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Avalanche is gaining on news of USDC listing: here’s where to buy AVAX
The live Avalanche price today is $91.46 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.29 billion. Avalanche is up 13.57% in the last 24 hours. If...
55% of Aave’s Community Votes for ‘Business License’ to Prevent Forks
A governance proposal floated by the Aave community centered around the platform’s code licensing ended on Tuesday, with 55% voting for...
Bitcoin, Cardano, Ethereum, and Everything Else is Still Down 99% on CoinMarketCap
Prices of bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, were down 99% on crypto tracking site CoinMarketCap. But...
Binance, MDI-Led Consortium to Create Crypto Exchange in Indonesia
Crypto exchange Binance and a consortium led by MDI Ventures will establish a joint venture focused on developing blockchain technology in...
BCB Group Expands in Europe With Acquisition of 100-Year-Old German Bank
BCB Group, the crypto-dedicated payments services provider, has acquired fintech-focused Sutor Bank, gaining control of a German bank to...
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark 2021 Revenue Rises 400%
CleanSpark’s total revenue rose 400% in its 2021 fiscal year, but the sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company also...
Animoca Brands Leads $130M Investment in Venture Accelerator Brinc for Web 3 Expansion
Venture accelerator Brinc closed a $130 million funding round, led by NFT and metaverse investor Animoca Brands.Brinc closed a $30 million...
3 reasons why Nexus Mutual (WNXM) price is holding steady in a volatile market
There is always going to be risks involved with interacting with cryptocurrencies and recent proof of this can be seen over the past few...
US Lawmakers Ask Janet Yellen to Define ‘Broker’ for Infrastructure Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators want Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to specify how the finance ministry will define a “broker” for...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Traders Laying Low While Fed Ponders; Bitcoin, Ether Gain
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin moved above $47,000 a day before a Fed decision on combating...
Robinhood Acquires Cross-Exchange Crypto Trading Firm Cove Markets
No-fee trading app Robinhood has acquired cross-exchange trading platform Cove Markets to make it easier for customers to manage their...
What Gives Crypto its Value?
Where does crypto get its value? Where does anything get its value?It’s really quite simple: If enough people agree that something is...
Data suggests traders view $46,000 as Bitcoin’s final line in the sand
Dec. 13 will likely be remembered as a “bloody Monday” after Bitcoin (BTC) price lost the $47,000 support, and altcoin prices dropped by...
Witnesses offer differing opinions on approach to stablecoins at congressional hearing
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs heard from several expert witnesses with knowledge of stablecoins who urged...
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Stabilize as Traders Await the Fed
Bitcoin traded in a tight range around $46,000 on Tuesday. Some traders prefer to remain on the sideline until the U.S. Federal Reserve...
Just How Bearish Are the Bitcoin and Crypto Communities?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a few explanations for the current bearish...
Bitcoin Is Free and Fair but Not Progressive
Strictly speaking, Bitcoin is for everyone. I like to think about this decentralized network as a type of public commons – it’s an open...
Bitcoin intenta superar los $47.000 a la espera de una reunión de la Reserva Federal
Bitcoin, la mayor criptomoneda del mundo por capitalización de mercado, estaba a la baja mientras el mercado espera la reunión de política...
Get Ready for the 2022 Metaverse Real Estate Boom
This time last year, if someone had said, “I’ll sell you a plot of virtual land for 1 ETH,” most of us would have told them to kick sand....
Bitcoin Holds Short-Term Support at $46K; Resistance at $50K
Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady around the $46,000 support level as oversold signals appear on the charts. This means short-term buyers...
FTX Partners With Nuvei to Offer Instant Payment Solutions to Users
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has partnered with payments firm Nuvei Corp to enable instant payment solutions for FTX users so they can buy...
Block Launches Cash App Feature Allowing Users to Gift Bitcoin
Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, will allow its Cash App users to gift as little as $1 in stock or bitcoin, according to a...
Mintable app to support minting NFTs on the layer two Immutable X protocol
Mintable marketplace announced its partnership with Immutable X, a StarkWare-based layer-two solution for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on...
Ex Populus Raises $8.5M Amid Fears Web 3 Gaming Is Growing Frothy
Blockchain gaming projects like Illuvium have reached remarkable valuations in the tens of billions in recent weeks, despite sometimes...
What Is ShibaSwap?
ShibaSwap is the native decentralized exchange (DEX) of the shiba inu coin project; a popular meme coin and leading competitor of dogecoin...
How Brands Can Build in the Metaverse
Clinique had a problem. The brand wanted to “enter the metaverse,” but it didn’t want to do it in a way that was cringey. So, they called...
The Elon Effect: How Musk’s Tweets Move Crypto Markets
In the early stages of 2021, Elon Musk had the cryptocurrency market wrapped around his finger.A single tweet about dogecoin by the Tesla...
Binance UK Is Threatening to Block Derivatives Traders in a Move to Keep Regulators at Bay
Binance U.K. is cutting off retail investors from accessing crypto derivatives in order to comply with local regulations, the exchange...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Behind Tom Brady’s NFT Play
It’s no surprise Tom Brady would get a lot of attention for his new non-fungible token (NFT) company. The six-time Super Bowl wner is an...
From DOH! to DAO: The Rise of Decentralized Organizations
In the summer of 2016, Joe Lubin, one of the eight co-founders of Ethereum, was in midtown Manhattan to talk about how blockchain could...
Solana Ventures Looks to Boost Web 3 Gaming With Launch of $150M Fund
Investors have bet big on the future of play-to-earn gaming, and they aren’t done yet.Solana Ventures, Forte and Griffin Gaming Partners...
FTX Strikes Sponsorship Deal With NBA Team Golden State Warriors
FTX.US, the American arm of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, signed a global sponsorship deal with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.FTX.US...
Crypto AML Compliance: How Risk Scoring Can Help Meet Regulatory Requirements
Crypto industry regulations are evolving quickly along with the market’s unprecedented worldwide growth. As both risks and regulations...
Bitcoin Struggles to Break $48K as Fed Meeting Looms
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was lower as the market prepares for this week’s Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting,...
NYDIG raises $1B in funding, valuation now $7B
On Tuesday, New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, a financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services such as...
Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Tumbles in Trading Debut
TeraWulf (WULF), an environmentally minded bitcoin miner, was falling almost 24% in its first day of trading on Tuesday.TeraWulf went...
Raoul Pal: Digital assets have gone nowhere since May
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal believes that the crypto market is yet to top and a fresh rally is likely in the first quarter of 2022, with...
Vaynerchuk Backs $7M Bet on You Wanting to Show Off Your NFTs IRL
As NFTs continue their invasion of the art world, one startup wants to help collectors display their collections in the meatspace.Danvas...
Toy Brand L.O.L Surprise! Launches In-Store NFT Collection
MGA Entertainment is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) collection that accompanies in-store purchases of its L.O.L. Surprise! brand...
AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More
Blockchain oracle services firm Chainlink has added U.S. meteorology forecasting provider AccuWeather to further bolster its suite of...
Crypto News Roundup for Dec. 14, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today's Stories:Bitcoin CME Futures Slip Into ‘Backwardation’...
Brazilian Crypto Asset Manager Hashdex Pursues US Expansion Following 2 Key Hires
Brazil-based crypto asset manager Hashdex is pursuing a U.S. expansion after hiring a pair of executives to focus on growing its $1...
Market Analyst Says ‘Whole Crypto Sphere Is in a Bear Market’ as Prices Continue to Slide Lower
The crypto-economy has been sliding in value this week and during the last 24 hours, it has lost 2.5% dropping to $2.3 trillion. The...
CoinDesk Indices Launches the Digital Asset Classification Standard, a Roadmap for Investing
The digital asset industry has grown at a rapid pace since the inception of bitcoin in 2008, accelerating greatly over the few years. This...
Metaverse Alliance Launches Metathon for Devs and Degens With $50 Million in Prize and Seed Funding
PRESS RELEASE. Metaverse Alliance has announced the launch of its online Metaverse Hackathon (Metathon) for all metaverse enthusiasts...
Institutional Bitcoin Broker NYDIG Valued at $7B in Whopping $1B Funding Round
NYDIG said in a press release Tuesday that it is bringing on $1 billion in growth capital to lead bitcoin further into Wall Street.The...
Morgan Stanley CEO says crypto and meme stocks pose bigger risks to investors
James Gorman said some moments in the crypto and meme stock markets do not make sense. He also says SPACs and high-valuation stocks from...
Cardano’s ADA price eyes 30% rally with a potential ‘triple bottom’ setup
Cardano (ADA) may rally by nearly 30% in the coming days as it forms a classic bullish reversal pattern. Sharp ADA rebound underway Dubbed...
Dogecoin Soars After Elon Musk Announces Tesla Will Accept DOGE
Dogecoin got a boost Tuesday morning when Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be accepting dogecoin for some products. Musk has just been...
Dogecoin gains 25% after Elon Musk confirms Tesla will accept DOGE for merchandise
Dogecoin (DOGE) saw a sudden price increase on Dec. 14 after Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would begin accepting it for some...
RIA of the Future
On this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross envisions the future of the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry. A shift in...
Ukraine Commercial Bank to Test Digital Currency Built on Stellar
One of Ukraine’s oldest commercial banks, Tascombank, is planning to test an electronic hryvnia, a digital version of its sovereign...
Playing Around With the SIDUS HEROES Demo Left Me in Great Anticipation for the Game Release in January
SIDUS HEROES is the first ever WebGL, AAA-level, Play-to-Earn, NFT and MMORPG game built by an experienced tech company with 200+...
Avalanche Adds USDC Stablecoin in Continued DeFi Push
Avalanche, an Ethereum-rivaling smart contract blockchain, is adding a native version of USDC – the stablecoin backed by cash and liquid...
Vulcan Forged Platform Suffers Security Breach, 96 Wallets Compromised
Vulcan Forged, a gaming and NFT platform, suffered a security breach that allowed attackers to gain control of some cryptocurrency wallets...
Dogecoin Surges as Elon Musk Teases Tesla Merchandise Plan
Dogecoin rose 33% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker would accept dogecoins as payment for its merchandise.“Tesla will...
Market highlights December 14: Crypto market in the red, US stocks sink as Omicron fears return
The crypto market was in the red over the past 24 hours, as the vast majority of cryptos were seen lower at time of writing. All three...
Avalanche, Cosmos Lead Crypto Losses Amid Altcoin Purge
Tokens of the Avalanche, Algorand and Cosmos blockchains were among some of the biggest losers early Tuesday as the crypto market took a...
Robinhood Working on New Crypto Gifting Feature: Report
Code discovered in a beta version of Robinhood’s iPhone app reveals the popular no-fee trading platform is considering adding a feature...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Tumble Ahead of Federal Reserve Meeting
(Edited by James Rubin)Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin fell as investor jitters grew over the...
The new Dogecoin? Meet MetaDoge, which is up almost 18% today
Dogecoin has spawned quite a number of successors, but there’s one that stands out: MetaDoge. The live MetaDoge price today is...
Ether Breaks Short-Term Bullish Trendline, Support Below $3.3K
Ether’s short-term pattern has turned bearish with the cryptocurrency finding acceptance under a crucial support.The native token of...
Where to buy MetaShiba, which gained 14% today
MetaShiba is one of the few coins trending today amid all-pervasive crypto market gloom. It has been gaining steadily ever since it was...
Elon Musk Says Bitcoin Suitable for Store of Value, Dogecoin for Transactions as Time Names Him Person of the Year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, says bitcoin is suitable as a store of value while the...
Brazil Stock Exchange B3 Plans to Enter Crypto Market in 2022: Report
Brazil’s only stock exchange, B3, plans to enter the crypto market in 2022, InfoMoney reported, citing a Dec. 10 presentation from B3...
Bored Ape Yacht Club Partners With Animoca Brands to Launch BAYC Play-to-Earn Game
On Monday, the blockchain game developer and investor Animoca Brands announced a partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) in order...
The Future of Crypto: The Industry That Once Focused Solely on Bitcoin Is Rapidly Evolving
When bitcoin was introduced by the Satoshi paper in 2008, it presented a novel and liberating concept – a peer-to-peer, decentralized...
Niobium Coin down 5% today: here’s where to buy NBC
The live Niobium Coin (NBC) price today is $0.0048. Niobium Coin is down 4.85% in the last 24 hours. If you are attracted to unique...
Matrix Star Keanu Reeves Owns Crypto, Skeptical of NFTs, Says ‘Can We Not Have Metaverse Be Invented by Facebook’
Matrix star Keanu Reeves has revealed that he owns cryptocurrency which a friend bought for him a while back. “Yeah, I have a...
Gemini Looks to Replace APAC Head in Singapore After Jeremy Ng Departs
Gemini is looking for a new Singapore office lead, according to a LinkedIn job opening from last week. The search comes after former APAC...
Switzerland’s Largest Online Bank Swissquote to Launch Its Own Crypto Exchange
Switzerland’s largest online bank, Swissquote, is reportedly launching its own cryptocurrency trading platform. The company sees...
Vulcan Forged Play-to-Earn Gaming Platform Refunds Users After $140M Hack
Play-to-earn NFT platform Vulcan Forged said on Tuesday it has refunded $140 million worth of PYR tokens to nearly all investors a day...
IOST Partners With Unic’s Institute for the Future to Empower Women in Blockchain
PRESS RELEASE. The partnership aims to support, promote, and inspire female leads in the blockchain space, offering annual endowed...
Bitcoin CME Futures Slip Into ‘Backwardation’ as Bearish Sentiment Grips Market
Bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have slipped into ‘backwardation,’ a market condition that represents...
Nigerian Government Minister Calls for Regulation of Crypto, Considers Additional Body ‘to Play That Role’
A minister in the Nigerian government has called on authorities in the country to consider regulating cryptocurrencies instead of clamping...
Look out below! Analysts eye $40K Bitcoin price after today’s dip to $45.7K
On Monday, Bitcoin’s short-term outlook worsened after the price fell to an intra-day low at $45,672, a far cry from the weekend’s...
Crypto Miners Extend Slump as Bitcoin Price Falls to Lowest Point Since October
Shares of crypto miners, which are most exposed to the price of bitcoin, continued their slump on Monday as bitcoin’s price fell near...
Robinhood Turns to Chainalysis to Boost Compliance Ahead of Crypto Wallet Launch
Popular trading platform Robinhood has partnered with blockchain data platform Chainalysis to meet compliance requirements. Robinhood is...
How the Economics of Bitcoin and Ethereum Shape Their Cultures
Cryptocurrencies are cryptocultures. These cultures express themselves through different means, but the primary form of cultural...
The First of Its Kind Metachain Project, ShuttleOne Joins Tezos Protocol
PRESS RELEASE. ShuttleOne, the latest project to embrace Tezos, to soon drive adoption and liquidity while resolving blockchain...
11 Years Ago Today, Satoshi Disappeared
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeEleven years ago, on Dec. 13, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted on the...
Cardano price bearish trend continues
Cardano’s price has been on a downward trend since September, when its price peaked at $3.101. After entering a symmetrical triangle...
Market Wrap: Altcoins Underperform as Bitcoin Dips Below $48K
Bitcoin was trading around the lower end of its weeklong range as bullish sentiment began to fade. BTC is down about 7% over the past 24...
Sportswear Giant Nike Purchases NFT Fashion and Collectibles Startup RTFKT
Multinational footwear behemoth Nike just took a big step into the metaverse.On Friday, NFT collectibles and fashion startup RTFKT...
Elon Musk says Dogecoin is better suited for transactions than Bitcoin
The Tesla CEO is one of the biggest supporters of the meme-themed cryptocurrency, his tweets part of the reason DOGE’s popularity...
Economist Mohamed El-Erian Says Fed’s Characterization of Inflation as ‘Transitory’ the ‘Worst Call in History’
On Monday, December 13, following Friday’s U.S. consumer price index report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans...
The Infuriating Patchwork of Crypto Regulations Is Good for Crypto
Like many others, I view last week’s House Financial Services Committee hearing at which six crypto CEOs explained the industry to...
Bitcoin Drifts Lower; At Risk of Testing $40K Support
Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure as buyers failed to break above $50,000 over the past week. The cryptocurrency is down about 6% over...
Bitcoin price slips below $47K as stocks, crypto prepare for this week’s FOMC meeting
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are once again on the defensive foot after the breakout momentum that put the price above $50,000 on the weekend...
Crypto Fund Inflows Slow to $88M as Market Retreats
Digital asset investment products saw inflows drop 52% last week to $88 million, as crypto markets saw a downturn.The inflows into crypto...