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SundaeSwap Switcheroo Leaves CardStarter Users With Losses, Spreading Cardano Discord
A falling-out between two startup projects on Cardano has spilled out onto social media, reaching such rancor that the blockchain's...
Study Shows Dogecoin, XRP Saw Largest Network Fee Increases Last Year
There’s been a lot of action in the world of cryptocurrencies over the last 12 months and a myriad of metrics have changed. A...
Bitcoin Oversold Bounce Faces Resistance at $40K-$43K
Bitcoin (BTC) rose from deeply oversold levels over the past two days, indicating renewed buying after a sharp sell-off. The...
IMF wants El Salvador to drop Bitcoin as legal tender
El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in September 2021 and wants to build a ‘Bitcoin city’. The IMF says the...
For Enterprises, Privacy Is the Critical Blockchain Feature
Blockchain privacy is really hard.Central to the magic of blockchain technology is the consensus algorithm, the tool that maintains the...
Technical Analysis: Cosmos Decline Continues, as Polygon Surges
Ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC meeting, cryptocurrency markets were once again trading higher, with polygon (MATIC) being one of...
Fed Keeps Interest Rates at Zero, Says Hike Appropriate ‘Soon’
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would hold interest rates near zero, even as it edges closer to removing some of the...
RLY Backer SuperLayer to Bring Social Tokens to Solana
Projects expanding from Ethereum to faster and cheaper blockchains like Solana have been a common occurrence in recent months, and social...
Price analysis 1/26: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOGE, DOT, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins have bounced off their strong support levels but could the rally sustain to the extent that traders...
How to Build Full Blockchain Apps with Zero Blockchain Development Experience
Blockchain technology stands to revolutionize a wide range of industries, and many companies are eager to move their operations on-chain....
FTX US Raises $400 Million in Series A, Trading Platform’s Valuation Now $8 Billion
On January 26, the crypto asset exchange FTX US revealed it raised $400 million in a Series A financing round stemming from investors like...
Criminals Still Find It Easier to Hide in Fiat Than Crypto
Contrary to popular lore, cryptocurrencies are not a haven for anonymous criminals.In fact, because of smart blockchain analytics, it’s...
Building Your Brand, Then Building a Brand: Using the Power of Influence to Start a Business
There’s no guidebook, no course for marketing in the social media age. Yet platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Instagram have proved to be...
What Today's Fed Decision Could Mean for Crypto
At 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will announce the decisions reached during its latest...
Miners Remain Unfazed by Crypto Sell-Off, Expect More M&A
The stocks of publicly traded crypto miners have slumped amid the recent sell off in bitcoin and the broader market as the U.S. Federal...
Vladimir Putin Offers Hope for Crypto in Face of Central Bank Call for Ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a consensus between his country's government and central bank following the latter's...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta in Talks to Sell Assets in Crypto Project Diem: Report
Meta, formerly Facebook, is reportedly in talks with investment bankers to sell its assets in the cryptocurrency project Diem, formerly...
SEC Delays Decision on Bitcoin-Related ETFs From Ark 21 Shares, Teucrium
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again delayed decisions on whether to approve or reject bitcoin-related exchange...
What Is Ethereum?
Ethereum is a blockchain-based software platform that is primarily used to support the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market...
Tether's New Accounting Firm Is the Old One, With Baggage
Meet Tether’s new accounting firm, same as Tether’s old accounting firm.U.K.-based mid-tier firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson, announced Jan. 14...
What Happens When All Bitcoin Are Mined?
The supply of bitcoin is limited to a final cap of 21 million. This is determined by bitcoin’s source code which was programmed by its...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 26, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Dogecoin Leads Gains in Major Cryptos Ahead of Fed MeetingStock Futures Rise After a...
Railgun Aims for Private DeFi With $10M Backing From DCG
Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of CoinDesk that hit a $10 billion valuation late last year, has entered into a strategic...
What Does It Mean to Burn Crypto?
“Burning” crypto means permanently removing a number of tokens from circulation. This is typically done by transferring the tokens in...
Don’t Let Web 3 Repeat Web 2’s Mistakes
Crypto has undergone an impressive spate of growth recently. We’ve gone from a few hundred users of non-fungible tokens (NFT), a couple of...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Nears 10% Gain, BTC Inches Toward $40,000
Days after falling to a 6-month low, bitcoin rose for a second consecutive session, as prices slowly approached its key level of $40,000....
How Bitcoin Contributions Funded a $1.4M Solar Installation in Zimbabwe
South Africa’s Sun Exchange, a solar power investing community that uses bitcoin to raise capital and to make payments to its investors,...
Why TVL Matters in DeFi: Total Value Locked Explained
Total value locked (TVL) is the overall value of crypto assets deposited in a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol – or in DeFi protocols...
How to Create Luxury NFTs: A Template From Malta
Professionals in the luxury goods market have been thinking hard about how to transfer their largely physical business into the new...
What Is Zcash? The Privacy Coin Explained
In a world where our personal information, interests and activities are being increasingly tracked and documented, it’s little surprise...
Thailand Announces Cryptocurrency Will Be Regulated as Means of Payment
Thailand has announced that cryptocurrency will be regulated as a means of payment for goods and services “to avert potential...
Winklevoss-Owned Gemini Galactic Snags FINRA Broker-Dealer Approval
Gemini Galactic Markets, part of the Winklevoss twins’ crypto conglomerate Gemini, has been approved for FINRA (Financial Industry...
EverRise Expands DeFi Security Infrastructure to Fantom and Avalanche
PRESS RELEASE. EverRise, the blockchain bridging and security solution provider that brought the buyback to crypto, expanded to the Fantom...
Fantom (FTM) is a massively undervalued ‘multi-billion-dollar L1’ project, says analyst
Fantom (FTM) ranks fourth among the largest blockchains in decentralised finance (DeFi) by total value locked. Capriole founder Charles...
Kazakhstan Shuts Down Crypto Mining Farms Till February
Data centers minting cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan were cut off from the nation’s power grid this week and will remain unplugged...
Money Laundering Picks Up Steam on DeFi Protocols: Chainalysis
Money laundering through decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols is gaining popularity with cybercriminals, according to new research from...
Dogecoin spikes after Elon Musk ask McDonald’s to accept DOGE payments
After a sharp drop in the last two weeks, Dogecoin is now green. It jumped 10% yesterday and it’s still rising today. At the time of...
Samsung Provides a Glimpse Into the South Korean Metaverse and NFT Craze
At the very beginning of 2022, South Korean tech giant Samsung announced its foray into the metaverse and a new “NFT Aggregation...
Coinbase Shares Are Very Unattractive Heading Into First Half, Mizuho Securities Says
Renewed signs of a “crypto desert” coupled with declining yields make Coinbase especially unattractive heading into the first half of this...
Market highlights January 26: Cryptos stage comeback, oil and commodity stocks take UK100 higher
The crypto market was in the green over the past 24 hours, as the majority of top 10 cryptos were higher at time of writing. The UK100...
‘Ethereum’ vs ‘Eth 2’: What’s in a Name?
The Ethereum Foundation announced in a blog post that it is nearly time to put an end to “ETH2” and the nomenclature that seems to...
Valkyrie Applies to List Bitcoin Miners ETF on Nasdaq
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list its exchange-traded fund (ETF)...
BTC price hits $38K as Bitcoin analysts focus on weekly close
Bitcoin (BTC) staged new retests of $38,000 resistance on Jan. 26 as optimism increased over a potential recovery to $40,000 and higher....
NFT Platform TRLab Raises $4.2M to Diversify Its Artwork Collection
TRLab, a platform for collecting art in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), raised $4.2 million in a funding round, according to a...
Binance to Reinstate Payments From EU's SEPA Platform: Report
Crypto exchange Binance is about to reinstate payments from the European Union's Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), according to a...
Belarus to Remain Crypto-Friendly as Ally Russia Mulls Blanket Ban
Authorities in Belarus have no intentions to adopt stricter rules for the country’s crypto space. That’s despite neighboring...
Dogecoin Leads Gains in Major Cryptos Ahead of Fed Meeting
The broader crypto market recorded its second day of growth ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) statement on Wednesday. Prices of...
This Taiwanese Fintech is Building Dollar Liquidity Pipes with USDC, DAI and Tether
Taiwan’s financial sector is known for its conservative outlook, and rich pools of foreign reserves — the fifth largest in the world...
Bitcoin pundits split over BTC floor as Bloomberg analyst eyes bounce
Bitcoin (BTC) could still fall under $30,000, but some prominent sources are already calling the end of the latest bearish turn on...
Wonderland’s TIME Sets Low of $420 After Liquidation Cascade
Wonderland’s TIME tokens slid to a record low on Wednesday, falling as much as 40% in 24 hours to just under $420 in Asian hours.TIME has...
Should you buy Shiba Inu as the token awaits the metaverse call
With raving news around the NFT marketplace and the metaverse, it seems this evolution of the crypto world will leave a mark on most other...
Net Inflows Into Largest Gold ETF Surge Amidst Falling Stocks and Crypto Prices
Net inflows into SPDR Gold Shares surged to a new record of $1.63 billion, the highest since its listing in 2004. The surge of net inflows...
You can buy Polygon today, the biggest top 20 winner: here’s where
The live Polygon price today is $1.61 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.55 billion. It is easily the biggest winner in the top 20 coins...
FTX US Attains $8B Valuation in $400M Fundraise Including SoftBank, Temasek: Report
FTX US has raised $400 million from investors including SoftBank and Temasek, giving the cryptocurrency exchange a valuation of $8...
Dogecoin still gaining on Musk tweet, up 7% in 24 h: here’s where to buy Dogecoin
Elon Musk seems intent on giving Dogecoin permanent staying power. The ur-meme coin continues to gain after he tweeted he would eat a...
Ken Kutaragi, Father of the Sony Playstation, Criticizes Current Metaverse Push
Ken Kutaragi, father of the Sony Playstation, has issued his opinion about the metaverse narrative currently developing on the market. The...
Fake Grimacecoin Jumps 285,000% After McDonald’s’ Tesla Joke
A token created after a McDonald’s joke tweet surged as much as much 285,641% in a few hours as opportunistic actors jumped at the chance...
Axie infinity (AXS) starts correcting recent dive: Here is why the price is hiking
After nose-diving for almost 20 days, Axie Infinity (AXS) turned green and jumped 14% yesterday and today it is continuing with the...
Binance Becomes Main Sponsor of Argentinian Soccer Association
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has signed a partnership agreement with the Argentinian Soccer Association (AFA), one of the biggest...
‘Arivaman’ to Travel the World in a Unique and Innovative Way
PRESS RELEASE. As the new year gets underway, there has been a lot of speculation and interest regarding what role the metaverse, crypto...
Indonesia’s Regulator Prohibits Financial Firms From Facilitating Crypto Trading
Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has prohibited financial firms from using, marketing, and/or facilitating crypto...
Eth2 is no more after Ethereum Foundation ditches name in rebrand
The Ethereum Foundation has removed all references to Eth1 and Eth2 in favor of calling the original blockchain the “execution layer” and...
Trump Family Threatens Legal Action Over Trumpcoin Crypto — Says ‘We Do Not Authorize the Use’
The Trump family has threatened legal action over trumpcoin, a cryptocurrency created in 2016 “to honor Donald J. Trump.”...
Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins Digital Asset’s Board of Directors
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has joined Digital Asset’s board of directors, and...
Diem Mulling Sale of Assets to Pay Back Investors: Report
The Diem Association, the Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook)-led group behind the creation of a stablecoin, is considering the sale of the...
Elon Musk Tempts McDonald’s to Accept Dogecoin — McDonald’s Replies ‘Only if Tesla Accepts Grimacecoin’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he will eat a happy meal on television if McDonald’s accepts the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin (DOGE)....
Is the bottom in? Data shows Bitcoin derivatives entering the ‘capitulation’ zone
Analysts love to issue price predictions and it seems that nine out of 10 times they are wrong. For example, how many times did analysts...
YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt to resign and join Polygon Studios as CEO
On Tuesday, Ryan Wyatt, head of gaming at YouTube, announced he would be leaving the video-sharing platform in February. Partly due to his...
IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin’s status as legal tender
Members of the executive board at the International Monetary Fund are urging lawmakers in El Salvador to no longer recognize Bitcoin as...
Bitcoin hits $37.5K, stocks recoup losses ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC statement
The dominant sentiment of doom and gloom in the crypto market shifted toward hope on Jan. 25 after the price of Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Defends Receiving Paycheck in Bitcoin as Price Crashes
The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, converted his first paycheck into bitcoin and ether before the price of the cryptocurrencies...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Nears $37K Amid Lighter Trading
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin led a broader market stabilization with reduced spot trading...
Grayscale Considering 25 More Crypto Assets for Investment Products
Grayscale, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, is considering 25 more crypto assets for investment products. With the latest...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Predicts Bitcoin Could Exceed $1M by 2030
ARK Investment Management, the firm led by star manager Cathie Wood, predicts that bitcoin’s price could exceed $1 million by 2030 as the...
Decentralised Metaverse Socialfi Platform Boom Enables NFT Display in Its App
While the latest news and information about cryptocurrency & NFT projects are better known through Web 2.0 social media companies such...
New York Senate Confirms New Top Financial Regulator
The New York Department of Financial Services officially has a new head.The state Senate confirmed Adrienne Harris, a former federal...
Is Decentraland (MANA) out of the woods yet? Indicators appear to suggest NO
Metaverse and blockchain gaming tokens have been hit hard in the recent crypto slump. Decentraland (MANA) is not any different. The token...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Little Changed as Analysts Remain Skeptical
Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $36,000 on Tuesday but was still down about 0.38% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 0.76% fall in ETH....
Here is why Litecoin (LTC) could drop to $95 despite a bullish run in today’s trading session
Litecoin (LTC) has started today’s trading session on the green. After seeing a slump over the past few weeks, the coin appears to...
Binance Coin (BNB) consolidates at $350 – Is a bullish rally now on the cards?
After a choppy start to the year, Binance Coin (BNB) appears to be consolidating the price action around $350. The coin may be poised for...
IMF Urges El Salvador to Drop Bitcoin Tender Law, Executive Board Report criticizes BTC Bonds, Chivo Wallet
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been very critical of cryptocurrencies and according to a report on Tuesday, the IMF’s...
Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation Issues Warning About DeFi
Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) has issued a warning about decentralized finance (DeFi) based companies that offer lending,...
ThorChain (RUNE) hopes to break downward momentum with a recent mini-rally
The massive sell-off we saw on ThorChain (RUNE) was nothing short of catastrophic, and that’s being nice. The coin has really...
Wipe Away Your Tears: Crypto Is About More Than Prices
Take off that McDonald’s hat, boyo, and return to the screen: Bitcoin is up 10%. Favorite altcoins of day traders ETH, LUNA and ATOM are...
Terra (LUNA) finds support at $65 – Are bulls ready to push this to $75?
Despite the general carnage in crypto over the last week or so, Terra (LUNA) has remained one of the most resilient coins. The token is...
Crypto VC Firm Dragonfly Raising $500M for New Fund, Documents Show
Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly Capital Partners is raising $500 million for a new fund, according to a new regulatory filing.The...
Should you buy chainlink as the price get stuck at $15
With the rapid downhill movement, the crypto market experienced in the last trading session. Several market players are more concerned...
The State of DAOs With Syndicate’s Ian Lee
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW is joined by Ian Lee, co-founder at...
Fantom (FTM) surpasses $12 billion in TVL – Is it the most important competitor for Ethereum?
Fantom (FTM) appears to be flexing its muscle as the next big thing. The blockchain is billed as the most direct competitor for Ethereum...
Technical Analysis: Meme Coins, Avalanche Move Higher on Tuesday
Meme coins were higher on Tuesday, as the global cryptocurrency marketplace rebounded from recent declines in price. Both DOGE and SHIB...