfers in a month across the ecosystem
The Cosmos cross-chain network has been growing steadily along with the projects that run on top of it and it’s just reached a milestone...
New Zealand Cryptocurrency Exchange Easy Crypto Closes $12M Series A Venture Round
Easy Crypto closed a $12 million Series A funding round, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange announced in a press release dated...
US Bank Launches Cryptocurrency Custody Services Amid Strong Demand From Institutional Clients
US Bank has launched its cryptocurrency custody services. “Investor interest in cryptocurrency and demand from our fund services...
Bitcoin price pushes through $51K, extending bulls’ short-term target to $56K
The early morning momentum that pushed Bitcoin (BTC) above $50,000 on Oct. 5 continued throughout the day after bulls took control of the...
A16z Proposes Decentralization-Friendly Oversight Regime for US Government
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has suggested four main areas where the U.S. government can govern cryptocurrency and...
Brazilian Congress to Consider Bill Regulating Crypto Exchanges
Brazil’s Congress will discuss a bill that regulates companies operating in the cryptocurrency sector and increases penalties for crypto...
Bitcoin price is back at $50K, but exactly how ‘bullish’ are the bulls?
Cryptocurrency markets rallied 12.5% over the past seven days to reach a $2.44 trillion market capitalization. However, that move...
Family of Popular NFT Projects Launch Collaborative Initiative and Genesis Collection
On Tuesday, a new Draper Goren Holm incubated company called NFT.FAMILY has announced the launch of a new generative non-fungible token...
VORTECS™ Report: How this quant-style indicator foreshadowed Axie Infinity’s rally to a new ATH
Every week, subscribers of Cointelegraph’s Markets Pro data analytics platform receive a detailed breakdown of the top performers of the...
IHC: Wilder to Land a Blow for Crypto
PRESS RELEASE. LAS VEGAS & ULAANBAATAR – On Saturday 9 October, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will be...
PacSun to Accept Crypto Payments From Online Shoppers
Youth-focused fashion retailer PacSun will accept cryptocurrency payment methods from online shoppers starting this week through a...
SEC Chair Gensler: A Ban on Crypto Would Be ‘Up to Congress’
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told Congress on Tuesday that the SEC has no plans to ban crypto.When...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin at $50K as the Bulls Return
Bitcoin is trading around $50,000, which analysts consider a positive milestone after last month’s crypto sell-off. BTC is up about 22%...
While Politicians Worldwide Clamor Over Tax Evasion, Pandora Papers Show Bureaucrats Are the Worst Offenders
As bureaucrats across the globe continue to ask the common citizenry for access to every financial decision they make, politicians and...
Stablecoins in the Hot Seat as SEC Investigates Circle
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW homes in on recent reports surrounding the Biden...
What it’s like when the banks collapse: Iceland 2008 firsthand
Many Bitcoiners look forward to the day in the future when the banking system collapses and hyper-Bitcoinization occurs. But Jared Bibler...
Web 3 Is Where the Young People Are
Centralization is a single point of failure. That was clearly on display yesterday when Facebook’s entire operation – from its...
Traders pile into altcoins after Bitcoin bulls take hold of $50K
Bitcoin is back above $50,000 and bulls are currently attempting to secure a daily close above the oft disputed level. The strength seen...
NFT Market Too Frothy? Now You Can Short It
Decentralized derivatives exchange SynFutures is launching NFTures, a product that lets users bet on the future prices of non-fungible...
Here’s What We Know About Suex, the First Crypto Firm Sanctioned by US
When the U.S. Treasury Department announced its first-ever sanctioning of a cryptocurrency exchange last month, many industry participants...
7 Crypto Billionaires Make Forbes 2021 List of Richest Americans
Cryptocurrency has propelled several new faces to the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America.Among them are FTX’s Sam...
Edward Snowden Says Bitcoin Up 10x Since He Tweeted About Buying It, China’s Ban Makes BTC Stronger
Privacy activist and whistleblower Edward Snowden says that bitcoin is up about 10 times since he tweeted about buying it. Bitcoin is...
Bitcoin Halving, Explained
The Bitcoin halving, also known as “The halvening,” is the name for one of the most hotly anticipated events in Bitcoin’s history.In May...
US Bank Launches Crypto Custody With NYDIG Backing
U.S. Bank on Tuesday launched its cryptocurrency custody program with NYDIG, a major bitcoin investment firm, helping out.Crypto plans...
Crypto Miners Marathon Digital, Hut 8 Rally as Bitcoin Tops $50,000
The shares of cryptocurrency miners Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and Hut 8 Mining Corp. surged Tuesday as bitcoin’s price reached...
The Pandora Papers Show Why People Love Crypto: You Can’t Trust the Powerful
There are many nuanced, detailed arguments for the inevitability of cryptocurrency and blockchain’s growth and adoption – advantages of...
Top 6 Crypto Passive Income Generators for 2021
Passive income is money generated from ventures in which an individual is not actively involved. For the most part, all you need to do is...
MetaMask Adds Custodians BitGo, Qredo, Cactus in Push for Institutional DeFi Users
The institutional arm of ubiquitous decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet MetaMask has added custodians BitGo, Qredo and Cactus Custody to...
The long game: Institutional interest in crypto is just getting started
The old adage “The crypto market is not for the faint-hearted” was put on full display recently when the total market capitalization of...
Altair Upgrade Set to Activate on Ethereum Mainnet This Month
On Oct. 27, at epoch 74240, the Altair Beacon Chain upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum mainnet.According to the Ethereum...
Bank of America’s Crypto Research Debuts: Digital Assets Are ‘Too Large to Ignore’
Bank of America’s Global Research has begun covering crypto, debuting with a report stating that “digital assets are too...
Republican Congressman Demands Clarity from the SEC on Crypto Regulation
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
$50K Bitcoin is ‘ultimate bear trap,’ says analyst as BTC price struggles for key level
Bitcoin (BTC) may be battling for $50,000, but its latest move could prove to be the “ultimate” tool to make bears pay. In a tweet on Oct....