Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith (39) has been sentenced to 63 months in prison and a $100,000 fine for his aid to North Korea. In September, Griffith pleaded guilty to violating international sanctions against North Korea. Against the rules, Griffith gave a...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has been granted Montenegrin citizenship. Buterin joins other members of the crypto community with global experience who have been invited to help the small Southeast European nation attract investments and develop its blockchain...

PRESS RELEASE. As the complexity of current dApps (decentralized applications) on Algorand grows, so must the infrastructure, notably oracles, to enable significantly higher and better feature sets. In the Algorand ecosystem, Algoracle’s opinions on off-chain...

The Tesla CEO offered $54.20 a share in cash for the social media platform. Source

KuCoin, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its NFT launch platform KuCoin IGO. Pikaster is the first project coming to the platform. The first round sale started at 12:00 UTC on April 11. Fueling growth in gaming, metaverse, Web3 In line...

An announcement by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism appeared to fulfill incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol’s pledge to bolster the metaverse ecosystem after saying it will adopt a non-fungible token (NFT) copyright policy. Supporting...

Ava Labs, builder of the Avalanche blockchain, is set to raise $350 million at a $5.25 billion valuation, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday. Source

Blockchain.com, one of the leading cryptocurrency companies that offer products such as crypto wallets, has partnered with Dallas Cowboys, an American football team based in Texas. This is the first time a crypto firm is partnering with an NFL team. The partnership...

The crypto market as a whole was bullish today, with the majority of top 10 cryptos registering gains over the past 24 hours.  Top cryptos Bitcoin was up around 3% and trading above $41,000 at time of writing. Other cryptos were also higher, including Ethereum,...

Bitcoin is trading above $41k again after adding more than 3% to its value today. The broader cryptocurrency market continues its recovery, adding more than 2% to its value in the last 24 hours. At press time, the total cryptocurrency market cap stands around $1.9...

Shiba Inu’s metaverse, ‘SHIB: The Metaverse,’ went live on Wednesday, and the ‘land bid event’ is currently happening. Currently, preferential access to the land bidding event is being given to Leash holders only. The Leash holders can...

Moonbeam was represented at a series of leading international crypto events and reached an important TVL milestone recently. Its token GLMR has gained just under 15% today.  This brief guide has everything you need to know about the Moonbeam network and coin,...

Some Indian Payment Processors Cut Off Local Crypto Exchanges Source

RUNE is one of the best performers amongst the top 50 cryptocurrencies by market cap. The broader cryptocurrency market continues its recovery, adding more than 2% to its value in the last 24 hours. Thanks to the positive performance, the total cryptocurrency market...

Audius, a decentralized music streaming protocol, is one of the biggest gainers today. It added more than a fifth to its value in the last 24 hours and was trading for $1.29 at the time of writing.  If you want to know what Audius is, can it give you good...

A new report highlights how the Lightning Network has grown in popularity as a way of transferring digital assets quickly and efficiently around the globe. CNBC today told the story of Alena Vorobiova, a Ukrainian refugee currently seeking sanctuary in Poland....

Bitcoin (BTC) held on to fresh gains on April 14 after a rebound in line with Wednesday’s Wall Street open flipped the mood. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $40,500 now the level to hold Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView...

Currency.com, a crypto exchange founded and initially licensed in Belarus, has suspended operations for Russian clients. The restrictive measure comes in response to Russia’s assault on Ukraine, the platform said, noting that customers in other jurisdictions...

Binance is looking to expand its presence in France following its investment in November. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has praised France for its pro-cryptocurrency stance.  CZ said this while speaking at the annual Paris...

New EU laundering rules could be unworkable and destructive to the industry, some worry – but others say crypto companies must learn to live with privacy-busting regulation. Source

“What happens in the Metaverse, does not stay in the Metaverse,” says Texas Securities Commissioner. Source

Ripio, an Argentinian cryptocurrency exchange, has announced concrete actions regarding its expansion to Colombia. The company will offer a new option for cryptocurrency users and traders in Colombia, and will also offer a financial education proposal that is yet to...

In an effort to provide support to the people of Ukraine, NFT digital rights management platform RAIRtech presents its Glitch art-inspired generative NFT collection, the #UkraineGlitch, CoinJournal learned from a press release.  The Ukrainian flag under...

Ripple and Stellar are some of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the world. The two have a market capitalization of over $35 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively. They also have a common history considering that Stellar was created by a co-founder of Ripple. So,...

Bitcoin and Ethereum are the two biggest cryptocurrencies in the market with a combined market cap of over $1.2 trillion. The two coins have also generated substantial returns to their shareholders in the past decade. In this Bitcoin vs Ethereum piece, we...

A number of cryptocurrency exchanges in India are disabling rupee deposits, particularly payments using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system. This followed a statement issued by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) regarding the usage of the UPI...

Attending and reporting from the two-day Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), Cointelegraph’s managing editor, Alex Cohen sat down with Helen Hai, head of Binance’s NFT platform for a candid discussion on the early inspirations for their NFT platform, as well as...

Mastercard has filed 15 trademark applications covering a wide range of services relating to the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). “We are continually looking for opportunities to deliver new and unique experiences to our customers and...

Both countries have ratcheted up regulation in recent months, creating a less nurturing environment for the crypto industry; most major cryptos were in the green in Wednesday trading. Source

On Wednesday, the firm Blockchain.com announced it inked a deal with the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys as the team’s “exclusive digital asset partner.” The deal will bring Blockchain.com a great deal of exposure in terms of television, signage, and...

Following the controversial bank bailouts and Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008, reports show in late 2019 and 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve participated in providing trillions of dollars in secret repo loans to megabanks. At the end of March,...

Development never stops in the fast-paced and competitive crypto sector and COTI is one project that is flashing some bullish signs. VORTECS charts from Cointelegraph Markets Pro show that COTI, an enterprise-grade financial technology platform focused on...

Raoul Pal, the founder and CEO of Real Vision and Global Macro Investor, believes the crypto market has “found its bottom” and that new upside momentum is likely. The Real Vision CEO made his comments during an interview with Layah Heilpurn, with his...

Sina Estavi says he’s trying to make it right with holders of BRG, the token that crashed after his arrest in Iran last year. Investors have their doubts. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $40K on Wednesday, shaking off some bearish sentiment over the past few days. Altcoins outperformed, although indicators suggests cryptos are not at a cycle low just yet. Source

The intensive inclusivity-meets-tech hackathon is one Bitcoin developer’s “love letter to the community.” Source

According to Ethereum developer Tim Beiko, The Merge is likely to be pushed to the third quarter of 2022. Despite the delay, Beiko also said he “strongly suggests not investing more in mining equipment at this point.” The Merge May be Delayed, Ethereum...

Ripple’s XRP took a break from its prevailing downtrend as its price rebounded from $0.68 to $0.72 in the last three days. Ripple scores vs. SEC Traders returned to buying XRP after a U.S. court denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)...

La mayor criptomoneda se mueve en torno al nivel de los $40.000, mientras los mercados asimilan las elevadas cifras de inflación de los Estados Unidos. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) and major altcoins are attempting a recovery after the sharp fall on April 11. According to Glassnode’s recent weekly report, Bitcoin has witnessed a “modest volume of profit-taking by investors” since mid-February, which could “be providing sufficient...

The round was co-led by Variant Fund and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Source

The cryptocurrency market has far faced an uphill battle for the larger part of 2022 due to global economic headwinds on multiple fronts, along with supply chain constraints, blistering inflation and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Despite the weakness seen in a majority...

'Jack Dorsey's First Tweet' NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280 Source

Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to break above a short-term downtrend, although buyers will need to sustain the $40K support level. A price bounce is expected toward nearby resistance levels. Source

The team is partnering with the exchange as the NFL loosens its policy on which types of crypto firms can be sponsors. Source

The Wyoming senator, a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus festival, holds plenty of BTC and champions crypto whenever she can. Source

Ethereum Foundation developer Tim Beiko has hinted at a potential further delay to the Ethereum’s final switch to the much anticipated proof-of-stake mechanism. The ‘Ethereum Merge’, it appears, will now take place “a few months” after...

From Software never bowed to misguided attacks on its Souls games. That purity of vision has made them legends. Source

Thirteen football franchises will announce later today a tie-up with fan token platform Socios. Source

Loop’s founders left bloXroute Labs to make it easy to subscribe to stuff using crypto. Source

PRESS RELEASE. Global crypto exchange, LBank, joined Bitcoin Miami 2022 as a first-time sponsor and exhibitor, attracting more than 500 attendees to their satellite event, and announcing their many ambitions in the United States. As one of the biggest crypto events in...

Bitcoin was changing hands below $40,000 earlier in the day, but around 13:00 UTC, the price suddenly jumped above $41,000 in just an hour, with high trading volume. Source

Crypto analysts are pointing to the Ukraine war and related financial sanctions as the reason that privacy tokens like MASK and Monero's XMR and are trading up over the past 30 days. Source

Tether (USDT), whose market capitalisation of over $82 billion makes it the world’s largest stablecoin, has launched on the Kusama network. The launch on Polkadot’s “canary network brings the pioneer dollar-pegged stablecoin to yet another...

On April 13, Terra’s Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) acquired 2,508.94 bitcoin worth close to $100 million at the time of settlement. The purchase follows the 4,130 bitcoin LFG scooped up three days ago, and LFG’s wallet is now just over 495 bitcoin away...

A month after launching on Avalanche, Anchor continues its expansion onto new base layers. Source

WAVES fell to a one-month low during Wednesday’s trading session, as prices dropped for a second consecutive session. This came as BCH rallied by over 10% on hump-day, hitting a five-day high in the process. Overall, the crypto market cap is 1.17% higher as of...

Disclaimer: This article is updated all day long. All time codes are in the UTC time zone, updates in reverse order (the latest update is placed at the top). Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), a flagship European blockchain conference hosted at Palais Brongniart in...

Bitcoin (BTC) is keeping traders on the edge of their seats this week as support levels come close to breaking. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Traders line up targets below $40,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows...

Cryptocurrencies are well-known for being volatile assets, which means that experienced traders have plenty of opportunities in the space. Investors can expect to be taken on a wild ride if they plan on holding for a long time. Stablecoins, a class of cryptocurrencies...

ApeCoin’s (APE) market valuation could grow by nearly 250% in the second quarter of 2022 as it breaks out of a widely-tracked, classic technical pattern. APE price “bull pennant” breakout underway On April 13, APE’s price broke above the upper...

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a welcome break from downside at the Wall Street open on April 13 as United States equities opened in the green. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Sub-$39,000 BTC price target remains Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and...

There are thousands of cryptocurrencies in existence today. CoinGecko tracks 13,000 of them while CoinMarketCap follows over 18,000 of them. Ethereum is the second-biggest of them with its market cap of over $367 billion. It is also one of the most popular...

Griffith se había declarado culpable de un cargo de conspiración para violar las sanciones internacionales al dar una charla en una conferencia cripto en Pyongyang, en 2019. Source

According to Ethereum core developer Time Beiko, the network’s much-anticipated shift to proof-of-stake isn’t likely to come until the fall. Source

The French cybersecurity startup raised $13.5 million in seed funding to expand its product securing the digital assets of fintech companies and banks. Source

Mick Mulvaney, who was a top official in former President Donald Trump’s administration, has been hired to advise Astra Protocol on its U.S. strategy as the Swiss startup seeks to establish a role satisfying compliance demands in decentralized finance. Mulvaney said...

Kusama becomes the tenth blockchain to support USDT, which already has more than $80 billion in circulation. Source

During the first week of January, the software community Mozilla revealed it was pausing cryptocurrency donations after citing environmental concerns. 14 weeks later, Mozilla decided last week it will accept crypto donations again, but only from digital assets that...

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 13, 2022. Source

After a boost on Tuesday, following the release of U.S. inflation data, bitcoin prices were once again lower on Wednesday. BTC has mainly traded below $40,000 during the session, with ETH continuing to hover above the $3,000 level. Bitcoin Following a slight rebound...

MG Stover administers over $40 billion in digital assets for institutional clients such as hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds. Source

Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake might finally be around the corner, but true scale won’t come from a single upgrade. Source

This supports the use of digital assets for portfolio diversification, the report said. Source

An advertising agency from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a non-governmental organization have launched a campaign that seeks to raise funds for jailed Egyptian women via the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The funds raised are already being used to pay off...

Nexo, a leading regulated institute for digital assets, has today launched the first crypto-backed MasterCard card called Nexo Card. Nexo launched the card in partnership with Mastercard and DiPocket. The card is expected to give Nexo users access to crypto-powered...

The ConsenSys-owned wallet provider says it want to bring “all organizations on planet earth into Web 3.” Source

NFTs are increasingly under the microscope in China. Source

B.T.E. BOTLabs Trusted Entity GmbH (BT.E) announced the launch of web3name, an application for creating a custom name to represent your digital identity, at Paris Blockchain Week, Coin Journal learned from a press release.  You can link this name to addresses on...

Nexo has unveiled a crypto-backed card that allows users to spend without having to sell their digital assets. Source

ACH is the cryptocurrency token driving the adoption of Alchemy Pay’s crypto payments around the world. Alchemy Pay enables real-world crypto payments and mainstream-friendly access to crypto services. It has had an incredible rise over the past year,...

Luno announced a multi-million dollar partnership with U.K. entertainment venue KOKO, which has hosted the likes of Madonna, Prince, Stormzy, H.E.R., Amy Winehouse and Kanye West. Source

The crypto market as a whole was steady today. The majority of top 10 cryptos registered gains over the past 24 hours, following several days of being in the red.  Top cryptos Bitcoin was seen flat this morning, trading above $40,000 at time of writing,...

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is now launching a pilot project that will let users in Horizon Worlds, its VR metaverse platform, monetize their creations. This pilot will allow a number of users to collect payments for access to their created...

Bridging assets could help solve issues like scalability, speed and high fees. Bridging means users can move their tokens between blockchain networks quickly and cost-effectively. The Polygon Bridge is used for cross-chain transactions between the Polygon (MATIC) and...

Crypto payments infrastructure firm MoonPay has received fresh funding of $87 million with an array of celebrities among the investors. Source

FIS’s client list of 6,400 asset managers, banks and brokers will have access to platforms like Aave Arc with more institution-friendly DeFi pathways to come. Source

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are the biggest meme coins in the world. The two have a combined market capitalization of $33.3 billion. This makes them bigger than well-known companies like Carmax, Chegg, Wayfair, Carvana, and SoFi among others. Dogecoin price has crashed by...

Shiba Inu gained 35% after it was listed on Robinhood, one of the leading trading platforms globally. In addition, the team announced that its land sale on the metaverse is live. The coin gained another 20% today.  Look no further than...

LFG Balance now is at $2.26 billion, with 75% comprising of bitcoin. Source