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Paraguay’s Senate Approves Proposal Regulating Crypto Mining and Trading
The Senate of Paraguay passed a bill on Thursday that regulates the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies.Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies...
Canaan Secures Order for 30,000 Bitcoin Mining Rigs From Genesis Digital Assets
The application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan has announced the company has secured a...
3 reasons why Solana (SOL) price could see additional upside in 2022
Solana (SOL) has become a top contender in the smart contract industry and in the past year, the network’s total value locked (TVL)...
Financial Stability Group Warns of Stablecoin, DeFi Risks in Annual Report
The Financial Stability Oversight Council is still waiting for Congress to take action on cryptocurrencies, in particular stablecoins,...
How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map
“Did I make over a million dollars this year? Yes I did.”Joshua Davis is among hundreds, maybe thousands, of creators who have made...
Supply Chain Problems? Bitcoin Don’t Care
There’s a cream cheese shortage in New York bagel shops. Used cars are selling for almost as much as new cars. And parents are going to...
SEC Delays Decision on Grayscale and Bitwise Spot Bitcoin ETFs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing out its review of proposals by Grayscale and Bitwise for their spot bitcoin ETFs...
Bitcoin Limited to $50K-$55K Resistance as Momentum Slows
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers remain active despite signs of short-term support on the charts. The cryptocurrency was trading around its 200-day...
10 Great Novels About Money (and Crypto)
If you’re reading this, chances are very good you’re part of an immensely privileged slice of humanity with access to what’s known as...
The Dream of a Crypto City: Miami vs. New York
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp, Nexo.io and KuCoin.Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Miami...
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio reveals he now holds ether, slams cash
Ray Dalio told Yahoo Finance that cryptocurrencies have become an impressive asset class, but he thinks cash could become a...
Value Locked in Defi Continues to Slide, ETH Defi Dominates by 65%, Solana Transactions Reign
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance has slid 15.63% since the metric’s all-time high of $275 billion sixteen days...
Former Head of Crypto-Skeptical SEC Gets Blowback for Pro-Blockchain Op-Ed
Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Jay Clayton is receiving criticism for a pro-blockchain op-ed he wrote for the...
New Kraken Venture Fund to Target Early-Stage Crypto, Tech Startups
Kraken, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of a new venture fund that will invest in...
Justin Sun
Born in 1990, Justin Sun is the founder of the Tron Foundation, the company behind the Tron blockchain. He is also the CEO of BitTorrent...
El Salvador’s Landmark, Elon Musk’s Lowlight, and the Coming Layer 1 Wars
This week on “Opinionated,” we sit down with David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist.DZM gives us the highlights and...
Crypto Is the Biggest Thing to Change Culture Since Hip Hop
Hip hop music in the 1980s was like the past decade in crypto. On the rise. Understood by few. Regional to mainly New York. Dismissed as a...
Bitcoin Slides Toward $46,000, Dropping Alongside U.S. Stock Market
Bitcoin fell for a second day, touching its lowest price in nearly two weeks, as a barrage of bearish factors hit cryptocurrencies along...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 17, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Terra One of Few Cryptos in Green While...
Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Fund With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six and Polygon Network have created a $200 million fund to invest in...
Indian Crypto Exchange Says 82% of Users Earn Profits This Year, Trading Volume Soars 1,735%
A major cryptocurrency exchange in India, Wazirx, has reported “a massive surge in user signups” this year, with 82% of its...
Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5 and NFTs — The Sandbox Alpha Game Review
I came to the Sandbox Alpha for the musical experiences of Snoop Dogg and Deadmau5. It was awesome dancing with my voxelated avatar: green...
Kraken Ventures Raises $65M for Early Stage Crypto Fund
Kraken Ventures raised $65 million for its first fund, which will invest in early-stage cryptocurrency and tech startups, the firm said in...
BORA is up 4%, gaining rapidly: here’s where to buy BORA
The live BORA price today is $1.08 with a 24-hour trading volume of $450 million. BORA is up 4.04% in the last 24 hours. If you are...
Illegal Crypto Miners Threatened With Jail Time in Russia
Cryptocurrency miners that are illegally connecting their equipment to the power grid should go to prison, says a Russian lawmaker who...
Former SEC chair Clayton says he’s a ‘huge believer’ in crypto
Jay Clayton says the “efficiency benefits” of crypto in the financial system are vast and that regulations should aim at...
Valkyrie Counters BIS, Says Concern on Bitcoin ETF Front-Running Is Misplaced
Bank for International Settlements concern over speculators exploiting the monthly rollovers of bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded...
Goldman Sachs Says Blockchain Is Key to Metaverse and Web 3 Development
Blockchain technology is central to the development of the metaverse and Web 3, Goldman Sachs said in a research report.It is the only...
Market highlights December 17: Cryptos decline, tech giants tumble on Fed’s 2022 plan
The majority of cryptos registered losses over the past 24 hours, with many of the top 10 in the red this morning. All...
Justin Sun Is Retiring From Tron – But Not Crypto
Tron founder Justin Sun is getting political.The polarizing crypto entrepreneur said Friday he is leaving his brainchild Tron blockchain...
New Cryptocurrency Bill Advances to Senate in Brazil
A new cryptocurrency bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress last week, and is now awaiting review by the...
Say hello to Celo: Where to buy Celo, the perpetually gaining coin
Since its price spike of almost 150% on 30 August, there has been no end to Celo’s gains. A recent listing on eToro helped....
Crypto OGs love a ‘crypto winter’, says Coinbase COO
Crypto winters weed out fakers and unnecessary hype from the market, according to Coinbase COO Emilie Choi. The Coinbase exec’s...
Where to buy Arweave, a big winner of the day, whose value is up 13%
The live Arweave price today is $49.32 with a 24-hour trading volume of $94.26 million. Arweave is up 12.98% in the last 24 hours. In this...
Power to the People’s Network, Helium: Where to buy Helium, the perpetually gaining coin
The live Helium price today is $33 with a 24-hour trading volume of $44.7 million. Helium is up just under 3% in the last 24 hours. This...
Terra One of Few Cryptos in Green While Bitcoin, Others Slide
Crypto markets took a tumble in early European hours as financial regulators in the U.S. and U.K. took measures to curb growing inflation...
Where to buy Waves, the token of the multi-purpose blockchain platform
The live Waves price today is $17.79 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $250,627,222 USD. We update our WAVES to USD price in real-time....
Yearn Finance is up 24% in the las 24 hours: here’s where to buy Yearn Finance
The live yearn.finance price today is $26,107 with a 24-hour trading volume of $466.5 million. Yearn Finance is up 24% in the...
USDC Sees Native Launch on Avalanche
USDC, the second leading stablecoin by market cap, has been launched on the Avalanche blockchain as a native token. Previously, users...
Shanghai Man: AscendEX reopened after $80m hack, Huobi suffers key personnel departures, and government officials punished for mining activities
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Gods Unchained (GODS) token price skyrocketing after hosting AMA with SushiSwap
Gods Unchained (GODS) token price has been on the rise since yesterday. Yesterday, it registered a rise of over 26% propelling its...
Happy ‘bearday,’ Bitcoin: It’s been 3 years since BTC bottomed at $3.1K
Bitcoin (BTC) may be flagging below $50,000, but its bull market is actually three years old this month. Data from Cointelegraph Markets...
DeFi ‘Rug Pull’ Scams Pulled In $2.8B This Year: Chainalysis
Crypto investors lost over $2.8 billion to ‘rug pulls,’ a colloquial term for a type of crypto scam, in 2021, according to a report by...
Japan’s Crypto Exchanges Grapple With Travel Rule as Deadline Looms
With the deadline to implement the travel rule looming, Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges say that they are in negotiations with regulators...
Crypto Lender Nexo Launches NFT Lending Desk, Loans up to 20% for Popular NFTs
On December 16, the blockchain-based lending platform Nexo announced the firm has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) lending desk. While...
Adidas Reveals the Originals NFT Collection With Punks Comics, Gmoney, Bored Apes
On Thursday, the German multinational corporation Adidas announced the launch of the company’s first Adidas Originals NFT...
Lending Platform Ledn Launching Bitcoin-Backed Mortgage Product, Raises $70 Million
Global digital asset savings and credit platform Ledn has announced the upcoming launch of a bitcoin-backed mortgage product, calling it...
Here’s why Bitcoin traders expect choppy markets for the remainder of 2021
Inflation concerns and a general sense of trepidation about the future of the global economy continue to put a damper on Bitcoin and...
Robinhood Launches Cryptocurrency Gifts Program
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a cryptocurrency gifts program, allowing users to gift several cryptocurrencies, including...
Binance.US Hires Intel’s Compliance Chief Majalya
Binance’s U.S. affiliate on Thursday said it hired Intel’s top compliance executive as the crypto exchange’s chief risk officer.Sidney...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Rally Fizzles Amid Widespread Inflationary Concerns
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin’s relief rally” appears to be temporary,...
Tony Hawk Launches ‘Last Trick’ NFT Collection to Commemorate Career and Signature Moves
Following the American professional skateboarder Tony Hawk’s first non-fungible token (NFT) sale on the NFT marketplace Autograph,...
ADALend: Protocol Efficiency on Cardano in Handling Interest Rates
Crypto traders turn to fixed-income instruments like bonds and stocks to diversify their portfolios. The cryptocurrency market is a...
Federal Regulator Says Credit Unions Can Partner With Crypto Providers
Federally insured credit unions (FICUs) can partner with third-party digital asset service providers, the National Credit Union...
Should Crypto and Porn Get Intimate?
When I think about culture, I think sex, drugs and rock and roll. Given that bitcoin found its first true use as a medium of exchange on...
Why Dogecoin might be a good investment
Doge faces a short-term resistance at $0.19 TESLA to start accepting Dogecoin – Elon Musk Dogecoin (DOGE/USD) has continued to trade...
Market Wrap: Altcoins Outperform as Ether Rises Toward $4K
Alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) were in the spotlight on Thursday as bullish sentiment returned to crypto markets. Bitcoin (BTC)...
Experts Predict Bitcoin Will Hit $100, 000 – But When Exactly?
Many Bitcoin (BTC) experts and bulls see the crypto hitting $100, 000 in the near time. But many also remain split on when exactly this...
NBA Legend Kevin Durant Joins Coinbase to Help Promote the Crypto Exchange’s Brand
American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association (NBA) Kevin Durant, is joining Coinbase according to a...
The Future of NFTs Is Fungible
“Wen token?”It’s the refrain heard in Discord servers around the world. When is such-and-such project going to airdrop a token to its...
Kazakhstan Piloting a CBDC on R3′s Corda Platform
The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) is using R3′s Corda platform for the ongoing pilot of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the...
What’s Next for Friends With Benefits?
Crypto has always had an accessibility problem.It goes without saying that this stuff is difficult to use. It’s one thing to buy some...
Bitcoin Investor Peter McCormack Buys UK Soccer Club With Incredibly Ambitious Plans to Improve
Prominent bitcoin investor and podcast host Peter McCormack announced in a lengthy threaded tweet on Thursday that he has purchased...
What the Fed’s ‘Hawkish’ Turn Means for Bitcoin
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeYesterday in the wake of the FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve signaled a hawkish...
YouHodler CEO Ilya Volkov Explains Why He Thinks CeDeFi Is the Future
YouHodler is a fintech platform that helps people access the benefits of the crypto economy. It allows users to get instant cash and...
Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man who Designed It
El Salvador’s national adoption of bitcoin was easily the most transformational cryptocurrency landmark in a year full of them. The use of...
Bitcoin Oversold Near $46K Support; Resistance at $55K
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to hold support above $46,000, which is near its 200-day moving average. The cryptocurrency could see a brief...
Global Markets, Bitcoin Defy Expectations After Fed’s Hawkish Taper Plan Announcement
Global markets have defied predictions as the U.S. Federal Reserve and several central banks worldwide are prepping to slow down monetary...
Why I Spent $29M on a Beeple
Before this year, crypto was a cult. In 2021, crypto became culture.The movement was both catalyzed and led by the standard-bearer of...
Why Gamification Will Drive Wider Blockchain Adoption
Once Vitalik Buterin’s trilemma is solved, what’s the blockchain space to do?The trilemma, briefly, is that proof-of-work blockchains can...
Congressional Candidate Kurani Dropping 2,022 Solana NFTs as Part of Campaign
Shrina Kurani, a Democrat running in California’s 42nd Congressional District, will publish 2,022 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Solana...
Tax Preparer H&R Block Sues Block Over Rebrand From Square
Fintech and digital payments giant Block, Inc. formerly known as Square Inc. is being sued by tax firm H&R Block for trademark...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Dismisses Cryptocurrencies as Financial Stability Concern but Warns They’re Risky
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that he does not see cryptocurrencies as a financial stability concern. However, he noted that...
Historically accurate ‘momentum indicator’ hints at possible Bitcoin breakout ahead
Bitcoin (BTC) could see a “massive bullish move” if a classic trigger from the 2021 bull run repeats this week. In a tweet on Dec. 16,...
Fish food? Data shows retail investors are buying Bitcoin, whales are selling
Bitcoin (BTC) staged an impressive recovery after dropping to its three-month low of $42,333 on Dec. 4, rising to as high as $51,000...
Why is Avalanche (AVAX) rallying today?
Avalanche (AVAX) is rallying today and it has gone up by 21.48% in the last 24 hours to trade at about $106.84. Today’s AVAX price...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 16, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Holds Steady as BOE Hikes Interest...
Melania Trump Pitches NFT Plans; ‘Cobalt Blue Eyes’ Captivate Crypto Twitter
Former First Lady Melania Trump captivated the Twittersphere on Thursday with the announcement that she’s launching her own NFT...
After $130M Hack, Badger’s Restitution Plan Tests Limits of DAO Governance
After a devastating $130 million hack, BadgerDAO is moving forward with the first steps in an ambitious restitution plan that may be among...
ConsenSys Collaborates With Mastercard on New Ethereum Scaling Solution
Ethereum software firm ConsenSys has launched “ConsenSys Rollups” with the help of Mastercard’s engineering team for scalability on both...
French Central Bank Completes First Stage of Its CBDC Experiments
The Banque de France said it completed the first stage of its experiments into a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) and plans...
It Can’t Be ‘Decentralization or Bust’
The Bitcoin white paper doesn’t mention the word decentralization once – but it’s obviously there by another name: peer-to-peer. The...
NEAR Foundation Appoints Ex-Circle Exec Marieke Flament as CEO
Former Circle executive Marieke Flament is taking over as CEO of the NEAR Foundation, a Swiss-based non-profit that oversees the...
Crypto Connectivity Startup GIANT Raises $5M From CoinFund
GIANT Protocol has raised $5 million on its plans to shake up the telecom industry by tokenizing bandwidth.CoinFund led the seed round....
Indian Government to Make Additional Changes to Crypto Bill: Report
The Indian government is reportedly making additional changes to the country’s crypto bill. The bill, which is listed for the...
The Top 5 Tax Tips for NFT Investors
The non-fungible token (NFT) market has grown into a multibillion-dollar sector of the crypto industry, with top collections like...
On-Chain Data Hub Nansen Eyes Aggressive Growth With $75M Raise
If blockchain technology is going to become the backbone of a new financial infrastructure, some company will have to serve as an...
Stocktwits to Boost Crypto Coverage Following $30M Fundraise
Stocktwits has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, the social media platform for investors and traders said Thursday.Alameda...
Customers Bank Updates Logo, Details CBIT Token in Push for Crypto Clients
A Pennsylvania bank is continuing its journey down the crypto rabbit hole.After announcing last month that it would serve cryptocurrency...
Ethereum Privacy Startup Aztec Raises $17M in Paradigm-Led Series A
The Aztec Network has raised $17 million in a Series A funding round to further its efforts to bring programmable privacy to Web 3...