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GALA soars by 15% today: Here is why
GALA is up by more than 15% in the last 24 hours, making it one of the best performers amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap...
NY law firm investigates potential ‘securities fraud’ at Core Scientific
A New York-based law firm says it has begun an investigation into whether Bitcoin miner Core Scientific and its leadership potentially...
Aptos Price Heading to the Moon as PancakeSwap TVL Soars
Aptos price has soared by over 87% from its December lows. PancakeSwap’s TVL in Aptos has surged to almost $30 million. AUX Exchange...
Layer 1 EVM oracle platform Flare launches to boost interoperable DApps
Flare, a new layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine blockchain platform, has gone live with the launch of two core protocols aimed at powering...
SHIB is up by 3% as whale suggests token burn when Shibarium launches
SHIB is the best performer amongst the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap today. A Shiba Inu whale has suggested a token burn when...
‘Infected by fraud’ — Projects claim CoinMarketCap airdrops were gamed
Two crypto projects have cried foul play over promotional airdrops conducted by CoinMarketCap (CMC) on their behalf, which they allege was...
5 sneaky tricks crypto phishing scammers used last year: SlowMist
Blockchain security firm SlowMist has highlighted five common phishing techniques crypto scammers used on victims in 2022, including...
Terra accidental airdrop leads to smear campaign, community member claims
Terraform Labs (TFL), the firm behind the defunct algorithmic stablecoin TerraUST (USTC), and its co-founder Do Kwon is back in the...
Turkish automaker Togg onboards Metaco for crypto custody and governance
Turkish automotive company Togg announced a partnership with Metaco — a digital asset custody and orchestration system provider — to...
Cryptocurrency Rose Ranks in Popularity as Investment Option in Chile in 2022
Cryptocurrencies rose in popularity in Chile, according to a survey from global consulting firm Bain & Company. The survey found that...
What is ShibaSwap and how does it work?
ShibaSwap is a DeFi platform featuring decentralized exchange (DEX) and passive income-generating services like staking, liquidity pools,...
New Nigerian Central Bank Document Discusses Regulation of Stablecoins and ICOs
According to a recently unveiled document, the Nigerian central bank will in the future be open to developing a regulatory framework for...
Bitcoin derivatives data suggests a BTC price pump above $18K won’t be easy
Traders might rejoice now that Bitcoin price ventured above $17,400, but 27 long days have passed since Bitcoin (BTC) last breached the...
Prices in Dollars Rose Almost 54% in Venezuela During 2022
Prices in Venezuela have been rising steadily even when denominated in foreign currency. According to data collected by Ecoanalitica, a...
Hong Kong Reaffirms Commitment to Become Regional Crypto Hub
Hong Kong has reaffirmed its commitment to become a regional crypto hub in following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX....
Huobi Korea Plans to Cut Ties With Parent Company, Strengthen Domestic Presence
According to a report from South Korea, the Korean subsidiary of Huobi Global is planning to cut ties with the parent company. The...
Former CCP official apologies for ‘grave losses’ as a result of supporting crypto miner: Report
Xiao Yi, the former Chinese Communist Party secretary of Fuzhou, has confessed to “acting recklessly” in support of crypto mining during a...
Litecoin to $100 looks probable as breakout at resistance gets underway
Litecoin is attempting to break above $80 The upcoming halving event is seen to boost the price A successful breakout will see buyers eye...
Smart Contract Platform Tokens See Double-Digit Gains, Boosting Defi TVL Above $40 Billion
Decentralized finance (defi) and smart contract platform tokens rallied on Monday morning (ET) and the total value locked in defi jumped...
Ethereum price heading to $16,000? What could happen next
Ethereum recovered by more than 4% on Monday The cryptocurrency has maintained an uptrend A break above $1,250 sets ETH to $16,000 with...
Price analysis 1/9: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, LTC
Investors across asset classes have been keeping a close watch on the United States Federal Reserve’s monetary policy because that sets...
5 cryptocurrencies that could benefit from a positive CPI report
Bitcoin (BTC) has finally pushed above the $17,000 mark after rallying to $17,375 on Jan. 12. with both the bulls and the bears eyeing the...
How to keep your crypto safe in 2023: a few tips from an analyst
There is no excuse for not putting a few hours of research into how to properly custody your crypto, according to lead on-chain analyst...
FTX Co-Founder’s Alleged Extravagance Comes to Light in Bankruptcy Court Documents
Following the court filing that shows FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) wants access to FTX’s $460 million in Robinhood shares,...
Why is Ethereum (ETH) price up today?
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), rose to three-week highs, rallying in lockstep with the broader cryptocurrency market, as well...
Solana could maintain bullishness if this happens
Solana token has added nearly 50% of value in a week The gains come amid the BONK token launch SOL has overcome a resistance and eyes...
Biggest Movers: SOL up 22% as ADA Hits Highest Point Since November
Solana surged by as much as 22% on Monday, as bullish sentiment returned to cryptocurrency markets. The move saw the token climb to its...
US DOJ announces seizure of 55M Robinhood shares
The United States Department of Justice has officially notified the court handling the bankruptcy of BlockFi that it has seized assets as...
Uncertainty Surrounds Federal Reserve’s Future Plans for Rate Hikes
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark bank rate seven times during the course of 2022, leading many to question when the...
What is the Trust Wallet and how do you use it?
A secure cryptocurrency wallet is crucial for those investing in the growing cryptocurrency market. Technically, crypto wallets are pieces...
Ethereum Classic confirms a trend shakeup. Here is the next price target
Ethereum Classic rose by 5% on Monday to extend the gains made in the week The network has witnessed a rise in transactions volumes...
ApeCoin makes higher highs and higher lows but will buyers remain relentless
ApeCoin had added 20% in a week Yuga Labs NFTs had great success last year The cryptocurrency has overcome resistance at $4.2 but faces a...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Climbs Back Above $17K, Hitting 3-Week High
Bitcoin rose to a three-week high on Jan. 9, as prices surged beyond the $17,000 mark to start the week. The move comes days ahead of the...
Hong Kong wants to become crypto hub despite industry crisis
The government of Hong Kong remains committed to the development of cryptocurrency infrastructure despite the ongoing industry crisis...
Binance Joins Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has become a member of an organization providing training for sanctions compliance. With the move, part of...
Pi Coin price is soaring in Huobi: What could go wrong?
Pi Network is one of the biggest blockchains in the world. Huobi listed Pi/USDT, a coin that has been disowned by Pi Network. Huobi, the...
Lido price momentum accelerates; gets extremely overbought
Lido DAO price has been in a strong bullish trend in the past few days. It has become the biggest DeFi protocol in the world. It has a...
Charles Hoskinson’s new hospital will accept Cardano for payments: ADA soars by 15%
Cardano will be accepted at Charles Hoskinson’s new hospital. ADA is the best performer amongst the top 10 cryptocurrencies by...
Airtm Winds Down Cryptocurrency Trading, Exchanges All Funds to Native Stablecoin
Airtm, a Latam popular cryptocurrency exchange and wallet, has announced it is winding down cryptocurrency trading and custody in its...
Hacker Sent to Prison for Robbing Vietnamese Crypto Exchange
Authorities in Vietnam have caught and sentenced a hacker who stole money and data from a local cryptocurrency exchange. The man, who was...
Mastercard Taps Polygon to Empower Emerging Artists in Web3 Tech
Mastercard, the payments giant, has partnered with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, to introduce emerging artists into Web3...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Bitcoin ‘Seized’ by US Government
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to stealing over 712 bitcoin that was “seized” by the U.S. government in another criminal...
SBF Fights for Robinhood Shares — Says He Needs Them More Than FTX Customers Who Only Suffer ‘Possibility of Economic Loss’
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is attempting to regain access to his Robinhood shares, worth over $460 million. The former...
Bitcoin, Sango Coin and the Central African Republic
In the spring of 2022, the Central African Republic (CAR) became the first African country to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender. As...
Report: Nigeria to Stop Cash Withdrawals From Government Accounts
From the start of March, Nigerian public officials will be barred from withdrawing cash from government bank accounts, the head of the...
New Year Brings Strong NFT Sales, Up 26% in First Week of 2023 With Top 5 Blockchains Seeing Double-Digit Increases
The first week of 2023 saw an upswing in non-fungible token (NFT) sales as seven-day volume increased 26.01% compared to the previous...
Report Claims U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Hedge Funds in Connection with Binance Dealings
Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating U.S.-based hedge funds that have dealt with the cryptocurrency exchange Binance,...
Gold Prices Expected to Soar in 2023: Experts Predict Record Highs for Precious Metal
Gold is on the rise in 2023 and in the first week of the new year alone, the precious metal has jumped 2.36% against the U.S. dollar. Over...
Robert Kiyosaki: SEC Will ‘Crush’ Most Cryptos, Burry on US Recession, Gold Bug Schiff on Inflation in 2023 — Week in Review
2023 is off to a rough start, with crypto business bankruptcies, inflation, and recession impacting markets and looming darker on the...
Mexican CBDC Unlikely to Be Ready by 2024
The Mexican central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital peso, is unlikely to be ready by 2024, as was announced back in 2021 by the...
Decentraland’s MANA defies gravity to jump 20% but will buyers be relentless?
Decentraland’s MANA has surged by over 20% in the week Most gains came when the metaverse platform announced an open-cross...
Buying Bitcoin now? What this could mean
Bitcoin endured a bear market for the whole of 2022 Macro-economic factors have been responsible The bearish market could continue as...
Shiba Inu’s whale buying intensifies but does price action show it?
Shiba Inu is among the most purchased cryptocurrencies by Ethereum whales The price action is still bearish despite a Shibarium update...
Romania Carries Out Raids as Part of Crypto Tax Evasion Probe
Authorities in Romania have conducted more than a dozen raids against people suspected of hiding income from cryptocurrency operations....
Polygon’s MATIC jumps 3% on Mastercard partnership. Is it now bullish?
Polygon’s MATIC rose more than 3% after its partnership with Mastercard for Web3 The network had a range of Web3 partnerships in...
Bank of France Governor Calls for Mandatory Licensing for Crypto Companies
France has to adopt a licensing regime for crypto service providers, the head of the country’s central bank has suggested. According to...
DOJ Asks Victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud to Come Forward
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked victims of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)’s fraud to come forward. The former...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Warns of Next Crypto Implosion Coming From Wash Trades
Mark Cuban, a Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has warned that the next crypto implosion could come from...
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan: Crypto Is Too Dependent on ‘Greater Fool Theory’ to Be a Desirable Investment
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says crypto is “too dependent on the ‘greater fool theory’ to be a...
Jim Cramer Expects SEC to ‘Do a Roundup’ of Uncompliant Crypto Firms — Urges Investors to Get Out of Crypto Now
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, says he expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to do a roundup of crypto firms that...
Wyre Announces Modification of Withdrawal Policy, Pushing Topps to Temporarily Suspend NFT Marketplace Transactions
Following reports that the crypto payments firm Wyre was shutting down operations, CEO Ioannis Giannaros offered a contradicting story,...
SBF pleads not guilty, crypto layoffs, and bank run on Silvergate: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 1-7
Top Stories This Week Sam Bankman-Fried enters not guilty plea for all counts in federal court Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (has...
Bitcoin price nears 3-week high as trader says sub-7% CPI may see $19K
Bitcoin (BTC) traded nearer $17,000 on Jan. 7 after the end of the year’s first trading week delivered a spike higher. BTC/USD 1-day...
Sberbank Analyst’s Editorial Delves Into the ‘Tremendous Potential’ of a BRICS Reserve Currency Fueling De-Dollarization
During the last month, Russia’s ruble has dropped 16.48% against the U.S. dollar as energy and commodity prices have slowed over the last...
Report: Federal Prosecutors in New York Probe Digital Currency Group and Subsidiary Genesis
Following accusations from Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss in an open letter to Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert, a report...
Bitcoin Hashrate Reaches All-Time High, Boost Could Lead to Record-Setting Difficulty Increase
During the first week of the new year, Bitcoin’s hashrate reached an all-time high (ATH) on Jan. 6, 2023, at block height 770,709....
Biggest Movers: ETC Surges 14% to Hit 6-Week High on Saturday
Ethereum classic was one of the biggest movers to start the weekend, as prices surged to a six-week high. The move saw the token climb by...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Surge to Start the Weekend, Following Friday’s Payrolls
Bitcoin moved closer to the $17,000 level to start the weekend, as traders continued to react to the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls data....
Crypto Miners in Kazakhstan Start Paying Higher Electricity Fees
Since the beginning of 2023, cryptocurrency miners operating in Kazakhstan are obliged to pay new fees for the power they need to mint...
Fintechs Accounted for Over 30% of Tracked Kenyan Tech Startups in 2022 — Study
As of November 2022, Kenyan fintechs accounted for 30.2% or 93 out of the 308 tracked tech startups, a Disrupt Africa study recently...
Web3 Company Animoca Brands Lowers Fundraising Goal to $1 Billion in Q1 2023
Animoca Brands, a Web3 gaming-focused company, has announced it is now targeting a raise of $1 billion for a fund directed to inject help...
Thai SEC Launches ‘Crypto Academy’ to Help Digital Asset Investors
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a crypto academy where investors can learn about digital assets free of...
SEC Charges Team Behind Coindeal Crypto Fraud That Promised 500,000 Times Investment Returns
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the team behind Coindeal, a $45 million fraudulent crypto investment scheme....
Price analysis 1/6: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
The United States December nonfarm payrolls report showed a growth of 223,000 jobs, above the market’s expectation of an increase of...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin strategy evolved with the bear market in 2022
Cryptocurrency adoption has been on the rise in El Salvador in recent years, with the country becoming the first in the world to adopt...
Macroeconomic data points toward intensifying pain for crypto investors in 2023
Undoubtedly, 2022 was one of the worst years for Bitcoin (BTC) buyers, primarily because the asset’s price dropped by 65%. While there...
IRS Official: Crypto Is Here to Stay and ‘Becoming More Legitimate’
A top Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official says, “Cryptocurrency is here to stay,” and “it’s becoming more...
Chinese Researchers Claim Success in Breaking RSA Encryption With Quantum Computer, Experts Debate Veracity of Discovery
According to reports circulating on the web, 24 Chinese researchers have reportedly succeeded in breaking RSA encryption using a quantum...
December DeFi exploits were the lowest in 2022: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Report: Confirmation of Silvergate’s $8 Billion Deposit Plunge Sees Stock Price Drop by More Than 40%
The price of the crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital’s shares fell by over 40% after it reported a more than $8 billion drop in...
Ethereum Classic breaks above descending trendline but exercise caution
Ethereum Classic is up 18% in the week The network has witnessed an increased hash rate Ethereum Classic still faces bear pressure at $19...
BNB prediction as price maintains a recovery
Binance coin has been bearish since the FTX collapse The cryptocurrency trades on an upside at $255 BNB faces resistance at...
Near Protocol adds 20% in a week. What price action says about the token
Near token has recovered by almost 20% in a week The cryptocurrency saw increased volumes at the $1.25 bottom after a disastrous 2022 NEAR...
BTC price forms new support at $16.8K as Bitcoin lures ‘mega whales’
Bitcoin (BTC) could be busy forming fundamental support in its current tight trading range, the latest research suggests. In a tweet on...
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade could supercharge liquid staking derivatives — Here’s how
The crypto market witnessed the DeFi summer of 2020, where decentralized finance applications like Compound and Uniswap turned Ether (ETH)...
Huobi Layoffs Spark Controversy and Speculation, Justin Sun Claims Everything Is Fine
The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is laying off 20% of its employees, according to multiple reports over the past two days. However,...
MEXC 2022 Recap: Futures Business Grows by 1200% and Exceeds 10 Million Users
Recently, the cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC released two retrospective articles: Major Events in Cryptocurrency Market...
Cathie Wood’s ARK enters 2023 with $5.7M Coinbase stock purchase
Cathie Wood, veteran investor and CEO of ARK Invest, remains bullish on the cryptocurrency industry and centralized exchanges (CEX)...
BONK Meme Coin Sees Wild Price Fluctuations and Massive Holder Concentration
After the all-time cryptocurrency price highs in 2021, suffering through the Luna implosion of 2022 and watching countless crypto...
Bitcoin yo-yos on US macro data amid call for BTC price to retest $17K
Bitcoin (BTC) flashed volatility at the Jan. 6 Wall Street open after fresh United States economic data disappointed risk-asset bulls....