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Should you buy Ethereum in October 2022
Ethereum price has been in a consolidation phase in the past few days as the excitement about the recent Merge event faded. ETH was...
Top Crypto Exchange LBank at Token 2049: Successful Exhibition and Afterparty
PRESS RELEASE. SINGAPORE, Oct. 3rd, 2022 – Global crypto exchange, LBank, joined Token 2049 in Singapore as sponsor and exhibitor....
Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity strikes 5,000 BTC
Bear markets are for building out capacity on the layer-2 Lightning Network. Despite macroeconomic headwinds and sluggish price action,...
Biggest Movers: UNI Rebounds From Recent Losses on Monday
Uniswap was back in the green on Monday, as the token rebounded from two days of consecutive declines. The move saw prices climb towards a...
SEC Charges Socialite Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Ethereummax
On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against the celebrity and socialite Kim Kardashian for...
Kim Kardashian pays SEC $1.26 million to settle EthereumMax charge
American socialite Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million in penalties for her involvement in the promotion of a cryptocurrency scheme...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Marginally Higher as USD Weakens on Monday
Following a red start to October, crypto prices moved marginally higher during Monday’s session. After a brief stint below $19,000...
Spanish Telecom Giant Telefonica Invests in Bit2Me, Pilots Cryptocurrency Payments
Telefonica, one of the world’s largest telecom companies, has closed an investment in the Spanish cryptocurrency exchange Bit2me....
Frutti Dino’s FDT Token to Be Listed on Huobi Global and Gate․io
Monoverse, a blockchain game developer, announced the simultaneous listing of FDT (Frutti Dino Token), the governance token of its...
Bank of Russia Adds Digital Assets to Banking Chart of Accounts
Central Bank of Russia has introduced digital assets, including the digital version of the Russian ruble, to the recently published draft...
BTC price still not at ‘max pain’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a precarious place as global macro instability dictates the mood. After sealing a weekly close just...
Forex Shortages Blamed After Nigerian Currency Hits New Low Versus the US Dollar
A surge in the demand for foreign exchange and the general scarcity of the resource may be the reasons why the naira currency recently...
MakerDAO continues its upward surge after the total delegated MKR reaches an all-time high
MKR, the native token of the MakerDAO ecosystem, is one of the best performers in the cryptocurrency market following last week’s...
Binance gains regulatory approval in New Zealand: Will BNB soar higher soon?
BNB is up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours but could it rally higher after Binance gained regulatory approval in New Zealand? BNB, the...
Japanese Gaming Giant Sega to Launch First Blockchain Game
Sega, one of the largest Japanese gaming companies, has announced that it will launch its first blockchain game in collaboration with...
US Senator Says ‘I Love That Bitcoin Can’t Be Stopped’ Citing Concerns About National Debt and Inflation
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis says she loves that bitcoin cannot be stopped and that governments cannot just confiscate the cryptocurrency....
CFTC Chairman on US Crypto Regulation: We Have to Rely on 70-Year-Old Case Law to Determine What’s a Security or Commodity
The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says his agency and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Robert Kiyosaki Predicts US Dollar Will Crash by January — Suggests Buying Bitcoin
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has predicted that the U.S. dollar will crash by January...
9 Out of the Top 12 Crypto Assets Are Down 70% to 90% Lower Than the All-Time Highs Recorded Last Year
274 days or roughly nine months ago, the crypto economy was worth $2.34 trillion and at $967 billion the aggregate value of all 13,192...
Report: CME Group to Face off With FTX After Filing for Futures Commission Merchant Status
According to a recent report, the world’s largest derivatives exchange CME Group is looking to register as a direct futures...
Transit Swap loses over $21M due to code bug exploit, issues apology
Transit Swap, a multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, lost roughly $21 million after a hacker exploited an internal bug on...
Bitcoin price starts ‘Uptober’ down 0.7% amid hope for final $20K push
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to hold $20,000 into the September monthly close as one trader eyed a final comeback before fresh downside. BTC/USD...
S&P Global Report Says EU and UK Are in a Recession, Putin Thinks the West Is Greedy
Today’s blustery global economy has everyone on edge as inflation has wreaked havoc on the wallets of ordinary people and energy...
‘Trading Like a Lehman Moment’ — Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Suffer From Distressed Valuations as the Banks’ Credit Default Insurance Nears 2008 Levels
It’s been more than a decade since the financial crisis in 2007-2008 when Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank in...
UK Regulator: Crypto Firms Undeterred by Strict Regulation — ‘They Know We Have a Good System’
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Britain’s top financial regulator, has revealed that many crypto firms are still seeking...
Ethereum Merge spikes block creation with a faster average block time
The Merge upgrade for Ethereum (ETH), which primarily sought to transition the blockchain into a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism,...
RLWC 2021: CoinEx Cheers for Athletes as the Exclusive Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
PRESS RELEASE. On 15 October, England men will face the Samoa men at St James Park in the opening match of the Rugby League World Cup...
Ruble Surges Against Greenback, Ethiopian Birr Exchange Rate Gap Widens; Kiyosaki: The ‘End Is Here’ for Fake Money — Week in Review
Rumors of expanding war, massive inflation destroying people’s purchasing power, and widespread volatility in the world of fiat...
US Tennis Player Serena Williams’ VC Firm Leads Ugandan Fintech’s $12.3 Million Pre-Series A Funding Round
The Uganda-based digital lending fintech startup, Numida, has said it will start offering its services to micro, small, and medium-sized...
Putin gives Snowden citizenship, Interpol elicits help in Do Kwon search and FTX US buys Voyager: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 25-Oct. 1
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Transit Swap loses over $21M due to internal bug hack, issues apology
Transit Swap, a multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, lost roughly $21 million after a hacker exploited an internal bug on...
Kenyan Central Bank Raises Key Rate by 75 Basis Points
The monetary policy committee of the Kenyan central bank recently revealed it increased the central bank rate by 75 basis points from 7.5%...
Uzbekistan Introduces Monthly Fees for Cryptocurrency Companies
Crypto firms in Uzbekistan will have to pay fees to the state under new legislation proposed by regulators. The charges vary depending on...
A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Access Your ETHW Tokens if You Held ETH Before The Merge
With the new Ethereumpow (ETHW) network launch, ethereum holders are eligible to receive a single ETHW for every ether they own. The...
India Freezes More Crypto Including Bitcoin and Tether as Investigation Involving Binance and Wazirx Deepens
India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) says it has frozen more cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, tether, and the Wazirx token....
US Senator Introduces ‘No Digital Dollar Act’ to Prohibit Treasury and the Fed From Interfering With Americans Using Paper Currency
A U.S senator has introduced the “No Digital Dollar Act to prohibit the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve from interfering with...
SEC Charges 2 Firms and 4 Individuals in Crypto Pump-and-Dump Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against two firms and four individuals allegedly perpetrating a crypto...
California fraud cases highlight the need for a regulatory crackdown on crypto
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced last month that it had issued desist and refrain orders...
Web3 and Crypto Checking Account Startup Juno Raises $18M, Airdrops Reward Token JCOIN
Juno, the Singapore-based Web3 crypto firm that offers customers checking accounts tied to crypto assets, has raised $18 million in a...
Bill Aims to Limit Crypto Mining in Kazakhstan Only to Registered Companies
New legislation proposed in the parliament of Kazakhstan will allow only authorized miners to mint digital currency, if adopted. The draft...
Basel Study Shows World’s Largest Banks Are Exposed to $9 Billion in Crypto Assets
A first-of-its-kind study published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision details that the world’s largest financial...
Russia to Supply Electricity to Kazakhstan’s Cryptocurrency Miners
Russia is preparing to provide Kazakhstan with additional energy needed to operate crypto mining farms in the Central Asian nation. New...
Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect...
Net Bitcoin ATMs growth drops globally for the first time ever
The domino effect of a prolonged bear market seeped into the Bitcoin (BTC) ATM ecosystem as September 2022 recorded negative growth in...
Nexo-labeled address withdraws $153M in Wrapped BTC from MakerDAO
Just a few days after market analysts predicted a 50% drop in NEXO price due to regulatory pressure and investor concerns, a crypto wallet...
NFT space bridges passions for tennis legend Maria Sharapova
Tennis legend Maria Sharapova appeared at the Binance Blockchain Week Paris 2022 to share her interest in nonfungible tokens (NFTs)....
Despite the Crypto Market Downturn, DAO Treasuries Grew by $700 Million Since January
Since January 2022, the entire crypto economy has shed $1.36 trillion in value, as the market capitalization dropped from $2.34 trillion...
Biggest Movers: QNT Nears 6-Month High, DOGE Extends Recent Gains
Quant moved close to a six-month high on Saturday, as the token remained in the green for a second consecutive session. The rally comes as...
What is wrapped Ethereum (wETH) and how does it work?
Traders who use the Ethereum network are familiar with the ERC-20 technical standard and have most likely traded and invested in tokens...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Begins the Weekend in Bearish Territory
After a move above $20,000 on Friday, bitcoin was back in the red on Saturday, as prices fell close to a key support point. As a result of...
Spanish Soccer League Laliga Partners With Globant to Support New Web3 and Metaverse Initiatives
Laliga, the premier soccer league organization in Spain, has announced a partnership with Globant, an Argentine software giant, to bring...
Report: Uniswap Seeks to Raise $200 Million in Fresh Capital at $1 Billion Valuation
The largest decentralized exchange (dex) platform by global trade volume, Uniswap, is looking to raise between $100 and $200 million,...
US senator bill seeks to cushion crypto exchanges from SEC enforcement actions
United States Senator Bill Hagerty, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced legislation seeking a safe harbor for...
Latest EU Sanctions to Restrict Russians’ Access to Crypto Services in Europe, Report Unveils
New sanctions discussed by EU member states amid the current escalation of the conflict in Ukraine are going to restrict European crypto...
Binance Officially Launches Crypto Exchange in New Zealand Following Regulatory Approval
Binance has officially launched a cryptocurrency exchange in New Zealand after successfully registering with the country’s...
US Lawmakers Introduce Bill Allowing Crypto Investments in 401(k) Retirement Plans
Several U.S. lawmakers have introduced the Retirement Savings Modernization Act to provide 401(k) retirement savers access to a wide range...
US State Issues Order Freezing Crypto at Exchanges in Pig Butchering Scam Crackdown
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Investor Protection Unit has issued a cease and desist order against 23 entities and...
Microstrategy Is Seeking a Full-Time Lightning Network Engineer to Build a SaaS Platform
The mobile software, cloud-based services, and business intelligence (BI) firm Microstrategy is seeking a full-time Lightning Network...
So what if Bitcoin price keeps falling! Here is why it’s time to start paying attention
For bulls, Bitcoin’s (BTC) daily price action leaves a lot to be desired, and at the moment, there are few signs of an imminent...
DEX dev Uniswap Labs looks for new funding at unicorn valuation: Report
Major decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI) is in the early stages of raising significant funds to further expand its decentralized...
Mainstream media sentiment shifts in favor of Bitcoin amid fiat currency woes
Despite USD bringing an onslaught to stocks, commodities and its rival currencies, Bitcoin (BTC) holds steady at the $19,000 to $20,000...
NEXO risks 50% drop due to regulatory pressure and investor concerns
Crypto lending firm Nexo is at risk of losing half of the valuation of its native token by the end of 2022 as doubts about its potential...
Crypto and decentralization could influence voters in 2022 US midterm elections: Report
A poll of 800 likely midterm voters in four U.S. swing states suggested that the overwhelming majority favored ideas around...
Bitcoin surges above $20K after 6% BTC rally gains steam ahead of the monthly close
Bitcoin (BTC) swiftly climbed above $20,000 after the Sept. 30 Wall Street open as end-of-month volatility began. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Price analysis 9/30: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT
The United States equities markets have been under a firm bear grip for a large part of the year. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite...
Paraguayan Senate Rejects Presidential Veto to Cryptocurrency Bill
The Paraguayan Senate has decided to reject the total veto that President Mario Abdo exerted over a proposed cryptocurrency bill on...
Bitcoin 2021 bull market buyers ‘capitulate’ as data shows 50% losses
Bitcoin’s (BTC) spot trading below $20,000 is seeing a new “capitulation” event encompassing an entire year’s worth of buyers,...
A Recent SEC Filing Shows the World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Plans to Launch a Metaverse ETF
According to a recent filing, Blackrock, the multi-national investment company based in New York City and the world’s largest asset...
Bitcoin retests key $20K level- can bulls get a higher close?
Bitcoin price rose sharply again on Friday as a dose of volatility helped BTC add nearly $1,000 within hours to top the $20,000 mark....
Global Exchange LBank Starts off Brand Update Month With Logo Reveal and Diversity Video
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Sep. 30, 2022 – Global crypto exchange, LBank, released a long-awaited brand-update video on...
Germany’s Inflation Hits Double Digits for the First Time Since WWII, Parliament Reveals $195B Subsidies Package to ‘Make Prices Drop’
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the massive amount of stimulus, and amid the Ukraine-Russia war, Germany’s inflation has soared....
Biggest Movers: XRP Rebounds on Friday, Nearing Recent Highs
Xrp was up by nearly 10% on Friday, as the token moved closer to a recent four-month high. The move comes as consumer sentiment data in...
OAX price: Is this obscure cryptocurrency a good buy?
OAX price has been in a strong bullish trend in the past few weeks, becoming one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the world. It...
CAKE price prediction: Will PancakeSwap rise in September?
PancakeSwap price had a strong performance in September as demand for top Decentralized Finance (DeFi) tokens rose. CAKE rose to a high of...
State Securities Regulators Object to Celsius’ Court Motion to Sell Stablecoins
As Celsius’ bankruptcy proceedings continue, the court’s trustee William Harrington appointed an examiner on Thursday in...
September roundup: Merge comes and goes, markets lag and macro does its thing
Someone wake up Green Day, because September is about to end. So, what happened this month in crypto? And how do we look as we turn...
Bitgert price prediction: Is BRISE a Viable Buy in October?
Bitgert price erased most of the gains it made in August in September. BRISE, the platform’s native token, slipped to a low of...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Continue to Consolidate Ahead of U.S. Consumer Sentiment Data
Bitcoin continued to trade below $20,000 on Friday, as market sentiment remained mostly unchanged heading into the weekend. The...
Is Filecoin’s FIL a good buy ahead of the FVM launch?
Filecoin price mirrored that of other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin. FIL was trading at $6 on Friday, which is slightly above...
HBAR price prediction: Last chance for Hedera Hashgraph bulls
HBAR price has been in the defensive in the past few months as demand for the coin slips. Hedera Hashgraph dropped to a low of $0.57 on...
Bank Buys Bitcoin in Kazakhstan, Country to Develop Crypto Exchange
A financial institution and a coin trading platform in Kazakhstan have teamed up to carry out what they say is the country’s first...
Bitcoin price due ‘big dump’ after passing $20K, warns trader
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to intraday resistance on Sep. 30 as analysis predicted that $20,000 could break before a new comedown. BTC/USD...
Bitcoin profitability for long-term holders decline to 4-year low: Data
Bitcoin’s (BTC) long-term profitability has declined to levels last seen during the previous bear market in December 2018. According...
60% of Latam Professionals Open to Using Metaverse Tools at Work: Study
Workers and executives in Latam are open to trying metaverse tools in conjunction with their traditional work, according to a study...
XRP soars by 11% after Ripple score a huge win in its ongoing SEC case
XRP is the best performer amongst the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap today after rallying by more than 10%. XRP, the native coin of...
Despite Accounting for 2% of Global Activity, Sub-Saharan Africa Has ‘Some of the Most Well-Developed Cryptocurrency Markets of Any Region’: Report
According to a recent Chainalysis report, although Sub-Saharan Africa is believed to account for as little as 2% of global transaction...
Blockchain gamers surge as users attempt ‘stacking crypto:’ DappRadar
User activity on blockchain gaming decentralized applications (DApps) surged in September, with a host of games posting significant...
45% of ETH validators now complying with US sanctions — Labrys CEO
According to the CEO of blockchain development agency Labrys, Lachan Feeney, approximately 45% of all Ethereum blocks currently being...
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token Investments
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has sent a subpoena to Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest exchanges in the...
Circle Launches Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, USDC Issuer Acquires Payment Orchestration Firm Elements
On Thursday, at the Converge22 event in San Francisco, Circle announced the acquisition of the payment orchestration company Elements....