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Best Coins to buy if you want exposure in the relatively undervalued virtual real estate sector
Metaverse-related blockchain projects have been gathering steam in recent months. Investors too are growing confident that crypto and...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Acquires Staking Platform Staked
Kraken has acquired non-custodial staking platform Staked to enable an alternative to its own custodial staking service, the crypto...
Best altcoins to buy for the end of 2021 – Analysis and price prediction
The crypto market has run into some turbulence this month. Key assets, including mega-cap coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum, have all seen...
Dormant Bitcoin wallet holding 321 BTC activated after eight years
A Bitcoin wallet containing millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has come out of dormancy. For one reason or another, the wallet has...
Inside the Iranian Bitcoin mining industry
ViraMiner is an Iranian company that sets up Bitcoin mining farms and maintains them. It has two offices in western Tehran, located in...
FTX CEO says crypto doesn’t need oversight that ‘gums’ the industry
FTX chief executive officer, 29-year old Sam Bankman-Fried says that the US would do well as one of the major crypto markets if...
Decentralized Rendering Engine Raises $30M as Metaverse Graphics Go Big
A decentralized alternative to Pixar’s mighty 3D rendering is poised to grow stronger after host protocol Render Network nabbed $30...
FTX US seals four sports-crypto deals in Washington DC
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has spent a bucket load of cash in sports deals across various leagues Crypto exchange affliate FXT US has...
Bitcoin Giveaway: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Gives Away $550K in BTC for the Holidays
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is giving away $500,000 in bitcoin for the holidays. The winners are chosen at random and given bitcoin...
[SPONSORED] What’s Next for Crypto Derivatives?
As 2021 comes to a close, the demand for cryptocurrency risk management solutions continues to soar. CME Group and other industry experts...
Ivan on Tech’s Crypto Company Pitches Metaverse Devs on Software Toolkit
The blockchain infrastructure company owned by Ivan Liljeqvist, better known as the YouTuber Ivan on Tech, is rolling out a software...
Lyn Alden on Bitcoin, El Salvador and the Unprecedented Macro Moment
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” we’re joined by macro...
MaximNFT, a Marketplace by Maxim and xSigma, Will Host Vitali Klitschko’s Charitable NFT Collection
PRESS RELEASE. MaximNFT – an NFT marketplace by Maxim magazine and xSigma – is excited to announce that former professional...
Russians Have Invested Over $67 Billion in Cryptocurrency, Lawmaker Reveals
Interest in cryptocurrencies has been growing in Russia, not least among non-qualified investors. According to recently quoted estimates,...
The Gift of NFTs: Why You Should Consider Buying an NFT for Your Loved Ones This Holiday Season
2021 is coming to an end and the new year is just around the corner. If you’ve ever considered getting a very unconventional,...
Fitch Says Improved Regulation Could Moderate Stablecoin Credit Risks
Increased regulatory certainty regarding the status of stablecoin and their issuers may create market opportunities, as regulatory risks...
Bullish Expands Worldwide as Daily Trading Volume Tops $150M
Crypto exchange Bullish said it is expanding to over 40 jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa and Latin America, giving...
BitMEX Announces BMEX Tokens to Revive Retail Interest
BitMEX will airdrop its BMEX tokens to account holders in early 2022, the exchange said in a post on Tuesday.“We will be airdropping...
Multichain closes $60 million seed round with participation from Binance Labs
The funding round comes a few days after the protocol rebranded from Anyswap Newly-rebranded cross-chain protocol today wrapped up its...
Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Lists Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Note on Deutsche Boerse
Bitpanda, a cryptocurrency investment platform based in Vienna, has launched its first exchange-traded cryptocurrency note (ETC). The note...
Cash2Bitcoin CEO Ayman Rida Explains Why Merchants Set up a Bitcoin ATM, Compliance and Regulation
Established in 2016, Cash2Bitcoin.com is one of the largest and fastest-growing cryptocurrency ATM deployment services in the United...
Market highlights December 21: Most cryptos in the green, Moderna plunges 6%
Several top 10 cryptos were in the green over the past 24 hours. Conversely, all three major US indices fell yesterday as...
Metaverse is set for a ‘ton of investment’, says LinkedIn co-founder
Reid Hoffman says the metaverse is already here and an important part of life, even as it goes through a cycle of development set to...
Polkadot Is Deutsche Telekom’s Latest Crypto Experiment
Europe’s biggest telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom AG, is throwing its weight behind Polkadot, an interoperable framework of...
Bitcoin hits $49K as BTC price gets unlikely boost from Erdoğan’s Turkish lira tinkering
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded over 5% on Dec. 21 as a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of the Turkish lira boosted investors’ confidence....
Crypto Complaints Have Increased Significantly Says South Africa Financial Sector Ombud
Nonkumbulo Tshombe, an advocate with the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombud, recently revealed that her office has...
Binance CEO Warns Against Isolating CBDCs From Broader Crypto Ecosystem
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, believes the contribution of central banks digital currencies (CBDCs)...
Ethereum Launches Kintsugi Public Testnet Ahead of Move to Proof-of-Stake
Ethereum opened the Kintsugi testnet to the public on Monday, Tim Beiko, a developer for the blockchain, announced in a post.Testnets run...
You can now buy Polygon, which added 11% to its value today: here’s where
The live Polygon price today is $2.30 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.14 billion. Polygon is up 11.18% in the last 24 hours. This...
Terra blockchain became second-largest by TVL this week: Where to buy Luna
The live Terra price today is just under $82 with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.6 billion. Luna, the native token of Terra, is up 10% in...
NFTs Are More Popular Than Ever Despite Sour Mood in Wider Crypto Market
Retail interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – digital certificates representing ownership of unique non-interchangeable assets – seems...
Meet Solana, the week’s biggest top 5 winner: Where to buy Solana now
Solana is the fifth cryptocurrency by market cap. It has been doing very well recently. Melania Trump announced she would launch NFTs on...
Avalanche is up 14% today and that’s just the beginning: here’s where to buy Avalanche now
The live Avalanche price today is $119 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.3 billion. Avalanche is up 14.04% in the last 24 hours. If you...
Elon Musk Criticizes the Current State of Web3, Wonders About Future of Metaverse
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has criticized the current state of the metaverse and the Web3 movement, suggesting the latter concept is a...
Bitcoin Will Replace the Dollar: Jack Dorsey
Bitcoin will replace the dollar Jack Dorsey said on Tuesday, in response to a tweet by rapper Cardi B.Cardi B broadly asked if crypto...
Terra Becomes Second-Largest DeFi Protocol Surpassing Binance Smart Chain
Decentralized payments network Terra is now the second-largest blockchain for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in terms of total...
XRP’s Market Price Gains on Upcoming Sologenic Airdrop, XRP Whales Start Moving Millions
The digital asset xrp has gained more than 10% in value during the last seven days, shrugging off the losses a majority of crypto coins...
Element․Black Forms Strategic Partnership With DJ Snake
PRESS RELEASE. Social-fi has been the trend of the blockchain industry as of late. The concept, closely linked to the idea of co-creating,...
Stablecoin Flippening: UST Becomes the Biggest Decentralized Stablecoin By Market Cap
UST, one of the stablecoins of the Terra project, has become the largest stablecoin by market capitalization today, after having surpassed...
Anyswap Rebrands to Multichain, Raises $60M Led by Binance Labs
Binance Labs, the crypto exchange’s venture capital and incubation arm, led a $60 million seed round in Multichain, formerly Anyswap.The...
FTX US Partners With Monumental Sports Entertainment, Gets Exposure to 4 New Sports Teams
FTX continues its path toward the sports world as it signed a partnership with Monumental Sports Entertainment (MSE) on Monday. The deal...
Crypto regulation is coming, but Bitcoin traders are still buying the dip
Looking at the Bitcoin chart from a weekly or daily perspective presents a bearish outlook and it’s clear that (BTC) price has been...
Inside the DeFi Vending Machine
Imagine the public astonishment when, in the early 1920s, vending machines started dispensing soda into cups. Instead of going to the...
Do Kwon, Terra Claim SEC Violated Procedure in Ongoing Legal Fight
Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Kwon, are challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming the regulator improperly...
First Mover Asia: Cryptos Inch Downward in Light Trading
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin, ether moved little on Monday, as markets...
Instagram Is ‘Exploring NFTs’ to ‘Make Them More Accessible to a Wider Audience,’ Says CEO
According to the CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, the social media application is looking into non-fungible token (NFT) technology. During...
The First Interactive NFT in the World – VR Movie on Mars
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Isaac Newton...
Price analysis 12/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, AVAX, DOT, DOGE
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to lose ground in December, a signal that traders may be locking in their gains before the end of the year. The...
Bitcoin: cuáles son las razones de que su precio suba o baje
Algunos analistas afirman que bitcoin (BTC) es inmune a las crisis que sufren las finanzas mundiales; aseguran que es una cobertura contra...
Market Wrap Year-End Review: Bitcoin Starts Off in a Frenzy
Hello, Market Wrap readers! During the final two weeks of 2021, we’re using this space to recap this year’s most dramatic moments in...
2021’s NFT Boom Pushes Collectors Toward Rare and Older Collections
In 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been extremely popular and have become a billion-dollar industry this year. There’s been a...
NFT Forgeries Aren’t Going Away
In a tweet thread last week, the digital artist Lois van Baarle said she’d discovered “132 instances” of her artwork being minted as NFTs...
Another Ethereum Education Initiative Canceled Over Iran Sanctions Fears
Gitcoin, a crowdfunding platform, discontinued a campaign aimed at helping Farsi-speaking students learn Ethereum coding, in another sign...
Bitcoin’s Bearish Prices at the End of 2021 Not Much Different Than 8 Previous Year-End Cycles
The price of bitcoin is down more than 33% from the crypto asset’s all-time high captured about a month ago on November 10. A while...
Cardano (ADA) downtrend still in force – but a rally is likely if coin breaks $1.5 in the near term
Since September this year, Cardano (ADA) has been sliding and sliding. The downtrend appears to be well in force as of now. But some bulls...
IOTA (MIOTA) is 61% down from this year’s all-time highs – Should you buy the dip?
IOTA (MIOTA) has in recent weeks remained one of the strugglers in the crypto market. The coin is in fact 61% lower than its all-time...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Have a Quiet Weekend
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin, ether traded steady over the weekend,...
Fresh omicron fears set risk-off sentiment at the start of the week, and Fantom (FTM) is staring at a 30% wipeout as a result
The crypto market has followed major global indices in decline at the start of trading this week. Investors, triggered by growing fears of...
The 5 weirdest crypto stories of 2021
In 2021, the market cap of cryptocurrencies skyrocketed 286% year over year, uplifting a $2.17 trillion industry into the stratosphere....
Digital Asset Funds Hit by Record $142M of Outflows
With cryptocurrency markets drifting downward, digital-asset investment products have suffered their largest weekly redemptions on...
Celar Network (CELR) – A look at the price and its direction this year
CELR is an ERC20 native token of the Cellar Network. The token has had its highs and lows this year. After surging to all-time highs...
Don’t expect retail sell-off to crash Bitcoin price — Analyst
Those expecting another Bitcoin (BTC) speculative price dip are looking in the wrong place, one of the industry’s best-known analysts...
Ether Drops to $3.8K as Over $12.5M in Futures Get Liquidated
Ether saw a volatile session in early Asian hours on Monday even as the broader market slightly declined, according to data from analytics...
Binance coin (BNB) is down 12% in a month – should you buy this dip?
The general sentiment in crypto, for the most part, this month has been negative. We have seen sell-off after sell-off as investors weigh...
Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Investing Advice: Avoid Cash, Think in Inflation-Adjusted Dollars, Crypto Helps Diversify
Billionaire Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has shared his investment strategy...
Bitcoin, Ether Dip in ‘Bearish Asia Session’ as China Rate Cut Fails to Inspire Risk Buying
Bitcoin and ether were again trading lower in Asian hours, continuing the year-long trend of losing ground mainly when America is asleep....
Could LINK slide below $15 in the coming days? Price action and analysis
LINK, the native token on Chainlink, appears to have seen better days, at least as far as 2021 is concerned. At the time of publishing,...
Indian Government Seeks Wider Consultation Before Finalizing Crypto Bill: Report
The cryptocurrency bill that was listed to be taken up in the current session of parliament is reportedly being reworked. The government...
Fantom DeFi Project Grim Finance Exploited for $30M
Yield compounding tool Grim Finance had $30 million worth of fantom tokens stolen from its protocol after an exploit on Sunday. The...
Bullish RSI Divergence Sets Litecoin up for upward breakout – here is what you need to know
In mid-November, Litecoin (LTC) was hit by a minor correction against the US dollar. It appears at the time that a short-term downtrend...
Crypto FOMO Will Be Huge Investment Driver, Regulatory Clarity Expected in 2022, Says Blockfi Executive
An executive with Blockfi says that “this year has been a huge year for mainstream consumer demand into crypto.” Noting that...
Ether Call Demand Signals Anticipation of Year-End Rally
Notably bullish flows hit ether’s options market early Monday, indicating budding hope for a recovery rally ahead of the...
Celsius is up 5% today and counting: here’s how and where to buy Celsius
The live Celsius price today is $4 with a 24-hour trading volume of $10.6 million. Celsius is up 4.96% in the last 24 hours. Celsius has...
Indian Lawmaker Says Crypto Must Be Blocked if Used for Illegal Purposes
India’s minister of state for external affairs says that cryptocurrencies must be blocked if they are used for illegal purposes,...
FTX.US Scores Deal With Owner of Washington Wizards, Capitals in Bid to Expand DC Presence
Crypto exchange FTX.US has inked a deal with Washington, D.C.-based Monumental Sports and Entertainment (MSE) in its latest sports...
BoE calls for strict crypto regulation on an international level
The Bank of England is pressing for more stringent global policies to regulate the cryptocurrency sector As per a report featured in the...
Uniswap Community Votes to Deploy v3 on Polygon, Contract Support Coming in a Few Days
One of the largest decentralized exchange (dex) platforms in terms of trade volume, Uniswap, has announced that the dex community has...
Stronghold Digital Mining to Acquire 9,080 Bitcoin Rigs
Stronghold Digital Mining is buying 9,080 Bitmain and MicroBT mining rigs, adding about 826 petahashes per second (PH/s) to its hashrate,...
Where to buy Hedera, the coin of the most used and sustainable public network
According to its creators, Hedera is the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy that allows...
BitYard Integrates 80+ Chainlink Price Feeds for Enhanced Price Accuracy and Stability
PRESS RELEASE. BitYard is delighted to announce our integration of 80+ Chainlink Price Feeds to obtain accurate price data in a timely...
Gear Technologies Raises $12M to Boost Smart-Contract Development on Polkadot
Gear Technologies, a smart-contract layer supporting the Polkadot blockchain framework, has raised $12 million in a funding round led by...
Market highlights December 20: Cryptos crash, major US indices in retreat
The crypto market is bearish as a whole. The three major US indices went into retreat last week as concerns about the Omicron variant of...
Radioshack Goes Defi in Its Latest Iteration
Radioshack, the electronics-associated brand, has announced it will now pivot to a cryptocurrency-centric model. The company informed that...
JPMorgan to Develop Payment Blockchain System for Siemens: Report
Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase has partnered with German industrial group Siemens to develop a blockchain-based system for payments, the...
Crypto to start behaving like tech stocks, says crypto analyst
The total cryptocurrency market cap has shed over 3.2% in the past 24 hours as widespread selling in the crypto sector mirrors downsides...
Cryptocurrency Bill Advances to Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay
A cryptocurrency bill introduced in July to the Senate of Paraguay has been approved. The text, which defines several important concepts...
The Hashrate Migration and Bitcoin’s Resilience, With Compass CEO Whit Gibbs
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeWelcome to “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza.” First up, Whit Gibbs, CEO...
Terra (LUNA) is up 25% over the last 7 days: Why is LUNA skyrocketing?
After the recent market drop, most of the cryptocurrencies have been struggling to stay bullish. Bitcoin for example is struggling to...
Crypto Economy Loses 3% Overnight, Bitcoin Slides Below $46K, Analyst Says ‘Downward Force Still Strong’
The crypto economy has slid in value 2.9% during the last 24 hours and bitcoin slipped under the $46K price zone on Monday. Furthermore,...
Biggest GBTC discount ever — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week with analysts looking for a bottom — but one which may not mean a dip to $40,000 or lower. After an...