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Alchemy Pay Using Chainlink to Enable Trading on Decentralized Exchanges and Borrowing in DeFi Using ACH
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, September 22, 2021 – Alchemy Pay is now using Chainlink Price Feeds to enable users to buy crypto on...
1inch Bolsters Arbitrum DeFi Ecosystem With Exchange Aggregation
1inch has deployed its Exchange Aggregator and Limit Order protocols to the Arbitrum layer 2 network, the company said in a blog...
Since ‘Golden Cross,’ Bitcoin Is Down 12%; Blame the Fed?
Macroeconomic fears have gripped the bitcoin market over the past week, despite the appearance in price charts of a “golden cross” pattern...
Who Watches the Chain Watchers?
Yesterday we had a major scoop from CoinDesk’s Danny Nelson, who unearthed a set of slides showing the crypto investigations firm...
Fed’s Powell Says CBDC Report Coming ‘Soon’
The Federal Reserve’s report on central bank digital currencies (CBDC), stablecoins and cryptocurrencies is coming “soon,” according to...
Wallstreetbets Founder Jaime Rogozinski and Wsbdapp Project Launch 15,000 Generative NFTs
On September 22, the team behind the Wallstreetbets defi application called Wsbdapp announced the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT)...
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Bounce Back, Traders Expect More Volatility
Bitcoin returned above $42,000 at press time as the broader crypto market bounces back after a sell-off earlier this week. Traders expect...
Solana-Based DEX Orca Raises $18M Series A Funding
Orca, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Polychain, Three Arrows Capital and...
BlockFi Gets Another Extension From NJ Regulators on New Interest Accounts Ban
The New Jersey Bureau of Securities (NJ BOS) has once again postponed the date by when it will enforce a ban on the creation of BlockFi...
What Is DeFi?
DeFi is short for “decentralized finance,” an umbrella term for a variety of financial applications in cryptocurrency or blockchain geared...
Trading Platform eToro to Delay Public Debut Until Fourth Quarter
Trading platform eToro is delaying going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing until the fourth quarter from...
¿Quieres minar bitcoin en casa? Compass Mining ahora vende ASICs individuales
La minería de bitcoin comenzó como una industria artesanal con mineros individuales capaces de ejecutar Bitcoin en una computadora...
Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 22, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Bitstamp.Today’s Stories:U.S. Stock Futures Rise as Fears Over Evergrande EbbBitcoin...
Neopets Looks to NFTs to Revive Its Early-Aughts Glory
Can a pivot to the metaverse help a once-loved brand return to prominence?One-time gaming giant Neopets has announced the launch of a...
Federal Reserve Could Taper ‘Soon’ as Officials See Interest Rate Hike Next Year
The U.S. Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates near 0% and keep purchasing bonds at the same $120 billion-a-month pace, but...
Altcoins see a 35% bounce after Bitcoin reclaims $43,000
The sharp correction that threatened to pull Bitcoin and altcoin prices back toward their sing lows appears to have dissipated now that...
Snoop Dogg Reveals Rapper Is a Crypto Whale With Millions of Dollars in NFTs
This year a great deal of popular hip-hop superstars like Eminem, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Lil Pump, and many more have been getting into the...
Burger King Launches ‘Keep It Real Meals’ NFT Campaign With Digital Collectibles Market Sweet
On Tuesday, the fast food restaurant chain Burger King announced the company has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) campaign called the...
Avalanche recovers from Evergrande-led sell-off as AVAX rebounds over 30%
Avalanche (AVAX) prices recovered on Sept. 22, paring a portion of losses that hit cryptocurrencies at the beginning of this week, led by...
Where to buy Nano Dogecoin: INDC gears up for huge rally with big buyback program
The Nano Dogecoin (INDC) token has seen successive rallies with 203% gains in the past 24 hours The Nano Dogecoin token is establishing...
UFARM token surges by 80%: where to buy UniFarm
The UniFarm (UFARM) token is currently trading at the price of $0.05 at the time of writing and the token is up by 80% in the past 24...
Where to buy ImageCoin as IMG delivers 190% returns
The ImageCoin (IMG) token has seen a fresh burst of activity with the token rising by 190% in the past 24 hours The ImageCoin token is...
US Sanctions Russian Crypto Broker Suex for Laundering Millions in Illicit Funds
The U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted Suex, a cryptocurrency broker based in Russia, for its money laundering activities. The...
Where to buy Elrond as EGLD gears up to retest ATH
The Elrond (EGLD) token seems to be gearing up to retest its all-time high currently located at the $300.56 level The Elrond token is...
Jaime Rogozinski, WallStreetBets: ‘Crypto Should Help, Not Replace TradFi’
“I don’t think you’re going to replace the stock market with the blockchain just because it’s better. I think they can coexist. Take all...
DeFi Platform Kava Launches $185M Fund to Onboard New Projects
Decentralized finance (DeFi) firm Kava Labs has launched a $185 million Ignition fund which will be used to support DeFi projects and...
NFTs could mark a resurgence in art galleries
For decades, art galleries and museum exhibitionsaround the world have facilitated the presence of cultural education, social interaction...
Whale Moves $1,416,529,410 in Bitcoin Amid Volatile Market Shakeup – Here’s Where the Crypto Is Now
A massive crypto whale has emerged on the Bitcoin network, moving more than $1.4 billion in BTC in a single transaction. The move, which...
South Africa Ransomware Attack: Justice Department Denies Receiving 50 BTC Ransom Demand
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) has denied claims that it has received a 50 bitcoin...
54% of Salvadorans are not familiar with Bitcoin, survey suggests
El Salvador has made global headlines with its president’s controversial introduction of Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender – a move that...
Robinhood to Roll Out Crypto Wallet Fully by Early 2022
Brokerage app Robinhood expects to make its long-awaited crypto wallet available to all customers by early 2022.On Monday, news broke that...
Mars4 Explodes on MISO Launchpad
Mars4 – centered ecosystem where you can explore a virtual Mars Metaverse, own and customize your land property with MARS4 dollars...
Dapper Labs Said to Reach $7.6B Valuation in $250M Funding Round
Dapper Labs has closed a $250 million funding round, the company behind NBA Top Shot and the Flow blockchain said Wednesday.Coatue led the...
Bitcoin mining difficulty surges 31% since July
As the Bitcoin network hash rate continues to recover amid global miners accumulating more capacity, the cryptocurrency is getting...
76ers Become Second NBA Team to Ink Crypto Ad Patch Deal
When the NBA season starts next month, not one, but two teams will be wearing crypto-related ad patches.The Philadelphia 76ers announced...
Genesis Digital Assets raises $431 million in a new funding round
The funding follows another completed in July when the firm secured $125 million from investors Genesis Digital Assets (GDA), one of the...
AMC CEO conducts poll on whether or not to accept DOGE
The entertainment firm left out Dogecoin when it announced the crypto assets it would accept for payments at the end of the year Last...
SoftBank leads latest Blockdaemon funding round
The blockchain infrastructure platform announced it had wrapped up a Series B funding round Start-up firm Blockdaemon is the latest name...
Messari Founder Ryan Selkis Announces Senate Run for 2024 — ‘Enough Talk’
Ryan Selkis, the founder of Messari, a cryptocurrency research company, has announced he will be running for the U.S. Senate in 2024. The...
Valid Points: Are We Witnessing the Death of DeFi Tokens?
This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on...
Bitcoin Flash Crashes to $5K on Pyth Network’s Data Feed
Bitcoin briefly crashed to $5,402 (not a typo) Monday on Pyth Network oracle’s BTC/USD feed, causing liquidations to occur on a highly...
US sanctions crypto exchange over links to ransomware attacks
The sanctions are part of the government's fight against a spike in criminal activities targeting major companies The US has moved to...
Bitcoin Oversold at Support; Resistance at $47K
Bitcoin (BTC) is holding support above $40,000, which could stabilize the pullback and encourage short-term buyers to return. However,...
Uniswap price analysis: UNI looks to break downtrend as price bounces above $20
The main hurdles are likely to be around the 20 EMA and then 50 SMA as seen on the 4-hour chart Uniswap (UNI) is looking to bounce higher...
Bitcoin bounces again after briefly losing $40K support — Watch these BTC price levels
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced from a second $40,000 retest on Sept. 22 as China calmed global market fears over Evergrande. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
10% of early-stage startups working on blockchain: GSER 2021
With venture capital funding seemingly prioritizing emerging technology, the blockchain industry experiences a significant influx of...
Bitcoin Eyes $3B September Options Expiry After a Drop to $40K
Major crypto options exchanges, including industry leader Deribit, are due to settle billions of dollars worth of bitcoin options...
Iranian Lawmakers Oppose Crypto Restrictions, Call for Supportive Regulations
Members of the Iranian parliament, the Majlis, have voiced concerns over Tehran’s restrictive policies towards innovations such as...
Kraken’s App Adds Support for Apple, Google Pay
Kraken users can now buy cryptocurrencies on its app using Apple and Google Pay.The app will automatically connect to a user’s existing...
Argentinian Exchange Ripio Raises $50 Million in Latest Funding Round Led by DCG
Ripio, a Latin American (Latam) exchange headquartered in Argentina, raised $50 million in its latest funding round, led by Digital...
Opinionated
Join Features editor Ben Schiller and reporters Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson as they push the conversation further with their own...
CoinDesk’s Money Reimagined
Money is changing...so where do we go from here? Through high-profile interviews and thought-provoking analysis, join CoinDesk’s Michael...
Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Released by US Court, ‘Actively Working’ on Return to South Africa
Riccardo Spagni, also known by his internet handle “fluffypony,” has been released by a U.S. court and is “actively working” with his...
Crypto Exchange Binance Ceases Derivatives Trading in Australia
Amid regulatory scrutiny worldwide, global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it will cease offering futures, options, and...
Key Bitcoin options ‘fear’ indicator reflects traders’ regulatory concerns
After 46 consecutive days of trading above $42,000, Bitcoin (BTC) price started to show weakness on Sept. 21. Over the last three days,...
Blockchain Infrastructure Firm Blockdaemon Nabs $1.3B Valuation in $155M Funding Round
Blockdaemon has raised $155 million in Series B capital round, the provider of blockchain staking infrastructure said on its blog Tuesday....
Pundits say crashing floor prices and sell volume signal that ‘the NFT market has died’
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) dominated crypto and mainstream media headlines all throughout 2021 as investors who held CryptoPunks and other...
Crypto Companies Continue ETF Proposal Spree With Bitcoin, DeFi Filings
A spate of cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings continued Tuesday after Amplify, Invesco and Galaxy Digital filed for a pair...
This Crowdsourced Project Attempts to Reveal American Politicians That Own Bitcoin
On September 19, 2021, the software developer and cofounder of Casa, Jameson Lopp, announced a new project called bitcoinpoliticians.org...
LBank Exchange Will List THN (Throne) on September 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, is proud to list THN on September...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes as Risk Appetite Weakens
Bitcoin continued to struggle after Monday’s sell-off, although the cryptocurrency appears to be stabilizing at just above the $40,000...
Coinbase to Propose Crypto Regulations to US Officials: Sources
Crypto exchange Coinbase is preparing to pitch a proposed regulatory framework to federal officials.The exchange plans to publicly roll...
No, Airdropped NFTs Cannot Empty Your Crypto Wallet
It’s scammer season in NFT-land, but amid the valid concerns about hacks and exploits misinformation is spreading fast.As non-fungible...
NFT Fantasy Football Platform Sorare Raises $680 Million in Series B Led by Softbank
On September 21, the non-fungible token (NFT) fantasy football platform Sorare announced the company raised $680 million in a Series B...
Asset Manager Osprey Launches Polygon Fund
Osprey Fund’s fifth digital asset investment product is a Polygon trust that invests in MATIC, the native token of the Polygon network,...
Fear & Greed Index suggests Bitcoin’s price is undervalued
Recent data from the Crypto Fear & Greed Index indicates that the cryptocurrency market is experiencing a period of investor fear with...
Did the SEC Really Serve Subpoenas at Mainnet?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at reports from Messari’s Mainnet conference...
Judge Denies Ripple’s Motion to Have SEC Employees’ Crypto Transactions Disclosed
A New York judge has denied Ripple Labs’ motion to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to produce records of its...
Ethereum’s spot setup looks grim, but derivatives data tells a different story
Ether (ETH) price fell below the $3,000 support on Sept. 20 as global markets entered a risk-aversion mode. The Invesco China Technology...
Genesis Digital Assets Raises $431M for Expansion
Genesis Digital Assets raised $431 million to scale its bitcoin mining operations, the company said Tuesday. Paradigm led the massive...
SEC’s Gensler Calls Stablecoins ‘Poker Chips’ at the Wild West Crypto Casino
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler doubled down on his position that his agency has “robust” authority to...
Can Crypto Go From Movement to Campaign?
Cops like pulp fiction, too. Yesterday, choosing one of the most high-profile crypto conferences of the year, an agent for the U.S....
Robinhood Testing New Crypto Wallet and Cryptocurrency Transfer Features: Report
Stock trading and investing app Robinhood has reportedly been testing new features, including a crypto wallet and cryptocurrency...
Fear Is Good (For Your Wallet)
U.S. stocks are bouncing back today after a 1.8% dip in the Dow Jones Industrial Average yesterday – the worst drop in two months. Crypto...
Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops
In the battle to link real-world criminals to their anonymous bitcoin troves, Chainalysis has found a “meaningful” edge: a block explorer...
Ex-ConsenSys Ventures Head Kavita Gupta Raising Over $50M for New Fund
The former head of ConsenSys Ventures, Kavita Gupta, has launched the Delta Blockchain Fund, with a target size of $50 million to $100...
Want to Mine Bitcoin at Home? Compass Mining Now Sells Single ASICs
Bitcoin mining began as a cottage industry with individual miners able to run Bitcoin on a laptop. Over the years, the technology became...
Crypto Fund Manager One River Digital Raises $41M From Goldman, Coinbase
Crypto fund manager One River Digital Asset Management raised $41 million in a Series A funding round that included Coinbase and Goldman...
Bitcoin bounces to $43K ahead of fresh crypto comments from SEC Chair Gensler
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced off $40,000 on Tuesday as attention returned to United States regulators. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)....
Avalanche Defi Platform Vee Finance Attacked — $35 Million in ETH, BTC Siphoned
On September 21, 2021, an Avalanche-based decentralized finance (defi) platform Vee Finance announced that it suffered from an incident...
Ethereum ‘head & shoulders’ chart pattern puts ETH price at risk of dropping to $2K
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) rates may fall to a two-month low after it slid below support at around $2,954, based on a...
Get Ready for Investor Fan Tokens: Polychain Backs Prysm’s Approach to ‘Social Investing’
Prysm, a social investing platform focused on crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has launched the first...
Messari’s Selkis on Senate Bid: ‘No Comment’
Is Ryan Selkis ready to take the crypto agenda to Washington?“The tweet does speak for itself,” the Messari founder told CoinDesk TV a day...
Banking Heavyweights Oppose Basel’s Proposed Rules on Crypto Capital Requirements: Report
A forum of some of the U.S. and Europe’s biggest banks have opposed the rules proposed by the world’s central banks and regulators for...
Coinbase Abandons Plan to Launch Lend Program After SEC Threatens Lawsuit
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has dropped its plan to launch a lending program after the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
How NFTs Became Art, and Everything Became an NFT
Pascal Boyart is a Parisian street artist. In January 2019, in a working-class neighborhood, he painted a mural inspired by Eugène...
Ripple Is Looking to Build a Market-Making Platform for XRP: Sources
Global payments company Ripple is looking to build a crypto market-making platform and is trying to hire staff in London and Singapore,...
Travel token ARV sees huge rally: where to buy Ariva
The Ariva token has stabilised after trading sideways between the range of $0.000065—$0.00015. The token is gearing up for another...
US Sanctions Enforcer Blacklists a Crypto Exchange for First Time
The U.S. government has sanctioned a cryptocurrency exchange for the first time as part of its ongoing fight against ransomware...
Witness the Rise of the Crypto Nominee
This week, I consider the increasing number of regulatory nominees who bring some familiarity with digital assets to the table, even if...