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Nigerian SEC Announces New Rules Governing Issuance of Digital Assets
The Nigerian securities regulator has announced new rules that govern the issuing of digital assets. The new rules also include...
DAOs, DEXs and whales? How Web3 organizations became the new crypto beasts
Web3 has brought a lot of excitement into the industry, as evidenced by the nearly $50 billion market capitalization Web3 tokens have...
Global Regulators Consider Launching a Joint Body to Coordinate Crypto Rules
Global market regulators are likely to launch a joint body within the next year to better coordinate cryptocurrency regulations, said a...
SEC Commissioner Expects Tighter Stablecoin Regulation — Yellen Says Stablecoins Not Real Threat to Financial Stability
A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to see stricter regulation on stablecoins. However, Treasury...
US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands Share Crypto Criminal Leads, Including a Potential $1B Ponzi Scheme
Officials from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands have shared data and identified more than 50 crypto-related criminal...
Terra ecosystem collapses, Sam Bankman-Fried buys Robinhood stock and crypto trader receives jail sentence for Ponzi scheme: Hodler’s Digest, May 8-14
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Number of Busted Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in Iran Nears 7,000
Authorities in Iran have shut down close to 7,000 unauthorized facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past two years, local media...
Crypto Market Rout Pulls the Floor out From Blue-Chip NFTs, Weekly Sales Down 64%
As markets slid in value during the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) floor values have dropped considerably. Blue-chip NFT collections...
Will the Ethereum 2.0 update reduce high gas fees?
Purpose of Ethereum 2.0 The primary goal of the Ethereum 2.0 update is to improve scalability so that the network can handle more...
Germany Declares Crypto Gains Tax-Free After 1 Year — Even if Used for Staking, Lending
The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year even...
Biggest Movers: LUNA Climbs 1,500% Following Do Kwon Tweets, While AVAX and NEAR Fall on Saturday
Following tweets from Terra founder Do Kwon, LUNA surged by over 1,500% on Saturday. However, with several exchanges halting deposits,...
The crypto crash: Top 3 coins that were dumped by investors this week
The crypto market saw one of its worse crashes in 2022 this week. The market has recovered slightly from these lows, with Bitcoin...
Top 3 coins to buy in this highly volatile market
If there is one thing that we can agree on about the crypto market right now is that volatility is here to stay. Yes, crypto has...
Ethereum (ETH) could reclaim $2500 as momentum indicators remain positive
Ethereum (ETH) has been recovering over the last few days after tanking to its lowest level in months. The coin is however poised for a...
Report: Terra Founder Do Kwon’s Spouse Seeks Police Protection After the LUNA and UST Fallout
Following the aftermath of the Terra blockchain tokens LUNA and UST losing significant value, reports indicate that the Terraform Labs...
Decentraland (MANA) surges by nearly 60% – Will bulls breach $1.5 next?
Decentraland (MANA) has reported some of the most breathtaking gains in crypto over the last day. The coin is now consolidating, and there...
Ripple (XRP) tests $0.5 in the recent rally – Can it bounce back from the crypto crash?
Ripple (XRP) appears to have stopped the bleeding after two days of steep decline. The coin has in fact found some bullish uptrend in what...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Back Below $2,000, BTC Down 6% to Start the Weekend
Following a strong rebound on Friday, crypto prices moved back into the red today, with BTC falling below $30,000 to start the weekend....
Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High
Amid the Terra blockchain meltdown, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been well above the 200 exahash per second range, at 212 EH/s at the...
Bitcoin stays under $30K as LUNA gains 600% during ‘insane volatility’
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim $30,000 into May 14 as traders looked forward to a relatively stable weekend. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
DeFi transforming lending routes on the blockchain
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is gradually expanding to encompass a significant share of the global financial lending space by...
American Financial Infidelity Report: 2 out of 5 Survey Respondents Hid Their Crypto Purchases
A recent survey study has found that two out of five Americans in committed relationships have admitted to hiding a cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin network fortifies as mining difficulty records ATH of 31.251T
Further distancing itself from any concerns of planned attacks on the blockchain, the Bitcoin (BTC) network established a new mining...
On-chain privacy is key to the wider mass adoption of crypto
Innovations in the crypto space appear daily. Whether through decentralized applications or new ways to implement and use nonfungible...
Public Consultations Reveal Positive Interest in Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel
A survey carried out by the central bank of Israel has returned mostly positive responses from stakeholders regarding the possible...
Argentinian Senate Passes Bill That Would Tax Assets Held in Foreign Countries, Including Crypto
The Argentinian Senate has approved a bill that would allow the government to tax non-declared assets held in foreign countries by...
Metaverse-as-a-service will be the basis of the next internet era of Web3
The concept of the Metaverse has been around since the 1980s, but it has only been in recent years that we’ve seen hundreds of projects...
Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks
Popular crypto analytics platforms Etherscan and CoinGecko have parallelly issued an alert against an ongoing phishing attack on their...
Polkadot vs. Ethereum: Two equal chances to dominate the Web3 world
For most casual digital asset investors, the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade promises to be a game-changing event that will improve efficiency,...
Chainalysis Reaches $8.6 Billion Valuation In $170 Million Series F Funding Round
Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency security and blockchain auditing firm, has announced it has completed a new funding round for its...
Veteran Investor Mark Mobius Expects Bitcoin to Fall Further — Cautions Crypto Traders Against Buying the Dip
Veteran investor Mark Mobius, the founder of Mobius Capital, has cautioned cryptocurrency traders against using the “buy the dip...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reaffirms Dogecoin ‘Has Potential as a Currency’ as Twitter Deal Is Put on Hold
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that dogecoin has potential as a currency. However, his Twitter buyout deal has been put on hold...
Central Bank of Chile Studies Issuance of a Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Chile revealed it is studying how to issue a national digital currency, the digital peso. The bank issued a report...
KICK․IO Is Evolving – Taking a Closer Look Into the Roadmap
PRESS RELEASE. The crypto world is as innovative and exciting as fickle and dynamic. Understanding the market needs and keeping up with...
Buy the dip, or wait for max pain? Analysts debate whether Bitcoin price has bottomed
It has been a rough week for the cryptocurrency market, primarily because of the Terra ecosystem collapse and its knock-on effect on...
Bitcoin and Ethereum had a rough week, but derivatives data reveals a silver lining
This week the crypto market endured a sharp drop in valuation after Coinbase, the leading U.S. exchange, reported a $430 million quarterly...
Bitcoin price could bounce to $35K, but analysts say don’t expect a ‘V-shaped recovery’
Altcoins saw a relief bounce on May 13 as the initial panic sparked by Bitcoin’s sell-off Terra’s UST collapse and multiple...
Proposed Crypto Mining Ban in Norway Fails to Gain Support in Parliament
A push to prohibit the energy-intensive proof-of-work mining of cryptocurrencies in Norway has been rejected by the majority of lawmakers....
Solana (SOL) reclaims $50 as it rallies from 2022 lows – Can it keep going?
After touching its lowest price in 2022, Solana (SOL) has rallied over the last few hours. The coin had struggled to cross above $50 after...
Apecoin sees renewed bullish momentum – Can the coin breach $10?
Apecoin (APE) is trending upwards today in line with the broader recovery in crypto. The coin appears to have paired some of the losses we...
Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears
According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the...
Bitcoin macro bottom ‘not in yet’ warns analyst as BTC price holds $30K
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to clinch $31,000 by the Wall Street open on May 13 as new warnings forecast a continuation of the downside. BTC/USD...
Failed exit? Traders complain Crypto.com reversed profitable LUNA transactions
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has halted the trading of Terra (LUNA) tokens after it determined that user transactions were quoted at...
Price analysis 5/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, AVAX, SHIB
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded sharply after dropping near its realized price of $24,000 on May 12, suggesting some bulls went against the herd...
Breaking: Do Kwon proposes Terra revival, including token redistribution plan
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has tabled a proposal to preserve the Terra ecosystem following the historic depegging of its...
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200...
Following French Montana, Vietnam’s Number 1 Celebrity Singer Son Tung M-TP Joins RACA’s USM Metaverse
PRESS RELEASE. The Vietnamese music celebrity’s videos have garnered close to 2.5 billion lifetime views on Youtube. RACA Hits a...
2 big cryptocurrencies to worry about after LUNA crash
The Terra LUNA crash has led to worries about the next top cryptocurrencies that could crash. Like with LUNA, it is incredibly difficult...
3 reasons why Cardano can sink further despite ADA price bouncing 58%
Cardano (ADA) pared a big portion of the weekly losses incurred during this week’s crypto market rout. ADA’s price reached an...
Blockchains are forever: DLT makes diamond industry more transparent
Diamonds are some of the world’s most valued gemstones, and the global diamond industry has managed to remain afloat despite being...
Biggest Movers: SHIB, DOT Nearly 30% Higher, as SOL Also Surges
Cryptocurrency markets were mostly in the green on Friday, as DOT was up by nearly 40%, moving away from an 18-month low. Although SOL,...
‘A Dark Day for Crypto’ — A Deep Dive Into the Obliterated Terra Token Ecosystem and Damaged Apps
Following a few days of carnage, the two leading crypto assets built on top of the Terra blockchain have plummeted to significant lows....
Chelsea Football Club partners with Amber Group-backed crypto platform WhaleFin
Chelsea Football Club has entered into a $20 million per year partnership with WhaleFin, an Amber Group-backed crypto platform. Following...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH, BTC Surge Over 10% as Big 2 Lead Crypto Rebound
As LUNA’s life support was all but switched off on Friday, BTC and ETH rallied, with prices climbing by as much as 10%....
Binance resumes spot trading for LUNA and UST
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced a resumption to spot trading for Terra (LUNA)...
Bitcoin price prediction: beware of a dead cat bounce
The Bitcoin price is having a dead cat bounce after experiencing its worst crash this year. BTC is trading at $30,500, which is above this...
David Marcus unveils new Bitcoin company called Lightspark
Lightspark, a new bitcoin-focused startup launched by former Meta (Facebook) crypto head David Marcus, is currently recruiting as it looks...
Bitcoin mining in Norway gets the green light as the proposed ban rejected
There’s Nor-way they can ban Bitcoin (BTC) mining in Norway now. That’s according to a majority vote passed by the Norwegian parliament on...
Canadian Bitcoin ETF adds 6.9K BTC in one day as GBTC discount hits record low
Bitcoin (BTC) descending to $24,000 has cost its largest institutional investment vehicle more than the average hodler. According to data...
Hong Kong Police Arrest Conman After He Vanished With Over $191K Belonging to a Crypto Trader
Hong Kong police have arrested a man accused of stealing $191,085 from a cryptocurrency trader in what turned out to be a bogus...
Shiba Inu jumps 27% after getting listed on Rain, a top Middle East crypto exchange
Rain, a leading crypto exchange based in Bahrain Middle East, has listed Shiba Inu to expand its trading volume and adoption after two...
Bank of Spain Governor Highlights Need for Fast Regulation in Defi and Crypto
Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain and chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, explained that the...
A Story of Incredible Belief….. How GAIMIN Gladiator’s Acquired Team Tickles!
It normally takes a newly formed esports team 12-18 months to gel and experience success, however GAIMIN Gladiator’s Dota 2 team...
BitKwonnect? ‘Luna Brothers’ moment sees Terra inflate token supply 3,500% overnight
Terra (LUNA), the in-house token of Blockchain protocol Terra, is undergoing major changes which are causing intrigue and despair in equal...
Crypto not having a Lehman moment and whale buying will come, Nexo co-founder says
The TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin meltdown has caused panic among stablecoin and general crypto market investors. While the Terra Luna...
European Commission Has ‘Serious Doubts’ About Markets in Crypto Assets Draft, Report Reveals
The European Commission disagrees with some provisions in the crypto regulatory proposal approved recently by the European Parliament. The...
The crypto market isn’t going to zero and will recover with stocks, says FTX CEO
The cryptocurrency has struggled in recent weeks, with investors losing a huge chunk of their money during that period. The cryptocurrency...
Ether maintains its price above $2k as the market slowly recovers
The cryptocurrency market is slowly recovering from its recent slump and has added more than $100 billion to its market cap in the last 24...
Highlights May 13: Crypto market recovers, STEPN’s GMT leads the way
The crypto market as a whole is recovering with most top 100 coins in the green at the time of writing after an extended bearish trend,...
El Salvador buys the dip in crypto commitment
Bitcoin’s price dropped below $30,000 this week. Because of this drop, El Salvador saw the opportunity to buy up the dip. The...
Germany publishes first tax guide for crypto: ETH and BTC sales are tax-free
We might be in a deep dip, implementation of regulation still continues. The German Ministry of Finance published a so-called ‘BMF...
Analysts say Ether price must hold this key level to avoid a capitulation-like move
The crypto market experienced another day of pain on May 12 as the fallout from the Terra’s LUNA and UST failure continues to ripple...
Coinbase Ventures Backed Startup to Build Pan-African Crypto Exchange With $23 Million Capital Raise
The African startup, Mara, recently said it has raised about $23 million in funding from organizations ranging from Coinbase Ventures to...
Bitcoin price sees ‘hell of a reversal candle’ as 168,000 BTC leaves exchanges
Bitcoin (BTC) came back with a vengeance on May 13 as bulls stepped in to take the market to near $31,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Report: UAE’s Emirates Airline Set to Use ‘Bitcoin as a Payment Service’
One of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s leading airlines, Emirates Airline, said it has plans to add “bitcoin as a payment...
Onecoin ‘Crypto Queen’ Ruja Ignatova Listed Among Europe’s Most Wanted
Ruja Ignatova, mastermind of the notorious pyramid Onecoin, is now one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives. Also known as the...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Plans to Buy Bitcoin When the ‘Bottom Is In’ — Says It Could Be at $17K
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, believes bitcoin could crash to $17K. However, he also...
US Senate confirms Jerome Powell for another four years as Fed chair
The United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of Jerome Powell as the chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve...
Analysts say Ethereum price must hold this key level to avoid a capitulation-like move
The crypto market experienced another day of pain on May 12 as the fallout from the Terra’s LUNA and UST failure continues to ripple...
Warren Buffett-Backed Nubank Launches Crypto Trading — Holds Bitcoin on Balance Sheet
Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, has launched cryptocurrency trading. Starting...
Electrifying Live Casino Game XXXtreme Lightning Roulette in Exclusive Early Access
Play the brand new XXXtreme version of one of the most popular live casino games at Bitcoin.com Games; Lightning Roulette by Evolution!...
Look out below! Ethereum derivatives data hints at further downside from ETH
Ether (ETH) is down 38% in three weeks and the current $2,000 level is 59% below the $4,870 all-time high that was reached in November...
Bitcoin could target $32K, says trader as LUNA crashes below one penny
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls demanded a rematch of $30,000 later on May 12 as the market recovered from its lowest levels since late 2020. BTC/USD...
3 reasons why bears aim to pin Bitcoin below $30K for this week’s BTC options expiry
Investors were surprised by Bitcoin (BTC) price falling to $25,500 on May 12, and this shock extended to options traders. The strong...
Crypto-associated stocks hammered as COIN and HOOD drop to record lows
Bad news continues to dominate crypto media headlines and May 12’s juiciest tidbit was the unexpected collapse of the Terra...
The Latest Zcash Software Release Supports the Network’s ‘Largest Upgrade in History’
According to the Electric Coin Company, the team behind the cryptocurrency network Zcash, the protocol is soon to implement the largest...
Crypto needs regulation but should be done right: Report and database
Regulatory attitudes toward crypto are constantly evolving, often at a slower pace than the crypto industry itself. Institutions and the...
Stablecoins’ recent depegging is not a ‘real threat to financial stability,’ says Janet Yellen
According to United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the stablecoin market is not at the scale at which the drop in the price of...
UST debacle pulls Terra (LUNA) from $80 to $0.024 in a week: here’s where to buy LUNA
Following the Terra’s TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin misfortunes after it de-pegged from the US Dollar, the price of LUNA, which is...
Fantasy NFT trading platform Sorare Partners With Major League Baseball
Sorare, a fantasy football game that allows players to trade, sell, buy, and manage their virtual team with digital player cards, has...