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First Mover Asia: Fed Tightening, Economic Woes Continue to Spook Crypto Investors
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin and ether go down and then up; altcoin prices are mixed.Technician's take: BTC...
Advisers, Pay Attention to Stablecoins
It’s time for the wealth management industry to pay attention to the exploding ecosystem of stablecoins.Download this episodeAt the same...
Cardano goes ‘full send’ with a 50% ADA rally ahead of SundaeSwap launch
Cardano (ADA) traded within striking distance of its three-week high at the start of this week, leading some investors to suggest that a...
DeFi’s Wonderland Is Buying TIME
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Wonderland saw its TIME token briefly drop below its treasury-backed value on Monday, prompting the...
Analysts warn that Bitcoin could dip to $38K ‘before an eventual breakout’
The cryptocurrency market faced another day of weakness on Jan. 18 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped lower and additional pressure was...
What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?
Bitcoin’s scalability issues mean that smaller transactions can congest the blockchain. The Lightning Network was created to fix...
Heavyweight Champ Francis Ngannou Plans to ‘Take Half of His UFC 270 Purse Paid in Bitcoin’
The reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has announced the mixed martial artist has partnered with the payments firm Cash App...
Win up to 3,000 USDT at LBank Exchange’s 100% Winning Event!
PRESS RELEASE. Isn’t it always nice to know that you are guaranteed to win? It’s not a dream as long as you participate in...
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Decline with Equities, Traders Remain Cautious
Most cryptocurrencies traded lower on Tuesday as rising bond yields continued to weigh on U.S. equities. As investors reduce their...
Is Crypto a Ponzi? Define 'Ponzi'
If you can believe it, scams and Ponzi schemes have existed and thrived in the cryptocurrency industry well before the recent speculative...
5 Reasons Why You Should Buy Polygon
Polygon is an Ethereum layer-2 solution that could explode in 2022 Since the inception of bitcoin as the pioneer cryptocurrency,...
Microsoft Bets on 'Metaverse' With $69B Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeMicrosoft today announced it is acquiring game publisher...
Blockchain Firm Animoca Brands Raises $358 Million to Enhance Web3 and the Metaverse
Animoca Brands has announced the blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused firm has raised $358.8 million to bolster the non-fungible token...
Opyn’s New ‘Squeeth’ Raises Ether Trading to the Power of Two
Is a 10-fold price return not doing it for you? How about 90x?The latest structured-finance alchemy from the crypto industry allows...
Digital Asset Funds Hit by 5th Week of Outflows
Investors pulled money out of cryptocurrency funds for a fifth straight week, reflecting the bearish market mood as bitcoin suffers one of...
Damien Hirst Launches Chainlink Price Index for NFT Project
Damien Hirst’s first non-fungible token (NFT) collection is getting a dedicated price index courtesy of Chainlink, a crypto network and...
Russian Authorities Say They’ve Dismantled REvil Ransomware Group at US Request
Russia’s top domestic intelligence agency says REvil – the Russia-based ransomware gang tied to the Colonial Pipeline attack – has “ceased...
Bitcoin Drifts Lower; Stuck Between $40K Support and $45K Resistance
Bitcoin (BTC) has traded in a sideways range over the past week, although buyers continued to hold support around $40,000. The next level...
Morpheus.Network hits roadmap targets, attracting investors focused on fundamentals
The global supply chain has become an area of intense focus over the past couple of years and pressures from the pandemic and backlogged...
Bitcoin Miners’ Margins Are Still ‘Quite Healthy’ Even After Recent Selloff: D.A. Davidson
Bitcoin miners are still generating healthy profits, despite the sharp selloff in crypto prices and an increase in the network hashrate,...
Top 3 Rebase Token Markets Shudder — Stats Show TIME, OHM, BTRFLY Lost Billions Since All-Time Highs
While the crypto economy has shed more than 3% in fiat value during the last 24 hours dropping to $2.09 trillion, the top rebase tokens by...
NFT Marketplace OpenSea Acquires DeFi Wallet Firm Dharma Labs
Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has confirmed the acquisition of crypto wallet firm Dharma Labs, the company announced...
Bank of America Says UK CBDC Would Be More Than a Digital Form of Cash
Bank of America (BoA) is challenging the Bank of England's assertion that a U.K. central bank digital currency (CBDC) would act just as a...
Block’s Cash App Is Finally Integrating the Lightning Network
Block, formerly known as Square, is integrating the Lightning Network into its popular Cash app, a move which was first promised back in...
NFT Scams: How to Avoid Falling Victim
If you Google “NFT scams,” the results will likely lead you down a rabbit hole filled with, in some cases, actual cartoon...
BSN’s Red Date Behind Shenzhen-Singapore Trade Blockchain Project
Singapore and China’s Silicon Valley, the city of Shenzhen, are building what is likely the world’s first blockchain-based network for a...
Blossom Capital’s Newly Launched $432 Million Fund to Focus on Crypto Startups
Blossom Capital, the London-based venture capital firm founded by Candice Lo, Imran Ghory, Mike Hudack, and Ophelia Brown plans to...
Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February
Intel, one of the world's largest chipmakers, is likely to unveil a specialized crypto-mining chip at the International Solid-State...
Bitcoin miners’ resilience to geopolitics — A healthy sign for the network
Considering that Bitcoin (BTC) is a blockchain network that uses a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, miners are a highly...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 18, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Morgan Stanley Says Crypto Markets Are Weakening as Central Banks Look to TightenBinance...
Bitcoin Mixers: How Do They Work and Why Are They Used?
The Bitcoin blockchain is entirely public. Head to a blockchain explorer and you can find a watertight record of all the bitcoin...
What Is a Crypto Airdrop?
Crypto users that frequently interact with new and existing platforms will likely receive an airdrop at some stage. Airdrops involve...
Curtis Sword Becomes the First Blockchain-Based Large-Scale 3D ARPG
PRESS RELEASE. Curtis Sword, a 3D NFT ARPG mobile game on the blockchain, is excited to announce that it has fully launched on both...
Solana-Based DeFi Project Hubble Protocol Raises $10M
Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Hubble Protocol has raised $10 million in funding ahead of its mainnet launch later this month. The...
Brazilian Asset Manager Hashdex to Launch DeFi ETF Including UNI, AAVE and COMP
This article is adapted from CoinDesk Brasil, a brand-new partnership between CoinDesk and InfoMoney, one of Brazil's leading financial...
Bitcoin hodlers ‘under siege’ at $42K as 30% of BTC supply flips from profit to loss
Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers face a crucial week in more ways than one as $42,000 rekindles a familiar battle. As noted by on-chain analytics...
Mercedes partners with NFT artists to celebrate G-Class series
Mercedes has teamed up with Art2People to create an exclusive Mercedes-Benz NFT collection based on its G-Class vehicle line, according to...
NCFTA onboards crypto exchange Binance to fight against cybercrime
The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), an American non-profit, onboarded its first crypto firm Binance to aid their...
New Spanish Regulations to Target Crypto Investment Ads
As part of regulations that are set to become effective in mid-February, crypto-asset investment promoters will be required to inform the...
Solana NFT Layer Metaplex Raises $46M
Metaplex, a company that allows users to build their own Solana-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, has raised a $46 million...
French Connection Finance: FCF Pay Partners With 500+ E-Commerce and in-Store Merchants
French Connection Finance (FCF) is a dividend generating cryptocurrency that runs on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network. FCF is...
Silvergate Bank's Quarterly Net Income Dips 9% to $21.4M
Crypto-focussed Silvergate Bank's Q4 net income dipped nearly 9% to $21.4 million from $23.5 million in Q3.The bank's digital currency...
Kevin O’Leary says he could start a Bitcoin mining operation this year
O’Leary says many sovereign funds are looking to invest in Bitcoin mining operations and that the next two to three years could see...
Animoca Brands Valuation More Than Doubles to $5.5B in Three Months
Animoca Brands, an investor in non-fungible token (NFT) and metaverse projects, raised almost $360 million at a valuation of $5.5...
Australian Regulator Warns Against Investing Retirement Funds in ‘High Risk’ Crypto-Assets
An Australian regulator has warned residents seeking to self-manage their retirement funds to be wary of investing in crypto-asset...
Chinese Police Arrest 8 People Related to $7.8M Rug Pull
Police in eastern China arrested eight people and frozen RMB 6 million ($944,000) related to a RMB 50 million ($7.8 million) rug pull,...
Multichain Says Around $1.4M Ether Siphoned From Users Who Failed to Update Approvals
Multichain users who did not update their approvals as instructed yesterday have been exploited and have lost 445 wrapped ether ($1.4...
Bitcoin May Soon Wake From Slumber, Derivatives Data Indicate
Day traders bored of bitcoin's recent slumber may soon have to remain glued to their screens, as a large number of open futures positions...
UK to Tighten Crypto Ad Regulations to Improve Consumer Protection
The U.K. government said it plans to strengthen the rules governing crypto asset ads to bring them in line with other financial assets.The...
Morgan Stanley Says Crypto Markets Are Weakening as Central Banks Look to Tighten
Low interest rates, expansion of central bank balance sheets, and government stimulus were all “drivers of exponential cryptocurrency...
BitMEX CEO, CFO to Buy One of Germany's Oldest Banks
BXM Operations, a firm founded by the CEO and CFO of crypto trading platform BitMEX, plans to purchase Bankhaus von der Heydt, one of the...
Chinese police unearth multi-million-dollar DeFi rug pull
Beijing’s crackdown on crypto continued with the start of the new year, with the Chinese police freezing nearly 6 million yuan ($1...
French Crypto Platform Coinhouse Raises $17M to Fuel European Expansion
Crypto trading platform Coinhouse has raised €15 million ($17 million) to drive European expansion beyond its native France.The Series B...
Bitpay Statistics Show the Use of Bitcoin for Payments Is Dwindling
The use of bitcoin as a digital currency for payments has gone down significantly, according to the numbers stemming from Bitpay, one of...
What bear market? Current BTC price dip still matches previous Bitcoin cycles, says analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) has “at least one more upward impulse to come” before reaching this halving cycle’s all-time high, new research maintains....
Blockchain assessment: How to assess different chains?
With so many blockchain networks appearing all the time, new or even experienced crypto enthusiasts may feel overwhelmed when it comes to...
Bitcoin’s price could deflate below $30,000 in 2022, Invesco says
Invesco’s Global Head of Asset Allocation likens Bitcoin’s staggering rally in 2021 to a financial mania, saying it could...
BIS Chief: Central Banks Are Best Sources of Trust in Money in a Digital Age
Central banks are the institutions best placed to provide trust in money in the digital age and will continue to be, according to Agustín...
Market highlights January 18: Cardano continues to rally, oil toys with 52-week high
The crypto market is bearish as a whole. Oil prices jumped in the past 24 hours to just under $85 as it appears that output will remain...
Telos showing strength with impressive gain of 53% in 24 hours: where to buy Telos
Telos, a superfast and scalable blockchain focused on real world use and adoption, is one of the biggest winners today, having added an...
Crypto Job Postings Increased 400% in 2021 According to Linkedin
According to new data from Linkedin, a professional work-based social network, the number of cryptocurrency-related job postings soared in...
Top places to buy MXC, which is up 8% and counting
MXC is a web3.0 infrastructure designed to connect the real world and the metaverse. Its token is riding on the coattails of the...
You can now buy COTI, which is surging today: here’s where
COTI markets itself as the first enterprise-grade fintech platform that empowers organizations to build their own payment solutions and...
Binance Destroys 1.6M BNB Tokens in First-Ever Auto Burn
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance implemented its first-ever binance token (BNB) auto-burn program last quarter, removing over 1.6 million...
Propy is up 47% in the last 24 hours: here’s where to buy Propy now
The live Propy price today is $3.85 with a 24-hour trading volume of $35.6 million. Propy is up 47% in the last 24 hours. If you are...
Paradigm Leads $110M Investment in Bahrain's First Licensed Crypto Brokerage
Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain Financial has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner...
European VC Blossom Capital Raises $432M For Investments in Tech, Crypto: Report
London-based venture capital (VC) firm Blossom Capital has raised $432 million to invest in early stage technology startups in Europe,...
Crypto.Com’s Stolen Ether Being Laundered Via Tornado Cash
The $15 million in ether (4,600 ETH) stolen from Singapore-based Crypto.com is currently being laundered via Tornado Cash, an Ethereum...
ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 9 Million Ethereum Worth $28 Billion
The number of ether locked in the Ethereum 2.0 contract has exceeded 9 million ethereum or more than $28 billion using today’s...
Lucrosus Capital Launched $LUCA – Decentralized Venture Capital (DeVC)
PRESS RELEASE. The cryptocurrency market in the last months has witnessed the enormous success of promising valuable blockchain projects....
Pakistani Bank Asks Customers to Avoid Conducting Crypto Transactions
A major bank in Pakistan has reportedly asked its customers to avoid conducting cryptocurrency transactions. Bank Alfalah’s action...
Crypto.com Capital Expands $200 Million Fund to $500 Million
Singapore-based Crypto.com Capital announced today that it is expanding the size of its fund to $500 million, from the $200 million it...
India’s Prime Minister Modi Calls for Global Collaboration on Crypto — Says ‘We Have to Have a Similar Mindset’
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has called on governments worldwide to collaborate on cryptocurrency. He pointed out that...
Bitcoin price can’t find its footing, but BTC fundamentals inspire confidence in traders
Bitcoin’s (BTC) sudden crash on Jan. 10 caused the price to trade below $40,000 for the first time in 110 days and this was a wake-up call...
Singapore Restricts Crypto Ads — Central Bank Says Crypto Trading Not Suitable for the General Public
Singapore’s central bank has issued guidelines to discourage cryptocurrency trading by the general public. The central bank...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is Off on US Holiday and Could Fall Further
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin Editor's Note: Because of the U.S. Martin Luther King holiday, First Mover...
Top 10 Most Popular Cryptocurrencies in 2022 So Far
The most popular are usually the ones with the highest market cap. Of course, people already know about them, and that's why they're in...
These are the best penny cryptos to buy right now
The trick to making money in crypto, or in any other investment, is often to get in early while the asset is still underpriced. Of course,...
The best Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions to buy right now
Ethereum (ETH) is the biggest blockchain in the world. However, it faces massive scaling challenges that have made it slower and more...
Dusk Network (DUSK) Surges Over 70% In the Last 7 Days – Time to Buy?
Dusk Network (DUSK) has been one of the best crypto performers over the last week or so. The token has seen massive surges and is expected...
Moonbeam (GLMR) loses nearly 15% in 24 hours despite launching on Polkadot – Should you buy it?
Moonbeam (GLMR) launch on Polkadot (DOT) was a much-publicised affair. In fact, the project was one of the key beneficiaries of...
Fantom (FTM) hits new all-time highs – Is it the right time to buy?
Fantom (FTM) has been surging over the last few days. The Ethereum competitor in fact managed to cross above $3.4, hitting an all-time...
25% of US Adults Plan to Start Investing in Crypto, Survey Shows
A U.S. consumer survey shows that 25% of respondents who currently do not own cryptocurrency plan to start investing in crypto....
Down, but not out: Here’s why Theta could be a breakout star in 2022
2021 was a rollercoaster ride for many projects in the cryptocurrency market but as is the nature of crypto, many tokens hit new all-time...
From tuk tuks to COVID tests, YouTuber tests Bitcoin use cases across multiple countries
A YouTuber started a journey in September to see whether he could survive solely on Bitcoin as a means of payment while traveling to 40...
Bitcoin price drops below $42K, but analysts still expect ‘one more impulse’ move
The wider cryptocurrency market continued to see choppy, sideways price action on Jan. 17 with Bitcoin (BTC) experiencing a midday dip to...
ADALend: A New Perspective On Native Cardano DeFi From the Eyes of ADALend’s CEO
A scalable, trustless, and decentralized lending protocol called ADALend is being developed to allow users to operate in a self-governed...
Bitcoin: piso de $40.000 no es seguro ante inactividad de institucionales
Si bien el mercado de opciones de bitcoin ha dejado de ser bajista recientemente, algunos analistas siguen sin estar convencidos de la...
Bitcoin Security and a Rogue Power Plant
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Bitcoin's energy usage has long been controversial but this time it's not what you'd expect, a story...
Ethereum Gas Site Fees.wtf’s $WTF Token Down 80%, Following $SOS and $GAS
The cult website Fees.wtf, which shows Ethereum users their lifetime gas spend on transactions, saw its $WTF token plummet 80% in its...