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Estonia Issues First License to Crypto Service Provider Under New Regulation
Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued its first license to a crypto service provider under the country’s new...
Asia’s Largest Web3 Event TOKEN2049 Exclusively Unveils NFT Assets Valued Over US$100 Million
PRESS RELEASE. SINGAPORE — 25th September 2022 — TOKEN2049, Asia’s premier crypto conference, announced that it will...
ETH Merge Forks, Quantum Computing, Biden Draining Oil Reserves, DOJ Targets Criminal Crypto Use — Week in Review
With the Ethereum Merge event now successfully completed, new proof-of-work (PoW) forks have emerged to vie for miner acceptance. This, as...
Report: Gap Between Ethiopian Currency’s Official and Parallel Market Exchange Rate Grows to New Record
The Ethiopian birr currency’s parallel exchange rate against the U.S. dollar recently dropped to a low of 92 birrs per dollar, a...
Russia Starts Developing Mechanism for International Crypto Payments
Financial authorities in Russia have begun work on a mechanism to facilitate the employment of cryptocurrencies for settlements with other...
Kenyan Central Bank Says It’s ‘Craziness’ to Convert Country’s Reserves to Bitcoin
The Kenyan central bank governor Patrick Njoroge has described as “craziness” the calls to convert Kenya’s reserves...
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Launches Self-Directed Crypto Trading Amid Institutional Demand
The largest bank in Southeast Asia, DBS, has launched self-directed cryptocurrency trading via its app. More customers are now qualified...
Moscow stock exchange is preparing a bill to allow the trade of DFAs
We want the market to make its own choice between blockchain accounting and depositary accounting: Chairman The Moscow Stock Exchange...
JPMorgan: Demand for Crypto as Payment Method Has Drastically Declined
Global investment bank JPMorgan is seeing little demand for crypto as a payment method. However, the bank noted that cryptocurrencies are...
Robert Kiyosaki Says End of Fake Money Is Here — Shares 3 Lessons to Help Investors Amid Market Crashes
After predicting the biggest crash in world history, Robert Kiyosaki, the famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, says...
How crypto is playing a role in increasing healthy human lifespans
It’s a question that’s infatuated scientists for decades: how can we prolong life expectancy — giving humans everywhere more...
Post-Merge ETH has become obsolete
For years, various blockchain projects were rumored to be future “Ethereum killers,” projects that would unseat Ether from its throne and...
Wintermute suffers $160M attack, Kraken CEO departs and US bill aims to ban algo stablecoins: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 18-24
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Moscow Exchange Suggests Issuing Crypto Receipts for Those Afraid of Blockchain
The Moscow Exchange has proposed to legalize the issuance of receipts for digital financial assets. The trading platform says this will...
Tezos upgrade Kathmandu goes live on mainnet
Kathmandu has introduced several new features set to improve network scalability and security. Tezos, the layer 1 proof of stake...
Bitcoin Cash prediction as price eyes breakout from a descending trendline
Bitcoin Cash has rejected a decline below $110 The price of the cryptocurrency has been tied to macro events BCH is eyeing a breakout as...
Dogecoin prediction as price breaks above the descending trendline
Dogecoin has gained by 7% amid an increased whale activity The meme token is the biggest gainer in the top ten cryptocurrencies by...
When are we likely to see a bullish reversal on Polygon’s MATIC?
Polygon’s MATIC has lost a quarter of its value from its August high. Polygon welcomed Binance stablecoin to its ecosystem on...
Report: Leaked Audio Featuring Celsius Execs Uncovers Plans to Create an IOU Cryptocurrency
According to leaked audio obtained by CNBC, the crypto lender Celsius wants to create an IOU cryptocurrency in order to pay clients back....
MEVbots backdoor drains users’ Ethereum funds via arbitrage trading bot
MEV gain, an Ethereum (ETH) arbitrage trading bot built by MEVbots, which claims to provide stress-free passive income, has been actively...
The biggest Bitcoin fund just hit a record -35% discount — A warning for BTC price?
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), a cryptocurrency fund that currently holds 3.12% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) supply, or over 640,000 BTC,...
While Known Mining Pools Currently Dominate, Unknown Miners Discovered the Most Bitcoin Blocks During the Last 13 Years
The Bitcoin network has been operational for 5,012 days and so far, more than 755,000 blocks have been mined into existence. During the...
Chainlink price prediction ahead of the SmartCon Conference
Chainlink price has had a difficult performance in 2022 as the cryptocurrency industry has struggled. LINK has crashed by more than 50%...
Value Locked in Defi Drops to Lows Not Seen Since March, Ethereum Dominates TVL by 57%
The state of decentralized finance (defi) in terms of total value locked (TVL) has been tumultuous, to say the least, and currently the...
Biggest Movers: DOGE Hits 1-Month High to Start the Weekend
Dogecoin rallied to a one-month high to start the weekend, as markets marginally rebounded on Saturday. The token rose by as much as 10%...
Bitcoin price prediction as the US dollar index (DXY) spikes
Bitcoin price came under intense pressure this week as the VIX and the US dollar index (DXY) surged. It moved below the important support...
NFTs bring in-game ownership to a new level, says Blokhaus founder
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the gaming world by storm. Whether it’s through limited edition collectibles, avatar enhancement or...
What is a cryptocurrency mining pool?
In the early days of Bitcoin (BTC), crypto enthusiasts only required a basic personal computer with an internet connection to generate new...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Consolidate Following Week of Intense Volatility
Following what has been a turbulent week of trading, bitcoin prices consolidated to start the weekend. The token rose marginally above the...
Flynt Launches Industry’s Highest Yield Product on Bitcoin
PRESS RELEASE. Flynt Finance, the cryptocurrency financial services company based in Singapore co-founded by previous derivatives exchange...
Digital Asset Exchange Platform Granted ‘Crypto Financial Services Provider License’ by Israeli Regulator
An Israeli capital markets regulator, the Insurance and Savings Capital Market Authority, recently granted a “crypto financial...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitso Launches Interoperable QR Payments in Argentina
Bitso, a Mexico-based, Latam-focused cryptocurrency exchange, has launched an initiative that aims to allow Argentines to use crypto for...
Tornado Cash saga left a void, says Chainalysis chief scientist: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
South Korea Seizes $184 Million in Crypto Assets From Alleged Tax Dodgers, Reports Reveal
The government in South Korea has seized cryptocurrency worth around $184 million in two years due to tax arrears, according to local...
Erdogan Suggests Turkish-Russian Payment System, Local Media Reports
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly pushing for Turkey and Russia to establish a new payment system between them. The...
UK Proposes New Law to ‘Seize, Freeze and Recover’ Crypto Assets Easier and Faster
The British government has presented the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to Parliament that will “make it easier and...
Coinbase Receives Approval to Offer Full Suite of Crypto Products in Netherlands
Crypto exchange Coinbase has received approval to offer its full suite of retail and institutional crypto products and services in the...
Github Partially Reinstates Tornado Cash Codebase, Open Source Code Set to Read-Only Mode
The internet hosting and software development subsidiary of Microsoft, Github, has partially unbanned the Tornado Cash repositories...
CFTC orders crypto firm to pay $250,000 over registration violations
CFTC’s penalty against bZeroX, its founders and successor firm Ooki DAO relate to illegal offering of off-exchange crypto trading...
ApeCoin has returned 15% in a week but should you buy it?
ApeCoin DAO unlocked 25 million APE tokens for the launch contributors The ApeCoin was launched in March amid community hype APE has added...
Optimism token loses another key support. What next?
Optimism is a Layer-2 scaling solution on Ethereum Optimism price is falling amid a decline in ETH following the much-anticipated Merge...
Compound token prediction as price pumps
The compound token has added 4% in a day as the price defies a bear market The protocol plays a role in the DeFi sector through crypto...
Pentagon’s DARPA taps Inca Digital to map crypto threat to national security
DARPA will fund Inca Digital’s research in a project expected to lead to an analytics tool that will help map crypto’s impact...
Tether Reveals USDT Stablecoin Is Now Supported by Polkadot
Tether is now live on 15 different blockchain networks, according to the company’s latest announcement on Friday as the firm...
Price analysis 9/23: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT
The S&P 500 index has declined about 5% this week while the Nasdaq Composite is down more than 5.5%. Investors fear that the Federal...
Coinsquare acquires crypto trading platform CoinSmart
The acquisition will see Coinsquare have over $350 million assets under custody. Coinsquare, currently Canada’s oldest operating...
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital’s Shares Downgraded After Compute North Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Bitcoin mining firm Compute North filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas on Thursday as the crypto winter continues to put...
Post offices adopting NFTs leads to a philately renaissance
Philately? If you are a millennial, there is a good chance you used Google to find out that there is a word dedicated to collecting and...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin decision: Tracking adoption a year later
El Salvador, the small Central American nation that made history just over a year ago when it made Bitcoin (BTC), recently marked its...
Tether’s USDT launches on Polkadot
Tether’s USDT is now live on 11 blockchain networks and ecosystems, including Ethereum, Tron and Solana. Tether, the company behind...
XRP hits 13-month high versus Bitcoin with 35% daily surge — But is a correction inevitable?
XRP price posted a sharp rally against Bitcoin (BTC) on continued optimism about a potential settlement between Ripple, a San...
PRIMEZTOKEN Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Sep. 23, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed PRIMEZTOKEN on...
Euro Taps a $0.973 Low Against the US Dollar, Analysts Claim British and EU Currencies Are Trapped in a ‘Doom Loop’
On Friday, the official fiat currency of 19 out of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), the euro, plunged to a low of $0.9732...
Are we likely to see a bullish reversal on Sandbox soon?
Sandbox has lost over 80% since peaking above $8 The token is currently trading at less than $1 and could go lower The blockchain gaming...
Biggest Movers: XRP Hits Fresh 4-Month High, Token Climbs 50% This Week
Xrp was once again higher on Friday, as the token hit a 4-month high for a third consecutive session. The token formerly known as ripple...
Algorand breaks out as price eyes higher levels
Algorand announced the appointment of a new Chief Marketing Officer ALGO has gained by 25% in the past week Algorand has broken past a key...
Top penny cryptocurrencies to watch by the end of September
A Bloomberg analyst has stated that Bitcoin recently traded at its steepest discount ever. This is collaborated by multiple industry...
AC Milan announces MonkeyLeague as its Official NFT Gaming Partner
Italian football giant AC Milan has partnered with MonkeyLeague, with the startup now the Rossoneri’s new NFT Gaming Partner....
Meme Tokens Slide 55% in 5 Months — DOGE, SHIB Dominate $14.9B Meme Coin Economy by 95%
Five months ago, the top meme cryptocurrencies by market valuation were valued at $33.7 billion and today, the meme coin economy is 55%...
GameFi platform BinaryX launches strategy game CyberChess with $500,000 Prize Pool
Singapore, Singapore, 23rd September, 2022, Chainwire BinaryX, a GameFi development platform, announced today the launch of CyberChess,...
Crypto exchange Bitso introduces crypto QR payment tool in Argentina
Latin American-based crypto exchange Bitso will soon launch a new QR code payment feature in its wallet app. Bitso, one of the leading...
OKX launches OKX Lite to ease user experience
OKX, the second-biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has launched OKX Lite, which makes buying, selling, and exchanging crypto...
Cardano price prediction: is ADA a buy as Vasil upgrade starts?
Cardano price moved sideways on Friday as investors focused on major developments in its ecosystem. Ada was trading at $0.4572 on Friday,...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls as Global Economic Slowdown Heightens
Bitcoin was back in the red during Friday’s session, as the token was once again trading below $19,000. The recent decline comes as...
GitHub lifts ban on Tornado Cash’s code repositories
GitHub, the most widely used software hosting online platform, has today reversed its decision to completely ban Tornado Cash’s open...
Brazilian Federal Police Launch Operation Colossus, 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Involved
The Brazilian Federal Police and the Brazilian tax authority have launched the final stage of “Operation Colossus,” a...
Nine blockchains to support Atomic AML Oracle by Coinfirm
Coinfirm, a leading provider of illegal asset tracing and crypto AML compliance, announced its Atomic AML Oracle is expanding across...
Reserve Rights (RSR) rallies ahead of mainnet launch: here’s where to buy the RSR
Reserve Rights (RSR), the native token of Reserve Protocol, has rallied 33% in the past 24 hours as the mainnet launch nears. The token...
Founder of Web3 Messaging App: Decentralized Platforms Enable Users ‘to Build Their Communities in a Safe Place’
In a world where censorship is growing and the right to privacy is being undermined, Web3 — the next iteration of the world wide...
XRP price breaks out by more than 18% on Friday: Here is why
The cryptocurrency market could end the week on a positive note, with XRP the best performer amongst the top 10 coins by market cap. XRP,...
Binance Creates Global Advisory Board to Tackle Regulatory Challenges
An international group of experts with extensive background in public and corporate governance will advise global cryptocurrency exchange...
Bitcoin could hit $500,000 in the next decade, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor says
Bitcoin is down by more than 60% from its recent all-time high, but Michael Saylor believes that it will recover its price in the next...
Prosper has updated its coin circulating supply: you can buy the Prosper token here
The price of Prosper cryptocurrency has dipped by more than 14% today after Prosper announced that it had updated its coin supply on Coin...
59% of staked ETH controlled by four providers
The good news for Ethereum investors is that the Merge came and went smoothly, without a hitch. Ethereum is now a Proof-of-Stake...
Web3 Firm Chain Reveals Multi-Year Partnership With the New England Patriots
The Web3 software solutions company Chain announced the company has partnered with Kraft Sports + Entertainment, the owners and operators...
Ethereum Hard Fork Instigator Chandler Guo Claims the Value of ETH and Forked ETHW Will Be the Same in 10 Years
The U.S. dollar value of the recently airdropped coin native to the forked Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain will be at par with...
Huobi Partners With Astropay to Facilitate Fiat Payments in Latam
Huobi Global, one of the biggest exchanges in volumes traded, has announced a partnership to make it easier for its Latam-based customers...
Fork, yeah! Cardano Vasil upgrade goes live
After several months of delays, the Cardano Vasil upgrade and hard fork has finally gone live as of Thursday at 9:44 pm UTC, bringing...
Indonesia to Tighten Crypto Regulation With Stricter Rules for Exchanges
Indonesia is preparing to issue new rules to tighten the regulation of crypto exchanges. Under revised regulatory framework, two-thirds of...
Iran Begins Central Bank Digital Currency ‘Crypto Rial’ Pilot Today
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has reportedly begun a pilot for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as “crypto...
XRP price breaks out of range with a 25% rally, but why?
Crypto markets are flashing a bit of green on Sept. 22 as Bitcoin (BTC) price tacked on a 4.7% gain to trade above $19,300 and Ether (ETH)...
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Tells Congress Crypto Tokens Like Bitcoin Are ‘Decentralized Ponzi Schemes’
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in a U.S. congressional hearing that crypto tokens, like bitcoin, are “decentralized Ponzi...
Is the slide on Polkadot an opportunity to buy?
Polkadot is currently trading at $6.34 with weekly losses topping 10%. The interconnectivity blockchain is facing pressure from the...
Uniswap Foundation to Distribute $1.8 Million in Grants to 14 Recipients
The Uniswap Foundation (UF), the group behind the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap, announced the first wave of foundation grants on...
Total crypto market cap shows strength even after the Merge and Federal Reserve rate hike
Cryptocurrencies have been in a bear trend since mid-August after they failed to break above the $1.2 trillion market capitalization...
Funko Partners With Walmart to Drop DC Digital Collectibles and Physical Twin Counterparts
Funko has teamed up with the multinational retail corporation Walmart and the American film and entertainment studio Warner Bros. to bring...
Blockchain venture capital funding fell to a 12-month low in August
Data from Cointelegraph Research reveals that in August 2022, the blockchain industry saw $1.36 billion of venture capital invested in the...
KuCoin integrates Legend Trading to add fiat on-ramp with zero fees
KuCoin wants to offer its customers a smoot fiat-to-crypto payments experience, with zero fees and deep liquidity. KuCoin, a global crypto...
Bank of Japan Intervenes in Foreign Exchange Markets After Yen Slips to 24-Year Low
While the greenback has been rising higher, the Japanese yen tapped a 24-year low and Japan decided to intervene in foreign exchange...
FOREO’s Flagship Products Launch as NFTs Before Conventional Release, Paving the Way for Skincare Innovation
PRESS RELEASE. Stockholm, September 22nd: As the world moves into more digital environments, Swedish beauty-tech giant FOREO has taken the...