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RBI governor says crypto a big threat to India’s financial and macroeconomic stability
While reiterating India’s Central Bank's concern about cryptocurrencies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das...
Hungary’s Central Bank calls for a ban on Bitcoin trading and mining in the EU
György Matolcsy , the governor of Hungary’s central bank (MNB), wants to see the European Union (EU) ban crypto trading and...
BlackRock Planning to Offer Crypto Trading, Sources Say
The world’s largest asset manager is planning to let its clients trade crypto through the firm’s Aladdin investment platform, said one of...
India Won’t Legalize or Ban Crypto at This Stage, Finance Minister Confirms
India’s finance minister has revealed the current status of crypto policy in India, including whether crypto will be legalized or...
Washington Nationals to ‘Explore’ Terra’s UST Stablecoin in DAO-Approved Partnership Deal
The MLB team’s deal with the Terra network is even bigger than previously reported. Source
El Salvador Bitcoin Bond Issuance Coming as Soon as March 15: Finance Minister
In a TV appearance, Alejandro Zelaya also confirmed that the coupon for the paper will be 6.5%. Source
Index Product Provider Amun Makes Play for Solana With SOLI Token Launch
The SOLI index token delivers low-cost, diversified exposure to Solana ecosystem projects while also capturing a 6% staking yield. Source
SURVIVE: Only One Will Last in the Metaverse
PRESS RELEASE. SURVIVE is going to revolutionize the Metaverse. It’s a hybrid between live-action and open-world games. Think of...
Twitter Joins $20M Funding Round for Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode
The round, which valued OpenNode at $220 million, also included well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper. Source
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Volatility Continues Heading Into the Weekend
Following a strong start to the week, crypto markets are submerged under a red wave as we head into the weekend. Bitcoin and ethereum are...
Bitcoin metrics demand BTC price gains as analysis calls for ‘near-term caution’
Bitcoin (BTC) has a “possibility” of winning back more lost ground this month, but a retest of $40,000 may test bulls beforehand. In its...
Students Mining Crypto in Dorms May Face Criminal Prosecution in Russia, Lawyer Says
University students in Russia minting digital currencies in their dormitories risk penalties and even criminal charges, according to a...
IMF Chief Touts Advantages of CBDCs Over ‘Unbacked Crypto Assets’ and Stablecoins
Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday that well-designed CBDCs “can potentially offer more resilience, more safety, greater availability and...
5 Tips for Traveling in El Salvador Spending Only Bitcoin
Even though President Bukele has made the cryptocurrency legal tender, it isn't super-easy for visitors to get by on bitcoin alone. But...
Zambia's Central Bank to Explore CBDC Following Crypto Warning: Report
Zambia is to follow several of its neighbours in exploring a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), research for which is...
PUBG Developer Parent Company Krafton to Work On NFT and Metaverse Related Projects
Krafton, the parent company of Bluehole, developers of PUBG, a popular battle royale game that has earned more than $300 million in 2021,...
Bitcoin’s 30% recovery in two weeks has BTC whales back in accumulation mode
Bitcoin (BTC) addresses holding at least 1,000 BTC, the so-called whales, have started accumulating more tokens during the recent market...
Market highlights February 11: Inflation spooks investors, cryptos to finish the week strong
Despite most cryptos being in the red over the past 24 hours, it has been a very positive week overall. Inflation has risen to 7.5%, a...
Bitcoin briefly dethroned by unknown altcoin due to CoinGecko glitch
CoinGecko, one of the largest cryptocurrency tracking websites in the world, suffered a major glitch on Friday morning, with Bitcoin (BTC)...
The first next-gen AMM protocol on Fantom: where to buy Beethoven
Beethoven is the first next-generation AMM protocol running on the Fantom blockchain, which shows the potential of a true Ethereum killer....
McDonald’s Trademark Filings Hint at Fast Food Giant’s Intent to Produce Metaverse Restaurants
Following a slew of well known brands filing trademarks for metaverse related products and virtual goods, the American fast food firm...
You can now buy IOTX, which gained 10% today: here’s where
The live IoTeX price today is $0.12 with a 24-hour trading volume of $172.7 million. IoTeX has been trending the whole week and gained 10%...
Theta is rallying again, up 23%: here are the best places to buy Theta now
Theta Network has been rallying since the beginning of the month, when Resorts World Las Vegas announced they were launching utility NFTs...
Shiba Inu price jumps 50% over the past week: here are the factors fuelling the rally
Shiba Inu has experienced a tremendous rise over the past week as it tries to correct the recent price drop that resulted from the crypto...
Topps Plans to Auction Rare 1952 Mickey Mantle NFT Card Minted on Ethereum
The American firm that produces Bazooka chewing gum, candy, and collectibles, Topps has announced the company is planning to auction one...
Crypto Advocates Push Back on Sweden’s Call for EU Mining Ban
Regulators are worried renewable energy will be channelled towards crypto mining instead of national grids as EU energy crisis worsens...
Binance Invests $200 Million Into the Business Magazine and Digital Publisher Forbes
Reports indicate that the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, has announced the crypto company has...
Global Pets World: An Experience for Pet Owners in the Real World and the Metaverse
PRESS RELEASE. For many pet owners, owning a pet is akin to having a child. They consider the pets as family members, and these family...
Global Regulators ‘Going Full Steam’ on Crypto — Official Says ‘Current Structure Is No Longer Fit for the Purpose’
Global regulators are “going full steam” on cryptocurrency regulation. “The current structure is no longer fit for...
Ransomware crypto payments hit at least $602M last year: Chainalysis
A new report estimates that ransomware payments tallied at least $602 million in 2021 — but the actual total could be much higher....
AXS, RON and SLP surge after Axie Infinity developers revamp the project’s tokenomics
Since launching in 2018, Axie Infinity has amassed over 2 million daily active users (DAUs) and its decentralized exchange, Katana, has a...
Fintech Specialists Predict Ethereum Price Hitting $6,500 This Year Before Rising to $26,338 by 2030
A panel of fintech specialists has predicted that the price of ethereum will reach $6,500 by year-end. It will then rise to $10,810 by...
Canadian Crypto Platform Newton Raises $20M Round at $200M Valuation
Canadian wealth and asset management company CI Financial has taken a minority stake in crypto trading platform Newton as part of its $20...
Bitfinex’s LEO Token Jumps 46%, XRP Gains Slightly in Flat Market
Upward movement on the exchange recovery token led gains for investors in an otherwise slow market. Source
Are Current Ethereum Layer 2 Networks Cheap Enough?
Rollups have seen significant adoption and are highlighting the demand for cheaper access to Ethereum. Source
JPMorgan Predicts Long-Term Bitcoin Price of $150K — Outlines Challenges Ahead
Global investment bank JPMorgan has predicted that the long-term price of bitcoin will reach $150K while the fair value of the...
Abu Dhabi Trading Firm Hayvn in Talks for $30M Series B, Eyes IPO: Report
Hayvn, an Abu Dhabi-based crypto trading firm, is courting institutional investors for a Series B round with a view to eventually list,...
Volt Inu (VOLT) tanks by nearly 35% barely hours after listing on Hotbit
Volt Inu (VOLT) has announced it will be listing its token on the crypto exchange Hotbit. It’s a major move for the meme coin, but...
‘One currency change every generation,’ how monetary skepticism spearheaded cryptocurrency adoption in Czechia
Czechia, a country of 10.7 million people in Central Europe, is known for its beautiful capital (Prague), rich history and good beer....
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to watch in 2022
A lot has happened since the year began in the crypto space, from the bearish run of January to the stance of the United States on...
Filecoin (FIL) vs Storj (STORJ): Decentralizing cloud storage
Although cloud storage was a great innovation, it lacked backup protection and was controlled by a central authority. However, with...
5 Best coins to buy the dip in February
The bear run is about to be overtaken by the bull but before that happens, check these coins out and bag them in abundance. 1....
Shiba Inu (SHIB) vs Baby Dogecoin (BABYDOGE): The profitable meme coin
Meme tokens are cryptocurrencies created as a form of a joke or a meme's digital representative. Most meme tokens are known for...
Top 5 NFTs to buy in February
New NFTs are being minted virtually every day thanks to the ERC-721 standard that made it possible. However, of the numerous NFTs,...
Fitch Ratings Downgrades El Salvador Deeper Into Junk Status Citing Bitcoin Risks
One of the largest rating agencies in the U.S., Fitch Ratings, has downgraded El Salvador’s long-term default rating deeper into...
Crypto Mining Data Center Provider Compute North Raises $385M
The company raised $85 million in an equity round and $300 million in debt financing. Source
PancakeSwap (CAKE) vs Sushiswap (SUSHI): The better DEX token
Decentralised exchanges are platforms where users can conduct trades in a permissionless way without any intermediary. DEX tokens...
LBank Exchange Will List Lucky Block (LBLOCK) on February 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Feb. 10, 2022, ZEXPRWIRE – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list...
Analysts say Bitcoin’s range-bound trading at a key support level reflects a trend reversal
Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency holders are enjoying the fruits of their labor on Feb. 10 after Bitcoin price rallied shortly after the...
10 Best Cryptocurrencies to Buy in February 2022
The following list contains the ten best coins you should invest in before February runs out. 1. Bitcoin (BTC) Amidst the...
Animoca in Talks for Infusion From KKR as Funding Round Swells to $500M: Report
Global investment company KKR is in talks to join Animoca Brands' latest financing, taking its funding from the round to around $500...
BofA Says Bitcoin Trades More as Risk Asset, Less as Inflation Hedge
Bitcoin's volatile price means it is unlikely to be adopted as an inflation hedge by investors in developed countries. Source
Bitcoin Miners Offloaded Holdings as Prices Dropped to $33K
Miners sold their bitcoin holders as prices of the asset fell last month, data showed. Source
Russia to Regulate Crypto, Dispelling Fears of Ban
Russian government bodies agreed on the future regulation of cryptocurrencies, and this time the central bank is on board. Source
Crypto Analytics Tools 'Wave of the Future, Dude,' Judge Quotes Cult Film in $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Case
A newly unsealed federal court opinion emphasized the role blockchain analytics played in helping law enforcement agents find and...
Shiba Inu Enters Metaverse With 'Shiba Lands,' LEASH Rockets 40%
Prices of Leash, a Shiba Inu ecosystem token, were up nearly 50% following the announcement. Source
City of Miami Gets $5.25M Disbursement From Miamicoin as MIA Flounders 88% Lower Than Price High
While Miami’s mayor Francis Suarez told the public he was a big believer in bitcoin and has accepted his pay in bitcoin, at the...
Strong Bitcoin and stocks rally position bulls for victory in Friday’s $860M options expiry
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have good reason to celebrate the 22% gain in the past week. The price is pushing toward $46,000 and to the surprise...
Infinity Ventures Crypto Closes $70M Fund
IVC wants to bridge the east and west in Web 3 without getting too big and bulky, says partner Brian Lu. Source
Cointelegraph Consulting: Comeback clues from January’s crypto cold spell
With key stakeholders taking profits and confidence in buying the dip staying high, traders who were overzealous about a quick Bitcoin...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Prices Finish Largely in the Red
Bitcoin fell early on but had recovered by the end of the U.S. trading day; ether drops slightly. Source
Judge Stops Release of Bitfinex Hack Laundering Suspects
Attorneys for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan claimed their clients' innocence in court today. The two are charged with money...
Tezos strike multi million pound deal with Manchester United
Crypto network Tezos (XTZ) and world-famous Premier League football club Manchester United appear to have reached an agreement on a...
Technical Analysis: THETA Surges 20%, While LEO Falls Lower, Again
LEO fell for a second consecutive session, as crypto markets traded with higher levels of volatility on Thursday. THETA ignored this...
Bill Miller: Bitcoin is an insurance against financial catastrophe
Legendary investor Bill Miller compared Bitcoin to an insurance policy, noting that it may lack intrinsic value but duly comes in handy in...
US Inflation Jumps to 7.5%, CPI Climbs at Fastest Rate in 40 Years, Citizens See Little Wage Growth
Inflation in the United States continues to rise as it climbed at its fastest rate in 40 years since February 1982. Statistics from the...
Coinbase Files to Form a PAC Ahead of 2022 Midterms
Crypto firms are vying for influence in D.C. Source
Terra Wants to Spend $40M on a Mystery Sports Deal. We Think It’s With This MLB Team
A CoinDesk reporter turns internet sleuth to crack the team name Do Kwon won’t identify. Source
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Pull Back in Light Trading
Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos declined on Tuesday after US officials seized billions worth of BTC from a 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack....
Bitcoin rejects sell-off as 7.5% US inflation fails to keep BTC down for long
Bitcoin (BTC) fell immediately on the latest United States consumer price index (CPI) data on Feb. 10 in a surprise move that deflated...
Tezos strike deal with Manchester United
Crypto network Tezos (XTZ) and world-famous Premier League football club Manchester United appear to have reached an agreement on a...
RBI: Cryptocurrency Is a Big Threat to Macroeconomic and Financial Stability in India
The governor of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has reiterated his concerns that cryptocurrency is a...
Bitcoin eases off resistance above $45,000: Here’s what top analysts are looking at for BTC price
Bitcoin dipped alongside stocks after US inflation came in hotter than expected at 7.5% year over year After dipping below $44k, BTC price...
Terra (LUNA) jumps 18% in seven days: this is what is fuelling LUNA’s price rise
Terra (LUNA) has seen a tremendous rise over the past week as it tries to correct the recent price drop that resulted from the recent...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH, BTC Volatile as US Inflation Hits 40-Year High
Prices of ethereum and bitcoin were volatile on Thursday, as markets reacted to U.S. inflation data. Bitcoin briefly recaptured the...
'Like Genghis Khan, but With More Pizzazz': What We Know About the Accused Bitfinex Money Launderers
Federal officials alleged Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan kept 2,000 crypto wallet addresses and their corresponding seed phrases in...
Kirobo CEO Asaf Naim Explains How Building a Safety Net for DeFi Users Will Make It Bigger Than Ever
Kirobo is a decentralized application developer building out a suite of services focused on DeFi security and usability. With a $5 million...
Top dogs: Newbie Shiba Inu bites back, gains 25% vs. Dogecoin in February
Shiba Inu (SHIB) is now the 13th-largest cryptocurrency with its market valuation sitting near $18 billion, right behind its rival...
Concordium lists native token on BitGlobal and Bitfinex
Concordium, a public, proof-of-stake blockchain with a built-in identification layer to meet the regulatory requirements, has officially...
Kazakhstan President Orders Government to Find All Miners and Raise Tax by April
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed authorities to identify all crypto mining enterprises and increase the...
Exchange stablecoin reserve hits $27B as Bitcoin rises toward $50K ‘fair value’
Cryptocurrency exchanges now have more stablecoins on their books than ever before in a fresh sign investors are waiting to buy Bitcoin...
CoinList Aims to Reduce Miners’ Capital Costs With Low Collateral Filecoin Loans
The new lending service will require miners to put up as little as 10% collateral of the total loan value, helping them scale more...
Your Right to Anonymity Ends Where Risk to My Money Begins
Who deserves to be anonymous? Identity-related controversies in recent days a lot of simplistic answers to that complex question. Source
Your Staking Rewards Are Still Taxable
The IRS’s recent decision to refund $3,000 to a Nashville couple does not protect staking rewards from future taxation. Source
Custom NFT Marketplace Creaticles Bolsters Advisory Board Ahead of Multi-Chain Expansion
PRESS RELEASE. Boston, 10 February 2022 – Creaticles, the world’s first NFT Requests Marketplace, has today announced new...
Bitcoin Stalls Near Resistance; Lower Support at $40K
Bitcoin (BTC) is declining after approaching the $45K resistance zone. Lower support at $40K could stabilize the pullback, which occurred...
Sotheby’s to Auction 104 CryptoPunks for Estimated $20M-$30M
The legendary “Punk Sweep” of July 2021, originally bought for about $7 million, is going up for purchase. Source
PayPal Forms Crypto Advisory Council
The members comprise some of the leading experts in cryptography, distributed technology, regulation, economics, and capital markets....
Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF Managers Bullish on Green Firms as Fund Begins Trading
The digital asset manager expects miners using renewable energy will be the ultimate winners in the space. Source
Binance Partners With Korean Entertainment Corporation — NFT and Metaverse Collaborations Envisioned
Binance and the South Korean entertainment corporation, YG Entertainment, have signed an agreement that enables the two firms to...