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Enjin Coin (ENJ) rallies slightly – Can it find enough bullish momentum in the near term?
Metaverse and blockchain gaming tokens are starting to come out of the crypto winter. Enjin Coin (ENJ) for example is rallying albeit...
A Look at EU's GDPR and What It Means for Crypto Privacy
Given the stupendous amount of personal information stored and transferred online, it's good that regulators are moving to bolster...
WisdomTree Launching Retail Crypto App
WisdomTree Investments is prepping the launch of a digital finance app that will allow customers to trade cryptocurrencies and other...
How to Pick the Right Play-to-Earn Game for You
It's no secret that gaming has turned from a passive hobby to a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Accenture, the global business...
Cardano’s price is struggling to rebound as Ada bulls face new hurdles
– The price of Cardano is still entrenched in a consolidation trend. – As the token recovers from the bottom border of the...
The 3 Most Thought-Provoking Questions in Bitcoin With Nik Bhatia
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW is joined by Nik Bhatia, author of...
OpenSea’s Week From Hell
There’s no question that OpenSea, now far and away the most dominant non-fungible token marketplace, has been a success for its investors....
Bitcoin Holds Support Above $35K; Resistance Near $40K
Bitcoin (BTC) buyers have maintained support at the Jan. 24 low of $32,900, and then held above $35,000 over the past few days. Short-term...
Whale Watch: A Deep Dive Into the Concentrations of Large Crypto Holders
Three months ago the crypto economy was worth more than $3 trillion and since then, digital currency prices have slid a great deal in...
Blockchain Firm Valereum Acquires 90% of Gibraltar Stock Exchange
Blockchain firm Valereum is acquiring 90% of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group in a move to build a fully regulated, integrated...
4 Reasons Privacy Coins Haven't Taken Off
The “Cypherpunk’s Manifesto” begins, “Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age.” But privacy coins –...
Visa Customers Made $2.5B in Crypto-Linked Payments in Q1
Visa users made $2.5 billion in payments with crypto-connected cards during the company’s fiscal first quarter, Visa CEO Al Kelly said in...
Technical Analysis: Terra Luna Drops 20%, While Symbol Token Climbs on Friday
Terra (Luna) was one of this week’s biggest crypto losers, falling by as much as 20% during Friday’s session. Declines in...
Price analysis 1/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOGE, DOT, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins are turning down from overhead resistance levels, indicating that the sentiment remains negative and...
Reflecting on Facebook's Hilarious, Well-Deserved Crypto Failure
Reports surfaced this week that Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, is planning to sell intellectual assets from its proposed digital...
ChainLink Capital Targets $100M in Assets for 2 Crypto Funds
Crypto-focused venture capital fund ChainLink Capital Management has set a target to reach $100 million of assets under management for...
Hong Kong Regulators Impose Limitations on Investing in Spot Crypto ETFs
Hong Kong financial regulators have published new guidance for intermediaries looking to offer virtual asset-linked products like...
Trezor Backtracks on ‘Travel Rule’ App for Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets Amid Uproar
SatoshiLabs, the creator of the Trezor hardware wallet, has decided to shelve plans to adopt an automated protocol for proving ownership...
Defying the bear market, this automated strategy is up 15% so far in 2022
Let’s be blunt: Being in a bear market sucks profoundly as a crypto trader. Most strategies that work when everything is green lead to...
Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date
Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain...
Bitcoin returns to $37K amid warnings that BTC price ‘needs to go lower’
Bitcoin (BTC) cracked $37,000 at the Jan. 28 Wall Street open as traders watched and waited for a resistance retest. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Mastercard’s CipherTrace Used ‘Honeypots’ to Gather Crypto Wallet Intel
On March 3, 2020, just before lunchtime in Washington, D.C., Stephen Ryan sent someone at the U.S. Treasury department a thank-you note...
Crypto Has Parallels With Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Says Paul Krugman
Long-time crypto skeptic Paul Krugman sees "uncomfortable parallels" between crypto and the subprime mortgage crisis of the 2000s.The...
Crypto bull market is not yet over, says analyst
Cryptocurrencies have been battered in recent weeks, tracking losses in equity markets amid widespread sell-off hinged on inflation and...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Down 14% This Week
Following a volatile week of trading, the uncertainty in cryptocurrency markets continued on Friday. Overall, the global crypto market cap...
Privacy, Security, Connectivity. Can We Have It All?
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io.Just in time for CoinDesk’s Privacy Week, this episode takes a deep dive into the...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 28, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Worth $670M Leaves Centralized Exchanges After Hawkish Fed CommentsGoldman:...
LeBron James Teams With Crypto.com to Bring Digital Education to Students
NBA superstar LeBron James has partnered with digital exchange Crypto.com in a deal to support educational and workforce development...
Brevan Howard Taps Talent From Jump Capital and Gemini for New Crypto Unit
Hedge fund manager Brevan Howard is continuing to ramp up its crypto business, hiring Jump Capital partner Peter Johnson as a portfolio...
Cryptsy CEO Indicted for Defrauding Crypto Investors, Destroying Evidence
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy has been indicted in the U.S. The 17-count indictment charges the crypto exchange executive...
Crypto Industry Heavyweights Form Political Action Committee for U.S. Midterms: Report
A group of executives from major firms in the crypto industry have formed a political action committee (PAC) to support candidates at...
NBA star LeBron James, Crypto.com partner to help Akron kids towards blockchain technology career paths
Lebron says blockchain is revolutionising society and he wants to see his community be part of that exciting future. LeBron James and...
Polkadot Parachain Astar Network Raises $22M From Polychain, Alameda Research
Astar Network, a parachain of the Polkadot network, received $22 million in strategic funding from crypto venture capital firms Polychain...
Bitcoin ‘Doji’ points to bullish reversal scenario as BTC holds $36K support
It is not too late for Bitcoin (BTC) to reclaim its bullish bias as it halfway paints an indecisive ‘Doji’ candle on the...
Galaxy Digital Takes Next Step to Becoming US-Based Company
Digital asset firm Galaxy Digital has taken another step in its relocation from the Cayman Islands to Delaware by filing a registration...
Bitcoin dodges ‘sub-$30K liquidity grab’ — Levels to watch now
Bitcoin (BTC) could still crash to $29,000 and lower, but price action is “healthier” than a week ago, the latest research concludes. In a...
WisdomTree Fourth-Quarter Crypto Assets Managed Rises 5-Fold
Asset manager WisdomTree said crypto assets managed surged fivefold to an average of $406 million in the fourth quarter compared with the...
Elvis Impersonators Are Trying to Set a Record in the Metaverse
Elvis Presley is making his metaverse debut in record-setting fashion.The rock-and-roll legend will be honored in February with a virtual...
Jefferies Says Marathon Digital Has Near 160% Upside Potential, Initiates Coverage
Marathon Digital (MARA) is on pace to become the largest publicly listed bitcoin miner this year, Jefferies said in a note on Friday. The...
FriesDAO Wants to Start a Crypto-Crowdfunded Fast Food Franchise
Wanna flip burgers instead of coins this crypto winter? FriesDAO certainly does.The crypto group plans to start a fast food franchise...
CoinFLEX’s New AMM+ and the Rise of Crypto Yield 2.0
CoinFLEX, a leading derivatives exchange and yield platform, has announced the second iteration of their innovative AMM+ (Automated Market...
Wall Street Crypto Firm Valkyrie Is Holding a $700M Protocol Treasury
Valkyrie Investments will oversee NEM and Symbol protocol’s $700 million token treasury in a tie-up between modern-day asset managers and...
Wall Street’s increased exposure shows institutions understand Bitcoin’s value, says deVere Group CEO
deVere CEO Nigel Green says institutional investors understand the value of cryptocurrency’s future-focused technology. He says...
Ministries Queried About Missing 200,000 Bitcoins as Bulgaria Explores Crypto Payments
The recently elected government of Bulgaria has found itself in the position of answering questions about the fate of billions of...
Anchor Protocol Reserves Slide as Money Market's Founder Talks Down Concerns
The reserves of Terra-based lending and borrowing protocol Anchor, which offers a supposedly industry-beating benchmark deposit rate of...
Is a Crypto Winter Coming? 3 Things To Consider
Crypto winter is a term that’s making the rounds again as the global crypto market has shed $1.2 trillion in the last three months....
Bitcoin analysts fear new BTC price dip as funding rates drop post-Fed
Bitcoin (BTC) created resistance at $37,500 on Friday amid an increasing consensus that a new dive was underway. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Ethereum hash rate scores new ATH as PoS migration underway
Over the previous year, Ether (ETH) has increased in value to the point that it significantly outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of...
First DEX on Internet Computer launches, others coming soon
The first decentralized exchange on the Dfinity Foundation’s Internet Computer blockchain went live this week, following up on the recent...
Tokens Related to Wonderland Developer Plunge After QuadrigaCX Revelation
Prices of tokens created by Daniele Sestagalli, one of the developers of Avalanche-based money market Wonderland, fell as much as 22% in...
Qubit Finance suffers $80 million loss following hack
High-profile hacks have become more prevalent throughout the cryptocurrency market, and Qubit Finance is one of the latest decentralized...
Goldman: Bitcoin, Altcoins to Become More Correlated With Traditional Financial-Market Variables
The recent pullback in the cryptocurrency market shows that mainstream adoption can be a “double-edged sword,” Goldman Sachs said in a...
Binance Begins Allowing EUR Deposits and Withdrawals via SEPA Payment Network
Crypto exchange Binance has partnered with Paysafe to allow EUR deposits and withdrawals via the SEPA payment network. “The full...
Russian Government Agrees on Road Map to Regulate Crypto: Report
The Russian government plans to have regulations for cryptocurrencies in place by the end of the year, according to a road map reviewed by...
Market highlights January 28: Cryptos mostly higher, US GDP beats all expectations
The majority of top 10 cryptos showed gains over the past 24 hours. The US economy smashed expectations in the fourth quarter of 2021...
Investment Firm L1 Digital Receives FINMA Approval For Collective Crypto Investments
L1 Digital, a Swiss digital asset investment firm, has won authorization from the Swiss financial regulator FINMA to manage collective...
‘Bull or bear market?’ Bitcoin losses from panic selling mount in 2022
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers’ losses are mounting as the BTC price downturn shows that some investors are panicking at current prices. Data from...
Crypto hodlers may not get richer from mainstream adoption — Goldman Sachs
Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency adoption may not necessarily make its price higher in dollar terms, Goldman Sachs argues. In a note seen...
You can now buy Tectonic, which is shaking market foundations: here’s where
Tectonic is a decentralized money market protocol that allows users to participate as liquidity suppliers or borrowers. It started...
Frax Share added 24% to its value in 24 hours: top places to buy Frax Share now
Frax Share (FXS) is the native token of Frax Protocol, the first fractional-algorithmic stablecoin system in history. It is performing...
MXC is skyrocketing, up 26% today: here’s where to buy MXC
The live MXC price today is $0.09 with a 24-hour trading volume of $34,789,429 USD. We update our MXC to USD price in real-time. MXC is up...
Global Chip Shortage Looms Over Bitcoin Mining Industry, ASIC Supply Tightens
While Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above 175 exahash per second (EH/s) and recently reached an all-time high, a...
Hong Kong's HashKey Group Raises $360M Blockchain Fund
Hong Kong's HashKey Group, the digital assets and blockchain arm of Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Group, has received $360 million...
Disgraced MP tells Parliament UK can be the ‘home’ of crypto
The former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and current U.K. Member of Parliament (MP) Matt Hancock urged the House of...
Bitcoin Worth $670M Leaves Centralized Exchanges After Hawkish Fed Comments
Crypto investors seem to have stepped up bitcoin accumulation, shrugging of prospects of faster interest-rate hikes from the U.S. Federal...
UAE Based Money Transfer Firm Announces Partnership With Ripplenet
Al Fardan Exchange, a money transfer firm, has joined up with Ripplenet in a deal that will see the company use the Ripplenet blockchain...
DeFi Protocol Qubit Finance Exploited For $80M
Binance Smart Chain-based Qubit Finance was exploited for over $80 million by attackers on Friday morning, developers confirmed in a...
BSTX Receives SEC Approval For Blockchain-Powered Securities Exchange
BSTX, a joint venture between tZero and Boston Options Exchange (BOX) Digital Markets, has received the green light from the U.S....
Crypto Swap Platform LetsExchange Grew 100x in Less Than a Year
PRESS RELEASE. LetsExchange.io, an instant cryptocurrency exchange platform, reports the tremendous growth it has achieved since its...
Reddit Reportedly Testing NFT Profile Pic Functionality
Reddit, one of the largest micro-posting sites on the internet, is reportedly venturing further into the world of non-fungible tokens...
Bears target new lows for Ethereum as Friday’s $1.1B options expiry approaches
Ether (ETH) price tumbled below the $3,000 support on Jan. 21 as regulatory uncertainty continues to weigh down the sector and rumors that...
Turkey’s President Erdogan Instructs Ruling Party to Study Cryptocurrency, Metaverse
The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has reportedly instructed the country’s ruling party to conduct a study on...
Cardano network at record capacity due to SundaeSwap launch, but not all users hail it as a success
According to both Cardano Blockchain Insight and pool.pm, the Cardano (ADA) network has maintained record capacity for nearly two weeks...
DeFi Users Fret ‘Contagion’ Risk Amid Possible Stablecoin Depegging
A scandal has rocked investor faith in a popular stablecoin, and as users rush to exit, the clamor is threatening to throw the asset off...
Fidelity Seeks SEC Approval for Metaverse ETF
Fidelity Investments has filed an application for a Metaverse ETF, aiming to track public companies with exposure to the blockchain-based...
Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Admits His View on Cryptocurrency Is Evolving — Says Crypto ‘Is Happening’
Lloyd Blankfein, a former Goldman Sachs CEO who is now the firm’s senior chairman, says his view on cryptocurrency is evolving....
House Bill Could Let Treasury Secretary Block International Crypto Transactions
The crypto industry is sounding the alarm at the possibility that the U.S. will be empowering the Treasury Department to make arbitrary...
Senator Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expanded her inquiry of bitcoin miners’ energy usage and their environmental footprint, sending...
First Mover Asia: Bearish Crypto Sentiment Continues as Dollar Strengthens
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin extends drop before rising slightly; Crypto Twitter was dominated by the DeFi...
IRS Special Agent on Crypto: ‘We See Mountains of Fraud in This Area’
A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says the tax agency is “seeing mountains and mountains of fraud” in...
Top Social Tokens to buy in 2022
Social Token is otherwise known as social money, creator coin, or community token. It is a form of cryptocurrency that is based on...
The Privacy That DeFi Needs to Succeed
The transparency of blockchains is often marketed as a benefit. It's not. Main Street financial consumers are never going to adopt...
Ethereum v Solana – Which one is a better investment?
Ethereum prospects look much better in 2022 Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) both performed well in 2021. Solana closed the year with gains...
Libra's Long Road From a Facebook Lab to the Global Stage: A Timeline
What a long and winding two and half years it’s been for Libra, the digital currency project spawned by Facebook.For much of that time,...
IoTeX (IOTX) loses steam after two-day bull run – Token could plunge to new lows
After making some decent gains over the last 2 days, it seems like IoTeX (IOTX) is losing momentum. The token reversed some of the...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rangebound Ahead of Option Expiry; Expect Higher Volatility
Bitcoin (BTC) traded in a tight range between $35,000 and $38,000 on Thursday after a few days of sharp price swings.Traders are starting...
Should you buy XRP amidst the ongoing lawsuit with the SEC?
Key point Ripple labs battle with SEC lawsuit. The company just buyback $200 million worth of Series C shares. The company remain...
LBank Exchange Will List Shibnobi (SHINJA) on January 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jan. 27, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list Shibnobi...
Bitcoin ‘gives back gains’ after Fed comments ‘add downside risks’ to crypto markets
Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to flash mixed signals, raising uncertainty among investors and negatively impacting asset prices across the...
DOJ Indicts Cryptsy Exchange Founder for Stealing $1M in Crypto
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted Project Investors Inc. (also known as Cryptsy) CEO and founder Paul Vernon for stealing...