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Mi Store Portugal Reveals Crypto Acceptance, Xiaomi Says ‘Decision Was Made Without Knowledge or Approval’
On August 5, the Mi Store in Portugal announced that it was accepting cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ethereum, tether, and dash. At...
Homeowners Offered Crypto-Backed Loans to Finance Home Improvement Projects
As buying a home is by itself a serious investment, homeowners often lack the cash to fund further improvements to their property. While...
An In Depth Look at Bitcoin’s First Chain Split: Satoshi Helps Reverse the Creation of 184 Billion BTC
Since January 3, 2009, the Bitcoin network has been functional for 99.98662952015% of the time. However, the protocol has had a few...
Finder’s Poll Shows Vietnam Holds the Highest Percentage of Crypto Ownership Worldwide
On Friday, the product comparison website Finder published the company’s August Cryptocurrency Ownership Report, which surveyed...
BTC price slips under $46K but analysts are betting on new Bitcoin all-time highs
Bitcoin (BTC) saw lows of under $45,600 on Aug. 15 as a second instalment of its resistance rejection played out. BTC/USD 1-hour price...
TIME Partners With Cool Cats NFT Project, Business Magazine Fortune’s NFT Sale Raises $1.3M
Two of the largest American news magazines, Fortune and TIME, have jumped headfirst into the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem in recent...
Rammstein Vocalist in Conflict With Russian Museum Over Unauthorized NFT Sale
Till Lindemann, lead singer of the German metal band Rammstein, has angered Russia’s renowned Hermitage Museum with a crypto...
‘Wolf of All Streets’ Trader Expects Bitcoin to Surpass $100K Within 6 to 12 Months
Crypto trader and investor Scott Melker, also known as “The Wolf of All Streets,” expects the price of bitcoin to hit new...
Elon Musk and Mark Cuban See Dogecoin as the ‘Strongest’ Cryptocurrency for Payments
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban see dogecoin as the “strongest” cryptocurrency when it comes to using it as...
Bullish Ethereum traders can place risk-averse bets with this options strategy
Being bullish on Ether (ETH) has paid off recently because the token gained 60% in the last 30 days. The spectacular growth of...
UK Police Seize USB Stick With Ethereum Worth $9.5 Million
British detectives have seized $22.25 million from operators of an international cryptocurrency scam. Among the items seized was a USB...
Infrastructure bill passes, Coinbase posts $1.6 billion in Q2 profit, $600 million stolen in DeFi hack: Hodler’s Digest, Aug.8-14
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Does Jack Dorsey Support Voluntaryism? Twitter CEO Shares Murray Rothbard’s Book ‘Anatomy of the State’
Ever since the CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, started appreciating the crypto asset bitcoin, crypto enthusiasts have been...
Dionne Warwick to Headline DOGE-Themed Festival Dogepalooza 2021
While dogecoin fans saw the first crypto-scented Dogecan body spray made by Axe, Oscar Mayer’s 10-pack of dogecoin branded weenies,...
British Court Orders Binance to Identify and Freeze Hackers’ Accounts After a User Claims Funds Stolen
A U.K. judge has reportedly ordered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of its users...
Bitcoin holds $46K support after failed breakout, Cardano price passes $2.20
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced at $46,000 support on Aug. 14 after an attempt to crack major resistance ended in rejection. BTC/USD 1-hour price...
The Crypto Economy’s Biggest 12-Month Gainers Outshined Bitcoin and Ethereum by a Long Shot
2021 has been an incredible year for bitcoin, ethereum, and a great number of the world’s most popular digital assets. While bitcoin...
Intel Discloses Holding Coinbase Stake in Filing With SEC
Computer chip manufacturer Intel Corp. has revealed it holds a stake in the leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase. The tech giant...
How do DeFi protocols get hacked?
The decentralized finance sector is growing at a breakneck pace. Three years ago, the total value locked in DeFi was a mere $800 million....
Global Charity Organization Launches Crypto-Based Vouchers for Vulnerable Groups in Kenya, Ecuador
The global charity organization, CARE, has created crypto-based vouchers that will be distributed to women and select groups in Africa and...
BTC price passes $47K ‘worst-case scenario’ as Bitcoin realized cap hits all-time high
Bitcoin (BTC) at $47,000 is turning heads but is in fact only the “worst-case scenario” for one of its most popular analysts....
Kidnappers Kill Venezuelan Citizen for Not Paying Ransom Requested in Bitcoin
A Venezuelan merchant was kidnapped and killed after his family failed to gather a ransom that kidnappers explicitly asked to be paid in...
Soccer Superstar Lionel Messi Gets Part of His Contract Paid in Cryptocurrency
Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer superstar, has opted to receive cryptocurrency as part of his new contract signed with the French...
Cardano’s Alonzo Upgrade Date Revealed — ADA Gains Over 16% After Announcement
On Friday, the price of the token cardano spiked over the $2 handle nearing the crypto asset’s all-time high that took place three...
3 reasons why Aavegotchi (GHST) price spiked to a new all-time high
The NFT sector took the world by storm in 2021 as crypto and corporate sector influencers, globally recognized companies and popular...
Bitcoin Hurdles Over the $47K Zone, Crypto Economy Nears $2 Trillion
The price of bitcoin jumped over the $47K handle on Friday afternoon and at 4:15 p.m. (EDT) the price tapped $47,929 per unit. Bitcoin has...
No gear, no problem! 3 ways to earn Bitcoin through cloud mining and staking
Bitcoin’s (BTC) rapid recovery above $46,000 has renewed calls for a $100,000 BTC price by the end of 2021, while the effects of China’s...
US Inflation Continues to Rise Amid Lockdown Talk, Producer Prices Jump 7.8%, Biden Blames OPEC
The United States is facing severe inflation despite the Federal Reserve and mainstream media doubling down on saying the loss of...
Price analysis 8/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, SOL, LTC
A KPMG report titled “Pulse of Fintech H1 2021,” shows that the total investment in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector in the first...
Polkadot (DOT) price rallies 100% and derivatives data points to more upside
Polkadot (DOT) is a blockchain project designed to interconnect sub-chains called parallel chains or parachains. Each application-specific...
Leading DeFi Charity Platform MUNCH Unites the Crypto World With New ‘Charity Circle’
PRESS RELEASE. Charitable company MUNCH will lead a philanthropic effort called Charity Circle, which will donate to charitable global...
Poly Network Says Stolen User Assets on ETH Have Been Returned, Except Frozen USDT
On Friday, a few days after the initial hack for $611 million, the Poly Network project detailed that the company has obtained all the...
Coinbase Aims to Be the ‘Amazon’ of Crypto, CEO Says Exchange Wants to List All Legal Crypto Assets
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase says that it wants to be “the Amazon of assets” and list every legal crypto...
OpenSea trading volume explodes 76,240% YTD amid NFT boom
Trading volumes on peer-to-peer nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea have surged by over 12,000% in 2021. DappRadar data shows that...
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Expands Crypto Business to Meet ‘Growing Demand’
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, has announced a series of milestones for its crypto business. Its brokerage arm has obtained...
Where to buy Super Floki: SLOKI outpaces Floki Inu
Named after Elon Musk’s dog, Floki, SLOKI set a new all-time high earlier today Another canine crypto has taken the market by storm,...
Where to buy Cardano: ADA surges on news of Alonzo hard fork
With exciting improvements on the Cardano blockchain, ADA made gains of over 46% in the last week. Read on to find out the latest Cardano...
The Graph is ready to soar in Q4: where to buy GRT
The Graph is leading crypto’s class of 2021 with a 33% rally this week The Graph is up by 11% today, capping off a 33% weekly rally...
Messi gets paid in PSG — Where to buy Paris Saint-Germain fan tokens
Following exciting news for the fan token, PSG surged by almost 70% in the last seven days. Read on to find out where you can get your...
Binance Discontinues Crypto Products and Services in South Korea
On August 13, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance revealed it is ending a great number of services in South Korea. The company noted in...
ADA hits $2 for the first time since May ahead of Cardano smart contract announcement
Cardano’s ADA token made a triumphant return to the $2 mark on Aug. 13 as weekly gains topped 50%. ADA/USD 1-day candle chart...
Cointelegraph Consulting: Measuring the effects of the London hard fork
The much-talked-about Ethereum hard fork finally went live on Aug. 5 after block 12,965,000 was mined. Dubbed “London,” the software...
Decentralized Exchange Soldex AI Will Empower Crypto Users to Create Unique Trading Algorithms
Have you ever wanted to harness the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning to trade in the cryptocurrency markets?...
Ethereum alone not enough to disrupt Big Tech: Jack Dorsey
Twitter CEO and self-professed Bitcoin (BTC) maximalist Jack Dorsey is not giving Ether (ETH) fans an inch. In his latest offhand remark...
Cardano’s ADA hits $2.07 ahead of a major announcement from IOHK’s Hoskinson
A total of $6.2 billion worth of ADA have been traded in the past 24 hours, with Cardano's market cap reaching $65.4 billion Ahead of a...
Bank of Ghana Selects German Technology Firm as Partner for CBDC Project
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) says it has signed an agreement with Giesecke Devrient (GD) to implement a pilot central bank digital currency...
The Graph (GRT) price spikes 17%: Can bulls break above $1.00 this weekend?
GRT is one of the altcoins to rally harder as BTC rebounded above $46,000 The Graph (GRT) price has reached a new weekly high of $0.95,...
Bitcoin cancels entire day’s BTC price dip with fresh push above $46K
Bitcoin (BTC) staged yet another classic comeback on Aug. 13 as a day of losses abruptly flipped positive. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
ADA hits $2 first the time since May ahead of Cardano smart contract announcement
Cardano’s ADA token made a triumphant return to the $2 mark on Aug. 13 as weekly gains topped 50%. ADA/USD 1-day candle chart...
Weekly Report: Crypto market cap regains $2 Trillion Level
Here are the top cryptocurrency news headlines that you cannot miss from this week XRP hits $1 as GME Remittance joins RippleNet One of...
The price outlook for Bitcoin, Ethereum, IOTA
The cryptocurrency market cap has reached $2 trillion as Bitcoin and Ethereum prices break above crucial levels The top two...
South African Expert Says Tax-Dodging Crypto Traders Face Heightened Jail Threat
A South African tax expert, Thomas Lobban, has warned non-tax paying crypto traders that they now face possible jail time if the South...
Crypto data firm Dune Analytics announces $8M Series A Funding
The blockchain data analytics sector has seen much investment this year, with both Messari and Chainalysis also completing funding rounds...
Disconnected Venezuelan Bitcoin Miners Might Resume Operations in 48 Hours
A group of Venezuelan Bitcoin miners that were disconnected from the power grid by regional authorities in the state of Carabobo might...
FreeTON Unveils TON Swap 2.0
Broxus, a leading developer of the FreeTON project, has unveiled the second version of their FreeTON DEX, TON Swap. The update consists of...
Crypto Data Firm Dune Analytics Raises $8M — Series A Round Led by Union Square Ventures
The team behind the platform that allows users to track data on the Ethereum blockchain, Dune Analytics, announced the firm has raised $8...
Didi Taihuttu Discusses Hiding His Cold Storage Wallets After Selling Everything for Bitcoin 3 Years Ago
Over three years ago, a Netherlands native made headlines when he told the world he and his minimalist family sold everything for bitcoin....
Ethereum price drops below $3K, but ETH options data reflects optimism
Ether’s (ETH) 81% rally over the last three weeks caught professional traders off-guard, and this week’s upcoming options...
Shanghai Man: Hack of little-known Poly Network highlights East-West crypto divide
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Nancy Pelosi Urged to Amend ‘Harmful’ Cryptocurrency Provision in Infrastructure Bill
U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to amend the crypto provision in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill...
Switzerland’s Leonteq Offers Crypto Assets to Investors in Germany and Austria
Swiss fintech firm Leonteq has introduced its digital asset products in two neighboring jurisdictions, Germany and Austria. The company is...
Analysts say Bitcoin price “needed a breather” before chasing new highs
The high-flying optimism generated earlier this week when Bitcoin and altcoin prices rose was tempered on Aug. 12 as BTC dropped below...
Top Derivatives Exchange Bitget Releases Its Latest Operation Data
Currently, derivatives exchange Bitget has released its global market penetration plan on Twitter, and at the same time, they published...
Central Bank of Argentina President Hints at Possible Regulation of Bitcoin in Payment Systems
Miguel Pesce, president of the Central Bank of Argentina, hinted at some kind of regulation coming for bitcoin transactions soon....
Poly Network Hacker Says ‘In the Defi World Code Is Law’ While Returning Millions in Defi Tokens
Two days after the notorious Poly Network hack, the hacker continues to send funds back to the project. On August 12, the Poly Network...
Bitcoin bulls aim for $50K ahead of Friday’s $675M BTC options expiry
On Friday, Aug. 13, a total of $675 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expire and currently the bulls enjoy a significant...
Augmented Reality-Based Dogemon Go Mobile Game Allows Players to Earn Dogecoin
Following this year’s hype toward the meme-based digital currency dogecoin, a team of developers revealed the launch of an augmented...
Bitpay Adds Google Pay for US Cardholders to Spend Cryptocurrencies
Crypto payment service provider Bitpay has updated its wallet app to include Google Pay for U.S. cardholders to spend their...
Bitcoin ‘sell the rally’ indicator flashes again as BTC price breaks below $45K
A Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicator that spotted dead cat bounces during the yesteryear bearish market corrections has flashed again in...
Where to buy YOUCash: traders flock to YOUC as it rallies 150% today
YOUC is a leading light in advertising and is one of today’s hottest tokens with a 150% surge. YOUCash is pumping while the rest of...
CVAG does 5x in just one day: where to buy Crypto Village Accelerator
450% daily gains make CVAG the hottest token in today’s stalled crypto market Crypto Village Accelerator is a launchpad and...
Satoshi Versus the ‘Infrastructure Bill’ — Political Permission Not Required
When Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper in October 2008, it likely wasn’t with the idea that governments and central...
Where to buy Basic: BASIC is on a moon run, rising by 80%
BASIC is taking full advantage of the crypto bull run by registering magnificent gains in a day BASIC, the token that offers easy crypto...
Where to buy XRP: Ripple leads top 10 with 13% gain
Ripple (XRP) posted double-digit gains as the US maintains its positive stance on cryptocurrencies Ripple has been involved in a lawsuit...
Bitcoin loses 4% in challenge to bulls’ push for $50K — Watch these BTC price support levels
Bitcoin (BTC) lost its appetite for further gains on Thursday as BTC price action targeted levels below $45,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Dvision Network to Host “Live Debate” on Cryptocurrency Legislation Organized by Korean National Assembly
PRESS RELEASE. The blockchain-based metaverse Dvision Network is set to become part of history in what promises to be an action-packed...
Ukraine Shuts Down Crypto Exchangers Sending Money to Russian Wallets
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has closed down a number of “underground” crypto exchangers in Kyiv. Officials say the...
Messi receives crypto fan tokens as part of PSG contract
The former Barcelona player also recently unveiled a non-fungible token (NFT) collectible Lionel Messi has received a huge amount of...
WazirX exchange reports 55% new signups from small-city users
About two thirds of the registrations from semi-urban and rural areas in India were women, the exchange reported Binance-owned Indian...
Iranian Tax Authority Urges Regulators to Legalize Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) has put forward a proposal to tax digital asset exchanges operating in the country. The...
Valkyrie has filed a proposal for a Bitcoin futures ETF
The exchange-traded fund will be cash-settled and traded on CME Specialised asset manager Valkyrie has filed for a Bitcoin futures...
Dutch Bitcoin family reveals how it safeguards a fortune in crypto
A family that went all-in on Bitcoin back in 2017 has revealed their secrets to safeguarding the asset now that it has increased in price...
PSG price resumes rally to all-time highs as Lionel Messi officially joins Paris Saint-Germain
PSG, a fan token launched by Paris Saint-Germain, resumed its uptrend Thursday after Lionel Messi confirmed that he is joining the French...
Bank of Ghana piloting Africa’s first general purpose CBDC
Through a partnership with Giesecke+Devrient, the central bank will test out the e-cedi, a digital version of Ghana’s national...
Kucoin Boss on Strategy After Hack: ‘We Chose to Act’
Kucoin, one of the leading crypto exchanges, suffered a hacking incident in 2020 where over $250 million was stolen. However, immediately...
Tezos price analysis: XTZ buy signal suggests uptrend is intact
The super trend indicator suggests a buy signal for XTZ, with bulls battling to break above horizontal resistance at $3.62 XTZ is trading...
Troop of Bored Ape NFTs Rises Above the Competition, BAYC Donates $200K in ETH to Orangutan Outreach
While non-fungible token (NFT) assets have been raking in millions, numerous NFT projects like Cryptopunks, Meebits, and Bored Ape Yacht...
Soccer Giant AC Milan Seals Sponsorship Deal With Crypto Exchange Bitmex
Italian soccer club AC Milan and Bitmex have reached a long-term partnership agreement that will put the logo of the cryptocurrency...
Dutch Bitcoin family reveals how they safeguard a fortune in crypto
A family that went all-in on Bitcoin back in 2017 has revealed their secrets to safeguarding the asset now that it has increased in price...
Poly Network Defi Hacker Returns a Large Fraction of Tokens, Chainalysis Evaluates Hacker’s Onchain Movements
On August 11, the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis published its findings on the recent Poly Network hack which saw the loss of...