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Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, MATIC, ALGO, EGLD
Bitcoin (BTC) and most altcoins sold off on Dec. 4 with massive deleveraging seen in the crypto derivatives markets. Data suggests more...
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Stresses Crypto Markets Are Open to Manipulation, Investors Vulnerable
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has called for more investor protection in crypto...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Altcoins Regain Some Ground After Early Weekend Spiral; Trading Volume Levels Off After an Intense Saturday
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Investors bought up bitcoin quickly after Saturday’s sharp sell-off....
Value Locked in Defi Slips 5% in 24 Hours, AMM and Rebase Tokens Take Double-Digit Losses
Since mid-November the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has slid from $257 billion to $250.55 billion and during...
Starting My Journey Into the Metaverse by Throwing Tomatoes at Zuckerberg’s Face
Editor’s Note: The following story was written by Neomi, an author from China with experience covering art, music, culture, tech,...
Exploring Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, KuCoin and DeFiHorse.The Lightning Network is arguably the most anticipated scaling solution for...
Over 80% of African Users on Mineplex Reportedly Interested in Buying Goods With Staked Crypto
A report says over 80% of African users on the Mineplex marketplace have shown an interest in the platform’s commodity staking...
Browser cookies are not consent: The new path to privacy after EU data regulation fail
The endless cookie settings that pop up for every website feel a bit like prank compliance by an internet hell-bent on not changing. It is...
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: Blockchain consensus, Part 1
Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside...
Tau-Chain Founder Ohad Asor and Prof. Franconi Explain Logical AI and How to Trade Knowledge
Tau, in development, is the world’s first fully user-controlled blockchain, capable of understanding and implementing users’...
Olympus DAO Might Be the Future of Money (or It Might Be a Ponzi)
Yes, it’s a Ponzi scheme. But who cares? So are the dollars in your pocket.If you haven’t heard about it, Olympus DAO is a decentralized...
Meme Token Economy Suffers After Crypto Market Dip, DOGE and SHIB Market Caps Lose Billions
The global cryptocurrency market valuation has rebounded a great deal since the initial downturn after 12:00 a.m. EST on December 4, and...
How Bitcoin Set Itself Up for This Sell-Off
“Okay, so now what?” That was basically what the bitcoin market was saying over the past few weeks. Then a sell-off in the spot market...
Bitcoin Hashrate Rises Despite Price Drop, Mystery Hashpower Returns
Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased a great deal, even after the leading crypto asset’s price slipped below the $50K price...
The Innovation at the Heart of the Global Crypto Transformation
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeThis week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Dan Jeffries’ “The Future of Money:...
Crypto Conference DeFiCon 2021 to Be Hosted on December 18-19 in Brooklyn, NYC
PRESS RELEASE. The next crypto conference lighting up the season is DeFiCon 2021, hosted on December 18-19 in Brooklyn, NYC. As a...
One more Bitcoin price dip? BTC may fall again before ‘slow grind up,’ warns analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded to near $50,000 on Dec. 5 as traders continued to take stock of recent events. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
China’s Hainan Province Ramps Up Crackdown on Crypto Mining Operations
The province of Hainan in South China has taken steps aimed at curbing crypto mining activities. Besides blacklisting the industry, local...
It’s time for the philanthropic sector to embrace digital currencies
The amount of cryptocurrencies on the market has skyrocketed from 500 in 2014 to nearly 7,000 only seven years later in October 2021. A...
Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection NFT Auction Sees Millions of Dollars in Ethereum Bids
Two days ago on December 2, the Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection auction of non-fungible token (NFT) assets kicked off at Art Basel Miami...
OVR and the Results of the Token Burning Program’s First Month
OVR launched its new Token Burning Program on 1 November to make its own tokens more rare and valuable. The results of this first month of...
Russia, Ukraine Shut Down Several Cryptocurrency Farms
Authorities in Russia and Ukraine have closed down a number of illegal crypto mining facilities allegedly powered by stolen electricity....
Bitmart hacked for $200M following Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain exploit
Crypto exchange Bitmart lost nearly $200 million in a hot wallet compromise hosted over the Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Smart Chain (BSC)...
Crypto Exchange Bitmart Hacked With Losses Estimated at $196 Million
The latest centralized exchange hack may be among the most devastating to date as Bitmart has lost $196 million in various...
Berkshire’s Charlie Munger Praises China for Banning Crypto — Wishes Crypto Had Never Been Invented
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, says China did the right thing to...
Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter, MicroStrategy snaps up 7K BTC and Square rebrands to Block: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 28-Dec. 4
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
US SEC Charges Man With Defrauding Crypto Investors in Two Digital Asset Securities Offerings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a citizen of Latvia with defrauding investors in two crypto offerings. The...
Virtual Land Adjacent to Snoop Dogg’s Sandbox Estate Sells for $450K in Ethereum
The popular American rapper Snoop Dogg revealed at the end of September that he acquired land in the blockchain-based virtual metaverse...
FTX to Seek $1.5B in New Funding Round at $32B Valuation: Report
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is looking to raise a total of $1.5 billion for the global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and U.S....
Blockchains need to move toward standards for interoperable asset transfers
Cross-chain asset transfer has been around for several years. The concept developed almost as soon as multiple blockchains were developed...
Things to know (and fear) about new IRS crypto tax reporting
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) put crypto in the crosshairs, where Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Crypto Flash Crash Prompts El Salvador to Buy the Dip — 150 Bitcoins Added to Treasury
As the crypto market shed billions of dollars, El Salvador bought the dip, taking advantage of the falling price of bitcoin early Saturday...
Ethereum acts as a ‘hedge’ in Bitcoin price crash as ETH/BTC hits 3-year high
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) plunged alongside other cryptocurrencies on Dec. 4. Still, its move downside did not deter it...
Gold, Bitcoin or DeFi: How can investors hedge against inflation?
Bitcoin (BTC) was created in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and planned to solve the problems created by loose monetary...
Crypto Economy Loses Billions in Market Downturn, Bitcoin Price Slips More Than 25% in 30 Days
A great number of cryptocurrencies dropped considerably in value during the early morning hours (after 12:00 a.m. EST) on December 4. At...
MetaGods Raises $3M Investment to Develop Play-to-Earn 8-Bit Action RPG
PRESS RELEASE. MetaGods, the world’s first play-to-earn 8-bit action role-playing game built on the blockchain, has raised $3...
Goldman Looking Into Bitcoin-Backed Lending as Jobs Report Disappoints
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW covers:The latest jobs report...
Terra Tokenomics Lead to Market Surge, Bitcoin Reserve Hinted
The recent movements in the treasury of Terra, a decentralized financial payment network, which is now burning more than $4 billion worth...
2021 ends with a question: Are NFTs here to stay?
In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging...
Without staking, institutional crypto investors cannot escape inflation
By 2021, proof-of-stake (PoS) anchored itself as the consensus mechanism of choice for new and innovative blockchains. Ethereum 2.0,...
ECB Paper Marks Success Factors for CBDCs, Digital Euro
A paper published by the European Central Bank (ECB) discusses various conditions for successful implementation of central bank digital...
Bitcoin could ‘consolidate until 2022’ after mass wipeout sends BTC price to $41K
Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $47,000 on Dec. 4 after a sudden crash confirmed bulls’ worst nightmares with 22% daily losses. BTC/USD...
Ethereum Might Dethrone Bitcoin as Best Crypto Store of Value, Study Argues
A recent paper authored by members of several universities, including Sydney and Macquarie, argues that recent changes in Ethereum...
Binance Names Three Nigerian Reality TV Show Celebrities as African Ambassadors
Binance has named three former housemates from the popular Nigerian reality television show “Big Brother Naija” as the...
Bitcoin tumbles below $47K wiping out October gains — Bear market begins?
Bitcoin (BTC) has suddenly fallen below $47,000 on Dec. 4, losing nearly 20% in the past 24 hours. This makes this the biggest one-day...
El Salvador stacks 150 Bitcoin after BTC price crashes below $50k
Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele announced the purchase of 150 BTC as the market price momentarily slipped below $50,000 after losing...
Bitcoin Drops $9K in an Hour
The price of bitcoin plummeted early Saturday, falling nearly $10,000 in roughly an hour to a temporary low of $42,000 before bouncing up...
FBI Seizes Bitcoin Worth More Than $2.2 Million From Ransomware Affiliate
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized bitcoin worth more than $2.2 million tied to ransomware payments. The cryptocurrency...
British Security Think Tank’s Report Warns NFTs Could Bolster Money Laundering Schemes
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the British defense and security think tank, questions whether or not non-fungible token (NFT)...
Got crypto? Here are 3 software wallets for storage, staking and swapping
Nearly every segment of the crypto sector underwent explosive growth in 2021. The steady inflow of institutional funds could possibly be...
Traders say ATOM could eventually do an AVAX-like surge to $100
Cosmos (ATOM) has the potential to record major gains in the upcoming weeks primarily because its longer-timeframe chart is showing a...
Money at the Speed of Thought: How ‘Fast Money’ Will Shape the Future
Around 2008, an ambitious startup decided to dig a tunnel from Chicago to New York. It would be an arduous and expensive task, with a...
Elizabeth Warren Queries Bitcoin Mining Operation, US Senator Says Crypto Miners Raise Environmental Concerns
Senator Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to the CEO of the New York bitcoin mining firm Greenidge Generation, Jeff Kirt, asking for...
Communing With the Metaverse
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp, Nexo.io and KuCoin.This week’s “Money Reimagined” podcast comes to you from Miami, where the...
CoinDesk 20 Update: ATOM, ICP and SOL Are In; AAVE, GRT and UNI Are Out
Cosmos’ Atom, Solana’s native currency and Internet Computer (formerly Dfinity) all entered the CoinDesk 20 in this quarter’s...
Security Focused DeFi Project EverRise Now Live on 3 Blockchains, Staking Introduced
Originally launched on June 15th, 2021, EverRise is a blockchain technology company that offers bridging and security solutions across...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Extends Losses While Traders Remain Bullish on Ether
Cryptocurrencies were mostly lower on Friday aside from a few standouts such as Terra’s LUNA token, which was up about 9% over the past 24...
Blockchain.com prepara el lanzamiento de un marketplace de NFTs
El exchange de criptomonedas y proveedor de billeteras digitales Blockchain.com está desarrollando un marketplace para tokens no fungibles...
BCH Ecosystem Gains New NFT and Dex Platforms, TVL in Smartbch Defi Climbs 180% in 30 Days
During the last few months, the Smartbch project has swelled with numerous projects, custom tokens, and the total-value locked (TVL) in...
JPMorgan Gave Away NFTs at an Event This Week. One Is Now Listed for 420 ETH
JPMorgan has taken a dive straight into non-fungible tokens (NFTs).The megabank gave away the NFTs to attendees of its first “Crypto...
Miami’s Multiple Money Visions
The excellent collection of essays compiled for CoinDesk’s Future of Money Week began with a perfect summation of where money is going by...
Finance Redefined: Two DeFi hacks top $120M, and $500M Algo Fund launches, Nov. 26–Dec. 3
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. A week packed with positive advancements in the DeFi...
Analyst says Bitcoin is ‘on sale’ after BTC price dips below $54,000
Bitcoin’s (BTC) downtrend extended a few rungs lower on Dec. 3 after the price dropped under $54,000 and traders will note that the...
Price analysis 12/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) have turned down from their respective overhead resistance levels, suggesting that bears continue to sell on...
Universal Stablecoins, the End of Cash and CBDCs: 5 Predictions for the Future of Money
With the rise of bitcoin, stablecoins, and decentralized finance, the last 10 years have been an incredibly crazy time for those of us who...
20 Predictions About the Future of Money
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeAs part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money week, they asked some of crypto’s biggest...
Blockchain.com Reveals Non-Fungible Token Marketplace and NFT Explorer
The crypto firm Blockchain.com is joining the slew of digital currency exchanges that have launched non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces...
Crypto Lender Celsius Admits Losses in $120M BadgerDAO Hack
Crypto lender Celsius Network confirmed that the company has lost money from the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack on BadgerDAO, a...
Bitcoin Drops Below $56K as Momentum Slows; Support Around $53K
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers were active on Friday, pushing the cryptocurrency toward the bottom of its weeklong price range. Lower support near...
CBDCs for the People? Where the Current State of Digital Currency Research Leads
While much attention focuses on the retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) ruminations of China, Europe and the United States,...
Are NFTs Taking Over the Art Market? Notes from Art Basel Miami Beach
This week, “Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking about Art Basel Miami Beach, the annual...
Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Who Proved the Case for Bitcoin, Can Do So for NFTs
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road online marketplace that hosted everything from children’s books to ketamine, is selling a...
US Treasury Secretary Yellen Says She’s Undecided Whether the Fed Should Issue Digital Currency
The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that she has not made up her mind about whether the Fed should issue a central bank digital...
The Big Miss in the Biden Administration’s Stablecoin Report
With due respect to Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, the best piece of cinema ever made about financial markets is not...
Capitalism Misallocates Resources. Web 3 Tech Can Help
Look at a map of Africa. It’s no miracle that so many of the borders are straight lines, and it’s no coincidence that these random...
Billionaire Investor Charlie Munger Thinks China Was Right to Ban Bitcoin; Crypto Twitter Responds
Charlie Munger, the vice chairman of Warren Buffett-owned investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, believes China made the correct...
Anthony Scaramucci on SkyBridge Capital’s heavy crypto exposure
SkyBridge’s heavy exposure to crypto comes amid increased institutional interest The firm has about $9 billion in assets, with...
Getting Different Crypto Ecosystems to Work Together
Diverse pain points (both small and large) remain within the ever-changing blockchain space while new ones appear every day. Generally,...
Aave’s Push for Institutional DeFi Gets Second KYC Provider Proposal
Securitize, a technology provider for issuing tokenized securities, is bringing its system of identity verification to decentralized...
India’s Cabinet Note Indicates No Crypto Ban — Government Will Regulate Crypto Assets: Report
India is no longer planning to ban cryptocurrency, a cabinet note circulated by the government reportedly indicates. Activities relating...
Crypto lending firm Celsius reportedly affected in BadgerDAO exploit
Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius has reportedly lost over $50 million in the exploit of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol...
Crypto community responds to Charlie Munger yelling at Bitcoin again
As 97-year-old investment veteran Charlie Munger continues scolding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), the crypto community quickly...
Marathon Digital’s Bitcoin Production Fell in November as Maintenance Work Cut Capacity
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings produced 196 bitcoins in November, down from 417.7 in October, as maintenance and upgrades to its...
Ritholtz, WisdomTree Launch Crypto Index for Investment Advisors
Ritholtz Wealth Management and WisdomTree Investments are launching the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index to give retail investors easier access...
Russia’s Telecom Watchdog Roskomnadzor Targets Another 6 VPN Providers
Roskomnadzor, the government body responsible for oversight of communications in Russia, is taking steps to block six more VPN providers....
Flipkart Co-Founder-Backed Navi Mutual Fund Files for Blockchain Fund in India
Navi Mutual Fund, which is backed by Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, summited a draft filing with Indian market regulator Securities...
Russia to Decide Fate of Crypto Exchangers in 2022
Discussions on the future of “virtual currency exchangers” in Russia should be completed in 2022, a high-ranking...
Blockchain.com to Introduce NFT Marketplace as Interest Booms
Crypto exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com is developing a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).The Luxembourg-headquartered...
Market highlights December 3: Cardano recovers, Cosmos gains 18%, oil drops
The crypto market was mixed over the past 24 hours. Markets were reassured after President Joe Biden said the Omicron variant would not...
Introducing BEAM, today’s unexpected winner and confidential DeFi platform token: here’s where to buy BEAM
The live Beam price today is just under $0.80 with a 24-hour trading volume of $181 million. Beam is up almost 31% in the last 24 hours....