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Americans reinvesting stimulus checks in Bitcoin made $4.5k in profit
An average American taxpayer received three rounds of stimulus checks from the United States government as a means to reignite the economy...
Bitcoin white paper turns 13 years old: The journey so far
The 13th birthday of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper has crept up just as the world continues to deal with a global pandemic, inflation...
OVR Land Map: The Biggest Detailed 3D Map of the Real World With NFTs
OVR AR Metaverse goes to a whole other level. Italian company OVR is announcing today the creation of the so-called OVR Land Map. OVR Land...
Where Bitcoin Fits in a Post-Scarcity World
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeThis week’s “Long Reads Sunday” is a reading of EY Global Blockchain Lead Paul...
Federal Security Service of Russia Seeks Powers to Obtain Information From Crypto Platforms
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has issued a draft order allowing its agents to request information from...
Web3 Infrastructure Provider Alchemy Raises $250 Million in Funding Round Led by a16z
Alchemy, one of the leading infrastructure providers for blockchain and web3, has raised $250 million in its series C funding round,...
Patreon Considers Allowing Creators to Use Crypto for Monetization
Patreon, the membership platform, is pondering the idea of letting creators in its platform issue their own creator coins. The statement,...
Latinx communities continue to rise above Bitcoin adoption obstacles
Digital assets have recently become more and more prevalent in our daily lives — in the news, popular culture and our personal...
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper is now a 13-year-old teenager
The iconic Bitcoin (BTC) white paper celebrates thirteen years of financial disruption after being first published on Oct. 31, 2008, by an...
Finder Survey: Nigeria’s 24.2% Adoption Rating Is the Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally
According to the latest Finder Cryptocurrency Adoption Index, in October 2021, Nigeria had the highest rate of cryptocurrency ownership...
A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain
Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high....
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Invests in Crypto Because ‘There Could Be Millions of Greater Fools Out There’
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has some advice for crypto investors. “As long as you recognize the very real possibility that...
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Warns Governments Will Never Allow Crypto to Be Out of Their Control
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sees bitcoin as mathematical purity, praising its fixed supply. However, he said that governments will...
Dogecoin Accounts for 40% of Robinhood’s Crypto Transaction Revenue in Q3
Trading platform Robinhood has reported that 40% of its cryptocurrency transaction-based revenue was attributable to transactions in the...
Celebrities are embracing NFTs in a big way
The nonfungible token (NFT) market is growing. According to a new report by analytics platform DappRadar, NFT trade volume soared past $10...
Bakkt stock goes parabolic, GBTC outpaces BITO ETF and Tom Brady offers 1 BTC for 600th touchdown ball: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 24-30
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Finance Author Says $100K Bitcoin Prices Not ‘So Far-Fetched — Don’t Rule It Out’
Throughout 2021, there’s been a number of people who have said they expect bitcoin to reach $100K by the end of this year. In more...
LGND Curates Major NFT Art Gallery at ComplexCon
PRESS RELEASE. Austin, Texas – LGND Art Inc. announces its foremost curatorial effort to date, a major NFT art show in the form of...
Amazon Web Services Looks to Drive Crypto Settlement and Custody to the Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for a specialist to foster digital asset underwriting, transaction processing, and custody in the...
While Ethereum Prices Skyrocket, Ether Gas Fees Surge Fueling Costly Transfers
On October 29, 2021, the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market valuation, ethereum, reached an all-time price high at $4,467 per...
The major tax myths about cryptocurrency debunked
Crypto and taxes may not be a match made in heaven, but taxes seem inevitable, and the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has...
The United States will become the global crypto and blockchain leader
We have some great news coming out of the United States on the cryptocurrency industry this month with potentially more good news coming...
The Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Case: Long-Awaited Kleiman v. Wright Trial Begins Next Week in Miami
On Monday, November 1, the long-awaited Kleiman v. Wright trial will begin as a federal jury plans to determine the relationship between...
BTC price ‘ready to rally’ with Bitcoin bulls clear to charge at $85K — analysis
Bitcoin (BTC) is “ready to rally” again as BTC price action flips bullish on crucial timeframes, trading platform Decentrader says. In its...
7 lessons learned from building and scaling Bitcoin mining operations
It all started with mining Bitcoin (BTC) in a dorm room. What started as a hobby with a few mining rigs scaled into twenty industry-scale...
Elon Musk-named meme token ‘Dogelon Mars’ gains nearly 4000% in October
A so-called meme cryptocurrency named after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is rising in value, namely by a whopping 3,780% in October....
AVAX tops the crypto predictability list… but the other tokens may surprise you
You can’t predict the future, but you can learn from the past. And some crypto tokens are much (much) more predictable than others, when...
Digital Transformation Committee Recommends Amended Ukrainian Crypto Law for Adoption
The law “On Virtual Assets,” Ukraine’s attempt to regulate its growing crypto space, has been revised again and...
Aavegotchi gains 50% as ‘Gotchiverse’ auctions set a path to the Metaverse
The world of decentralized gaming has seen significant growth in 2021 as the rise of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming merged with NFTs to open...
Inflation or Deflation? Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood, Elon Musk, Jeff Booth Debate!
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeLast weekend, Jack Dorsey set the internet alight when he proclaimed,...
SportIcon Launches Innovative NFT Platform That Connects Fans With Exclusive Athlete Content
PRESS RELEASE. NFTs have emerged as a unique digital asset in the past 24 months, expanding the potentials of digital arts, collectibles...
Dallas Mavericks fan wins $100k in Bitcoin at NBA shootout event
A Dallas Mavericks fan won $100,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) after making a series of shots in a National Basketball Association (NBA) shootout...
Russia’s Constitutional Court Expects to Face Crypto-Related Cases
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is going to have to deal more and more often with cases involving new kinds of...
Bitcoin eyes third weekly close above $60K as Ethereum fuels new altcoin market cap record
Bitcoin (BTC) preserved $61,000 into the weekend after “aggressive” buying on Coinbase sparked multi-day highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Hive Blockchain Secures Order for 6,500 Next-Generation Bitcoin Miners From Canaan
On October 29, the publicly listed firm Canaan announced the mining manufacturer has secured a follow-on purchase order from the mining...
Blockchain technology can make micropayments finally functional
I recently came across Marc Andreessen’sarticle from 2014 on Bitcoin (BTC). In many ways, it is visionary (no surprise). I have been in...
Topps Drops MLB World Series NFT Collection — Championship Game Attendees Can Get NFTs Specific to Each Game
The popular candies and collectibles company Topps has announced the launch of its 2021 Topps NOW MLB World Series non-fungible token...
Dvision Network Announced “Dvision World” Will Launch on November 1st
PRESS RELEASE. The blockchain-based metaverse Dvision Network has announced that their metaverse known as ‘’Dvision...
Australian Police Confiscate Cryptocurrency Worth $1 Million With Help From FBI
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that the Supreme Court of New South Wales has ordered the forfeiture of cryptocurrency...
BIS Report Questions Whether Stablecoins, CBDCs Can Create Risks in Developing Countries
A number of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) have been looking at stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDC)...
AMC Theatres Considers Accepting Shiba Inu Alongside Dogecoin as SHIB Popularity Soars
The CEO of the world’s largest movie exhibition company, AMC Entertainment, is asking the crypto community whether his company...
Ethereum’s new all-time high prepares ETH for ‘continuation to $5,000’
The cryptocurrency market is in high spirits on Oct. 29 after bulls managed to lift the price of Bitcoin (BTC) back near the $63,000...
Altcoin Roundup: Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and memes are hauling the dogsled to mass adoption
2021 has been a breakout year for the cryptocurrency sector, as the passage of the first Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a...
Aavegotchi (GHST) gains 50% as ‘Gotchiverse’ auctions set a path to the Metaverse
The world of decentralized gaming has seen significant growth in 2021 as the rise of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming merged with NFTs to open...
Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process
At first, Cynthia Gutierrez refused to download Chivo, the digital wallet developed by El Salvador’s government for the use of bitcoin...
Russia Considers Selling Power to Kazakhstan Amid Deficit Caused by Crypto Miners
State-owned Russian energy giant Inter RAO is now discussing electricity supplies for Kazakhstan where crypto miners have allegedly caused...
Ether alcanza un récord de $4400 mientras shiba inu se convierte en uno de los principales quemadores de ETH
Ether (ETH) registró un nuevo máximo histórico el viernes, ya que los datos de la blockchain mostraron que Ethereum quemó más tokens de...
Liquid Craft’s Dragon and Bourbon NFT Series
PRESS RELEASE. Today, Liquid Craft has announced the launch date for their first NFT series that is set to go live on Oct 29th at 12 PM...
Big Miners and Holders Keep Accumulating Bitcoin: Kraken’s ‘Shocktober’ Report
Mining operators and holders keep accumulating Bitcoin, according to the latest Kraken intelligence report, titled...
Christopher Giancarlo: Crypto’s Advocate in DC
Christopher Giancarlo is the former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and founding principal of the Digital Dollar...
Market Wrap: Ether Hits New High, Outperforms Bitcoin as Altcoins Rally
Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, reached a new all-time price high of around $4,400 on Friday,...
Bitcoin Miner Rhodium Enterprises Plans to Raise Up to $100M in IPO
Bitcoin miner Rhodium Enterprises intends to become a publicly traded company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange...
Price analysis 10/29: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, DOT, DOGE, SHIB, LUNA
Bitcoin (BTC) is still in a corrective phase but Ether (ETH) has attracted strong buying, which pushed it to a new all-time high on Oct....
Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s ‘Meta’ Metaverse Play
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeFacebook announced yesterday it is changing its corporate name to Meta. The name...
No Plans to Make US Dollar Sole Currency, Zimbabwean Finance Minister Calls Idea ‘Suicidal’
The Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, recently told business leaders that he is not planning to make the U.S. dollar the...
Jack Dorsey Is Right About Inflation – Partly
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey caused a stir among mainstream economic and political commentators when he tweeted last week about a...
Where to buy Squid Game token: the hit TV-show inspired coin that is skyrocketing
Squid Game token is up nearly 400% in the past 24 hours and has soared from around $0.01 to more than $10 in just over a week. The coin...
Bitcoin Holds Support Above $60K, Pushes Back Toward All-Time High
Bitcoin (BTC) is breaking above a short-term downtrend, which could support further upside toward the $65,000 resistance level. The...
NYDIG Purchases UK Payments Startup Bottlepay for $300M in Stock
NYDIG is purchasing British payments startup Bottlepay for between $280 million and $300 million in stock. The bitcoin investment firm...
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s 17,732 BTC Holdings Now Worth $1.1B
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has personally done very well by his longtime support for bitcoin, with his own holdings of the crypto...
XRP Gets Wrapped by Tokensoft for Ethereum DeFi Debut
Is the XRP Army ready to storm Ethereum?Announced Friday, Wrapped XRP (wXRP), a digital asset backed 1:1 by XRP, will make the cross-chain...
Three Arrows Capital Backs $10M Raise for DeFi on Cardano
Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem may be showing glimmers of primordial life following the close of a $10 million raise for...
Facebook Steals Another Crypto Idea for Its Nonsensical Rebrand
There is so much, too much, to be said about Facebook’s announcement yesterday that it is changing its corporate name to “Meta” as part of...
Finance Redefined: Near’s $800M fund, Miami embraces crypto, Oct. 22–29
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter. The DeFi space was full of fundraising this...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 29, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Ether Reaches Record High of Over $4.4K as...
The future of longevity lies with digital currency visionaries
The promise of a longer and healthier life has dominated both cultural and medical discourse for centuries. From the first accounts of...
Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days
On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of...
Decentraland’s MANA Jumps 80% as Facebook Rebrand Fuels Metaverse Bets
Decentraland’s MANA token has surged 80% in the last 24 hours to a market capitalization of more than $2 billion, apparently spurred by...
Users unable to sell Squid Game token clocking 45,000% gains
A new token, Squid Game (SQUID), inspired by the eponymous Netflix show, has posted 45,000% growth in a few days after launch earlier this...
Why Cybersecurity Is an Important Consideration for Crypto Hedge Fund Launches
More investment managers are trading digital assets as interest in cryptocurrencies continues to grow. AIMA’s Global Crypto Report,...
Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High
Hive Blockchain, which is among the largest publicly traded crypto miners of ether, outperformed its peers after the price of the native...
Crafting Tokens Both Wall Street and Washington Can Love
Neither ERC20 nor ERC1400 is enough for today’s capital markets – but Polymesh offers a workaround.Security tokens are on the rise....
$100 in Free Bitcoin: NBA Team Dallas Mavericks and Voyager Kick Off Partnership With BTC Bonus
The NBA team Dallas Mavericks has partnered with crypto platform Voyager and is offering its fans a $100 bonus in bitcoin to sign up and...
Squid Games token $SQUID soars 1,000%: here’s what you need to know
Fans of the hit Korean Netflix show Squid Game, a dystopian series that tells the story of a group of people forced to play deadly...
Biggest Bitcoin fund in the world could become ETF by July as GBTC nears $40B AUM
Grayscale could launch its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as soon as July 2022, one of its executives has said. Speaking at a...
Ethereum Captures New All-Time Price High — ETH Market Cap Surpasses $510 Billion
Nine days ago, bitcoin reached a new all-time high (ATH) and now the second leading crypto asset ethereum has tapped an ATH on Friday...
Hive Blockchain Orders Another 6,500 Bitcoin Mining Machines From Canaan
Hive Blockchain Technologies ordered another 6,500 Avalon bitcoin mining machines from manufacturer Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN).The order comes...
Monthly Report: US regulatory bodies are hot on the heels of digital assets
October has been an eventful month for most of the top cryptocurrencies. Except for Cardano, the top 10 digital assets by market capital...
Ethereum price outlook: ETH hits new all-time above $4,400
Ethereum’s price soared to a new all-time high of $4,416 on Thursday Friday morning, reaching the landmark price level amid...
Australia’s Securities Regulator Issues Criteria for Crypto-Asset ETPs
Australia’s securities regulator has determined that bitcoin and ether are likely to satisfy its criteria as appropriate underlying assets...
Coinbase invested in a record 49 projects in Q3- report
Coinbase Ventures struck a new investment deal almost every two days in Q3 of 2021, details published in the Coinbase blog show....
Kazakhstan Expects $1.5 Billion From Crypto Mining in 5 Years, Estimates Suggest
Crypto miners now bring more than $230 million into the economy of Kazakhstan each year and estimates show the figure could increase...
Memecoin mania triggers triple-digit gains from Binance Smart Chain-based altcoins
This week’s surge in popular meme coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) could be signs that the good times are back and a...
Biggest Bitcoin fund in the world could become ETF by July as GBTC nears $40 billion AUM
Grayscale could launch its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as soon as July 2022, one of its executives has said. Speaking at a...
MicroStrategy added 8,957 BTC to its holdings in Q3 2021
MicroStrategy bought an additional 8,957 BTC in Q3, the company has announced. The firm revealed the significant increase in its...
Play-to-Earn SQUID Token Rockets 35,000% in Three Days
The price of SQUID, a play-to-earn crypto token, has shot up 35,000% since Oct. 26, according to CoinMarketCap data.The token buys entry...
Liquid Crypto Exchange Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Derivatives Services in Japan
The digital assets exchange platform Liquid has launched crypto derivative trading for Japanese users Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has...
Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The...
Richard Li, Winklevoss-Backed CMCC Global Targets $300M for Latest Crypto Fund
Venture capital firm CMCC Global is targeting $300 million worth of investments for its latest crypto fund with the backing of investors,...
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Signs Memorandum With Burundi Government, Agreement Questioned
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently confirmed he had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Burundi....