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Podcast: Charmyn Ho, head of crypto insights at Bybit talks NFTs, GameFi, the state of crypto and more
It’s been quite the turbulent year in the crypto markets so far in 2022, with words like “contagion”, “death...
CME Group to Offer Market Participants Ethereum Options 3 Days Before the Merge
Three days before Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the world’s largest derivatives...
Russian Accused of Laundering Cryptocurrency From Ransomware Attacks Extradited to US
A Russian national suspected of laundering ransomware payments in cryptocurrency on behalf of cybercriminals targeting hospitals has been...
Options data shows Bitcoin’s short-term uptrend is at risk if BTC falls below $23K
Bitcoin (BTC) briefly broke above $25,000 on Aug. 15, but the excitement lasted less than an hour and was followed by a 5% retrace in the...
A sharp drop in TVL and DApp use preceded Avalanche’s (AVAX) 16% correction
After an impressive 73% rally between July 13 and Aug. 13, Avalanche (AVAX) has faced a 16% rejection from the $30.30 resistance level....
Ripple partners Travelex Bank to launch XRP-enabled enterprise payments in Brazil
Ripple’s partnership with Travelex Bank will see customers of the locally regulated bank benefit from XRP-powered cross border...
Another Stablecoin Fluctuates Wildly as HUSD Slips Below USD Peg to $0.82 per Token
The stablecoin HUSD, originally associated with the crypto exchange Huobi Global, lost its peg with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, August...
Three potentially profitable crypto trades as we head into the weekend
It has been a rollercoaster ride for cryptocurrencies this week. After a rally earlier in the week, the market has nosedived, and many top...
Is Chainlink’s losing streak now over, or will bears remain in control?
Chainlink’s LINK is correcting after facing a resistance The weakness heightened after the Federal Reserve earmarked further...
CRO consolidates under $0.15 – Could we see a breakout?
CRO has dipped 5% in the past day Other tokens native to crypto exchanges are looking bearish CRO is contained below $0.15 and above...
Avalanche slips back into the consolidation zone, but how far can the price drop?
Avalanche’s AVAX has slipped below a key breakout zone as price corrects AVAX price has more than doubled since June The token faces...
Back to basics for Decentraland’s MANA as momentum indicator turns bearish
Decentraland boomed in 2021, but this year has been relatively quiet The native token MANA is sliding after remaining robust The bear...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Rises for the Second Time in a Row — It’s Now 0.63% Harder to Find a BTC Block
On August 18, 2022, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased again after the 1.74% rise two weeks ago on August 4. At block height...
Bitcoin ‘liveliness’ lowest since 2021 amid new 5-year BTC hodl record
Bitcoin (BTC) long-term holders are knuckling down as a record portion of the BTC supply stays dormant for years. Data from on-chain...
Asia Broadband Inc. seeks to further unite the crypto and gold worlds
Asia Broadband, Inc. wants to further unite cryptocurrency and gold in a bid to improve the company’s digital asset development...
Biggest Movers: FLOW Rebounds Following 7-Day Losing Streak
FLOW was trading higher on Thursday, as the token rallied upward following seven straight days of declines. The surge comes despite the...
Coinbase Could Be a Material ‘Beneficiary’ of Ethereum’s Merge Transition, JPMorgan Analyst Says
JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington says digital currency exchanges like Coinbase will end up being a meaningful...
Bitcoin price heads above $23.5K after highest EU inflation in history
Bitcoin (BTC) shifted higher on Aug. 18 as the latest data confirmed the European Union’s highest ever inflation. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Below $1,900 as Ethereum Foundation Comments on Gas Fees
Ethereum was once again trading below $1,900 during Thursday’s session, as the Ethereum Foundation clarified speculation...
Electricity Consumption of Russian Crypto Miners Spikes 20 Times in 5 Years, Research Finds
Power needs of cryptocurrency miners in Russia have grown significantly since 2017, with consumption of electrical energy seeing a 20-fold...
NEAR Foundation publishes shortlist of Women in Web3 finalists
NEAR Foundation, a Swiss NPO that supports the growth and governance of the NEAR protocol, published the shortlist of Web3 Changemakers...
Crypto Token Launches Meditate2Earn Program Rewarding Holders for Self-Care
London, England, 18th August, 2022, Chainwire The team behind Ryuuko Tsuka, an innovative new wellness token, has launched Meditate2Earn....
BNB price prediction as Bitgert and Rubic RBC price rebound
The BNB price pulled back to the lowest level since August 4 as cryptocurrencies recoiled. The token dropped to a low of $308, which is...
Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Metaverse App in Spain and France
Meta, the social network company, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move...
Ontario crypto exchanges impose $30K CAD annual limit on altcoin buys
Canada-based crypto exchanges Bitbuy and Newton are enforcing a 30,000 Canadian dollars annual “buy limit” for “restricted coins” for...
3 cloud providers accounting for over two-thirds of Ethereum nodes: Data
The majority of 4,653 active Ethereum (ETH) nodes are in the hands of centralized web providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), which...
Why is Celsius up by more than 11% in the last 24 hours?
Celsius token is the best performer amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the market today. CEL, the native token of the Celsius...
Crypto scams are down while hacks and stolen funds are up: Chainalysis midyear report
Chainalysis’s mid-year report indicates that cryptocurrency scams have decreased while hacks and stolen funds have increased....
We’d shut down Ethereum staking if threatened by regulators, says Coinbase’s CEO
Coinbase’s CEO says the crypto exchange will abandon Ethereum staking if threatened by regulatory agencies. The Ethereum blockchain...
Ethereum price falls for four successive days, has the Merge craze fizzled?
After a strong rally since the beginning of July 2022, the crypto market is once again under selling pressure. The broad crypto market has...
US Federal Reserve Board Unveils Final Guidelines Used When Reviewing Requests for Access to Master Accounts
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has said it has released the final guidelines which are set to be used by Reserve Banks when...
British Fintech Revolut Granted Crypto License in Cyprus
U.K.-based digital bank Revolut has been authorized by Cyprus to provide cryptocurrency services to millions of customers on the Old...
Chainalysis: Illicit Crypto Activity Falls — Scam Revenue 65% Lower Than Last Year
Chainalysis has found that illicit crypto volumes are down this year, with total scam revenue sitting at $1.6 billion, 65% lower than...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Changes His Mind About Treasury Bonds — Says ‘Time to Open My Closed Mind’
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says it’s time to open his closed mind after...
Ethereum Foundation Makes It Clear The Merge Will Not Improve Fees and Throughput
On Wednesday the Ethereum Foundation clarified that The Merge will not reduce onchain fees as the highly anticipated transition from...
Tornado Cash sanctions will ultimately undermine the US and strengthen crypto
The United States government’s sanctioning of the open-source code that makes up the Tornado Cash privacy protocol may be shocking, but...
Price analysis 8/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, SHIB, AVAX
Bitcoin’s (BTC) bounce fizzled out near $24,500 on Aug. 17, indicating that the recovery still faces stiff resistance from the bears....
What next for the FTX token as it fails another breakout?
FTX exchange has witnessed increasing trading volumes. The exchange has remained stable while most crypto exchanges scaled down in the...
Tezos prediction as token sets $2.26 as the next frontier
Tezos is likely to face competition after the Ethereum PoS merge. Native XTZ token has flipped $1.68 resistance. The token is bullish with...
eToro to acquire trading startup Gatsby amid US expansion plans
eToro will acquire the US-based startup for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. The deal is part of eToro’s plans to expand...
Polkadot token prediction after MACD bearish crossover
Polkadot has been losing for the past one week, but the price remains stable. The Polkadot ecosystem is the greenest in the crypto space....
Colombia primed to launch digital currency
Colombia is an amazing country. I moved to Medellín, its second largest city, this year – and I really cannot say enough good...
Ex-BitMEX CEO says short ETH before Merge, but should you?
BitMEX’s former CEO says an unsuccessful ETH merge will cause a price crash. The Merge, expected in mid-September, will see Ethereum...
Celsius Approved to Sell Mined Bitcoin, Customer That Lost 50,000 USDC Insists Her Regulated Stablecoins Should Be Treated Differently
On August 16, the crypto lender Celsius Network has been approved by a bankruptcy court judge to sell bitcoin the company previously mined...
Bitcoin price dives pre-FOMC amid warning $17.6K low was not the bottom
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to weekly lows at the Aug. 17 Wall Street open as upcoming Federal Reserve comments unsettled risk assets. BTC/USD...
Pushing Bitcoin to become more scalable with zero-knowledge proofs
For all the good that Bitcoin brings to the table, it also possesses a commonly accepted issue in scalability. Bitcoin can only process a...
Canadian pension fund CDPQ writes off $150 million investment in Celsius
Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has revealed that it wrote off its investment in...
Russia’s GDP Decline Less Severe Than Expected, Wall Street Returns to Russian Bonds, Putin Criticizes US ‘Hegemony’
While the ongoing war in Ukraine continues, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation detailed this week that...
PIXXSTASY Is Changing the NFT Market
PRESS RELEASE. PIXXSTASY, a charity project for drug prevention and rehabilitation, is redefining the NFT market. The organization will...
Colombia planning to launch Digital Currency to curb tax evasion
The government of Colombia has revealed that it is planning to launch a digital currency to curb tax evasion and enhance the traceability...
How to use cryptocurrency in Japan: easy-to-understand explanation of crypto payments by field
cryptocurrencies that can be traded freely on the Internet have become a common sight in television commercials and online media. More...
Biggest Movers: EOS up Nearly 20%, Token Hits 3-Month High
Eos rose by as much as 20% on Wednesday, as bulls continued to react to the news of its upcoming Yield+ incentive program. Today’s...
Unizen appoints Michael Healy as Chief Strategy Officer
Michael Healy has been in the crypto space since 2010 and is a co-founder of crypto platform Unit Network. Unizen, a leading hybrid crypto...
Fake Manchester United token soars 3,000% after Elon Musk jokes about buying team
Manchester United Fan Token (MUFC) is a dead coin and not related to the sports franchise, but one Elon Musk tweet was enough to revive it...
Floki Inu introduces Treasury Bills: users can buy FLOKI at a discount
Floki Inu revealed in a tweet thread that it has once again partnered with ApeSwap to allow its users to purchase its native token FLOKI...
Crypto.com secures approval as a crypto asset business from UK’s FCA
Crypto.com has recently been approved or registered in Singapore, UAE (Dubai), Italy, South Korea and Canada among other jurisdictions....
Bit Mining Secures $9.3 Million Registered Direct Offering From Institutional Investors
Bit Mining Limited has announced that it has entered a $9.3 million registered direct offering with specific institutional investors. Bit...
Bitcoin Cash price prediction ahead of FOMC minutes
Bitcoin Cash price crashed sharply as investors waited for the upcoming FOMC minutes. The BCH token dropped to a low of $135, which was...
I would never bet against Bitcoin, Kraken CEO says
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell says he still hopes it is possible for Bitcoin price to rally in 2022, even as he acknowledges the risks of fresh...
Optimism price prediction: Should you buy the OP dip?
Optimism price crashed to the lowest level since July 28 as sentiment in the cryptocurrency industry worsened. OP dropped to a low of...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Remains Below $24,000 After Falling for Fourth Consecutive Session
Bitcoin continued to trade below $24,000 today, as the token fell for a fourth consecutive session. Following last week’s bullish...
DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Anticipates Metaverse Platform Launch with Listings on Coinbase, Huobi, and MEXC
Bucharest, Romania, 17th August, 2022, Chainwire DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) announced listings on several industry-leading...
Bitcoin price sees firm rejection at $24.5K as traders doubt strength
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to range resistance on Aug. 17 amid ongoing concerns that a retracement is imminent. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
For greater good: NY judge allows Celsius to mine, sell Bitcoin
Not even 24 hours after revealing a three-month cash flow forecast that threatens total exhaustion of funds, a New York judge allowed...
EOS price jumps 20% for biggest gain in 15 months — What’s fueling the uptrend?
EOS rose approximately 20% to reach $1.66 on Aug. 17 and was on track to log its best daily performance since May 2021. Initially, the EOS...
UFO Gaming unveils revolutionary, long-awaited metaverse
Trendsetting blockchain gaming platform UFO Gaming unveiled its long-awaited, revolutionary metaverse with thousands in attendance. An...
Leading ETP issuer 21Shares announces expansion, new hires
21Shares AG, the biggest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) in the world, has hired three new executives for Europe...
Israel Arrests 3 in Crypto Scheme to Launder Millions Stolen From France
Police in Israel have detained three suspects who allegedly laundered millions of euros stolen from the French treasury through...
Lido Finance Partners With KyberSwap Elastic to Enhance Liquidity on Polygon With Over $120,000 in Liquidity Mining Rewards
Singapore — August 17th – Lido Finance, a giant in the Ethereum staking world, will be enhancing liquidity on Polygon with KyberSwap...
NFL Franchise Houston Texans to Accept Cryptocurrencies for Single Game Suites
The professional American football team the Houston Texans revealed that it has entered an exclusive partnership with the company...
Nasdaq-Listed Eqonex Closing Crypto Exchange Due to High Competition, Fallen Volumes
The Nasdaq-listed firm Eqonex is closing its cryptocurrency exchange business. The company cited high competition among crypto trading...
APENFT to Support Potential Ethereum Hard Fork and NFT Trading on the New Chain
Singapore, Singapore, 17th August, 2022, Chainwire APENFT Marketplace has announced support for the Ethereum 2.0 Merge and its potential...
bitcoinblack’s crypto credit card is becoming High-Net-Worths #1 choice for crypto to fiat conversion
Dubai, UAE, 17th August, 2022, Chainwire bitcoinblack has become a popular choice for millionaires and billionaires worldwide who want to...
Shutting down Tornado Cash may be unconstitutional, says Kraken’s CEO
The CEO of Kraken believes that the shutting down of Tornado Cash by the United States government may be unconstitutional. The US...
Crypto scams fall 65% after gullible noobs exit the market: Chainalysis
Fewer people have fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams in 2022 so far due to falling asset prices and the exit of inexperienced crypto...
Binance Obtains In-principle Approval to Operate With Cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan
Crypto exchange Binance has been granted preliminary approval to offer trading and custody services for digital assets in Kazakhstan. The...
Why is EOS up by more than 30% in the last 24 hours?
The cryptocurrency market is turning things around today, and EOS is one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies among the top 50 coins....
Colombia Plans to Launch Digital Currency to Reduce Tax Evasion
The government of Colombia revealed it has plans to launch a digital currency. One of the purposes of this new currency would be to curb...
Solana (SOL) price is poised for a potential 95% crash — Here’s why
Solana (SOL) price rallied by approximately 75% two months after bottoming out locally near $25.75, but the token’s splendid upside...
Google invested a whopping $1.5B into blockchain companies since September
Google parent company Alphabet poured the most amount of capital into the blockchain industry compared to any other public company,...
Soneva’s Luxury Resorts Now Accept Crypto Payments
Luxury resort chain Soneva has reportedly begun accepting cryptocurrency payments at its resorts in the Maldives and Thailand....
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Dumps All Stocks but One After Predicting Market Crash
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management dumped all but one of its stock holdings in the second quarter, according...
Report: Celsius CEO Accused of Controlling Crypto Company’s Trading Scheme and Placing Bad Bets
According to a recent report published on Tuesday, the Israeli-American founder and CEO of Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, was in charge...
Has Solana started a bear reversal, or is it just a correction?
Solana has been dropping for the last 3 months. The token is yet to break below key support, the recent breakout zone. Solana could head...
Fed tells banks to pay attention to legal aspects before jumping into crypto
The Federal Reserve Board wants to see banks take time to understand the cryptocurrency space first before diving in. The US Federal...
XRP posts sluggish gains as the case with SEC drags on – What next?
Ripple’s case with SEC continues to drag on, affecting the XRP price The native token has gained by 0.97% in a week despite escaping...
Is the Ethereum Classic’s bull run over, or do buyers have a chance?
Ethereum Classic gains are cooling but maintain double-digit surges in the week. Ethereum Classic has been benefiting from the expected...
Ron Paul Insists US Economy’s ‘Collapse Will Come,’ Former Congressman Says Liquidation Is ‘Absolutely Necessary’
Just recently the American author, economist, and retired politician Ron Paul discussed the rising tensions between China and Taiwan...
Bitcoin traders anticipate new yearly lows after BTC’s $25K rejection — Data disagrees
Bitcoin (BTC) showed weakness on Aug. 15, posting a 5% loss after testing the $25,000 resistance. The move liquidated over $150 million...
Polygon’s MATIC remains trapped by resistance but is the price bearish?
Polygon is a Layer-2 scaling solution on the Ethereum network The native token has been surging on the back of positive developments The...