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Next Bitcoin price crash will be ‘shallower’ than 80%, says Pantera Capital CEO
Bitcoin (BTC) market’s tendency to crash by over 80% after logging strong bull runs might come to an end. That is according to a new...
Valve Bans Games Built on Blockchain, NFTs, and Cryptocurrencies From Steam Gaming Platform
This past week, Valve, the parent company of the video game digital distribution service Steam updated its distribution onboarding...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Taunts Economist Steve Hanke After Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets
On October 15, the day bitcoin’s price surpassed the $60K per unit handle, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele taunted the professor...
Impending Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs May Boost Cash and Carry Yields
Several bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) may debut in the U.S. in the coming weeks. These products may revive interest in...
Bitcoin Mining Is Decentralizing – Here’s Proof
There’s at least one industry where the United States now has China beat: bitcoin mining.After Beijing’s crackdown on crypto in September,...
Bitcoin’s Unknown Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Now the 20th Wealthiest Person on Earth
In mid-April the creator of the Bitcoin network, Satoshi Nakamoto entered the world’s top 20 richest billionaire list but after...
Grayscale Said Close to Filing to Convert Bitcoin Fund Into Spot ETF, CNBC Says
Grayscale Investments plans on applying to convert the world’s biggest bitcoin fund into a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) early this...
BTC price eyes all-time high weekly close above $60K ahead of Bitcoin ETF turbulence
Bitcoin (BTC) faces a pivotal weekly close on Oct. 17 with bulls scrambling to squash final resistance before all-time highs. BTC/USD...
Hester Peirce Reclaims the ‘Wild West’ for the Crypto Industry
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s...
Digital Asset Firm Bakkt to Go Public After Completing Merger — BKKT Shares Set to Trade on NYSE Monday
The digital asset company Bakkt Holdings has completed a merger with a firm called VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings and the combined...
President of Mexico Denies Having Interest in Adopting Bitcoin as Legal Tender
The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, denied having any interest in adopting cryptocurrencies as legal tender in the...
JMP Securities Sees Crypto Entering the Mainstream, Says Adoption Has Hit Escape Velocity
Investment banking and asset management firm JMP Securities says that “The crypto economy is entering the mainstream,”...
US Senator Lummis Thanks God for Bitcoin as Congress Discusses Raising Debt Ceiling
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said, “Thank God for bitcoin,” during her speech to the Senate about raising the U.S. debt...
Mark Cuban Won’t Invest in Bitcoin ETF, Prefers to Buy BTC Directly
The owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, has said “no” to investing in bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds...
Binance launches $1B BSC fund, BTC futures ETF approval could arrive soon, and Celsius raises $400M: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 10-16
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Economics Professor Warns ‘Cryptocurrencies May Contribute to Monetary and Financial Instability’
Cornell University’s professor of economics and former head of the IMF’s China division, Eswar Prasad, has warned that...
Jack Dorsey Says Square Is Considering Building a ‘Bitcoin Mining System Based on Custom Silicon’
Following the latest report from Cambridge University that shows a large percentage of the Bitcoin network’s hashrate resides in...
Why HODL for 48 hours? Because your altcoin wallet will thank you
It might seem that the volatility of digital assets’ prices and the lightning speed with which crypto markets move would mean that those...
Finance Redefined: Celsius raises $400M, and Rari’s 7.5K% yields, Oct. 11—15
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter. In a week where Rari Capital achieved the...
Bitcoin entering final stage of major bull trend, crypto analyst says
Trader and cryptocurrency analyst Alessio Rastani believes Bitcoin (BTC) is entering the final stage of the current bull market, which...
The Sure Thing, the Force Multiplier, and the Underdoge
Speaking of Bitcoin on the CoinDesk Podcast Network is brought to you by CrystalBlockchain.com.Why did a joke cryptocurrency with zero...
The Ongoing Effort to Free Ross — Ulbricht’s Clemency Petition Closes in on Half a Million Signatures
As the end of 2021 nears, Ross Ulbricht remains in prison as he continues to serve his draconian double-life prison sentence for creating...
How the Crypto Industry Thinks It Should Be Regulated
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at two new policy...
Impossible to Run Away From Cryptocurrencies Says Zimbabwe Finance Minister
Zimbabwe’s increasingly pro-crypto finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, recently told his colleagues in government that it is now...
BTC price hovers above $61K amid fresh concerns over fate of physical Bitcoin ETF
Bitcoin (BTC) saw some rare calm on Oct. 16 as the market continued to digest the approval of the United States’ first...
Survey: 14% of Americans Want Crypto Rewards for Using Their Credit Cards
During the last few years, prepaid cards that offer cryptocurrency rewards have grown popular and a number of digital asset payment cards...
Bitcoin Mining Operation Being Sued for Producing High Noise Levels in Tennessee
A bitcoin mining operation in Tennessee is being sued by neighbors due to the high level of noise the facility produces. The lawsuit,...
New SEC Filings Give the Impression US Regulators Approved a Bitcoin Futures ETF
The price of bitcoin jumped over 8% during the last 24 hours after a number of documents stemming from the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
South African Regulator ‘Welcomes’ Binance’s Decision to Terminate Certain Services in the Country
A South African regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), says it welcomes Binance’s decision to stop offering some...
Estonia Considers Revoking Crypto Licenses as Government Mulls Tougher Regulations
Authorities in Estonia are working on new legislation expected to stiffen the rules for the country’s cryptocurrency sector. The...
Price analysis 10/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) rose within a few steps of $63,000 today for the first time since April 18. The recent surge in the price may have been...
Tribe Capital to Launch $75M Crypto Fund
Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm with previous investments in Kraken and FTX among others in the crypto sector, is launching a $75...
Traders celebrate Bitcoin’s impending ETF, but options markets are less certain
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, is expected to rule on Oct. 18 whether to approve an application from asset...
Privacy-focused altcoins soar after Bitcoin’s ETF news sparks a market-wide rally
Traders and the market are showing extreme optimism on Oct. 15 after rumors and an assortment of documents suggest that the path toward a...
Putin: Still Early but Crypto Can Be Used for Oil Trade Settlements, Store of Value
Accusing the U.S. of undermining the dollar through money printing and sanctions policy, President Vladimir Putin has admitted that...
Steam Boots Blockchain-Based Video Games From Its Platform
Online gaming giant Steam is kicking blockchain-based video games off its platform.Valve, the company behind Steam, updated its rules and...
Square to Consider Building a Bitcoin Mining System
Payments service provider Square is looking to develop a bitcoin mining system, the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Friday.“Square is...
Bitcoin supera los $60.000 tras conocerse que la SEC no impedirá la creación de un ETF de futuros
Bitcoin ha superado los $60.000 por primera vez en casi seis meses tras conocerse que un fondo cotizado (ETF) de futuros de bitcoin será...
Estonia’s New Anti-Money Laundering Chief Wants Stricter Rules for Crypto Licenses
Matis Mäeker, recently appointed head of Estonia’s anti-money laundering government agency, believes Estonia should scrap its current...
Four Venture Capitalists Just Over-Subscribed Ertha’s Seed Funding Round in One Day
Ertha’s metaverse, built on Binance smart chain, has just concluded a seed funding round. The project has garnered interest from...
SEC Approves Bitcoin ETF, Opening Crypto to Wider Investor Base
After years of trial and error by would-be fund sponsors, cryptocurrency investing is finally opening up to the masses with the first-ever...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Reaches $61K as SEC’s ETF Deadline Nears
Bitcoin rose to $61,000 Friday as traders eagerly anticipate approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. Enthusiasm for...
Crypto Finally Makes the Cut in OCC’s 2022 Bank Supervision Operating Plan
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its 2022 Bank Supervision Operating Plan on Friday and for the first time,...
Bitcoin all-time highs ‘just a matter of time’ after a BTC ETF approval looks certain
Optimism is bordering euphoria in the cryptocurrency market after a trove of documents pointing toward the eventual approval of...
Coinbase Wants Coders to Help With Its Crypto Regulation Proposal
Fresh on the heels of Coinbase asking the U.S. government to create a new regulator to oversee the cryptocurrency industry, the exchange...
CFTC Fines Stablecoin Issuer Tether and Crypto Exchange Bitfinex $42.5 Million
On Friday, October 15, 2021, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had ordered the company Tether...
Bitcoin Is Actually, Finally About to Have an ETF
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW looks at the buzz and excitement around a bitcoin...
And Just Like That the U.S. Has Become a Bitcoin Superpower
This week’s edition of “Money Reimagined” explores the ramifications of a startling shift in the rankings of the world’s top locations for...
Jacobi Asset Management Wins Bitcoin ETF Approval in Guernsey
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are popping up across the Atlantic. Newcomer digital assets manager Jacobi said Friday that it won approval...
Bitcoin Price Smashes $61.7K High — Leading Crypto Asset Needs to Gain Over 5% to Reach ATH
The price of bitcoin has continued to push toward higher prices as the leading crypto asset has tapped a high of $61,749 per unit on...
NFTs Are an Internet Game-Changer
When they look at non-fungible tokens, non-crypto “normies” in the mainstream tend to focus on the mind-blowing prices that have been paid...
Bitcoin gets green light for price discovery with ‘almost no supply’ on exchanges above $59K
Bitcoin (BTC) is now free to surge not only to existing all-time highs but beyond, analysts have said. Analyzing orderbook data on Oct....
$2T and Counting: Some Friday Perspective
Nic Carter, prominent industry venture capitalist and shyguy, had an insightful comment yesterday about how it’s easy to lose sight of...
Coingecko Publishes Q3 Crypto Report — BTC Outperformed Every Major Asset Class, Altcoins Decouple
On Thursday, the crypto asset aggregation portal Coingecko published the firm’s 2021 third-quarter report which shows a number of...
Slow and steady is path to crypto riches says YouTube star
When Nicholas Merten saw a video explaining Bitcoin in November 2011, he brushed it off, later lamenting that “I unfortunately did not do...
Better call SOL: Month-long consolidation puts Solana price en route to $275
Solana (SOL) price technicals suggest SOL can hit $275 in the coming sessions. The upside outlook for the world’s sixth-largest...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 15, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Market Wrap: Ether Outperforms Bitcoin as...
PoolTogether Launches v4: More Prizes, Better Odds and Aggregated Liquidity
Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) no-loss savings game PoolTogether has overhauled their architecture with the launch of their v4, a...
CFTC Fines Tether and Bitfinex $42.5M for ‘Untrue or Misleading’ Claims
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) fined Bitfinex and Tether more than $42 million on allegations that the USDT stablecoin...
Bitcoin Is Now World’s 8th Most Valuable Asset — BTC Now Targets Silver’s $1.31T Market Cap
The price of bitcoin had crossed the $60K zone at 1:30 a.m. (EST) early Friday morning. The leading crypto asset’s latest price...
Ransomware Payments in 2021 Already Dwarfs Last Year’s Total, FinCEN Reports
Payments tied to ransomware attacks in 2021 are already exceeding 2020′s total, the U.S. government’s financial crimes watchdog announced...
Where to buy NEO as the token gears up for a rally
The NEO token has seen a strong volume build up near the $45 region and the coin could be heading towards a rally soon The NEO token is...
The NFT Game That Makes Cents for Filipinos During COVID
In the early 1980s, anti-video game propaganda depicted zombie-like “vidiots” hypnotized by their Pac-Mans and their Space Invaders. Lured...
‘There’s a Sense of Vindication’: A NFT Pioneer Looks to the Future
The most expensive non-fungible token (NFT) sold in 2019 was a digital car for the blockchain racing game, F1 Delta Time (at just over...
Crypto Miners Are ‘Literally Printing Money,’ Says Wall Street Firm DA Davidson
D.A. Davidson, the Wall Street investment banking and research firm, launched research coverage of Core Scientific, Marathon Digital, Riot...
Some Filipino Merchants Prefer Payment in Axie’s SLP
Inside SM Aura, one of Metro Manila’s many sprawling shopping malls, you’ll find a wonderfully whimsical “co-baking” space called Bakebe....
Nigerian Presidency: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Against ‘Willy-Nilly Devaluation of the Naira’
The Nigerian presidency has denied reports that the country’s Vice President (VP), Yemi Osinbajo, was calling for the devaluation...
An Argentine Entrepreneur Tries to Take His Tipping App Global With the Lightning Network
Damian Catanzaro, a 26-year-old Argentine programmer, created a sensation among Argentinian content creators and NGOs with Cafecito, a...
‘Thank God for Bitcoin,’ Cynthia Lummis says on US debt limit raise
Amid the United States President Joe Biden signing legislation to raise the government’s debt limit to $28.9 trillion, Senator Cynthia...
Tron Partnering With Sony Interactive Entertainment to Enhance Blockchain Gaming Experience
PRESS RELEASE. SAN FRANCISCO – October 15, 2021 – TRON, one of the largest blockchain-based operating systems in the world,...
Weekly Report: Centralised exchanges are joining the NFT space
Bitcoin and Ethereum appear to be on the path towards hitting new all-time highs after recent gains. Elsewhere, the cryptocurrency and NFT...
Investment app Plum raises $14M ahead of crowdfunding campaign
The firm hopes to raise a total of $24 million in funding to expand across Europe UK-based investment app Plum has raised $14 million as...
Where to buy APIX as the token aims for the moon
The APIX coin is up by 162% in the past 24 hours and could rally higher if the volume action continues in the future The APIX token has...
Polygon can hit $3.50 in Q4 as MATIC’s 20% weekly rally triggers bull flag setup
Polygon (MATIC) has the potential to reach $3.50 by the end of this year as it charts a pattern that’s starting to resemble a bull flag....
Where to buy Bitcoin Cash as BCH registers 4% gains
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) token has generated 4% returns in the past 24 hours and the coin could rally soon if the bulls establish control...
BIT Mining’s Subsidiary BTC.com to Exit Mainland China
BTC.com, the mining pool subsidiary of BIT Mining (NYSE:BTCM), will exit mainland China in response to the ongoing crackdown of the crypto...
Where to buy GreenMoon as GRM grows by 1353%
The GreenMoon token is currently trading at $0.18 with enormous gains in the past 24 hours The GreenMoon token has risen by 1353% in the...
ETC Group Releases Bitcoin Cash Report Praising High Usage and Vibrant Development
ETC Group, an ETF issuer company, released a report last month about the evolution of Bitcoin Cash in the years after the hard fork that...
Belarus Introduces Special Electricity Tariff for Miners
Belarus has classified crypto miners in the same electricity-tariff grouping as data centers, according to a directive jointly issued by...
Mexico is not planning to adopt cryptocurrencies as legal tender
Mexico's President has confirmed that the country will not follow in the footsteps of El Salvador by enacting crypto as a legal payment...
Bitcoin price hits $60k as Cathie Wood predicts tenfold gains
News of the first approvals of Bitcoin futures ETFs in the US also likely buoyed the price of Bitcoin Bitcoin price rose to an average of...
Think $60K is the top? This Bitcoin fractal suggests it’s the next bear market bottom
Bitcoin (BTC) may have hit highs of $60,000, but calculations suggest that the price level will matter much more to bears, not bulls. In a...
Ether, Bitcoin to Strengthen in Coming Weeks, FSInsight Says
Ether is beginning to gain on bitcoin following a month of underperformance, and Thursday’s surge to multiweek highs suggests a retest of...
Payments Giant Visa Launches NFT Program to Support Digital Artists
Visa, one of the leading credit and payments companies, has announced the creation of a program that will allow artists to understand how...
US SEC set to allow first Bitcoin futures ETF
The news has seen Bitcoin's price cross the $60,000 mark for the first time since April The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is...
MSCI Warns of ‘Creeping’ Crypto Exposure in Equity Markets
MSCI warned of ‘creeping’ exposure to cryptocurrency in equity markets as it notes 52 companies with some degree of crypto exposure.The...
Flow integrates Filecoin storage services to make NFTs more decentralized
Filecoin has officially become the storage collaborator for the Flow Blockchain. Filecoin said in an Oct. 13 announcement that the move...
Bitcoin hits $60K for the first time since April after reports of imminent ETF approval
Bitcoin has surpassed the $60,000 mark briefly for the first time since April 2021. The price has been boosted by reports suggesting a...
Bank of Japan Seeks ‘Plain, Easy-to-Cook’ CBDC Model
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) would try to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that can easily coexist with private payment methods,...
Luxury Fashion Group OTB to Join Louis Vuitton Parent LVMH in Aura Blockchain Consortium
Italy’s OTB Group, the owner of fashion brands Diesel, Jil Sander and Viktor & Rolf is the latest luxury goods company to join the...