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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...
Argentine Peso Breaks Historic Low Mark as Argentines Hedge Savings in Dollars
The U.S dollar-Argentine peso exchange rate escalated during December, with the Argentine fiat currency reaching new historic lows as...
Report: Central African Republic Postpones Sango Coin Listing
The Central African Republic’s plan to list the sango coin in the last quarter of 2022 has been put on hold, while the scheduled...
Alameda wallets funnel over $1.7M via crypto mixers overnight
30 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Alameda Research, the bankrupt sister company of crypto exchange FTX, became active on Dec. 28...
Gold-Based Digital Assets Issued in Russia
A blockchain platform built by Russia’s largest banking institution, Sber, has been used to issue digital assets based on gold. The value...
Kraken Shutting Down Crypto Exchange in Japan Citing Weak Global Crypto Market
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is shutting down services in Japan. The company explained that the current Japanese market conditions and a...
Microstrategy Buys More Bitcoin — Company’s Crypto Holdings Grow to 132,500 BTC
Microstrategy is now holding approximately 132,500 bitcoin following its most recent purchases. This year, the world’s largest...
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Sells Helios Facility to Galaxy Digital for $65 Million, Galaxy to Host Argo’s ASIC Fleet in Texas
After the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain suspended trading on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, the company said...
Which celebrities joined and left crypto in 2022?
The crypto world is still developing at lightning speed. The adoption of projects built on blockchain technology has increased...
FTX Co-Founder Faces ‘No-Nonsense’ Judge Next Week, Report Says SBF ‘Expected to Enter a Plea’ in Fraud Case
According to court documents, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is set to be arraigned by the federal court in the Southern District of New York...
The Agenda podcast explores how DAOs can strengthen workers’ rights
Collective action, labor struggle and protest go hand in hand, and it’s no secret that unionizing and organizing to fight for workers’...
What is browser-based cryptocurrency mining, and how does it work?
Once assumed to be extinct until its unlikely return in the latter part of 2017, browser-based cryptocurrency mining dates back to 2011...
Bitcoin price bottom not in, data says as whale orders hit 2-year low
Bitcoin (BTC) is not about to bottom at just below $17,000, warns a new analysis as bid liquidity dries up. In social media posts after...
Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity
On Dec. 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been...
Canaan expects minor revenue drop in 2022 despite crypto mining crisis
Cryptocurrency mining giant Canaan continues to generate significant revenues from crypto operations despite the ongoing crypto mining...
Bitcoin bears well positioned for Friday’s $2.5 billion options expiry
A year-end wager for $80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) might seem entirely off the table now, but not so much back in March as BTC rallied to $48,000....
Bitcoin underperforms stocks, gold for the first time since 2018
Gold and stocks have underperformed in 2022, but the year has been difficult for Bitcoin (BTC) investors, in particular. Worst year for...
Price analysis 12/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Gold has been an outperformer in 2022 compared to the United States equities markets and Bitcoin (BTC). The yellow metal is almost flat...
‘Make sure Ethereum wins’ — Steve Newcomb reveals zkSync’s prime directive
Steve Newcomb is a Silicon Valley veteran with a long list of achievements. He built software for trading energy in the 90s, was a pioneer...
Bitcoin beats Tesla stock in 2022 as BTC price heads for 60% losses
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $16,750 after the Dec. 28 Wall Street open after stocks dragged markets lower. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
FTX Customers File Class Action to Claim Assets Within Bankruptcy Case
A group of customers are now suing FTX in an attempt to become the first to recover funds from the insolvent cryptocurrency exchange. The...
MicroStrategy adds to Bitcoin stake despite steep loss
According to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, software analytics firm MicroStrategy said that it acquired...
Santiment says Cardano sellers are getting exhausted but does price action show it?
Cardano lost 3.22% on Wednesday to hit the lowest in the year at $0.25 Santiment data holds that bears are decreasing in numbers and...
Chainlink losing $6 will be a bear trigger, but Michaël Van De Poppe is optimistic
Chainlink has temporarily lost the support at $6 Michaël Van De Poppe expects the price to rally to $16 next year LINK faces...
Ethereum price as cryptocurrency falls below $1,200
Ethereum fell by 1.87% on Wednesday to relinquish $1,200 price level Ethereum price is ailing from the weak sentiment in the crypto sector...
Litecoin rallies from a support zone as trading volumes rise
Litecoin correction was contained at the $64 support Michaël van de Poppe expects LTC price to rally 22% LTC is a good buy on the...
The Stablecoin Economy Shed $28 Billion in 2022 After a Handful of Tokens Lost Their $1 Peg
2022 has been an interesting year for stablecoin assets as the market capitalization of the entire stablecoin economy lost just over $28...
XRP attempts recovery, but how is the SEC case shaping price?
XRP price has remained tied to the ongoing Ripple case with SEC SEC recently filed a motion to restrict the Hinman documents $0.40 is the...
Argentine Senate Mulls Crypto Advertisement Regulation
The Argentine senate is discussing a preliminary project that would regulate the way in which individuals and organizations promote...
Japanese Gaming Company Gumi Partners With Square Enix and SBI Holdings to Strengthen Metaverse Pivot
Gumi, a Japanese mobile gaming company, has partnered with Square Enix and SBI Holdings to build new business opportunities around the...
Alameda wallets become active days after SBF bail, community mulls foul play
The crypto wallets associated with now-bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research, the sister company of FTX, were seen transferring out funds...
How to buy Bitcoin in Australia?
More and more people are discovering Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, which is good for the adoption of digital money on the...
5 altcoin projects that made a real difference in 2022
Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and the rest of the crypto market had a rough 2022 from a price perspective, but traders are hopeful that 2023...
Underdog rises: Dogecoin survived carnage in 2022 better than most
Amid the severe crypto downturn in 2022, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has held up much better than most of the top assets on the market....
Venezuelan Banks Have Blocked Over 75 Accounts Since the End of Last Year Due to Cryptocurrency-Related Activities
Venezuelan Banks have started eyeing the accounts of customers with ties to cryptocurrency trading, principally related to peer-to-peer...
FBI Renews Warning About Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sweeping the Country
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reiterated its warning about a very popular crypto investment scam called “pig...
100%: Public Bitcoin miners sold almost everything they mined in 2022
Publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) miners sold off almost all of the Bitcoin they mined throughout 2022, leading to a debate over whether the...
Philippine Regulator Warns Against Using Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Exchanges Following FTX Collapse
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised investors against transacting with unlicensed cryptocurrency...
Robert Kiyosaki Warns Last Chance to Buy Gold and Silver at Low Prices — Says Stock Market Crash Will Send Them Higher
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says now may be the last chance to buy gold and silver at...
Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Suspends Nasdaq Trading
Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain announced that it requested the suspension of trading its company shares on Dec. 27, as the company expects...
Report: Nigerian Security Agency Seeks to Arrest Central Bank Governor on Charges of Funding Terrorists
The Nigerian security agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly instructed its operatives to arrest the Central Bank...
Crypto Supporters Sift Through the Graveyard of Technical Indicators That Failed to Predict Bitcoin’s Bottom
As the end of 2022 approaches, a great number of bitcoin proponents are questioning whether or not the bottom is in as far as the official...
‘Oil Prices North of $200’ per Barrel — Investor Expects Oil to ‘Crush’ Every Investment in 2023
Amid the dreary global economy, a number of market strategists and analysts believe oil will be the number one investment in 2023. While a...
Top five crypto winners (and losers) of 2022
Cointelegraph looks back on the best and worst-performing cryptocurrencies of 2022 among the top 100 assets by market capitalization. We...
Market volatility helps one crypto strategy outperform Bitcoin by 246% in 2022
The word volatility is typically received as a negative by financial circles just the same way the name Lionel Messi is received in...
Bitcoin Mining Pool Btc.com Suffers $3 Million Cyberattack
A major cryptocurrency mining pool has been hit by hackers earlier this month, the company who owns the pool revealed in an announcement....
Bitcoin ASIC miner prices hovering at lows not seen in years
Bitcoin (BTC) ASIC miners — machines optimized for the sole purpose of mining Bitcoin — are currently selling at bottom-of-the-barrel...
Bitcoin hodlers sit on record 8M BTC in unrealized loss, data shows
Bitcoin (BTC) is beating records this Christmas as sub-$17,000 price action sparks unrivaled pain for hodlers. Data from on-chain...
More Than $19 Billion in BTC, ETH, Stablecoins Left Exchanges Since the Onset of FTX’s Collapse
For more than 50 days or since Nov. 5, 2022, bitcoin, ethereum, and stablecoin owners removed roughly $19.19 billion in crypto assets from...
Filecoin price pumps but product concerns remain
Filecoin price went parabolic in thin trading volume. There are concerns about the utility of the platform. Filecoin price popped to the...
Santa launches its rewarded browser this Christmas to bring in the next 200M users onto Web3.0
Road Town, BVI, 27th December, 2022, Chainwire Santa Browser has announced the Version 1 launch of its web3 browser today. Built for an...
Is Lido a good crypto to buy as it defies gravity?
Lido price has made a spectacular recovery recently. Its total value locked has held steady at $5 billion. Lido price has defied...
Argentine Soccer Association AFA Partners With Upland to Enter the Metaverse
The Argentine Soccer Association, AFA, has partnered with Upland, a virtual world platform, to introduce its fans to the metaverse. Upland...
How will the rising Binance outflows affect BNB price?
Binance has had significant outflows in the past few months. Customer assets in its ecosystem have fallen to about $55 billion. Binance is...
Bitcoin is edging closer to $17k as bullish sentiment grows stronger
The crypto market is trading in the green zone for the second-consecutive day this week. Bitcoin is closing in on the $17k resistance...
XRP tops $0.35 after Ripple Lab’s partnership with Palau
The Republic of Palau is working with Ripple Labs to explore the creation of a national stablecoin. XRP is up by more than 5% today and...
Report: R&B Artist Akon Denies Claims His Crypto City Dream Is Crumbling
Senegalese-American artist, Akon, reportedly reassured participants in his so-called token of appreciation (TOA) that they will be...
Bitcoin price prediction as the US dollar index plummets
Bitcoin price has been in a tight range in the past few weeks. Bitcoin’s fear and greed index has dropped to the fear level of 25....
Indian Crypto Market Suffers Significantly — Experts Say Trading Volumes Unlikely to Recover Anytime Soon
Crypto trading volumes in India have plunged significantly this year. The FTX meltdown has exacerbated the problem, hurting “the...
Banking Giant HSBC Files Trademarks for a Wide Range of Digital Currency and Metaverse Products
Banking giant HSBC has filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a wide range of digital...
What are proof-of-reserves audits, and how do they work?
With the rising interest in digital assets from institutional and retail investors, custody options have also experienced parallel growth....
2 NFT Projects Plan to Transition From Solana to Alternative Blockchains
Two prominent Solana projects have announced they are transitioning over to new blockchains. The non-fungible token (NFT) venture Degods...
Bitcoin price volatility due within days, new take says as BTC flatlines at $16.8K
Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers are enjoying another day of zero volatility on Dec. 26 as hopeful forecasts se signs of a trend change. BTC/USD...
Price analysis 12/26: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT
The cryptocurrency markets are trading at record low volatility as investors have largely stayed away during the holiday season. That...
Silver and Gold — Precious Metals Stored Value This Year Outperforming Crypto Assets in 2022
Gold prices are ending the year a hair below the values recorded 12 months ago. Statistics on Dec. 26, 2021, show the U.S. dollar value...
Biggest Movers: LTC Climbs to 10-Day High on Monday
Litecoin raced to a ten-day high to start the week, as markets returned from the Christmas holiday weekend. The token extended recent...
Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com reports $3M cyberattack
Major cryptocurrency mining pool BTC.com has suffered a cyberattack resulting in a significant loss of company and customer funds. The...
Defrost v1 hacker reportedly returns funds as ‘exit scam’ allegations surface
On Dec. 26, blockchain security firm CertiK issued a warning alleging that Defrost Finance, a decentralized leverage-trading platform on...
Bitcoin accumulation addresses near record 800K despite whale selling
Bitcoin (BTC) accumulation is nearing a new milestone this Christmas as redistribution of the BTC supply continues. Data from on-chain...
Monthly NFT Sales Are 80% Lower Than Last Year, Digital Collectibles Interest Plummeted in 2022
Like most crypto projects this year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) felt the pain of 2022’s crypto winter as sales are down a great...
Santa delivers as Mirror and Anchor Protocol tokens surge
Mirror and Anchor Protocol prices went parabolic on Monday. The two tokens were some of the biggest players in Terra. Mirror Protocol...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Consolidate on Monday as Markets Remain Sluggish Following Christmas
Cryptocurrencies were mostly consolidating on Dec. 26, as markets remained muted following the Christmas weekend. Bitcoin remained...
Ukrainian Steals Bitcoin From Russian Darknet Market, Donates to Charity
A Ukrainian living in the U.S. has reportedly hacked a major drug market on the Russian dark web, diverting some of its crypto proceeds....
Bitget Introduces MegaSwap for a Re-Invented DeFi Experience
PRESS RELEASE. Seychelles, December 26, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Bitget launches “MegaSwap“, a...
Brazilian Securities Commission CVM Opens a Path for Funds to Invest in Crypto
The Brazilian Securities Commission CVM has cleared the path for funds to dive into cryptocurrency-based investments. The institution...
ETH staking on top exchanges contributes to Ethereum censorship: Data
For most crypto ecosystems, being compliant with federal sanctions have a negative impact on its global reach. However, when it comes to...
Bitcoin exchange withdrawals sink to 7-month low as users forget FTX
Bitcoin (BTC) exchange users have forgotten all about the FTX scandal this Christmas, data shows. According to on-chain analytics firm...
ACH soars by 6% as Alchemy Pay integrates its Fiat Onramp solution on Pear
Alchemy Pay’s Fiat Onramp solution will be integrated into Pear. ACH is up by more than 6% today, outperforming the broader crypto...
1inch Network releases its Fusion upgrade: will 1inch rally higher?
1inch Network has announced the release of its Fusion upgrade. The upgrade is set to empower DeFi users to place orders with a specified...
Argentine Peso Plunges to a 5 Month Low Amid Legal and Political Woes
The Argentine Peso has experienced a sudden fall vs the U.S. dollar, falling to a 5-month low in its blue rate, one of the many parallel...
4 ‘emerging narratives’ in crypto to watch for: Trading firm
Despite an eventful year fraught with crypto collapses and price drops, Steven Goulden, a senior research analyst at crypto trading firm...
SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered...
North Korean hackers stealing NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains
Hackers linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group are reportedly behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT)...
Peter Schiff Advises Selling Bitcoin Today — Says It’s ‘the Smart Move’
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has recommended selling bitcoin today, emphasizing that it is “the smart move.” Many...
Mark Cuban: Bitcoin Is a Good Investment, Gold Investors Are Dumb
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, says bitcoin is a good investment. The billionaire wants the...
Elon Musk: Twitter No Longer in Fast Lane to Bankruptcy
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has confirmed that the social media company is no longer “in the fast lane to...
Time in the market: Ways to approach crypto investing in 2023
2022 was brutal for cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (NFT) investors. Bitcoin (BTC) hit its yearly low on Nov. 21, almost exactly a...