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xDai Wants a Gnosis Merger to Stay Relevant, but Some Tokenholders Are Crying Foul
A historic, multimillion-dollar deal between a layer 1 with a devout following and a major Ethereum infrastructure builder may have hit a...
Finance Redefined: ENS airdrops token, and SEC’s Crenshaw speaks on DeFi, Nov. 5–12
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter. Ethereum Name Service announced a retroactive...
Traders look to ‘buy the dip’ after spot ETF rejection sends Bitcoin price to $62K
Bears swooped in to seize the upper hand on Nov. 12 after news that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had...
ADALend: Announcing Imminent Cross-Platform Development
ADALend, currently in the process of developing a decentralized financing (DeFi) project has just announced its plans to start the...
Price analysis 11/12: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, DOT, DOGE, SHIB, LUNA
Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to weaken following the shakeout of the leveraged traders in the derivatives markets on Nov. 10. This caused...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Expected to Rise on Taproot Upgrade
Cryptocurrencies were mostly lower on Friday after buyers failed to sustain the all-time price highs reached in bitcoin and ether earlier...
La caída de bitcoin podría estabilizarse en el soporte de $60.000
Bitcoin (BTC) cayó por debajo de los $65.000 mientras los compradores continúan tomando algunas ganancias. La criptomoneda cotizaba en...
Coinbase Allows Users to Share Info About Crypto Holdings With Friends
Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will allow users to easily share information about their crypto...
SEC Rejects Vaneck Bitcoin Spot Market ETF Over Price Manipulation Concerns
On Friday, November 12, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Vaneck’s bitcoin spot market exchange-traded...
Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst
This week, the U.S. consumer price index for October showed a 6.2% increase from a year ago, the highest inflation rate since 1990, news...
Tether, Bitcoin and Chinese Commercial Paper at Scale
For critics of Tether, the new economy of digital assets is based on the world’s oldest profession: real estate speculation.Crypto markets...
How Crypto Becomes Money
By soaring 4.4% to new record highs Wednesday after the release of a report that showed U.S. inflation hit its highest level in 31 years...
The Politics of Bitcoin
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at how bitcoin’s place in the...
‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation on Bitcoin Could Still Include a ‘UASF’ Safety Net
Taproot – Bitcoin’s most anticipated upgrade ever – has been “close” for a year now, but no one in Bitcoin’s community has agreed on how...
Locked In: Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Gets Its 90% Mandate
Taproot, the most significant improvement to Bitcoin’s protocol in years, now has enough mining support to lock in activation.According to...
Kazakhstan’s Crypto Miners Face New Regulations After Contributing to Power Shortages
Kazakhstan’s energy grid is coming apart at the seams because of the massive influx of bitcoin miners. But that might turn out to be a...
Bitcoin Decline Could Stabilize Around $60K Support
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $65,000 as buyers continue to take some profits. The cryptocurrency was trading around $64,000 at press time...
Loopring Price Up 7-Fold This Month on GameStop Speculation, Metaverse Bets
Loopring (LRC), an Ethereum-based project that allows developers to build their own decentralized exchanges, has jumped a stunning...
13,000 BTC Moved in 20 Months — 2010 Mystery Miner Transfers Another String of 20 Decade-Old Block Rewards
Two days ago on November 10, a mystery whale transferred 20 block rewards from 2010, which saw the movement of 1,000 decade-old bitcoins...
Ethereum ‘has to bounce’ as ETH bulls pin $5K rally hopes on critical support channel
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), could see yet another strong rebound in the sessions ahead as its price falls into a trading zone...
New England Patriots Say They’ve Partnered With Fan Token Site Socios
The New England Patriots are partnering with Socios in a deal that could lead to the National Football League’s first fan token.The U.S....
Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 12, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes as Traders...
SEC Rejects VanEck’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal
The SEC rejected investment firm VanEck’s proposal for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Friday. The decision was widely...
Why Axie Infinity Caught Fire in the Philippines
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io.Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren...
ChangeNOW announces new cashback feature for loyal customers
The feature will see customers get NOW tokens valued at 0.1% of every transaction amount There’s a standard limit of 1000 NOW tokens...
Big Money Apes Into Blockchain Gaming With $725M Raise for Forte
Major crypto players Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Cosmos, Polygon Studios and Solana Ventures were among those that have invested in an...
Bakkt Shares Fall After Crypto Firm Posts Third-Quarter Loss
Publicly traded crypto firm Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) posted a net loss of $28.8 million in Q3, versus a net loss of $18 million...
Analyst: Decentraland (MANA) has potential to reach $15
“It’s hard not to be bullish about MANA, says analyst The token is seeing double-digit gains as the market readies for a major...
Here’s where to buy SAND, the coin that appreciated by 15% in 24 hours
The live The Sandbox price today is $2.64 with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.6 billion. SAND is the token based on the popular game....
Meet the Antminer S19 XP — Bitmain Reveals ASIC Manufacturer’s Most Powerful Bitcoin Miner
At the World Digital Mining Summit in Dubai, the leading application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rig manufacturer,...
Chinese Crypto Miner The9 Expands in U.S. With Compute North Deal
The9 has signed a 32 megawatt (MW) mining capacity deal with Compute North to deploy 10,000 miners in the U.S.The high-end S19j miners...
Decentraland is up 32% today: here’s where to buy Mana coin
The live Decentraland price today is $3.27 with a 24-hour trading volume of $5.7 trillion. It has gained 32.14% in the last 24 hours. If...
Cardingo – a Curated Designer NFT Marketplace and Series for Cardano
PRESS RELEASE. Sydney, Australia – Cardingo is an NFT series and Cardano NFT marketplace that has secretly been in the works for...
BlackRock iShares Exec Says Firm Has ‘No Current Plans’ to Launch Crypto ETFs: Report
BlackRock global head of iShares and index investments, Salim Ramji, said in an interview the $9.5 trillion firm has “no current plans” to...
Weekly Report: Huobi’s woes continue, Grayscale eclipses $60BN in trading volume
Huobi only recently moved its business out of China following a crypto ban in the country. This week, the exchange was also forced out of...
Bitcoin due to hit $90K ‘in coming weeks’ despite pullback — latest technical analysis
Bitcoin (BTC) is still on to run to $90,000 in the coming weeks after “trapping” leverage traders. In its latest market update on Nov. 12,...
India’s Central Bank RBI Reiterates ‘Serious Concerns’ About Crypto — Governor Doubts Reports on Indian Crypto Investors
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), still has “serious concerns” about cryptocurrency from a...
Bitwise pulls the plug on Bitcoin Futures ETF: Here is what’s next
Digital assets manager Bitwise has called off its pursuit for a Bitcoin Futures ETF approval by withdrawing its application Bitwise Assets...
Indian Crypto Exchange WazirX Says Userbase Has Grown Over 10 Times in 2021
Binance-owned Indian crypto exchange WazirX said its userbase has grown by over 10 times to 10 million, this year.WazirX recorded trading...
BOBA Airdrop snapshot causes OMG to plunge by 33% from daily high
Immediately after the completion of the BOBA Airdrop snapshot from the Boba network, the price of OMG Network plunged by 33% to $13 from a...
Miami City to dole out yield from staking MiamiCoin, says Mayor
The mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, pledged to distribute 'Bitcoin Yield' from the local MiamiCoin project to some of the residents In a...
OMG Tanks Over 25% as Exchanges See Record Inflows After BOBA Airdrop snapshot
OMG, the native token of Layer-2 scaling protocol for Ethereum offering faster and cheaper transactions, crashed on Friday.The...
AMC Theatres To Accept Bitcoin, Ether for Online Payments
AMC Theatres, the largest movie theater chain in the U.S., will now accept bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies for online payments,...
Market highlights November 12: Bitcoin flat, Wall Street recovers
The crypto market was mixed over the past 24 hours. Some top 10 cryptos gained value, while others declined. Yesterday, US markets...
Bitcoin derivatives markets ‘healthier’ than in Q1, says research after fresh leverage shakeout
Bitcoin (BTC) shook out leveraged traders in classic style this week, but new data suggests that the market is broadly healthier than...
B2B firms want cross-border payments but skeptical of crypto: Survey
Cryptocurrencies appear to be far from ready for business-to-business (B2B) commerce so far due to factors like lack of convenience, a new...
Bitcoin hitting $59K would be ‘extremely healthy,’ says trader as BTC price retreats
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $64,000 on Nov. 12 as its comedown from new all-time highs continued to unnerve. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Two firms account for the majority of Tether received: Report
Tether (USDT) has gone from being a renegade cryptocurrency to becoming the industry’s primary crutch during the last seven years,...
The Majority of Game Developers Are Beginning to Include Blockchain in Their Games According to Study
Most game developers in U.S. and U.K. are now using blockchain elements in their games, according to a study released this week. The...
Indian Crypto Companies to Meet With Lawmakers Next Week: Report
A number of India’s most prominent crypto firms are set to meet with the government next week to provide their views on the...
HEX trading volume up 172% today: where to buy HEX
Designed and launched by Richard Heart on 2 December 2019, HEX describes itself as a Certificate of Deposit on the blockchain....
Kevin O’Leary: My crypto portfolio is “almost at 10%”
The “Shark Tank” investor holds Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC among many other crypto assets His crypto portfolio has grown by 7%...
You can buy Qredo now: here’s where
Qredo is rearchitecting digital asset ownership and blockchain connectivity. The token is a radical new approach to bring liquidity and...
Sotheby’s will take ETH bids in real time for Banksy auction
Prestigious auction house Sotheby’s has announced it will accept Ethereum (ETH) bids in real time for its Nov. 18 auction that includes...
Ether’s Key Metrics Paint a Bearish Picture: Santiment
While ether, the native token of Ethereum’s blockchain, remains on an upward trajectory, metrics like active addresses, trading volumes...
Analysts: Lack of Trust in Nigerian Government an Impediment to CBDC’s Success Prospects
While Nigerians have seemingly embraced the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s digital currency, skeptical analysts believe a lack of...
OVR Upgrades Its Token Economics
OVR has decided to upgrade its token economics to make its own tokens more rare and valuable. Last May, the OVR team burned about 1...
Botswana Does Not Have Regulatory Framework for Crypto — Central Bank
The Bank of Botswana (BOB) has said the country does not have a specific legal or regulatory framework pertaining to crypto assets. The...
Chia Network to Help Costa Rican Government Track Climate Change
Chia Network, the blockchain and smart transaction platform created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, will provide technical services to...
Ascending channel pattern and Ethereum options data back traders’ $5K ETH target
Ether (ETH) bulls seem excited by the recent $4,870 all-time high that was hit on Nov. 10. While it was a new high in U.S. dollar terms,...
Solana Labs co-founder: We don’t want to kill ‘beautiful’ Ethereum
While many pundits have labeled Solana (SOL) as an “Ethereum killer” due to its lower fees and faster transaction times,...
Vectorspace AI (VXV) flies under the radar to new highs as big data becomes the ‘new’ oil
“I’m in it for the tech,” is a phrase commonly used in the cryptocurrency ecosystem by many who want to express a deeper motivation for...
Unnamed South African Investor Proposes Buying 51% Stake in Collapsed Crypto Firm for $5 Million
An unknown investor has proposed to acquire a 51% stake in Africrypt — the collapsed cryptocurrency investment company — for...
Twitter Sets up Dedicated Team to Focus on Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Apps
Twitter has set up a team to focus on “crypto, blockchains, and other decentralized technologies — including and going...
Binance Freezes Doge Withdrawals as Users Report Being Asked to Return Coins They Don’t Have
Binance has temporarily suspended withdrawals of DOGE following an upgrade, the company said Thursday. “We discovered a minor issue with...
Austria Plans to Tax Cryptocurrencies Like Stocks, Vows Equal Treatment
As a growing number of governments are looking to tap into crypto profits, authorities in Austria have indicated their intention to tax...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin in $65K Range as Trading Volume Slows
Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market moves: Bitcoin recovered from Wednesday’s dip to near $64K as trading slowed...
Crypto miner Hut 8 surpassed 5K Bitcoin held in reserves
In its third-quarter earnings release, Canadian cryptocurrency miner Hut8 announced that it surpassed the goal set earlier this year of...
Analysts say Bitcoin price ‘dips are transitory,’ suggesting BTC will soon head to $75K
Volatility is the name of the game in the cryptocurrency market and the Nov. 11 evening sell-off in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is a...
Why Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Matters
You might have noticed some green squares floating around Twitter. Like the laser eyes, they are part of the insider signaling that...
Sotheby’s to Bring Down the Hammer in Ethereum on 2 Iconic Banksy Paintings
Sotheby’s, the British-founded American luxury auction house, has announced the company will be selling Banksy works for real-time...
For Universal’s NFT Band, Music Is Second to Brand Identity
On Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced it had signed Kingship – not a musician, but a collection of four anthropomorphic...
Announcing the Launch of the Lao Crypto and DeFi Product – Welnance Finance
PRESS RELEASE. Welnance, a DeFi protocol built on Binance Smart Chain, is set to launch the first Lao crypto and decentralized product on...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes as Traders Prepare for Taproot Upgrade
Bitcoin (BTC) is stabilizing after yesterday’s pullback from an all-time high near $68,950. Analysts continue to expect further upside for...
DCG Mining Subsidiary Foundry Launches Range of Services for 20 Crypto Staking Networks
Foundry, the Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary and cryptocurrency mining and consulting firm from Rochester, New York announced the...
Why Yesterday Was One of the Most Illuminating Days in Bitcoin’s History
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeYesterday was quite the day. A 6.2% inflation print led to a new bitcoin...
Discord Shutters Plans for Ethereum Integration After Community Backlash
After hinting at a possible Ethereum integration earlier in the week, Discord CEO Jason Citron now says the social network has “no current...
‘Probably Nothing’: Why People Still Hate Crypto
It ended pretty much the same way it began, with a tweet. Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron yesterday went to reassure users that the...
European Commission Urges Members to Agree on Crypto Regulations
The European Commission, the executive branch that proposes legislation for the European Union, is urging its members to agree on its...
Bitcoin Could Find Support at $56K-$60K
Bitcoin (BTC) buyers took some profits after the cryptocurrency reached an all-time price high near $68,950 on Wednesday. The...
‘Invisible Aether’: World’s largest museum launches NFT art exhibition
The Russian State Hermitage Museum continues diving in the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) industry by debuting its first fully-virtual...
Rarible Marketplace Users Can Now Create, List, and Trade Flow-Based NFT Collectibles
On November 10, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible.com and the Rarible protocol announced an integration with the Flow...
Stablecoin payment app Reserve helps individuals protect their savings against inflation in Latin America
One under the radar cryptocurrency-powered payment app that’s been gaining traction across Latin America is Reserve. The platform...
‘Curve Wars’ Heat Up: Emergency DAO Invoked After ‘Clear Governance Attack’
The latest salvo in the multibillion-dollar “Curve Wars” might be the most daring yet, and the protocol’s response has revealed deep...
This Imprisoned Russian Artist Is Selling NFTs to Support His Family and Fellow Inmates
Every morning, Pavel Skazkin wakes up at the command of correctional officers while the Russian national anthem plays in the background....
China’s Real Estate Giant Evergrande Narrowly Dodges Default for Third Time in 30 Days
In mid-September China’s Evergrande Group, the country’s second-largest property developer by sales, sparked fear in the...
Crypto-Focused Bank Silvergate Rallies After JPMorgan Sees Industry Adoption Growth
Silvergate Capital Corp. shares jumped as high as 13% Thursday after JPMorgan initiated research coverage with an overweight...
Bitfarms Buys 24MW Crypto Mining Facility in Washington State for $26M
Canadian bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF), has bought a 24 megawatt (MW) hydro power plant in Washington state, which is expected to add 620...
Investing in Bitcoin Directly May Be Better Bet Than Coinbase: Mizuho
Investors may be better off owning bitcoin directly versus shares of Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) in order to avoid headwinds including...
ECB Hires Former ING Director as Digital Euro Program Manager
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) has tapped ING’s global director of payments, Evelien Witlox, as the program manager for its digital...