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How can you own a genuine Banksy? The answer’s on the blockchain
10101.art, a ground-breaking art-tech platform, celebrated its official launch in Dubai’s Monada Art gallery this week. Bringing...
Paypal Partnership Allows US-Based Moonpay Users to Buy Crypto With Their Paypal Accounts
The digital asset trading platform, Moonpay, announced on May 2 that it had formed a partnership with Paypal. This partnership will...
Galaxis Gears up for Token Launch: Announces $1,000,000 Creator and Community Member Grants & Bybit IDO
Zurich, Switzerland, May 3rd, 2024, Chainwire Galaxis is preparing for this month’s token launch on Bybit, with the first phase...
Hugewin Crypto Casino: Redefining Cryptocurrency Gaming With Unrivaled Diversity and Unmatched Excitement
Hugewin Crypto Casino proudly announces its emergence as a groundbreaking force in the realm of cryptocurrency gaming, offering an...
Hon Kong’s asset management firm becomes the largest investor in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF
Yong Rong HK Asset Management emerges as the top holder in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF with $38M investment. Ovata emerges as biggest...
Buenos Aires Targets Worldcoin With Eye Scanning Biometric Bill
A bill that seeks to regulate the activities of companies that scan the eyes of their users, like Worldcoin, has been recently...
MakerDAO unveils two new tokens in a major overhaul
The two new tokens teased by MakerDAO are NewStable (NST) and NewGovToken (NGT). NST replaces Dai and offers upgraded features...
US Government Could Target Bitcoin, Warns ‘Wolf of All Streets’ Amid Crypto Attacks
Scott Melker, also known as the “Wolf of All Streets,” has cautioned that the same attacks on cryptocurrencies by the...
Sui Turns One: Debut Year of Growth and Tech Breakthroughs Puts Sui at Forefront of Web3
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, May 3rd, 2024, Chainwire Protocol launches, growth trajectory, and industry-leading technology point...
Report Reveals Hundreds of US Banks at Risk of Failure Amid High Interest Rate Environment
Following the dramatic bank failures last year and the recent collapse of Philadelphia’s Republic First Bank last week, an analysis...
Argentine Lower House Passes Cryptocurrency Legalizing Opportunity in Reintroduced Omnibus Law
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies passed a series of cryptocurrency tax opportunities for citizens holding undeclared assets in...
Analyst: Gold and Silver Set to Rally Amidst a Collapse of the US Financial System
Egon von Greyerz, a former banker and gold analyst, claims that gold and silver are set for a price rally amidst an upcoming...
SEC delays decision on 7RCC Spot Bitcoin and Carbon Credit Futures ETF
SEC postpones decision on 7RCC Spot Bitcoin and Carbon Credit Futures ETF to June 24, 2024. The ETF plans to invest 80% in Bitcoin...
Why Oracles, Bridges, and VRF Services Are so Important to Bitcoin L2 dApps – Supra CEO Josh Tobkin
Supra is a next-generation, vertically integrated blockchain ecosystem with powerful smart contracts, native Oracles, cross-chain...
USDT Stablecoin Supply on TON Blockchain Hits 130 Million in 2 Weeks
Since the introduction of USDT on the TON blockchain, the supply of this stablecoin has grown by over 70 million within just two...
‘Transforming Tomorrow’ – Tech Summit 2024 is coming to San Francisco this June
The highly anticipated annual Tech Summit San Francisco is set to illuminate the future of technology on June 19-20, 2024, from...
Friend.tech’s FRIEND Token Airdrop Faces Steep Decline Since Market Debut
Friend.tech, the decentralized social media application on the Base network, recently launched its native token through an airdrop....
Marathon Sets New Record by Mining Bitcoin’s Largest Block, Showcasing the Logos’ Manifesto
On May 3, the Bitcoin network validated its largest block to date at block height 841,886, which included an inscription showcasing...
Bitcoin Events reveals details of upcoming Crypto Fest 2024 conference in South Africa
Bitcoin Events, Africa’s leading cryptocurrency event organizer, has revealed the details of this year’s Crypto Fest conference, a...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Bulls Challenge Upper Resistance Amid Bearish Pressure
As of May 3, 2024, bitcoin’s price stands at $59,142, with a 24-hour intraday range of $57,789 to $60,000. The leading...
Nigerian BICCoN calls for crypto exchanges round table with SEC chief amid crackdown
Recently, crypto exchanges like Binance have found themselves under serious scrutiny in Nigeria The BICCoN-led initiative for a...
Pantera Capital invests in TON, eyes support for crypto adoption via Telegram
Pantera Capital has announced it invested an undisclosed amount in TON. The venture capital firm says TON’s integration with...
Report: 30% of UK Watchdog’s Financial Crime Experts Focused on Crypto Businesses in 2022-23
According to a report, the Financial Conduct Authority, a watchdog for the financial services industry in the U.K., had 30% of its...
Bitbot’s Presale Passes $3M After AI Development Update
London, United Kingdom, May 2nd, 2024, Chainwire AI-powered Telegram trading bot, Bitbot, has surged past the $3M mark in its...
Blackrock Reinforces Tokenization Drive Leading $47 Million Funding Round in Digitization Company Securitize
Blackrock, the largest asset management company in the world, has led a strategic funding round of $47 million in Securitize, a...
Tether Q1 2024 Attestation Reveals Record $4.52 Billion Profits
Tether, one of the largest cryptocurrency companies, has recently released an attestation of its financial activity corresponding...
“Scaling Bitcoin Together” Event Set to Unite Bitcoin Leaders in Hong Kong
PRESS RELEASE. As a part of Bitcoin Asia Week 2024, the “Scaling Bitcoin Together” event will take place on May 11,...
Standard Chartered Warns Bitcoin Price Could Fall to $50K
Standard Chartered Bank has warned that bitcoin’s price could potentially decline to $50,000. The head of digital asset...
Top VCs Join EYWA’s Seed Round Led by Curve’s Founder
PRESS RELEASE. Road Town, British Virgin Islands — May 2, 2024. EYWA, a consensus bridge that secures transactions across multiple...
JPMorgan: Retail Investors Drive Selloff in Both Crypto and Equity Markets
JPMorgan has highlighted a significant increase in selling and profit-taking across equity and crypto markets, driven largely by...
Hybrid L2 Build on Bitcoin Launches Mainnet; US Users Face Geo-Blocking
The layer-two initiative known as BOB, short for ‘Build on Bitcoin,’ has declared its mainnet operational with over...
Zksnacks to Cease Coinjoin Transactions, Affecting Wasabi, Trezor and Btcpay
On Thursday, Zksnacks, the developer behind Wasabi Wallet, announced its decision to cease its coinjoin services following...
Messari CEO Criticizes US President’s Crypto Stance, Foresees ‘Mass Wealth Confiscation’ if Biden Gets Reelected
Recently, Messari’s founder and CEO, Ryan Selkis, has expressed strong opinions about the potential impact of a Joe Biden...
Coinbase Announces Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Coinbase, a leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has finally announced the implementation of the lightning network, a...
AppLayer Unveils Fastest EVM Network and $1.5M Network Incentive Program
Panama City, Panama, May 2nd, 2024, Chainwire AppLayer has unveiled the fastest and most robust infrastructure for scaling...
Lightspark CEO Expects Bitcoin to Dominate AI-Related Monetary Transactions
David Marcus, the former president of Paypal and the current CEO of Lightspark, envisions bitcoin as the primary currency for...
Fidelity Digital Assets Study: Bitcoin’s Volatility Declines as It Grows, Echoing Historical Asset Trends
A new study by Fidelity Digital Assets reveals that as bitcoin matures, its volatility is decreasing, making it less volatile than...
Humanode, a blockchain built with Polkadot SDK, becomes the most decentralized by Nakamoto Coefficient
London, United Kingdom, May 1st, 2024, Chainwire Humanode, a Layer-1 blockchain built with Polkadot SDK, has become the most...
Record Withdrawal From US Bitcoin ETFs Marks Largest Single-Day Outflow
On May 1, 2024, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs experienced their most significant single-day outflows since their inception on Jan. 11,...
Faisal Al Monai: Convergence of AI and Blockchain Is a Solution to Data Integrity Issues in AI Model Training
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) lead the world in the adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrencies because governments in...
Attackers Steal $1.6 Million in Digital Assets From Defi Protocol Pike Finance
Unknown attackers recently siphoned digital assets valued at just under $1.6 million from the decentralized finance protocol, Pike...
Aave Labs Unveils Ambitious Plans for Protocol V4: Enhancing GHO Stability and Cross-Chain Liquidity
Aave Labs proposed a significant upgrade to its protocol, aimed at enhancing features like its stablecoin GHO, introducing a...
Wyoming Senator Slams DOJ’s Take on Non-Custodial Crypto Software, Vows to Protect User Rights
Wyoming’s Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has responded to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest argument regarding...
Microstrategy Plans to Launch a Decentralized Identity Solution on Bitcoin
Microstrategy has introduced a new enterprise decentralized identity platform, Microstrategy Orange, during the Bitcoin for...
US Coal Miner Uses Excess Power to Mine BTC; Earns 61 Coins in Q1 2024
Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), a coal mining company in the U.S., recently disclosed its use of underutilized electricity loads...
Jack Dorsey’s Block Faces DOJ Probe Over Alleged Transactions With Sanctioned Nations and Terrorist Groups
Department of Justice (DOJ) federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are investigating fintech company Block,...
Defi’s TVL Declines by $10 Billion in April Despite Growth in Bitcoin and Newer Blockchains
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized applications (defi) experienced a 7% decrease, dropping $10 billion in April, with...
Bitlight Labs Launches Public Release of Bitlight Wallet, the First Self-Custodial Bitcoin Wallet Supporting RGB Assets
PRESS RELEASE. Bitlight Labs Launches Public Release of Bitlight Wallet, the First Self-Custodial Bitcoin Wallet Supporting RGB...
Peter Schiff Declares Bitcoin in Bear Market Amid US Economy’s Stagflation Reality
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has declared bitcoin to be in a bear market, despite the recent surge in interest in spot...
NFT Sales Dip Over 31% in April; Ethereum, Solana Experience Sharp Declines
Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a 31.26% decline in April from the revenues recorded in March. Last month,...
Former Binance CEO CZ: I Will Do My Time — Crypto Industry Has Entered a New Phase
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has expressed his gratitude to the crypto community for their support following his...
Bitcoin Miners Log Second Highest Monthly Revenue in April, Despite Falling Hash Value
In April, bitcoin miners amassed the second-highest monthly revenue of the past year, following the unprecedented earnings in...
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady Amid Inflation Concerns; Outlook Remains ‘Uncertain’
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the U.S. Federal Reserve chose to maintain the benchmark interest rates at their highest in 23 years....
Nektar Network begins Epoch 1 of Nektar Drops – Rewards for ongoing participation
Berlin, Germany, May 1st, 2024, Chainwire The Nektar Network is excited to announce the commencement of Epoch 1 for Nektar Drops,...
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Report 5 Straight Days of Outflows, Totaling $635 Million
On Tuesday, U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered their fifth consecutive day of net withdrawals, documenting a...
Bitvavo taps Figment to enhance staking services in Europe
The partnership between Figment and Bitvavo underscores the growing significance of staking services in the cryptocurrency...
Crypto Market Downturn Hits Coinbase, Microstrategy, and Mining Stocks Hard
During the widespread downturn in the cryptocurrency markets, publicly listed companies within the sector such as Coinbase,...
Toncoin, SEI, And Rebel Satoshi ($RBLZ) enter the spotlight for potential gains
Wormhole will deploy Uniswap on Sei (SEI) as several analysts expect a 50% price jump for SEI. TON/USDt LP Boosts aim to deliver a...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Uncertainty Looms as Bearish Patterns Persist
Bitcoin’s technical analysis reveals a protracted bearish trend, reflecting significant selling pressure and resistance to...
Russian Crypto Exchange Unable to Process Withdrawals; Angry Users Try to Storm Offices
Approximately 50 users of Beribit, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange, recently tried to storm the company’s Moscow offices to...
World of Dypians Offers Up to 1M $WOD and $225,000 in Premium Subscriptions via the BNB Chain Airdrop Alliance Program
Tortola, BVI, May 1st, 2024, Chainwire World of Dypians (WOD) – an immersive, revolutionary MMORPG available on Epic Games, is on...
Blockchair’s Lead Developer Expresses Concerns Over Bitcoin’s Security Budget
Nikita Zhavoronkov, the lead developer of Blockchair, a cryptocurrency block explorer, has expressed his concerns about...
This new meme coin presses on as most cryptocurrencies slide after CZ sentencing
Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison despite DOJ’s request for a longer term. Crypto market dips after Binance...
Tether Invests $200 Million in Blackrock Neurotech, Launches Evo Division
Tether, the giant behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, announced a $200 million strategic investment in Blackrock...
Sui Teams Up with Google Cloud to Drive Web3 Innovation with Enhanced Security, Scalability and AI Capabilities
Palo Alto, California, April 30th, 2024, Chainwire Collaboration focuses on tackling key Web3 challenges through data-driven...
Nigeria Cryptocurrency Clampdown: Central Bank Directs Fintech Firms to Stop Opening New Accounts
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed four fintech companies to cease the creation of new accounts, citing their potential use...
Samourai Wallet co-founder released on $1M bond after pleading not guilty
Samourai Wallet founders have been charged with money laundering and operating an unlicensed business. Keonne Rodriguez, one of the...
Real-World Assets Hits New Peak With $8 Billion Locked, Reports Messari
The total value locked (TVL) in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocols has seen a remarkable surge of almost 60% since...
MSTR, COIN, RIOT and other crypto stocks down as Bitcoin dips
MicroStrategy stock was down 10% on Tuesday, while Coinbase and other crypto stocks also dumped. Bitcoin price traded to lows of...
Animoca Brands Joins Forces With Opal Foundation to Build Expansive Web3 Ecosystem on Bitcoin
Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based game software company, has announced its partnership with the Opal Foundation to enter the...
MilkyWay secures $5M in seed funding led by Binance Lab
MilkyWay secures $5M funding led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital. MilkyWay boasts 156,000+ milkTIA holders and integrates...
US Lawmaker Slams SEC’s Investigation of Ethereum — Says Chair Gensler Intentionally Misled Congress
U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry has slammed both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
30k+ Crypto Community Backs CZ in Dynamic Onchain Poll
Over 30,000 on-chain users have voiced their support for Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of Binance The decentralized opinion poll...
Bitcoin.com Addresses Charges Against Early Investor and Founder Roger Ver
On April 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) detained Roger Ver, a trailblazing investor in bitcoin, on accusations of...
Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao faces reduced jail time as judge rejects DOJ request
The judge has diverged from DOJ’s 36-month proposal. Some believe the judge is leaning towards a 10 to 16-month sentence. Changpeng...
Coin Center Warns of DOJ Overreach in Tornado Cash, Samourai Wallet Cases
The recent actions by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against non-custodial crypto wallet developers have sparked controversy and...
Ethereum drops below $3k as liquidations hit $320 million
Ethereum price has dropped below $3,000, hitting lows of $2,942 on Coinbase. The decline in the price of Ethereum comes as spot ETH...
Russia to Enact a Ban on Domestic Operations Of Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Russia is preparing to enact a ban on the organization of cryptocurrency exchanges in the country via the approval of a bill that...
Klaytn scores listing on the Philippines’ top crypto exchange
Klaytn token KLAY is now available for trading on Coins.ph, the Philippines’ largest crypto exchange. The exchange has added...
Bitcoin’s 61-Day Streak Above $60K Threatened, $271M in Liquidations as BTC Nears Critical Threshold
Bitcoin prices experienced a notable decline on Tuesday, dropping more than 2% against the U.S. dollar in the last 24 hours,...
Animoca Brands “comes to Bitcoin” with OPAL Protocol
Animoca Brands says Bitcoin is ready for Web3. The blockchain gaming giant will collaborate with Darewise and OPAL Protocol to...
HK vs. US: China AMC Leads but Can’t Lift Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin ETFs to US Levels
Hong Kong’s debut of six spot bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) garnered HK$87.5 million ($11 million) on...
Yue Minjun Revolutionizes Bitcoin Art Scene with Pioneering Ordinals Collection on LiveArt
NEW YORK, United States, April 30th, 2024, Chainwire The first major contemporary artist to adopt the Bitcoin blockchain LiveArt...
Fear of Impermanent Loss: Though ‘Overstated,’ It Has Impacted Participation in Liquidity Pools, Says Mehdi Lebbar
Although decentralized finance (defi) continues to evolve, it is being perceived as the domain of a select few, Mehdi Lebbar, the...
dYdX, Ethena, Sui and Memecoin poised for cliff unlocks this week: Details
dYdX and Ethena have token unlocks of over $70 million and $45 million respectively scheduled for May 1 Sui and Memecoin cliff...
Bitcoin.org Owner Cobra Warns About Illegalization of Bitcoin Self-Custody in the US
Cobra, the pseudonymous owner of the Bitcoin.org domain, has voiced concerns about future actions from the U.S. government...
PolkaBotAI – decentralizing AI with OriginTrail and Polkadot
Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 29th, 2024, Chainwire The explosive rise of Artificial Intelligence has sparked the first stages of a...
Citi: Brazil Is at the Top of Digital Money Initiatives in Latam
A recent report by Citi, a global financial institution, has put Brazil at the top of the nations leading the digital money...
Crypto fear and greed index slips as the BitBot raises $3M
A sense of fear is creeping up in the cryptocurrency market as investors focused on the upcoming Federal Reserve decision. The...
Jameson Lopp’s Bitcoin Testnet ‘Griefing’ Stirs Controversy
Jameson Lopp, a prominent figure in the Bitcoin community, deliberately “griefed” one of Bitcoin’s testnets by...