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SEC bitcoin ETF rejection shows market ‘not ready’ – Timo Lehes
SEC has yet to approve a crypto spot exchange-traded fund The regulator’s work is to protect investors Timo Lehes says the...
Novogratz’s crypto firm Galaxy Digital delays US stock listing to 2022
Galaxy Digital Holdings, Mike Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment management firm, is not going public in the United States in late 2021...
Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises $10M from notable cryptocurrency venture capital firms and angel investors
On Tuesday, pSTAKE, a liquid staking protocol from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Persistence, announced in a statement provided to...
Brave Browser Launches Built-In Crypto Wallet
Brave browser now has a built-in crypto wallet.Included in a Tuesday update, the native wallet deepens Brave’s foray into crypto...
Marathon Digital Sell-Off a Buying Opportunity, DA Davidson Analyst Says
The 27 percent drop in bitcoin miner Marathon Digital’s shares on Nov. 15 was “overdone” and thus presents a buying opportunity, DA...
Blockchain Firm StarkWare Raises $50M Series C Funding Round at a $2B Valuation
Israel-based startup StarkWare, which provides a way to scale the use of blockchain, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round...
LBank Exchange Listed LMCSWAP on November 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Nov. 15, 2021 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list LMCSWAP...
Federal Reserve Governors Don’t See Reason to Issue Central Bank Digital Currency
At least three Federal Reserve governors have said that they do not see a reason for the Fed to issue a central bank digital currency...
Bitcoin stages ‘picture-perfect rebound’ at $58.5K as crypto liquidations top $875M
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered above $60,000 during Nov. 16 after a breakdown saw a trip to near $58,500. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)....
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 16, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin, Ether Lose Ground as Twitter CFO Rules...
Meet Dmitry: Co-founder of Ethereum’s creator Vitalik Buterin
Dmitry Buterin is a self-made millionaire who fathered a billionaire who created a cryptocurrency that’s on its way to becoming a...
VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Launches on CBOE Exchange
Investment firm VanEck’s bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) started trading on the Chicago-based CBOE exchange Tuesday.The new ETF...
Crypto Markets Shed Billions Overnight — Analyst Says ‘Drawdown Normal’ and ‘Bull Market Structure Still Intact’
Cryptocurrency markets have dropped significantly in value during the last 24 hours as the entire market capitalization of all 10,000...
Liquid Staking Protocol PStake Raises $10M in Strategic Funding
PStake, the liquid staking protocol from Indian trade finance company Persistence, has closed a $10 million strategic funding round led by...
Mohamed El-Erian: Crypto should not repeat Big Tech mistakes
El-Erian is the chief economic adviser of Allianz and ex-CEO of PIMCO Regulation will help crypto steer away from headwinds currently...
Riot Blockchain Drops After Missing Q3 Revenue, Earnings Estimates
Riot Blockchain (RIOT) were down almost 11% in early trading on Tuesday after its third quarter revenue and earnings missed average...
Supply Chain Meets NFTs in New Offering From Enterprise OG MultiChain
MultiChain, one of the first blockchain platforms to explore ways enterprises could benefit from crypto tech, is adapting non-fungible...
Cryptowisser: 79 Crypto Exchanges Dead in 2021 – Even More Than in 2020
PRESS RELEASE. November 2021, leading Crypto service comparison site – Cryptowisser, announces its annual Crypto exchange...
Voyager Digital Posts Fiscal Q1 Revenue of $65.6M, In-Line With Guidance
Voyager Digital Ltd. (TSX: VOYG) posted fiscal first-quarter revenue of $65.6 million versus preliminary guidance of $63 million to $67...
Hive Blockchain Posts Record Revenue in Q2 on Higher Crypto Prices
Canadian crypto miner Hive Blockchain reported record revenue of $52.6 million in its fiscal second quarter, up 305% from the same period...
A Few Unorthodox Thoughts on DeFi Regulation
In recent months, the fast-growing pace of the decentralized finance (DeFi) market has captured the attention of regulators looking to fit...
Voyager Digital Launches USDC-Linked Debit Card
Cryptocurrency platform Voyager Digital is launching a USDC-linked debit card, which will pay up to 9% in annual rewards to its customers,...
Crypto remains bullish despite price rout, says ARK36 exec Mikkel Morch
The crypto market is seeing widespread sell-offs, with most crypto assets in red. Bitcoin’s dump below $60k and the general price...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Chairs Crypto Meeting After Consulting With RBI, Finance Ministry
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly chaired a comprehensive meeting on cryptocurrency and related issues in India. The...
Crypto-focused VC firm Paradigm announces $2.5BN venture fund
The firm intends to put the capital raised into crypto initiatives and protocols On Monday, Paradigm, a crypto investment company led by...
What do new the designations mean for the crypto sector in Taiwan?
China’s ban on crypto activity presented destination opportunities for crypto initiatives, among them, Taiwan Being a sector that...
Bitcoin Below $60K in a ‘Funding Reset’ Move, Tests Key Support: Experts
Bitcoin fell below $60,000 during mid-European hours, before press time, extending early weakness. Analysts said a pullback was expected...
Taproot goes live: Here’s why Bitcoin bulls believe a Q4 rally is around the corner
The highly-anticipated Taproot upgrade went live on Sunday and brought several changes to the network. Here is a detailed look at what the...
Market highlights November 16: Bitcoin drops to $60K, over 90% of top 100 cryptos lost value
The crypto market was seen lower across the board over the past 24 hours, as all top 10 cryptos were in the red at time of writing. The...
Topps Releases NFTs Featuring Science Fiction-Themed Collectible Card Series Mars Attacks
On Monday, the sports and entertainment collectibles giant Topps announced the launch of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the...
Will Bitcoin hold $60K? Leverage shakeout ‘close to complete,’ data suggests
Bitcoin (BTC) extended its slide on Nov. 16 as BTC price action returned to test $60,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source:...
Where to buy Gyen, the token bridging traditional finance and blockchain for everyone
Gyen is a stablecoin that allows people to trade seamlessly across its issuer’s fast global network of partner exchanges. It...
Bitcoin, Ether Lose Ground as Twitter CFO Rules Out Crypto Investment, Dollar Index Hits 16-Month High
Bitcoin, ether, and other major coins face selling pressure as anti-crypto comments from Twitter’s chief financial officer soured the...
Innovative Polymath Network has gained 12% in the last 24 hours: Where to buy POLY
Polymath Network (POLY) provides technology to create, issue, and manage security tokens on the blockchain. It runs on the highly...
Bank of England’s Cunliffe: Crypto Threat to Financial Stability ‘Getting Closer’ — Urges Regulators to Act Now
Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, has warned that cryptocurrency is getting closer to...
Powerledger is up 96% today: here’s where to buy Powerledger
The live Powerledger price today is $0.75 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.56 billion. The token is up 96.31% in the last 24 hours. If...
LBank Exchange Will List LMCSWAP on November 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Nov. 15, 2021 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list LMCSWAP...
Twitter CFO Says Buying Crypto Assets ‘Doesn’t Make Sense Right Now’: Report
Investing in cryptocurrencies “doesn’t make sense right now,” Twitter CFO Ned Segal said, according to the Wall Street Journal.Twitter...
AMC Theatres to Accept Shiba Inu Within Two-Four Months
AMC Theaters will accept Shiba Inu through BitPay wallets in 60-120 days, AMC CEO Adam Aron said on Tuesday.BitPay will start accepting...
‘10 Fundamental Rights’: Binance Pitches Crypto Doctrine in Face of Heightened Regulation
Cryptocurrency giant Binance has published “10 Fundamental Rights for Crypto Users,” a carefully worded balancing act pushing for...
China’s NDRC to Consider Punitive Electricity Prices for Crypto Mines
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said on Tuesday that in the next stage of its crypto mining crackdown it will...
AMC CEO Says Bitpay Will Support Shiba Inu — AMC Set to Accept SHIB Next Quarter
The CEO of the world’s largest movie exhibition company, AMC Entertainment, says that payment service provider Bitpay has agreed to...
Nigeria’s eNaira Wallet Nears 500,000 Downloads in First 3 Weeks: Report
More than 488,000 people have downloaded the consumer wallet for Nigeria’s central bank digital currency, the eNaira, according to a...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says ‘I’ve Never Shorted Any Cryptocurrency’ — Warns of the Biggest Bubble
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says that he has never shorted any cryptocurrency. He...
President Biden signs infrastructure bill into law, mandating broker reporting requirements
After months of scrutiny from both the United States Senate and House of Representatives, the infrastructure bill — criticized by many...
Bitcoin has stalled, but here’s why pro traders still expect $80K by January
Selecting a timeframe for technical analysis is always a tricky topic, but usually, the longer the trend, the higher the odds it shall...
Paradigm Launches $2.5 Billion Venture Fund to Invest in Next Generation of Crypto Companies and Protocols
Investment firm Paradigm has launched a $2.5 billion venture fund to invest in the next generation of crypto companies and protocols. The...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Falls Slightly in Soft Trading; Launch of VanEck Futures ETF Coming Soon
Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market Moves: Bitcoin declines slightly in soft trading.Technician’s take: Upside...
OpenSea volumes go bananas as collectors pile back into Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
Crypto Twitter nonfungible token (NFT) influencers have been relatively quiet over the past two weeks as trading volumes on OpenSea...
DeFi traders cry foul after only 0.015% of active ParaSwap wallets receive PSP tokens
Airdrops are once again back in style following the recent five-figure token drop from the Ethereum Name Service protocol that kicked off...
What Taproot Could Mean for Bitcoin Investors
Over the weekend, Bitcoin enthusiasts huddled around their screens as they waited for miners to mine Bitcoin block 709,632. The block was...
Price analysis 11/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, DOT, DOGE, SHIB, LUNA
Bitcoin (BTC) could not sustain its gains and succumbed to profit-booking as the U.S. trading markets started the week, possibly...
President Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Containing Crypto Broker Reporting Requirement Into Law
President Joe Biden signed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting...
Why Blockchain Benefits the Supply Chain
Supply chains are having a moment.Many of the world’s most successful systems and products are invisible, but it’s no surprise that supply...
This DAO Is Trying to Buy the Constitution for $20M
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn Thursday, Nov. 18th, Sotheby’s is auctioning off one of just 13 (or 11,...
CoinFLEX’s Stablecoin flexUSD Now Available to Hundreds of Financial Institutions With Copper ClearLoop Integration
PRESS RELEASE. SEYCHELLES, 15 November 2021 – CoinFLEX, leading crypto exchange and yield platform, has partnered with Copper.co, a...
Solana Throws a Three-Day Party for Itself
The Lisbon sky crackled with fireworks and roving spotlights. Dance music pulsed out of a purple-lit marble facade. Foreigners pressed...
Market Wrap: Analysts See Bitcoin as Still in ‘Bullish Phase,’ Despite Pullbacks
Bitcoin was roughly flat over the past 24 hours, suggesting that investor enthusiasm over the Bitcoin blockchain’s Taproot upgrade is...
Bitcoin Hashrate Nears All-Time High Captured in May — BTC Mining Rigs Produced in 2016 Still Profitable
While bitcoin’s value has remained well above the $60K range, the network’s hashrate has surged to over 184 exahash per...
Barbados será el primer país en tener una embajada en el metaverso
En lo que podría ser considerado un paso histórico hacia la legitimación del metaverso, la nación insular de Barbados se prepara para...
Current Chiliz (CHZ) price surge attributed to the launch of live in-game NFTs and rapidly growing ecosystem
Chiliz (CHZ) is the blockchain network behind the Socios.com fan engagement platform, which is focused on the world of sports by helping...
Keep3rV1, WINk and UMA ignore Bitcoin price dip by posting 20%+ gains
The seesaw price action that the crypto market is known for is back on full display today as the modest gains Bitcoin (BTC) achieved over...
Steady Interest in Bitcoin Keeps Money Flowing Into Crypto Funds
Digital asset investment products attracted $151 million last week, cooling from prior weeks but still at an elevated level, according to...
DOGE Users Seethe Over Binance’s 2-Week Withdrawal Freeze
Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world by daily trading volume, is trying to fix a technical issue triggered by a software...
What Will a Metaverse Embassy Look Like?
This morning, my colleague Andrew Thurman put out a piece for this website about the government of Barbados, and its plans to establish a...
Bitcoin Pullback Could Stabilize Around $60K Support
Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating around $63,000 after buyers failed to sustain a price bounce over the weekend. The cryptocurrency is...
Wall Street Journal Reporter Chastised Over Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Unmasking’ Editorial
During the last week, mainstream media outlets have been publishing reports that say “Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto...
Valkyrie to Launch $100M ‘On-Chain DeFi Fund’
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie Investments has launched a decentralized finance (DeFi) fund with $100 million behind it, designed to give...
Stronghold Digital Outperforms After DA Davidson Sees Shares Rising Over 50%
Stronghold Digital (SDIG), the bitcoin mining company that converts coal waste into power for its operations, outperformed its mining...
‘I Think We’re Doing This’: Inside One DAO’s $20M Plot to Purchase the US Constitution
What happens when you get some of crypto’s brightest minds together? Well, they form a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to buy...
Marathon Digital Receives SEC Subpoena Related to 2020 Hardin Data Center Agreement
Marathon Digital executives received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to produce documents and communications...
Sen. Lummis Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Modify Crypto Broker Language
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Monday mounted a last-ditch effort to narrow the Infrastructure Bill’s crypto broker clause that is...
Indian Parliament Committee Discusses Crypto Regulation With Industry Experts
India’s parliamentary committee on finance has held a meeting with representatives from the crypto industry and other stakeholders...
MakerDAO’s Rune Christensen Joins VC Firm Dragonfly Capital
MakerDao founder Rune Christenen has joined crypto investment firm Dragonfly Capital as a venture partner, Dragonfly announced in a post...
Solana Hits Bloomberg Terminal With Galaxy-Backed Index
Bloomberg LP and Galaxy Digital on Monday released a Solana index, making SOL only the third crypto asset – after BTC and ETH – with a...
VCs Back ‘Pawn Shop of the Metaverse’ With $3M Raise
As visions of a popularized metaverse race toward reality, venture capital firms are backing companies that offer lending and leasing...
Bitcoin falls from $66K highs, Tesla down 3% after Elon Musk warns he could sell more stock
Bitcoin (BTC) tested $65,000 as support as United States markets opened Nov. 15 with a weekend surge that ended in a retracement. BTC/USD...
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 15, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin’s Bull Flag Breakout Suggests More...
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Marathon to raise $500M in debt
Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies in the United States, is looking to raise $500 million in...
Invesco India and CoinShares to Launch ‘Feeder Fund’ of Blockchain Stocks
Invesco is giving Indian investors exposure to Coinbase and MicroStrategy through a new pooled fund that invests in several sub-funds.The...
Ankr price up 18% today amid Polkadot Parachain Integration and Binance listing
Ankr (ANKR) has been on a bullish trend since October 27 though it saw some retracement between Nov. 2 and Nov. 11 before resuming the...
Greenidge Generation Reports Record Revenue in Q3, Names New CFO
New York-based miner Greenidge Generation (GREE) reported record quarterly revenue of $35.8 million in Q3, up almost 500% from $6.1...
Marathon Plans to Raise $500 Million From Convertible Senior Notes to Buy Bitcoin and Mining Rigs
On Monday, the enterprise bitcoin mining operation Marathon Digital Holdings announced the firm will raise $500 million from convertible...
BitGo Tops $64B Under Custody as COO Cassie Lentchner Takes Over as ‘Trust’ President
BitGo, the cryptocurrency custody provider being acquired by Galaxy Digital, has seen its assets under custody (AUC) swell to over $64...
Expert: Bitcoin remains a risk-on asset despite last week’s inflation-driven surge
Bitcoin price spiked above $69k as US inflation data showed the highest increase in 30 years The subsequent sharp fall on the day came as...
Crypto Venture Firm Paradigm Announces $2.5B Fund, Industry’s Largest
The venture firm launched by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam now has $2.5 billion for placing bets on the next generation of leading...
‘Musk effect’ sees crypto named after SpaceX’s Starlink satellites gain over 140% in 3 days
In a bizarre event, a cryptocurrency with the same name as SpaceX’s satellite range Starlink jumped over 140% as Elon Musk’s space...
Bitfarms Doubles Hash Rate to More Than 2 Exahash per Second
Bitfarms (BITF), the Canadian bitcoin miner, has doubled its mining power over the last eight months, the company said in a statement on...
Litecoin grapples with ‘double top’ risks after LTC price rallies 37% in November
A 37% November price rally in Litecoin (LTC) risks exhaustion as the “silver cryptocurrency” hints at forming a double top chart pattern....
Alex Raises $5.8M to Bring DeFi to the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Alex, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on the Bitcoin-linked Stacks blockchain, has raised $5.8 million in financing led by...