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Bitcoin ‘death cross’ that pushed BTC price to $28.8K reappears
A technical sell signal is about to appear on the Bitcoin (BTC) daily chart. On Dec. 18, the BTC price will experience a death cross, a...
Ho-ho-hodl: Crypto-themed gifts that have you covered during the Holidays
Tis’ the season of giving and with Christmas right around the corner, it’s time to get the holiday shopping out of the way. With the...
Next Cryptocurrency to Explode in 2022
The Metaverse has become one of the top trending buzzwords in 2021. The excitement was enhanced by a move by Facebook to change its name...
Web 3 Is a Return to the Internet’s Wild Spirit
Starting at the dawn of the web, retroactively named Web 1, a new generation of writers and artists burst onto the internet independent of...
Crypto Owners in Serbia Reach 200,000 as Country Regulates Digital Assets
The number of cryptocurrency holders in Serbia has climbed to around 200,000 with interest in cryptocurrencies increasing alongside...
Argentinian Chamber of Fintech Makes Cryptocurrency Regulation Proposal
The Argentinian Chamber of Fintech, a membership-based organization whose goal is to lead the digitization and modernization of the...
Avalanche eyes 60% rally as AVAX price breaks out of bull flag
Avalanche (AVAX) strengthened its case for a potential upside run towards $160 in the coming sessions as it broke out of a classic bullish...
Creating a pathway for crypto market growth through better regulation
As supply-chain woes continue and the U.S. dollar battles to fight back inflation concerns, crypto remains an alluring port in the current...
Bitcoin bears lack ‘balls’ to continue selling into 2022 — analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) bears will probably be too “stoneless” to keep prices down much longer, fresh BTC price analysis argues. In a...
SBI Group launches crypto-asset fund for Japanese investors
Tokyo’s biggest finserv firm, SBI Group, will now allow general Japanese investors to purchase cryptocurrencies via its newly launched...
Consensys Launches Rollups Scaling Solution With Mastercard’s Support
Consensys, an Ethereum software company, announced yesterday the launch of a new scaling solution for Ethereum, called “Consensys...
Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million to Invest in Web3, Defi, Blockchain Startups and Protocols
The independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni that’s focused on early-stage companies and protocols, Kraken Ventures,...
Vodafone auctions world’s first SMS ‘Merry Christmas’ as NFT for charity
British telco giant Vodafone has reportedly plans to auction the world’s first Short Message Service (SMS) in the form of a nonfungible...
African Startup Raises $6 Million From Pre-Series A Funding Round
Africa Blockchain Lab recently said it has raised $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the...
Cornell Professor of Economics: Defi Promise Is Real but Bitcoin May Not Last Much Longer
A Cornell University economics professor says that the promise of decentralized finance (defi) using blockchain technology is real but...
South Africa’s Digital Bank Tyme Completes Series B Round With Additional $70M Capital Raise
Tymebank, a South Africa-based digital bank, recently completed its Series B funding round with $70 million invested in the firm by...
What Makes Bitcoin Price Go Up … or Crash Down?
Some analysts claim bitcoin (BTC) is impervious to shocks that affect global finance; it’s a hedge against things like inflation, they...
Polygon, Reddit Co-Founder’s VC Firm Launch $200 Million Social Media Web3 Fund
The team behind Polygon, the protocol dedicated to interconnected blockchain networks like Ethereum, and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven...
How to Gift Bitcoin, NFTs and Other Crypto
From a financial point of view, this would have actually been a very smart thing for granny to do. Gifting just $10 in bitcoin once a year...
YFI, HXRO and AR post gains even as Bitcoin price dips to $45.5K
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls took another beating on Dec. 17 as a midday onslaught dropped the price to $45,500. The price did manage a quick...
Altcoin Roundup: Three smart contract platforms that could see deeper adoption in 2022
Decentralized finance (DeFi) dominated media headlines throughout 2021 and the sector, along with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), helped to...
New Survey Shows Nearly Half of US Millennials Want to Buy More Crypto – Where Will the Money Go
A new survey by CNBC shows that at least 48% of US millennials want to buy crypto in 2022. These digital assets have been quite...
Fluffy Coin, Meme Coin from Teenage Youtuber that Hit a $1 Million Cap in 24 hours – Should You Buy?
When teenage YouTuber Biaheza decided to create Fluffy Coin, it was all in good fun and games. In fact, the young California resident...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Options Lean Bearish as Some Altcoins Outperform
Bitcoin traded lower on Friday along with equities as demand from buyers faded.The brief price bounce over the past two days was limited...
Floki Inu Is Now Trading on Giottus, One of India’s Most Respected Exchanges- Here Is What to Expect
Floki Inu ($FLOKI) is now trading on Giottus, one of the leading and most respected crypto exchanges in India. There will be a Floki/INR...
Russia to Decide Between Full Ban and Legalization of Crypto Investments, Trade
Authorities in Russia are discussing two very different approaches to the regulation of cryptocurrencies and related activities. While the...
The Lifecycle of a DAO: Inside a Cultural Phenomenon
The Discord channel was filled with anons greeting each other: “Gm.” “Good morning.” “Good morning.”To some, it started as an innocuous...
These Two DApps On Tron Are Looking Quite Popular: How Far Can They Go?
The blockchain ecosystem has seen a lot of innovations in recent years. But the development of Decentralised Apps or dApps is worth...
Polygon (MATIC) Set to Bounce Back to All-Time Highs Before Year-End – What You Should Know
Polygon (MATIC) looks set to bounce back and head over towards all-time highs before the year ends. The coin has endured a lot of...
The Numbers and Statistics That Defined 2021
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday’s episode digs through two excellent end-of-year reports...
My Neighbor Alice (ALICE) – A Gaming Token That Could Benefit from The Metaverse
The imminent launch of the Metaverse has created some buzz not just in the crypto community but around the tech space. Meta, formerly...
MicroStrategy’s Saylor Lays Out Ways Firm Could Generate Yield From Its Massive Bitcoin Holdings
MicroStrategy (MSTR) outlined some potential ways the company could generate yield from its enormous holdings of bitcoin in a virtual...
YFI price gains 46% in just four days after Yearn Finance’s $7.5M buyback
Yearn Finance (YFI) emerged as one of the best performers in the crypto market this week, rallying by over 46% in just four days to reach...
Crypto derivatives can foresee price action but need institutional buzz to truly shine
The cryptocurrency market has been under a period of duress, with a majority of the tokens in the cryptoverse witnessing a price slump...
Paraguay’s Senate Approves Proposal Regulating Crypto Mining and Trading
The Senate of Paraguay passed a bill on Thursday that regulates the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies.Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies...
Canaan Secures Order for 30,000 Bitcoin Mining Rigs From Genesis Digital Assets
The application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan has announced the company has secured a...
3 reasons why Solana (SOL) price could see additional upside in 2022
Solana (SOL) has become a top contender in the smart contract industry and in the past year, the network’s total value locked (TVL)...
Financial Stability Group Warns of Stablecoin, DeFi Risks in Annual Report
The Financial Stability Oversight Council is still waiting for Congress to take action on cryptocurrencies, in particular stablecoins,...
How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map
“Did I make over a million dollars this year? Yes I did.”Joshua Davis is among hundreds, maybe thousands, of creators who have made...
Supply Chain Problems? Bitcoin Don’t Care
There’s a cream cheese shortage in New York bagel shops. Used cars are selling for almost as much as new cars. And parents are going to...
SEC Delays Decision on Grayscale and Bitwise Spot Bitcoin ETFs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing out its review of proposals by Grayscale and Bitwise for their spot bitcoin ETFs...
Bitcoin Limited to $50K-$55K Resistance as Momentum Slows
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers remain active despite signs of short-term support on the charts. The cryptocurrency was trading around its 200-day...
10 Great Novels About Money (and Crypto)
If you’re reading this, chances are very good you’re part of an immensely privileged slice of humanity with access to what’s known as...
The Dream of a Crypto City: Miami vs. New York
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp, Nexo.io and KuCoin.Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Miami...
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio reveals he now holds ether, slams cash
Ray Dalio told Yahoo Finance that cryptocurrencies have become an impressive asset class, but he thinks cash could become a...
Value Locked in Defi Continues to Slide, ETH Defi Dominates by 65%, Solana Transactions Reign
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance has slid 15.63% since the metric’s all-time high of $275 billion sixteen days...
Former Head of Crypto-Skeptical SEC Gets Blowback for Pro-Blockchain Op-Ed
Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Jay Clayton is receiving criticism for a pro-blockchain op-ed he wrote for the...
New Kraken Venture Fund to Target Early-Stage Crypto, Tech Startups
Kraken, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of a new venture fund that will invest in...
Justin Sun
Born in 1990, Justin Sun is the founder of the Tron Foundation, the company behind the Tron blockchain. He is also the CEO of BitTorrent...
El Salvador’s Landmark, Elon Musk’s Lowlight, and the Coming Layer 1 Wars
This week on “Opinionated,” we sit down with David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist.DZM gives us the highlights and...
Crypto Is the Biggest Thing to Change Culture Since Hip Hop
Hip hop music in the 1980s was like the past decade in crypto. On the rise. Understood by few. Regional to mainly New York. Dismissed as a...
Bitcoin Slides Toward $46,000, Dropping Alongside U.S. Stock Market
Bitcoin fell for a second day, touching its lowest price in nearly two weeks, as a barrage of bearish factors hit cryptocurrencies along...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 17, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Terra One of Few Cryptos in Green While...
Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Fund With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six and Polygon Network have created a $200 million fund to invest in...
Indian Crypto Exchange Says 82% of Users Earn Profits This Year, Trading Volume Soars 1,735%
A major cryptocurrency exchange in India, Wazirx, has reported “a massive surge in user signups” this year, with 82% of its...
Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5 and NFTs — The Sandbox Alpha Game Review
I came to the Sandbox Alpha for the musical experiences of Snoop Dogg and Deadmau5. It was awesome dancing with my voxelated avatar: green...
Kraken Ventures Raises $65M for Early Stage Crypto Fund
Kraken Ventures raised $65 million for its first fund, which will invest in early-stage cryptocurrency and tech startups, the firm said in...
BORA is up 4%, gaining rapidly: here’s where to buy BORA
The live BORA price today is $1.08 with a 24-hour trading volume of $450 million. BORA is up 4.04% in the last 24 hours. If you are...
Illegal Crypto Miners Threatened With Jail Time in Russia
Cryptocurrency miners that are illegally connecting their equipment to the power grid should go to prison, says a Russian lawmaker who...
Former SEC chair Clayton says he’s a ‘huge believer’ in crypto
Jay Clayton says the “efficiency benefits” of crypto in the financial system are vast and that regulations should aim at...
Valkyrie Counters BIS, Says Concern on Bitcoin ETF Front-Running Is Misplaced
Bank for International Settlements concern over speculators exploiting the monthly rollovers of bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded...
Goldman Sachs Says Blockchain Is Key to Metaverse and Web 3 Development
Blockchain technology is central to the development of the metaverse and Web 3, Goldman Sachs said in a research report.It is the only...
Market highlights December 17: Cryptos decline, tech giants tumble on Fed’s 2022 plan
The majority of cryptos registered losses over the past 24 hours, with many of the top 10 in the red this morning. All...
Justin Sun Is Retiring From Tron – But Not Crypto
Tron founder Justin Sun is getting political.The polarizing crypto entrepreneur said Friday he is leaving his brainchild Tron blockchain...
New Cryptocurrency Bill Advances to Senate in Brazil
A new cryptocurrency bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress last week, and is now awaiting review by the...
Say hello to Celo: Where to buy Celo, the perpetually gaining coin
Since its price spike of almost 150% on 30 August, there has been no end to Celo’s gains. A recent listing on eToro helped....
Crypto OGs love a ‘crypto winter’, says Coinbase COO
Crypto winters weed out fakers and unnecessary hype from the market, according to Coinbase COO Emilie Choi. The Coinbase exec’s...
Where to buy Arweave, a big winner of the day, whose value is up 13%
The live Arweave price today is $49.32 with a 24-hour trading volume of $94.26 million. Arweave is up 12.98% in the last 24 hours. In this...
Power to the People’s Network, Helium: Where to buy Helium, the perpetually gaining coin
The live Helium price today is $33 with a 24-hour trading volume of $44.7 million. Helium is up just under 3% in the last 24 hours. This...
Terra One of Few Cryptos in Green While Bitcoin, Others Slide
Crypto markets took a tumble in early European hours as financial regulators in the U.S. and U.K. took measures to curb growing inflation...
Where to buy Waves, the token of the multi-purpose blockchain platform
The live Waves price today is $17.79 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $250,627,222 USD. We update our WAVES to USD price in real-time....
Yearn Finance is up 24% in the las 24 hours: here’s where to buy Yearn Finance
The live yearn.finance price today is $26,107 with a 24-hour trading volume of $466.5 million. Yearn Finance is up 24% in the...
USDC Sees Native Launch on Avalanche
USDC, the second leading stablecoin by market cap, has been launched on the Avalanche blockchain as a native token. Previously, users...
Shanghai Man: AscendEX reopened after $80m hack, Huobi suffers key personnel departures, and government officials punished for mining activities
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Gods Unchained (GODS) token price skyrocketing after hosting AMA with SushiSwap
Gods Unchained (GODS) token price has been on the rise since yesterday. Yesterday, it registered a rise of over 26% propelling its...
Happy ‘bearday,’ Bitcoin: It’s been 3 years since BTC bottomed at $3.1K
Bitcoin (BTC) may be flagging below $50,000, but its bull market is actually three years old this month. Data from Cointelegraph Markets...
DeFi ‘Rug Pull’ Scams Pulled In $2.8B This Year: Chainalysis
Crypto investors lost over $2.8 billion to ‘rug pulls,’ a colloquial term for a type of crypto scam, in 2021, according to a report by...
Japan’s Crypto Exchanges Grapple With Travel Rule as Deadline Looms
With the deadline to implement the travel rule looming, Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges say that they are in negotiations with regulators...
Crypto Lender Nexo Launches NFT Lending Desk, Loans up to 20% for Popular NFTs
On December 16, the blockchain-based lending platform Nexo announced the firm has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) lending desk. While...
Adidas Reveals the Originals NFT Collection With Punks Comics, Gmoney, Bored Apes
On Thursday, the German multinational corporation Adidas announced the launch of the company’s first Adidas Originals NFT...
Lending Platform Ledn Launching Bitcoin-Backed Mortgage Product, Raises $70 Million
Global digital asset savings and credit platform Ledn has announced the upcoming launch of a bitcoin-backed mortgage product, calling it...
Here’s why Bitcoin traders expect choppy markets for the remainder of 2021
Inflation concerns and a general sense of trepidation about the future of the global economy continue to put a damper on Bitcoin and...
Robinhood Launches Cryptocurrency Gifts Program
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a cryptocurrency gifts program, allowing users to gift several cryptocurrencies, including...
Binance.US Hires Intel’s Compliance Chief Majalya
Binance’s U.S. affiliate on Thursday said it hired Intel’s top compliance executive as the crypto exchange’s chief risk officer.Sidney...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Rally Fizzles Amid Widespread Inflationary Concerns
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin’s relief rally” appears to be temporary,...
Tony Hawk Launches ‘Last Trick’ NFT Collection to Commemorate Career and Signature Moves
Following the American professional skateboarder Tony Hawk’s first non-fungible token (NFT) sale on the NFT marketplace Autograph,...
ADALend: Protocol Efficiency on Cardano in Handling Interest Rates
Crypto traders turn to fixed-income instruments like bonds and stocks to diversify their portfolios. The cryptocurrency market is a...
Federal Regulator Says Credit Unions Can Partner With Crypto Providers
Federally insured credit unions (FICUs) can partner with third-party digital asset service providers, the National Credit Union...
Should Crypto and Porn Get Intimate?
When I think about culture, I think sex, drugs and rock and roll. Given that bitcoin found its first true use as a medium of exchange on...
Why Dogecoin might be a good investment
Doge faces a short-term resistance at $0.19 TESLA to start accepting Dogecoin – Elon Musk Dogecoin (DOGE/USD) has continued to trade...