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Proposed Ethereum PoW Fork Token Loses Half Its Market Value in Less Than 6 Days
In 32 days, Ethereum is expected to upgrade from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system after the...
Bitcoin hits $25K as bearish voices call BTC price ‘double top’
Bitcoin (BTC) spiked through $25,000 for the first time in months on Aug. 14, but traders refused to take any chances on a bull run....
Binance CEO’s Warning About Wazirx Wallets, Nigerian EFCC on Naira Depreciation, O’Leary Buys the Dip — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
Another week has passed and developments in the Binance-Wazirx controversy continue, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes...
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ‘Developed a Roadmap for Adoption of CBDC,’ Says Governor
The governor of the Zimbabwean central bank, John Mangudya, recently said his organization “has developed a roadmap for adoption of...
Bank of Russia Aims for Full Launch of Digital Ruble in 2024
The Central Bank of Russia plans to begin the comprehensive implementation of the digital ruble two years from now, according to a paper...
BlueBenx fires employees, halts funds withdrawal citing $32M hack
BlueBenx, a Brazilian crypto lending platform, reportedly blocked all of its 22,000 users from withdrawing their funds following an...
US Venture Capital Firm Leads New Investment in Nigerian Startup Teamapt
The United States-based venture capital (VC) firm, QED Investors, recently led an investment round that raised more than $50 million for...
Crypto Exchange BTC-e Operator Vinnik Reportedly Denied Bail in US, Maintains Innocence
Alexander Vinnik, the alleged owner and operator of the infamous cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, has been found not eligible for release on...
Peter Schiff to Liquidate Euro Pacific Bank in Settlement With Puerto Rican Regulator
Gold bug Peter Schiff has settled with Puerto Rico’s financial regulator and agreed to liquidate his Euro Pacific Bank. Schiff...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Sued for Allegedly Promoting a Massive Crypto ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, is facing a class action lawsuit for promoting Voyager...
Crypto Trading, Investing Illegal in Iran, Central Bank Governor Reiterates
It is illegal to buy or sell cryptocurrency in Iran, the head of the country’s monetary authority has recently reminded citizens...
TUSD Receives Endorsement from Data Analysis Firm CryptoQuant
Singapore, Singapore, 13th August, 2022, Chainwire TUSD has been endorsed by CryptoQuant, a data analysis firm for cryptocurrencies,...
Ominous Solana technicals hint at SOL price crashing 35% by September
Solana (SOL) risks a significant price correction in the coming weeks owing to a classic bearish reversal setup. A 35% SOL price...
Coinbase posts $1.1B loss, Polygon DApps rocket 400% in 2022 and Elon Musk says inflation is on the decline: Hodler’s Digest, Aug 7-13
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Tornado Cash Governance Token TORN Shudders More Than 57% Since the US Government Ban
Amid the crackdown against Tornado Cash, associated addresses, contributing developers, and anyone who uses the mixing platform, the...
Axie Infinity Surpasses $4 Billion in All-Time Sales, Team Removes SLP Rewards From Classic Game Mode
After recording more than $4 billion in all-time sales, Axie Infinity announced the game’s classic mode will no longer allow users...
Binance CEO Says Exchange Recovered $450 Million From the Curve Finance Attack
Following the recent Curve Finance attack, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the exchange had recovered $450 million from hackers....
Ethereum hits 8-month highs in BTC as money heads for ‘riskier’ altcoins
Ether (ETH) is worth more in Bitcoin (BTC) than at any time since the start of the year amid renewed appetite for altcoins. ETH/BTC 1-day...
While Gains Have Been Slower Than Most Crypto Assets, Meme Coin Economy Swells by 24%
While a great number of crypto asset values have improved over the last month, meme-based crypto assets have also advanced against the...
Biggest Movers: MATIC, SOL Move Towards 4-Month Highs on Saturday
Polygon rallied to its highest point in nearly four months on Saturday, as the token climbed to the $1.00 mark to start the weekend....
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Hits $2,000 for First Time Since May
Ethereum was trading above $2,000 to start the weekend, as the token hit its highest point since May. Crypto markets were back in the...
Celsius Network is bankrupt, so why is CEL price up 4,000% in two months?
Crypto lending platform Celsius Network has an approximately $1.2 billion gap in its balance sheet, with most liabilities owed to its...
Central African Republic President Says Successful Launch of Sango Coin a Key Milestone
According to Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, his country’s launch of the “Sango...
Bitcoin mining revenue jumps 68.6% from the lowest-earning day of 2022
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining industry endured immense financial stress throughout the year 2022 as a prolonged bear market directly impacted...
Bitcoin traders still favor new $20K lows as Ethereum hits $2K
Bitcoin (BTC) is still due to return to near $20,000, fresh analysis warns as BTC/USD attempts to retest multi-month highs. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Netskope Discovers Hackers Are Using Google Sites and Microsoft Azure to Steal Crypto
Attackers are taking advantage of certain SEO techniques to direct users to phishing sites for wallet apps like Metamask and exchanges...
Philippines’ Unionbank to Support Cryptocurrency Exchange via Mobile App
Union Bank of the Philippines, commonly known as Unionbank, has announced the upcoming launch of another crypto service for its clients....
Iskra Redefines Game Publishing at Korea Blockchain Week, Announces New Games
PRESS RELEASE. SEOUL – Iskra took the stage at Korea Blockchain Week, outlining their vision of game publishing in the era of Web3....
Soccer Clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid File Joint Trademark Application for Metaverse Activities
Two of the biggest soccer clubs in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have applied to receive trademarks for some elements in the...
India Freezes Peter Thiel-Backed Vauld’s Crypto and Bank Assets Worth $46 Million
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen crypto exchange Vauld’s crypto and bank assets worth about INR 370 crore...
Crypto markets bounced and sentiment improved, but retail has yet to FOMO
An ascending triangle formation has driven the total crypto market capitalization toward the $1.2 trillion level. The issue with this...
Philippines Will Stop Accepting Crypto License Applications for 3 Years, Regulator Says
The central bank of the Philippines, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has announced that it will stop accepting crypto license applications...
GAIMIN’s Early Access Event Opens Its Platform and Monetization App to Gamers
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 12th August 2022: GAIMIN announces the opening of its gaming and monetization platform to the gaming...
Crypto Community Responds to Tornado Cash Sanctions, Privacy Advocates Say ‘There Are Many Legitimate Reasons to Seek Financial Anonymity’
The U.S. government banning the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash and the enforcement that has followed has the crypto community in an...
Should you buy LTC as it consolidates at key resistance?
Litecoin is currently trading at $60.94, a 1.76% dip in the past day The pair is in a consolidation amid bullish indicators Investors...
Hedera Hashgraph prediction as price reclaims the $0.074 level
Hedera Hashgraph is a smart contract platform that uses an algorithm for fast transactions HBAR has reclaimed the $0.074 level after 10%...
Is Uniswap about to go lower after a MACD crossover?
Uniswap was one of the strongest tokens in July on strong fundamentals The Uniswap protocol proposes a new foundation to support growth...
Shiba Inu’s upside remains muted – What could happen next?
Shiba Inu momentum remains weak amid crypto recoveries The lack of fundamentals is the reason for the weak momentum SHIB has maintained an...
Fallout from crypto contagion subsides but no market reversal just yet
The blockchain industry showed some surprising resilience in July, which may point to a period of greater fundamental support for the...
Price analysis 8/12: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) could not overcome the barrier at $25,000 on Aug. 11 even though it had two catalysts in the form of a...
Bitcoin’s Mathematical Monetary Policy Is Far More Predictable Than Gold and Fiat Currencies
This past April, records show that 19 million bitcoins have been mined into existence and 133 days later, there are 1.88 million bitcoins...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Continue to Expand Amid the Crypto Winter, While Converting ‘Wasted Gas to Energy at Scale’
The bitcoin mining industry continues to expand as companies are obtaining more megawatts of capacity, building new facilities, and...
Here are Bitcoin price levels to watch as BTC dips 5% from highs
Bitcoin (BTC) headed lower on Aug. 12 as a broadly expected comedown from two-month highs began to take shape. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Upland Sustains Mass Market Readiness With All-Inclusive Economy
Upland is a mobile-first blockchain metaverse that allows users to buy virtual properties based on real world addresses, build on those...
UAE Now Requires Agents to Report Real Estate Transactions Where Virtual Currency Is Used as Payment
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it now requires real estate agents, brokers, and law firms to report to the Financial Intelligence...
Ethereum Merge upgrade date will depend on Hashrate – Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin in a tweet today hinted that the actual date of the Ethereum Merge would depend on hashrate....
TAE ahead of schedule on billion-degree hydrogen-boron fusion
By Loz Blain TAE's 4th-generation fusion reactor prototype was designed to generate 30 million-degree temperatures, but it's already...
Biggest Movers: ETC Nears 4-Month High, LINK Hits Highest Point Since June
Ethereum classic was trading close to its highest point since April, as the token rose by nearly 10% on Friday. Despite crypto markets...
Ballet Crypto CEO: Bitcoin doesn’t have to follow Ethereum on PoS
Ballet Crypto CEO Bobby Lee has added his voice to the many in the industry who say the pioneer PoW blockchain does not have to follow...
ActivTrades review: All you need to know about ActivTrades
ActivTrades is a forex and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) broker currently headquartered in London, UK. It was founded in Switzerland in...
EWT price prediction as Energy Web Token jumps
The EWT price jumped sharply on Friday as demand for the coin rose. The Energy Web Token rose to a high of $4.56, which was the highest...
The ultimate 2022 ChangeNOW review
ChangeNOW is the brand of CHN Group Limited, founded in 2017 with head office in Seychelles. It also has a branch in Amsterdam. The...
Binance seizes over $450K worth of crypto assets stolen from Curve Finance
Binance has recovered and frozen crypto assets worth over $450,000 that were stolen from Tuesday’s front-end attack on decentralized...
Here’s why the Huobi Token price went parabolic and what next
Huobi Token price went parabolic on Friday after Bloomberg reported that the company’s founder was seeking to sell majority of his...
Dutch Law Enforcement Arrests Suspected Tornado Cash Developer in Amsterdam
According to a statement from the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), law enforcement officials in Amsterdam...
BTC mining stocks double in a month as production ramps
Crypto mining companies have seen their stock prices increase as much as 120% over the last month, amid rebounding crypto asset prices,...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Hovers Below $24,000 on Friday, as Crypto Markets Consolidate
Cryptocurrency markets consolidated on Friday, as bulls marginally pulled back following strong gains in yesterday’s session....
KuCoin partners with Univers to promote metaverse interconnectivity
KuCoin’s incubation and investment arm KuCoin Labs will take part in an incubation program with Univers Network, a metaverse...
Popularity of Crypto Investments Makes Case for Regulations, Australian Securities Watchdog Says
High rates of crypto ownership, with purchases often made on advice from Youtube and Facebook, make “a strong case for...
3 cryptocurrencies that stand to outperform ETH price thanks to Ethereum’s Merge
After years of waiting, Ethereum is finally prepared to become a full-fledged proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. Besides Ethereum’s native...
Analysis: USDT’s deployment leads to momentum growth for Tezos in the DeFi space
Tezos is becoming an ideal destination for numerous decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols, largely thanks to its recent integration with...
New Crypto Exchange Platform Bitflex Launches Futures Trading Competition with $15,000 Prize Pool
PRESS RELEASE. Seychelles, August 2022 – Bitflex Ltd., a secure crypto trading exchange currently specializing in crypto derivatives, has...
Study: Number of People Working in Blockchain Industry Went up by 76%, Large Gap in Demand for Technical Talent Exists
The number of people working in the blockchain industry went up by 76% year-on-year as of June 2022, a study undertaken by the...
Jack Mallers’ Bitcoin payments app Strike launches its eagerly awaited Visa card
Bitcoin evangelist Jack Mallers’ Bitcoin payments app Strike has launched its eagerly awaited Visa card. The Card will allow users...
Mercado Libre to Expand Cryptocurrency Services to More Countries in Latam
Mercado Libre, one of the biggest retailers in Latam, has announced that it plans to expand its cryptocurrency trading services to more...
The Ethereum network will be more secure after the Merge, says Vitalik Buterin
The Ethereum network’s Merge is set to take place by next month, and Vitalik Buterin is confident it will improve the network....
What to know before signing up with NOWPayments
NOWPayments is a cryptocurrency payment gateway that lets users accept payments in more than 100 cryptocurrencies. It supports auto coin...
An objective review of Komodo Platform
The Komodo Platform provides full-scale, end-to-end blockchain solutions for developers of different industries and levels. It offers...
Picpay Rolls Out Crypto Trading Options to More Than 30 Million Users in Brazil
Picpay, a payments and wallet app, is now providing cryptocurrency services to more than 30 million users in Brazil. The company, that had...
Here is why ANKR is up by 41% in the last 24 hours
The cryptocurrency market is trading in the red zone heading into the weekend, with most coins and tokens underperforming at the moment....
Bitcoin Miner Genesis Digital Assets Secured 708 MW in Capacity During the First Half of 2022
This week the bitcoin mining company Genesis Digital Assets announced that the firm has secured 708 megawatts (MW) in capacity and...
Crypto Exchange Hotbit Suspends Service After Law Enforcement Freezes Its Funds, Subpoenas Senior Managers
Crypto exchange Hotbit has announced the suspension of trading, deposits, withdrawals, and funding on its platform. The exchange said law...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Launches Bitcoin Private Trust Citing ‘Substantial Interest’ From Clients
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, has launched a spot bitcoin private trust. “Despite the steep downturn in the...
Over 1,900 block-producing nodes in the Solana ecosystem, new report reveals
Solana released its first-ever, “Validator Health Report” which revealed information on its network operators. According to...
Cross-chains in the crosshairs: Hacks call for better defense mechanisms
2022 has been a lucrative year for hackers preying on the nascent Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) spaces, with more than $2 billion...
Uzbekistan Moves to Block Foreign Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Authorities in Uzbekistan are restricting access to online crypto trading platforms based outside the country and not registered under its...
BlackRock Bitcoin fund launch sends BTC price toward $25K
Bitcoin (BTC) continued toward $25,000 on the Aug. 11 Wall Street open amid news that the world’s largest asset manager had launched...
Reinventing yourself in the Metaverse through digital identity
The Metaverse has become one of the biggest buzzwords of the year as a number of brands, companies and even countries begin to explore...
Indian law enforcement accuses WazirX exchange of aiding in laundering of $130M
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), the agency responsible for financial crimes, is looking at cryptocurrency exchanges suspected of...
Is it foolish to expect a massive Ethereum price surge pre- and post-Merge?
Ether’s (ETH) impressive 85% gain in the past 30 days has surprised even the most bullish investors, and it makes the $800 range seen in...
Cardano price: Analyst explains ADA price outlook over coming weeks
Cardano (ADA) is trading near $0.53, just about in the green on Thursday evening as the crypto market looks to hold onto yesterday’s...
WEF’s Great Reset Agenda Continues to Get Significant Pushback From Critics
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the world’s bureaucrats, financial institutions, multinational corporations, and international...
Gala is announcing a partnership with Stick Figure Productions to distribute Four Down on the Blockchain
Jackson, WY, USA, 11th August, 2022, Chainwire Gala, one of the leading innovators in blockchain gaming and music, has announced the...
ETH PoS Upgrade to Transition on September 15 to 16 — Ethereum Devs Reveal ‘Tentative Mainnet TTD’ for The Merge
Following the successful implementation of The Merge into Ethereum’s Goerli testnet, Ethereum developers confirmed during a...
AAVE faces immediate resistance at $118 – Which levels are key?
AAVE has soared 11.63% in the past day The token is currently facing resistance at an important price level Aave’s total value...
Celsius token jumps 100% in a week – Are the gains sustainable?
Celsius has been facing bankruptcy which forced its native token CEL to tumble. CEL has risen by 100% in the past 7 days on a reported...
Is Theta token heading to $2 after the latest breakout?
Theta Network offers a video streaming service akin to YouTube The token has been under bearish pressure this year THETA broke above the...
Solana defies the latest hack to shoot 11% but is the token now bullish?
Solana has been regarded as an Ethereum killer due to its superior qualities The blockchain has been vulnerable to frequent hacks SOL rose...
20000% in One Minute on Play to Earn Game Tothesmart
PRESS RELEASE. The crypto enthusiast has got 10,032 BUSD into their wallet by buying virtual miners in the Play To Earn game Tothesmart...
Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet Implements The Merge, ETH Price Jumps 74% Higher During the Past 30 Days
The Merge has successfully been implemented into Ethereum’s third and final testnet, Goerli, after previously adding Merge support...