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Crypto Unicorn Amber Group Acquires Japanese Exchange DeCurret Inc.
Hong Kong unicorn Amber Group acquired DeCurret Inc., a licensed crypto exchange operator in Japan, from DeCurret Holdings for an...
You can now buy CHEDDA, the biggest winner of the day: here’s where
CHEDDA is a decentralized culture token created on the Ethereum blockchain as an ERC20 token. It began to surge on news of an...
Circle Launches USDC on Flow Blockchain
Circle, the operator of USDC, one of the biggest stablecoins by market cap, has launched USDC as a native asset on top of the Flow...
Suku pumping on news of a Binance listing, gained 59% today: best places to buy Suku
The live SUKU price today is $0.49 with a 24-hour trading volume of $66.3 million. SUKU is up 59% in the last 24 hours, surging on news of...
Metaverse NFT coin SWAK shoots up 142%: here is the reason why
SWAK's price is currently skyrocketing. It has jumped 142.82% today hitting a daily high of $0.0001298 and a daily low of $0.00004998 in...
Institutional Crypto Services Firm BCB Group Acquires Digital Asset Shop LAB577
BCB Group, a cryptocurrency trading and payments services firm aimed at institutions, has acquired LAB577, a blockchain and digital assets...
Orca is up 27% today and counting: here’s where to buy Orca now
Orca is trading for $3.83 at the time of writing. It has been soaring since a recent listing on Kraken. What’s more, inbound...
GameFi Faces Regulatory Headwinds in Major Asian Markets
In the first few weeks of the year, a considerable amount of capital was allocated to investment pools looking for the next big thing in...
Hackers Move $383M Worth of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Large amounts of bitcoin stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex six years ago were moved by hackers early on Tuesday.According...
India to Levy 30% Tax on Crypto Income, CBDC Launch in 2022-23
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 30% tax on any income from the transfer of virtual digital assets, a first for the...
Binance Announces SAFU Fund Has Reached $1 Billion
Binance has announced one of its trademark features, the SAFU fund, has reached a milestone in its development. The SAFU fund, an acronym...
Bitcoin Network Transaction Volume Surpasses American Express: Research
New research has found that the annual transaction volume on the Bitcoin network surpassed that of some well-known card networks, such as...
Yield Guild Games Raises $1.45M for Philippine Typhoon Relief
Yield Guild Games (YGG) has raised $1.45 million to support people affected by December 16’s Typhoon Odette in the Philippines, with...
SOL Surges 17% After Coinbase Lists Two Solana Ecosystem Tokens
Solana’s SOL jumped 17% in the past 24 hours to regain the $100 and above level after Coinbase listed two other tokens of the Solana...
GensoKishi Online’s MV (Metaverse) Token to Be Listed on QuickSwap (DEX)
PRESS RELEASE. GensoKishi is pleased to announce that the MV (Metaverse) token has been listed on QuickSwap (a decentralized exchange) at...
Bitcoin Steady Near $38.5K as Australian Central Bank Ends Easing Program
Bitcoin prices were steady during early Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) terminated the liquidity-boosting bond purchase...
Solana’s Phantom Raises $109 Million in a Series B Fundraise Obtaining Unicorn Status
On Monday, the team behind the Solana Web3 wallet platform Phantom announced it had raised $109 million in a Series B fundraise. The...
The Ups and Downs of Crypto Loans
On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a...
Deloitte: 82% of Indians Surveyed Plan to Invest in Crypto Once Government Provides Regulatory Clarity
A recent survey by Deloitte shows that 82% of Indians plan to invest in cryptocurrency when the government provides more clarity...
Anchorage Closes in on FDIC Crypto Custodian Deal, Documents Show
Digital assets are growing more commonplace on the balance sheet of banks in the U.S. Eventually one of these institutions may fail, and...
2 key Bitcoin price metrics suggest BTC is primed to reclaim $40,000
Cryptocurrencies had a volatile week after Bitcoin’s (BTC) sudden crash to $33,000 on Jan. 24. However, the sharp 9% drop fully...
Crypto Twitter’s Misdirected Furor Didn’t Fix the Travel Rule
Hardware wallet maker Trezor announced last Thursday it had adopted software that makes it easier for Switzerland residents to withdraw...
US Federal Trade Commission Warns About Cryptocurrency Scams Using Social Media
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned about social media being used in cryptocurrency investment scams. “Social media...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Finishes Bad Month on High Note
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin ended a bad January on a positive note; DeFi trading volume grew...
US Lawmakers Press Bitcoin Mining Firms on Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, Climate Crisis
Eight U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sent letters to top U.S.-based bitcoin mining firms questioning them about...
Cosmos tries to find support at $26 after a 45% drop in two weeks
Cosmos dropped 45% over the last two weeks. Price found support at the $26 mark. Cosmos (ATOM/USD) is a project meant to solve...
TVL, network outages, or derivatives: What’s behind Solana’s (SOL) 60%+ drop?
The past couple of months have not been kind to cryptocurrencies. The sector’s aggregate market capitalization plunged 50% from a...
Is the bottom in? Institutional crypto funds record second week of inflows
After recording heavy outflows at the start of 2022, cryptocurrency investment funds have seen a gradual uptick in investor demand over...
Stablecoins Won Crypto Markets in January – With 0% Returns
In January, stablecoins were the place to be.Among cryptocurrencies with over $10 billion in market cap, the top four performers during...
Decentraland (MANA) vs The Sandbox (SAND) – Which one is a better investment?
If you are looking for the two biggest metaverse and play-to-earn platforms, then it's got to be Decentraland and The Sandbox. But...
Indian parliament’s agenda includes crypto training session, leaves out bill banning digital assets
The latest bulletin covering the agenda for India’s lower house of parliament includes “a lecture on understanding cryptocurrency”...
Silvergate Bank Confirms Diem Tech Acquisition
Silvergate Bank confirmed Monday that it's purchasing the technology and other assets from the Diem Association, the stablecoin project...
Waves (WAVES/USD) is down 81% from all-time highs ($42.7), currently trading at $9.13
The price of WAVES has been spiraling down without a halt. WAVES is seeing slight resistance at $10.3. WAVES/USD is currently trading at...
Ariva (ARV) Announces Milestone Partnership With World Tourism Forum Institute (WTFI) and Global Tourism Forum (GTF)
PRESS RELEASE. Ariva, a next-generation tourism & travel blockchain protocol, has announced a partnership with World Tourism Forum...
Altcoins rack up 30% gains as Bitcoin price chases after $39,000
The cryptocurrency market is in a state of confusion on Jan. 31 as many traders view Bitcoin’s (BTC) weakness as a sign that a...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises Above $38K Ahead of Seasonally Strong February
Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $38,000 on Monday as bearish sentiment faded. The cryptocurrency was up 2% over the past 24 hours, versus a...
TerraUSD (UST) vs Dai (DAI) – Which one is a better investment?
UST and DAI are two stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies. Unlike other stablecoins, they are decentralized. Stablecoins are...
FTX Raises $400 Million in Series C Fundraise, Firm Reaches $32 Billion Valuation
Following the company’s subsidiary FTX US raising funds in its first Series A financing round, parent company FTX Trading Ltd. has...
Unpacking Arizona's Bitcoin Legal Tender Proposal
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW looks at a proposal...
Coinbase Lists Solana-Based Project Tokens for First Time
Coinbase on Monday began accepting inbound transfers of two Solana ecosystem tokens, FIDA and ORCA, confirming CoinDesk’s earlier...
LINK/USD value rose to a high of $18.05, as the recent bullish trend persists
At $18.05, there was resistance. At $15.5, the LINK/USD pair found strong support. The Chainlink price research shows that bulls have been...
Polkadot (DOT) is consolidating around crucial support – Here is why it could surge by nearly 50%
As the broader crypto market continues to show some signs of life, Polkadot (DOT) has been consolidating gains around a very crucial...
This Marathon Is Among the First IRL-Metaverse Mashups
Virtual sporting company Raramuri is hosting the first-ever marathon in the metaverse, where runners can earn digital rewards for running...
XRP is on the rise but still within a tight consolidation
Today's ripple price analysis is positive. XRP/USD is consolidating over $0.60. Previously in the week, a higher high was reached at...
Bitcoin Bargain? Investors Put Money Into Crypto Funds for Second Straight Week
Investors put money into cryptocurrency funds for a second straight week as the bitcoin market stabilized following one of its worst-ever...
FIL/USD has a potential to gain 30% if bullish momentum is sustained
Filecoin price analysis turns optimistic. At $19.2, there is support for FIL. At $21.9, there is some resistance. The most recent Filecoin...
Provision in House Bill Allowing Treasury Secretary to Block International Crypto Transactions to Be Removed
An agreement to remove a provision in a House bill giving the Treasury secretary the ability to block international crypto transactions...
Comp v Yearn Finance, Which one is a better buy?
These two DeFi projects could go parabolic in 2022 Key points: Both Comp and Yearn are in the fast-growing DeFi market. Comp has a...
NFTs, Celebrities and Perverse Deal-Making
Early last week, a viral clip from “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” began making the rounds on social media. In it, Fallon’s...
UNI/USD at a perfect buying point after bouncing off the $9-$10 support
Today's Uniswap price movement points to the north. The greatest resistance was seen at the $18.8 level. Today's Uniswap trading price is...
US Senator: ‘America Competes Act’ Is a Direct Attack on Crypto Industry, Government Is Picking Winners and Losers
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis says that the recently introduced “America Competes Act of 2022” is a direct attack on the...
‘No signs Bitcoin has bottomed’ as data warns BTC price downtrend continuing
Bitcoin (BTC) received a welcome boost at the Wall Street open on Jan. 31 as fresh research painted a gloomy picture for near-term price...
Sheila Warren Leaves WEF to Lead Crypto Lobbying Group
Former World Economic Forum executive Sheila Warren will become CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), the Washington D.C.-based...
Bottom ahead? Solana paints its first ‘death cross’ as SOL losses 50% in January
Solana (SOL) looks poised to paint its first “death cross” this week, raising fears that its ongoing selloff would continue further into...
Ethereum Suffers Worst Month in Nearly 2 Years, SOL Falls Even Harder
Ether (ETH), the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, has suffered its biggest monthly price decline since March 2020, tumbling...
Price analysis 1/31: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOGE, DOT, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) started 2022 on a losing note, dropping about 20% to its worst performance in January since 2018 when the price plunged...
Bitcoin Holding Support Above $37K; Resistance at $40K-$45K
Bitcoin (BTC) is rising toward the top of a week-long trading range as oversold signals remain intact. The cryptocurrency was trading...
Terra (LUNA) is in free fall right now – Time to buy?
The crypto winter in January has seen many coins lose value. However, even though we are starting to see some price stability in the...
The Financialization of Fandom
I have a friend who never shuts up about attending a Lana Del Rey show in Seattle back in circa 2007, and rightly so. After I began...
Technical Analysis: Arweave up Over 44% in the Last Week, Monero Starts Lower
Arweave, which rose by over 44% in the last week, was once again in the green, trading over 10% higher on Monday. This comes as monero...
Which Privacy Coin should you invest in, XMR vs ZEC?
Privacy coins are cryptocurrencies that hide the details of a transaction. Asides from this, they are fungible. Monero and Zcash are the...
Crypto-backed cards usage is growing rapidly regardless of volatility, says i2C’s McCarthy
i2c saw a 500% jump in crypto-linked card issuance and a 600% surge in transaction volume, McCarthy told CNBC’s “Squawk on the...
Exchange Platform Tokens, KCS vs. HT – Which is better to invest in?
Cryptocurrencies used to be synonymous with blockchains. However, exchange platforms have been issuing their native tokens lately...
Interested in the new Smart Contract Blockchain cryptocurrencies? FTM vs. AVAX – Which is more promising?
Smart contracts made blockchain technology explorable and usable. It allowed the creation of apps, digital assets, organizations,...
Put Your Crypto to Work
Institutions have quickly become the key players in both the mining and staking spaces. As companies look towards experts to guide them...
Best Smart Contract Blockchains coins to buy now
Cardano and Polkadot blockchains are birds of the same feather in that they are both smart contract blockchains. Their native tokens...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 31, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Excessive Volatility Hindering Further Mainstream Adoption of Bitcoin, JPMorgan...
'We're Freaking DAOing It': The People Who Think DAOs Are the Future of Work
“This is the best day ever,” Willy Ogorzaly says with a grin. And he’ll tell you the same thing tomorrow. He’ll tell you that next week....
Arcade Launches NFT Lending Platform as Blue Chips Hold Strong
Lending platform Arcade has launched on Pawn Protocol in a bid to bring liquidity to the non-fungible token (NFT) market, the company...
What's the Point of Stablecoins? Understanding Why They Exist
You might already know that stablecoins are basically dollars in digital form. Except that’s not exactly true because stablecoins can also...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Expects Bitcoin to Experience a ‘Gigantic Price Increase’
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, believes that it’s just a matter of time before bitcoin sees a “gigantic price...
Thailand Axes 15% Crypto Withholding Tax Plans Following Pushback: Report
Thailand has axed plans to levy a 15% withholding tax on cryptocurrency transactions following pushback from the country's crypto...
Morgan Stanley: Bitcoin’s 50% correction “within historical norms”
Analysts at the bank say Bitcoin has corrected by 50% or higher on 15 occasions since 2009. They say a breakdown to $28,000 is possible as...
What the hell is Web3 anyway?
Web3 — or Web 3.0 as crypto boomers like to call it — is a topical buzzword with only a very vague definition. Everyone agrees it has...
How to Stake Cardano (ADA)
Staking is a process where token holders deposit – or lock away – a number of tokens to become active participants in running the network....
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC up 10% From Same Point Last Week
Despite trading lower on Monday, bitcoin is up over 10% from the same point last week, with ETH also gaining within that period. In...
Here is why Ripple (XRP) has been dropping in the last three months
Over the last few months, many of the cryptocurrencies have been bearish, with major ones like Bitcoin and Ethereum also nosedive. At the...
Ethereum price risks dropping to $2K on ‘bear flag’ setup
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), will extend its 30% slump this year to the lowest price level since July 2021, if a textbook...
NFT philanthropy demonstrates new ways of giving back
NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, have created a wealth of opportunities over the last year. Data from market tracker DappRadar found that NFT...
Shopify CEO Joins Coinbase Board of Directors
Tobias Lütke, CEO and founder of the e-commerce site Shopify, will join Coinbase’s Board of Directors subject to formal board approval...
Russia banning crypto could have an opposite effect, former president Medvedev warns
Medvedev is a former Russian president and prime minister and currently the Deputy Chair of the Security Country. Russia’s intention...
Powers On… The Fed endorses cryptocurrency — Kind of
This month, the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System issued its widely anticipated report on the nation’s...
Solana Wallet Phantom Raises $109M to Rival MetaMask
The company building Solana’s top crypto wallet is now worth $1.2 billion, Phantom announced Monday.Crypto venture firm Paradigm led a...
Judge Orders Argentinian Soccer Association to Drop Binance Deal
A judge has decided to stop the deal the Argentinian Soccer Association (AFA) signed last week with Binance, one of the leading exchanges...
El Salvador president predicts ‘gigantic price increase’ for Bitcoin
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made yet another bullish Bitcoin (BTC) prediction soon after the International Monetary Fund had urged...
Flow Blockchain Gets Circle’s Full USDC Treatment
Circle’s dollar-backed stablecoin USDC can now be minted and redeemed across Flow, the high-speed blockchain platform created by...
Bitcoin price down 20% so far in 2022 after worst January since 2018
Bitcoin (BTC) is heading for its worst January performance in four years — could all not be what it seems? Data from on-chain analytics...
Meta Joins Block’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance as Diem Reportedly Winds Down
The company formerly known as Facebook is joining the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a consortium of tech and crypto companies led by...
ERTHA One of the Most Searched Play-to-Earn Tokens
Following a series of record-breaking IDO’s and recent listings on two of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges Huobi Global...
Turkish Crypto Firm Bitci Eyes Expansion Into Brazil, Spain: Report
Turkish crypto firm Bitci is eyeing international expansion with Brazil and Spain being the first countries in line, Chief Executive Onur...