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FinCEN Names Misuse of Cryptocurrencies a National Priority
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has named “cybercrime, including relevant cybersecurity and virtual currency...
Brian Armstrong Meets With Fed Chair Jerome Powell – ‘US Needs to Be a Major Crypto Player to Stay Relevant’
According to Jerome Powell’s conference calendar, the CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, met with the Federal Reserve chairman and...
‘We Want You,’ Pro-Bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis Invites Crypto Miners to Wyoming
U.S. lawmaker and bitcoin advocate Cynthia Lummis has indicated that cryptocurrency miners are welcome in Wyoming. In a recent interview,...
AscendEX Lists Radix – a DeFi Protocol With Developer Incentives
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX (formerly BitMax), a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite, is thrilled to...
Philippine Stock Exchange Eyes Cryptocurrency Trading — Says ‘It’s an Asset Class That We Cannot Ignore Anymore’
The national stock exchange of the Philippines, the PSE, says cryptocurrency is “an asset class that we cannot ignore...
Bitcoin fractal setup from 2019 hints BTC price can rebound back to $50K
Bitcoin (BTC) faces the prospects of reaching $47,500-$50,000 based on its current trend’s eerie similarity with the one in June...
Russia’s Famous Hermitage Museum Aims to Raise Funds With NFTs
The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg is considering issuing NFTs for works of art from its rich collection and is holding talks with...
Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Plans to Develop South Carolina Mining Facility
On Friday, the bitcoin mining operation Greenidge Generation Holdings announced the company is expanding to South Carolina in order to...
Binance’s Troubles Grow as Thailand Files Criminal Complaint — Similar Warnings by Cayman Islands, UK, Japan
A growing number of regulators worldwide have come after Binance. Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a...
JPMorgan Predicts When Bitcoin Bear Market Will Be Over
Global investment bank JPMorgan has predicted that the bitcoin price slump will likely be over when the cryptocurrency’s dominance...
‘Make or break’ for Bitcoin, Binance under pressure, Strike attacks Coinbase: Hodler’s Digest, June 27–July 3
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Cardano Joins Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund as Third Biggest Component
Cardano has been added to Grayscale Investments’ large-cap cryptocurrency fund. It is now the third-largest component of the fund...
Finance Redefined: The $500 million bet on ETH 2.0 making waves! June 24-July 1
Whales can be bashful and clever creatures, but when you manage to catch one in action it’s a sight to behold — consider, for instance,...
NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers Partner With Crypto Cashback Company Stormx
In 2021, there’s been a plethora of cryptocurrency-related announcements about professional sports teams, leagues, and famous...
New Bill to Ban Crypto Payments in Iran, Support Mining and Regulate Exchange
Urged by the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, Iranian lawmakers have prepared new legislation to introduce comprehensive rules for...
South African Court Grants Final Liquidation Order Against the ‘Biggest Cryptocurrency Scam in 2020’
A South African judge, Justice Alma de Wet, has ruled in favor of granting a final liquidation order against Mirror Trading International...
London fork enters testnet on Ethereum as difficulty bomb sees delay
The Ethereum network witnessed the deployment of its London upgrade on the Ropsten testnet on June 24. This upgrade consists of the highly...
Bitcoin Still Commands the 9th Largest Market Capitalization in the World
Despite the drop in value during the last three months, the leading crypto asset bitcoin is still the ninth most valuable asset in the...
Bitcoin mining difficulty just fell by a record 28% — But will this help BTC price recover?
Bitcoin (BTC) has recorded its biggest mining difficulty drop of nearly 28% on July 3, but one model suggests that the BTC price will not...
Is Bitcoin in danger of losing $30K with Grayscale’s big GBTC unlocking in two weeks?
Whether a potential sell-off of shares tied to a multi-billion dollar Bitcoin (BTC) investment fund could crash the cryptocurrency’s...
South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Bans Employees from Trading Bitcoin
One of the largest South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, in terms of trade volume, Bithumb, has announced that employees are banned from...
Ukraine Shuts Down Illegal Mining Farm With 150 Rigs
Law enforcement officials in Ukraine have closed down a cryptocurrency mining farm that was minting digital coins using stolen...
Binance Deploys Crypto Monitoring ‘Traveler’ System to Comply With FATF Travel Rule
Binance announced yesterday it deployed Ciphertrace’s Traveler system as part of its compliance efforts. Traveler is the first...
Bitcoin Blocks Will Soon Be 27% Easier to Find — Miners Brace for the Largest Difficulty Drop in BTC’s Lifetime
Bitcoin, the leading crypto asset in terms of market capitalization, has seen the cryptocurrency’s network hashrate drop...
US State Department Official Wants El Salvador to ‘Ensure Bitcoin Is Well Regulated’
The U.S. Department of State’s undersecretary of state for political affairs, Victoria Nuland, has explained during a press...
Axie Infinity (AXS) and Waves make gains as Bitcoin flatlines below $34K
Bitcoin (BTC) price remains relatively unchanged on the 24-hour chart, down 0.56% and trading around $33,200 at the time of writing. The...
Fed chair met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and former House speaker in May
Prior to the Federal Reserve announcing it would release a discussion paper on a central bank digital currency, chairperson Jerome Powell...
Bank of Russia to Study Risks of Crypto Investing With Banks and Payment Providers
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has set out to examine the risks associated with cryptocurrency investments. The regulator is going to...
Altcoin Roundup: Smart investors don’t just buy dips, they dollar-cost average
Choppy markets have defined the crypto space since Bitcoin (BTC) sold off on April 19, and indecisive markets like these can test the...
Venezuela to Slash Six Zeros From Its Currency to Facilitate Payments
The government of Venezuela is considering a new redenomination of its fiat currency. The proposal that is under study would cut six...
Skybridge Capital Launches Ethereum Fund — Ether ETF Filing to Follow
Asset management firm Skybridge Capital has launched an ethereum fund, CEO Anthony Scaramucci has confirmed. He added that the asset...
Bitcoin’s key momentum metric hints at bullish divergence as BTC clings to $33K
A recent run-down in the Bitcoin (BTC) market faces the prospects of exhaustion before confirming a full-fledged bearish breakdown, so...
Stablecoins under scrutiny: USDT stands by ‘commercial paper’ tether
The stablecoin market has been growing exponentially, and last week, Eric Rosengren — president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston —...
BIS Economist Recommends ‘Technology-Neutral’ Crypto Regulation, Low-Cost Supervision of Decentralized Markets
An economist with the Bank of International Settlements has found that cryptocurrencies are not sought as an alternative to fiat...
Bitcoin spring? Wyckoff ‘groundhog’ indicates crypto winter may last another 6 weeks
The Wyckoff Accumulation technical chart pattern has become the latest trending topic when anticipating where the price of Bitcoin (BTC)...
ETH 2.0 Contract Exceeds 6 Million Ether, Data Shows Ethereum Outperformed BTC in Q1 and Q2
Statistics show that the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has exceeded 6 million ether this week as more than $12.4 billion worth of ethereum...
Where to buy BabyBNB as it hits new all-time high
BabyBNB has managed a 2x price surge today, which led to a new all-time high. Read on for the best place to buy BabyBNB. BabyBNB is yet...
US Senator’s Advice: Buy, Hold, Save Bitcoin for Retirement as Congress Floods Economy With Trillions of Dollars
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has encouraged “people to buy and hold” bitcoin in their portfolios. “I encourage them to...
Crypto ownership has nothing to do with distrust in fiat: BIS study
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a global financial institution owned by some of the world’s biggest central banks, is trying...
Child’s play: Gajesh Naik, 13, manages a fortune in DeFi
At 13, it is hard to believe that anyone can understand the potential — and responsibility and danger — of holding private keys to half a...
Robinhood IPO Filing Reveals $88 Billion in Cryptocurrency Trading, Dogecoin 34% of Crypto Revenue
Robinhood’s IPO prospectus shows that 9.5 million customers traded $88 billion of cryptocurrency on its platform in Q1 and the...
Bitcoin of America’s Chief Financial Officer Reports Record Company Growth
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin of America (BOA), a popular virtual currency exchange, is reporting record growth. Bitcoin of America is registered...
Where to buy Xenon Pay II: BSC token enjoys 120% rally this week
Innovative DeFi protocol Xenon Pay II has had a remarkable week, and is flourishing in the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem. Find out the...
Dutch Professional Football Club AZ ‘Confident’ About Bitcoin’s Future, Keeps BTC on Balance Sheet
Dutch professional football club AZ has formed an exclusive partnership with a regulated cryptocurrency exchange platform, Bitcoin...
Where to buy Bytecoin (BCN): time the market to capture 90% price spikes
In the last 12 hours alone, Bytecoin has experienced eight — yes, EIGHT — price spikes of around 90%. Music to your ears?...
Enjin’s NFT Marketplace Efinity Rakes In $20 Million From EFI Token Sale on CoinList
Enjin successfully auctioned all tokens available for sale for the new Efinity NFT marketplace it has developed for the Polkadot...
Bitcoin bounces at key range amid hope BTC price will avoid ‘big nuke’
Bitcoin (BTC) retained a key support area on Friday as bidders stepped in to avert another test of $30,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Australian Regulator Seeks Advice on Crypto-Related Assets
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently opened a consultation for establishing methods and best practices for...
Unicly to Leverage Sushi’s Miso Auction Tools to Deepen Fractional NFT Liquidity
As Unicly advances NFT combination, fractionalization, and trading, an integration with Sushiswap’s auction platform is designed to...
Create Your Own DAO Easily With xDAO – the Innovative DeFi Platform Powered by BSC
xDAO is an innovative DeFi platform which allows anyone to easily create Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – DAOs – for...
Ethereum bulls chase $2,200 ahead of Friday’s $230M ETH options expiry
Ether’s (ETH) $1.5 billion monthly expiry on June 25 was slightly favorable for bears, and at the time, Cointelegraph reported that...
Bitcoin’s active addresses fall below Ethereum’s after 60% drop in six weeks
The number of addresses active on the Bitcoin network has crashed roughly 60% in the past six weeks from 1.3 million to roughly 500,000....
Softbank Invests $200 Million in Brazilian Crypto Trading Platform Mercado Bitcoin
The multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Softbank operates a Latin America Fund that invests in startups...
NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie’s Crypto-Fueled Social Media App Raises $7.5 Million
According to an announcement revealed on Thursday, Spencer Dinwiddie’s token application called Calaxy has raised $7.5 million in...
3 reasons why analysts are turning bullish on Curve Finance (CRV)
Choppy markets after a major pullback offer ample time to take a survey of the cryptocurrency landscape and find solid projects with...
NFT Marketplace Backed by Mark Cuban Raises $13 Million in Series A
The Mark Cuban-backed non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Mintable has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round, according to an...
Torum, the Swiss Army Knife of the Crypto Ecosystem
If you ever wondered why crypto projects rise and fall so quickly, you are not alone. In fact, barely 7 months after the 2017 bull run...
World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — ‘Embarrassing’ Coding Error Spotted in NFT
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the English computer scientist who is well known for inventing the world wide web has sold a non-fungible...
‘Negative’ Bitcoin daily chart means bulls must defend $29K — Peter Brandt
Bitcoin (BTC) needs to stay above $29,000 to preserve the bullish case in the short term, famous trader Peter Brandt has warned. In a...
Bulls and bears fight over $34K Bitcoin price as $445M options expiry looms
Bitcoin (BTC) has been ranging from $30,400 to 36,400 for the last 12 days, and it has been difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for...
George Soros’ Investment Fund Is Reportedly Trading Bitcoin Products
The Hungarian-born American billionaire investor George Soros’ investment fund is actively trading bitcoin investment products,...
Centre to Expand USDC to Ten More Blockchains; Launches on Tron
Centre, the consortium behind the issuance of USD Coin (USDC), announced it will launch the popular asset on 10 more blockchains. This...
Double-digit crypto gains and trading volume — what’s the connection?
While the crypto markets are clearly led by the swings of Bitcoin and Ethereum, outliers are frequent — and identifying them is often what...
How much intrigue is behind Kusama’s parachain auctions?
Eleven projects joined the race when Kusama parachain auctions started on June 15. A few more got in during the latter auctions of the...
Elon Musk Tweet Sends New Baby Doge Coin Soaring — Meme Token’s Daily Gains Jump 228%
While dogecoin and the ERC20 token shiba inu have surprised the masses with phenomenal gains this year, another dog token has entered the...
Elon Musk’s latest attempt to pump Dogecoin fails miserably
Dogecoin (DOGE) prices surged but did not skyrocket after receiving another endorsement from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter on July 1. The...
Financial Advisor Survey: 26% Plan to Recommend Cryptocurrencies Over Next 12 Months
A recent survey of financial advisors and their investing strategies shows “a significant shift to embracing...
Blockchain Goes Green: Signum – the Truly Sustainable Blockchain Steps Into the Light
Zürich, Switzerland, 1 July 2021 – Anyone with a green conscience can now join the crypto movement. The next generation and...
Where to buy LinkEye: LET enters top 10 best performing cryptos
LinkEye, the blockchain disrupting the credit service industry, has managed a 200% rally this week. Here’s the best place to buy...
Kazakhstan to introduce new energy fees for crypto miners in 2022
As Kazakhstan becomes increasingly popular for cryptocurrency mining, the country’s president has signed a new law introducing an extra...
Nigerian Currency Overvalued by 10% Says Central Bank Governor
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has reportedly told investors that the country’s currency is...
Bitcoin posts third monthly red candle with Stock-to-Flow price model echoing early 2019
Bitcoin (BTC) closed its third red monthly candle in a row this week as a popular analyst likened BTC price action to January 2019. In a...
South African Regulators Reportedly Fast-Tracking Crypto Regulatory Framework
With South Africa receiving more than its fair share of cryptocurrency-related scams, a report suggests that regulators are responding to...
Beijing and Suzhou Railways Now Accept Digital Yuan Payments for Ride Fares
Beijing subway has officially launched a new program that allows passengers to pay for rides with the central bank digital currency (CBDC)...
Bargain? World Wide Web’s source code NFT sells for $5.4M at Sotheby’s
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has sold an NFT of the web’s source code for $5.4 million at fine art...
Kazakhstan Introduces Surcharge for Electricity Used by Crypto Miners
Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan will pay more than other consumers for the electricity they use to mint digital coins. The...
Ventup, the IDO Launchpad by Vent, Connects Game-Changers With Investors
Vent is excited to announce the launch of their IDO on the Ventup platform, nurtured by Vent Finance. This innovative community-driven...
As the Top Coins Lag Behind, an Odd Bunch of Crypto Assets See Double-Digit Gains
The market capitalization of all 10,722 cryptocurrencies in existence is around $1.42 trillion on Wednesday and during the last 24 hours,...
Fed Vice Chair Quarles Says Digital Dollar Could Pose Significant Risks to US Banking System
The Federal Reserve’s vice chairman of supervision and the chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Randal K. Quarles, doubts...
US Congressman Calls for Law Allowing Government to Reverse Cryptocurrency Transactions
A U.S. congressman has called for a law that allows the government to identify cryptocurrency users and reverse crypto transactions....
George Soros’ investment fund is reportedly trading Bitcoin
Soros Fund Management, the private investment firm of billionaire George Soros, is reportedly trading Bitcoin (BTC) as part of a broader...
3 key areas traders are watching as Bitcoin’s monthly close occurs
Bitcoin’s (BTC) whipsaw volatility has been on full display throughout June, leaving traders confused and in search of the latest...
Here’s why pro traders expect further downside from Ethereum price
Derivatives data shows that Ether (ETH) traders are feeling less bullish when compared to Bitcoin (BTC). Even though the altcoin captured...
Coinbase to Launch Apple-Like Crypto App Store
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has unveiled its plan to build “the crypto app store,” inspired by how Apple Inc. built its...
Triall: Bridging the Gap Between Medical Research and Blockchain Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy, leaving many industries re-evaluating the robustness of legacy models in times of...
Formula 1 Secures Multimillion Crypto Sponsorship Deal
Formula 1, the international auto racing organization, has found a new sponsor from the crypto industry. The long-term deal will provide a...
Gold outshines Bitcoin in Q2 even after posting its worst month since 2016
Gold is set to outperform Bitcoin (BTC) in the second quarter of 2021. An ounce of gold has surged from $1,707.45 on April 1 to over...
Price analysis 6/30: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC
Bitcoin price staged a mild resurgence at the start of this week but data from Glassnode suggests that its new BTC investors who came late...
Blockware Mining Raises $25M — Firm Looks to Make ‘Hashrate in the US More Globally Competitive’
On Wednesday, the North American bitcoin mining operation Blockware Mining announced the firm closed a $25 million investment round....
There Are Now Twice as Many 2021 ‘Bitcoin Deaths’ Compared to 2020’s BTC Obituaries List
Bitcoin is down in value 45% since the crypto asset’s all-time high (ATH) three months ago and the downward movement has ignited...