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Biggest Movers: SOL Surges 8%, as ATOM Nears 1-Month High
Solana was up by almost 8% on Tuesday, as the token rose for a fifth consecutive session. Recent moves have come despite the Christmas and...
Bitcoin teases weekly highs as traders eye BTC price leg up to $17.3K
Bitcoin (BTC) inched closer to $17,000 on Jan. 3 as the first Wall Street open of the year loomed. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)....
The best (and worst) stories from 3 years of Cointelegraph Magazine
On Oct. 1, 2019, Cointelegraph Magazine’s founding editor, Jon Rice, pressed publish on the first-ever feature story for the publication —...
Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Insists Digital Currency Group Needs to Resolve Liquidity Issues in Open Letter to CEO Barry Silbert
Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, published an open letter to Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO Barry...
Report: Syrian Central Bank Devalues Local Currency by Nearly 50%
The Syrian central bank recently announced the nearly 50% devaluation of the Syrian pound’s exchange rate versus the greenback from...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Edges Closer to $17,000 as Market Focus Turns to FOMC Minutes
Bitcoin moved closer to the $17,000 level on Tuesday, as market volume begins to pick up following the New Year’s celebrations....
Solana jumps by 7% to surpass the $11 resistance mark: Should you buy?
Solana is the best performer amongst the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap today. SOL is trading above $10 again after rallying more...
FLOW leads the charge as broader crypto market experiences mixed performances
FLOW is up by more than 8% today, outperforming the other coins and tokens in the top 100 list. The broader crypto market has recovered...
Crypto Incidents Involving Exit Scams, Hacks, and Code Exploits Reach Record Low in December 2022 According to Certik
According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in...
Kava price has staged a comeback but risks remain
Kava price has crashed by more than 94% from its all-time high. The total value locked (TVL) in its DeFi ecosystem has crashed to $197M....
OVER Map2Earn: Revolutionary 3D Mapping is Now Available
OVER has launched the Map2Earn Beta program: revolutionary 3D mapping is now available to everyone. It is an innovation that solves the...
Jasmy price prediction as Japan’s Bitcoin surges
Jasmy price has jumped in the past four days. It has jumped by more than 40% from the lowest point in 2022. Jasmy price has had one of the...
Su Zhu gets called out by the community as he fires off accusations against DCG
As liquidity issues surround the Digital Currency Group (DCG), Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founder Su Zhu made a Twitter thread containing...
Models and fundamentals: Where will Bitcoin price go in 2023?
Bitcoin (BTC) had a bumpy ride throughout 2022, along with the rest of the digital asset market. The cryptocurrency began the year...
Crypto technology will shift toward ‘steadier hands’ in 2023: Circle CSO
Circle’s chief strategy officer and head of global policy, Dante Disparte, believes that the turmoil in the crypto sector over the...
Car Manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Launches Metaverse Showroom Experience in India
Maruti Suzuki, one of the biggest car manufacturers in India, has announced that it is taking its customer retail experience to the...
Crypto exchange adoption boosts ENS registrations to over 2.2M
2022 proved to be a fruitful year for Ethereum Name Service, with the platform recording 2.2 million registered domains despite...
Price analysis 1/2: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, LTC
The S&P 500 index (SPX) fell 19.4% and the Nasdaq nosedived 33.1% in 2022, their worst performances since 2008. The crypto markets...
Demand for Arbitration Filed Against Genesis Global Capital, DCG — Firm Accused of ‘Ochestrating a Sham Transaction’
Three Gemini Earn users have accused Genesis Global Capital of breaching a contract and have subsequently filed a demand for class...
Ethereum transactions 338% higher in 2022 but Bitcoin remains most popular
The Ethereum network eclipsed Bitcoin in terms of total transaction volume last year, though the king of crypto has managed to retain its...
2022 in Review: ViaBTC Capital Gathers Momentum and Delivers Win-win Results
PRESS RELEASE. As financial markets worldwide confront major challenges, the crypto market has remained sluggish in 2022. Meanwhile, along...
Report: Morocco Central Bank Governor Says Crypto Draft Law Now ‘Ready’
A Moroccan draft crypto law, which seeks to protect individuals from the risks associated with crypto trading, is ready and will soon be...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns of Another Inflation Spike — Expects US to Be ‘in Recession by Any Definition’
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says inflation has peaked in the U.S. but there will be...
Reviewing El Salvador’s Bukele Predictions for 2022: What Went Wrong?
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador and die-hard Bitcoin enthusiast, formulated a series of predictions about the behavior of bitcoin...
Ancient Bitcoin Block Rewards See Decrease in Spending After Record Activity in 2020 and 2021
In 2021, a number of 2010 block rewards were spent after the bitcoins sat idle for more than a decade. Furthermore, in 2020 and 2021, an...
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the...
Disputed Venezuelan Gold Worth $1.8B in Bank of England Vaults Remains Uncertain After Dissolution of Interim Government
The status of the Venezuelan gold currently being held by the Bank of England might fall into regulatory limbo after the dissolution of...
US will see new ‘inflation spike’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) begins the first week of 2023 in an uninspiring place as volatility stays away — along with traders. After failing to budge...
Italian Parliament Approves 26% Tax for Cryptocurrency Gains in 2023 Budget Law
The Italian Parliament has introduced a 26% capital tax on cryptocurrency gains as part of the 2023 budget law, which was approved on Dec....
Integrating Decentralized Cross-Chain Communication Makes Bridges ‘Substantially Safer’ — Flare Networks CEO
Although they grabbed less media attention than the collapse of centralized organizations, the so-called bridge exploit incidents in 2022...
IMF Warns of Tough Year Ahead for World Economy Citing Slowdown in US, EU, China
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that 2023 will be a tougher year for most of the world economy because the U.S., EU, and...
Economist Peter Schiff Predicts Inflation ‘About to Get Much Worse’ — US Dollar Facing ‘One of Its Worst Years Ever’
Economist Peter Schiff has predicted that the U.S. dollar will have “one of its worst years ever” in 2023, warning that the...
3 ways crypto derivatives could evolve and impact the market in 2023
Futures and options let traders put down only a tiny portion of a trade’s value and bet that prices will go up or down to a certain point...
Crypto makes history in 2022: Five instances of governments embracing digital assets
The year 2022 wasn’t the best one in terms of crypto reputation among regulators and policymakers. However, even amid the market breakdown...
Valkyrie Reveals Intention to Sponsor Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust as GBTC Discount to NAV Widens
Valkyrie Investments, a Tennessee-based asset manager, has announced its intention to become the new sponsor of Grayscale’s Bitcoin...
These 4 altcoins may attract buyers with Bitcoin stagnating
Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility remained subdued in the final few days of the last year, indicating that investors were in no hurry to enter...
Top 3 Macroeconomic Events to Watch in 2023 Amid Volatile Market Conditions
2022 was a tough year for crypto assets, and as the world welcomes 2023, the macroeconomic backdrop remains uncertain. Macroeconomic...
Bitcoin stays put with yearly close set to seal 60% YTD BTC price loss
Bitcoin (BTC) kept traders guessing to the last minute into the 2022 yearly close as volatility remained absent from the market. BTC/USD...
Australia overtakes El Salvador to become 4th largest crypto ATM hub
El Salvador, the first country to legalize Bitcoin (BTC), has been pushed down yet another spot in total crypto ATM installations as...
Rewind 2022: A crypto roundup of the year and stepping into 2023
Stepping into the year 2023, it’s time to pause and reflect on the accomplishments and struggles the global crypto community...
Global Cryptocurrency Trade Volumes Saw a Significant Decline in December 2022
According to statistics, daily cryptocurrency trade volumes have dropped significantly during Dec. 2022. On Jan. 1, data shows that $22.95...
Gold, Silver, and Oil Predictions; Ellison’s FTX Testimony and the Sam Trabucco Mystery; Massively Eroded Dollar Sees the Fed Turn 109 — Week in Review
Robert Kiyosaki says the time to buy gold and silver is now, predicting a stock market crash will send prices of the precious metals...
Amid High Energy Demand From Miners, Russia Mulls Building New Power Plants in Siberia
Growing electricity consumption in the crypto mining sector may require the construction of new power generation facilities in Siberia,...
Bill on Digital Ruble Submitted to Russian Parliament
A draft law devoted to the digital ruble has been filed with the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament. The legislation...
Indian Central Bank: Developing Global Crypto Regulation Is a Priority for G20 Under India’s Presidency
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says one of the priorities for the G20 under India’s presidency is to “develop a framework for...
Robert Kiyosaki Buying More Bitcoin — Warns SEC Regulations Will Crush Most Cryptocurrencies
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has revealed why he is buying more bitcoin. He warned that...
Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX to Start Letting Customers in Japan Withdraw Funds
FTX customers in Japan will soon be able to withdraw their funds that are currently frozen due to the bankruptcy process. Two FTX-owned...
SBF to enter plea deal, Mango’s exploiter arrested, and Celsius news: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 25-31
Top Stories This Week Bankman-Fried may enter plea in NY federal court next week before Judge Lewis Kaplan Former FTX CEO Sam...
NFT Sales Continue to Decline, With ETH-Based NFTs Seeing a 20% Drop in the Past Week
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales over the last seven days are ending the year 13.97% lower than the week prior. During the last week,...
Challenging Year for Bitcoin Miners as Fewer BTC Mining Rigs Are Profitable at Current Prices
Bitcoin miners have had a challenging year as the network’s mining difficulty reached an all-time high and the spot market price of...
Mark Moss Predicts Regulatory Shakeup and End of Crypto Bull Runs, but Believes Bitcoin Will Endure
According to Mark Moss, the CEO of Market Disruptor, significant regulation is coming to the cryptocurrency industry following the...
China’s Digital Yuan Little Used, Former Central Bank Official Says
Trials of the digital yuan have produced disappointing results, according to a report quoting the former head of research at the Chinese...
Winners and losers of 2022: A disastrous year that saw few winners among a sea of losers
2022 was supposed to be the year crypto went mainstream, with a significant chunk of traditional venture capital firms betting heavily on...
Insurance Giant Tokio Marine to Offer Its Services in the Metaverse
Tokio Marine, the biggest property/casualty insurance group in Japan, is taking its services and operations into the metaverse. The group,...
‘Crypto winter’ won’t end in 2023 — Bitcoin advocate David Marcus
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto will need until at least 2024 to “recover from the abuse of unscrupulous players,” says one of the...
Central Bank of Turkey Reports First Payment Transactions on Digital Lira Network
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has conducted the first payment transactions on the test network of the digital lira....
BMW Partners With Coinweb to Develop Blockchain-Based Vehicle Financing Automation and Loyalty Program in Thailand
BMW, the luxury car manufacturer, has partnered with Coinweb, a decentralized blockchain layer 2-based company, to introduce...
Financial Giant Fidelity Files Trademarks for Crypto, NFT, and Metaverse Products
Fidelity Investments, a major financial services firm with $10 trillion in assets under administration, has filed several trademark...
Bahamas Seizes Digital Assets Worth Over $3.5 Billion From Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has revealed that it seized digital assets worth more than $3.5 billion from the collapsed crypto...
Media Draws Attention to Sam Bankman-Fried’s 2 Visits While on House Arrest
After FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was released on bail and traveled to his parent’s home in California, it has been...
$8K dive or $22K rebound? Bitcoin traders anticipate Q1 BTC price action
Bitcoin (BTC) is approaching the end of 2022 at levels not seen in over two years — what do traders think will happen next? BTC price...
Mati Greenspan’s boss bribed him with 1 BTC to join Twitter: Hall of Flame
Name: Mati Greenspan Anonymous: No Twitter followers: 48,000 Known for: The “face” of eToro for years, Greenspan is a rare moderate voice...
Bitcoin ‘not undervalued yet,’ says research as BTC price drifts nearer to $16K
Bitcoin (BTC) may not be at a good value enough for a macro price bottom, according to analysis from CryptoQuant. In a blog post on Dec....
3 reasons why Bitcoin is likely heading below $16,000
December will likely be remembered by Bitcoin’s (BTC) fake breakout above $18,000, but apart from that brief overshoot, its trajectory was...
‘Ethereum Killers’ Managed to ‘Kill’ Themselves in 2022 Rather Than Beat the Smart Contract Economy’s Heavyweight Champ
At the end of 2021, a myriad of people thought a handful of smart contract platform tokens, often referred to as ‘Ethereum...
BTC price lurches toward $16K as stocks, dollar wobble in final session
Bitcoin (BTC) teased more volatility at the Dec. 30 Wall Street open with BTC/USD heading ever closer to $16,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Price analysis 12/30: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Investors have faced a tumultuous year in 2022 as stocks, bonds, and the cryptocurrency sector have all witnessed sharp declines. As of...
Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Accused of Moving $684K in Crypto Assets While Under House Arrest
According to an analyst on Dec. 29, 2022, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), may have cashed out $684,000 in crypto...
Central Bank Gold Demand Rose at the Fastest Pace in 55 Years, Analyst Says Silver Could Outperform Gold in 2023
According to a myriad of reports, the People’s Republic of China has been buying hoards of gold during the last year. Consequently,...
Nic Carter: BitMEX, Kraken top proof-of-reserves ranking
BitMEX and Kraken crypto exchanges received highest scores for their proof of reserves attestations. Binance ranked lower for its...
Venezuelan Banking Watchdog to Oversee Crypto Transactions to Preserve Currency Stability
Sudeban, the Venezuelan banking watchdog, is currently working on a mechanism to review crypto-related transactions in real-time to...
Polkadot price will not recover in 2023 until this happens
Polkadot price plunged hard in 2022. The decline was caused by both internal and external factors. It will only recover if the Fed shifts...
Solana joins ranks of FTT, LUNA with SOL price down 97% from peak — Is a rebound possible?
Solana (SOL), the cryptocurrency once supported by Sam Bankman-Fried, pared some losses on Dec. 30, a day after falling to its lowest...
Nic Carter dives into proof-of-reserves, ranks exchange attestations
Bitcoin advocate Nic Carter has released an in-depth analysis of centralized exchange proof-of-reserves and ranked the attestations...
Crypto price prediction: Mirror (MIR), Serum (SRM), Solana
Cryptocurrency prices drifted downwards on the final week of the year as concerns about a global recession coincided with those of high...
Dollar Loses to Digital Currencies in 2023, Former Russian President Medvedev Says
Digital fiat currencies will spread next year while the U.S. dollar will be losing its status of global reserve currency, according to...
SBF met with Biden’s senior advisers 2 months before FTX’s collapse: Report
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried met with government officials at the White House on at least four separate occasions in 2022, one of...
Report: Nigerian Central Bank Spent Over $1.8 Billion Managing Local Currency
During her appearance before Nigerian lawmakers, Aisha Ahmad, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), told lawmakers...
Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter Account Hacked to Promote Bitcoin, Ethereum Giveaway Scam
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter account was hacked Thursday and used to promote a bitcoin and ethereum giveaway...
Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Compares Tesla to Bitcoin — They ‘Have More in Common Than You Think’
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says Tesla may have more in common with bitcoin than you think. He explained that Tesla sales...
While His Digital Trading Cards Tumble in Value, Trump Says His ‘Cute’ NFTs Were About the Art
After climbing to a high of 0.79 ether on Dec. 17, 2022, Donald Trump’s non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have dropped considerably in value over...
BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB Ranked the Most Watched Crypto Assets in 2022
Today’s top ten crypto assets make up a large portion of the crypto economy’s current $797.95 billion value on Dec. 29,...
‘Ultra Sound’ Money — Simulation Shows Ethereum’s Inflation Rate Is Significantly Lower Using Proof-of-Stake
Its been 105 days since Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to a proof-of-stake (PoS) network and the number of...
Chinese Communist Party official pleads guilty to helping Bitcoin miners
According to a report published by state-owned daily news program Xinwen Lianbo on Dec. 29, Xiao Yi, the former Communist Party secretary...
2 Bitcoin Mining Pools Command More Than 53% of BTC’s Total Hashrate
Bitcoin’s hashrate has jumped from the low 170 exahash per second (EH/s) recorded this week, to above the 300 exahash range after a...
China to Launch ‘Digital Asset Trading Platform,’ Media Report Unveils
A marketplace for digital assets is soon going to open in China under a public-private partnership, local media revealed. According to the...
What is Swan Bitcoin and how does it work?
When someone wants to buy Bitcoin (BTC), they usually take the route of a cryptocurrency exchange. Newbies may buy BTC on just any...
BTC price preserves $16.5K, but funding rates raise risk of new Bitcoin lows
Bitcoin (BTC) staged a modest recovery on Dec. 29 as United States stock markets rebounded in step. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Bitcoin price would surge past $600K if ‘hardest asset’ matches gold
Bitcoin (BTC) is due to copy gold’s explosive 1970s breakout as it becomes the world’s “hardest asset” in 2024. That was one forecasted...
Fiji elects pro-Bitcoin prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka
A newly elected pro-Bitcoin Prime Minister has taken office in the Pacific Islands of Fiji. The new leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, took the...