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Bitcoin Holds Support Above $60K, Pushes Back Toward All-Time High
Bitcoin (BTC) is breaking above a short-term downtrend, which could support further upside toward the $65,000 resistance level. The...
NYDIG Purchases UK Payments Startup Bottlepay for $300M in Stock
NYDIG is purchasing British payments startup Bottlepay for between $280 million and $300 million in stock. The bitcoin investment firm...
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s 17,732 BTC Holdings Now Worth $1.1B
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has personally done very well by his longtime support for bitcoin, with his own holdings of the crypto...
XRP Gets Wrapped by Tokensoft for Ethereum DeFi Debut
Is the XRP Army ready to storm Ethereum?Announced Friday, Wrapped XRP (wXRP), a digital asset backed 1:1 by XRP, will make the cross-chain...
Three Arrows Capital Backs $10M Raise for DeFi on Cardano
Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem may be showing glimmers of primordial life following the close of a $10 million raise for...
Facebook Steals Another Crypto Idea for Its Nonsensical Rebrand
There is so much, too much, to be said about Facebook’s announcement yesterday that it is changing its corporate name to “Meta” as part of...
Finance Redefined: Near’s $800M fund, Miami embraces crypto, Oct. 22–29
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter. The DeFi space was full of fundraising this...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 29, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Ether Reaches Record High of Over $4.4K as...
The future of longevity lies with digital currency visionaries
The promise of a longer and healthier life has dominated both cultural and medical discourse for centuries. From the first accounts of...
Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days
On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of...
Decentraland’s MANA Jumps 80% as Facebook Rebrand Fuels Metaverse Bets
Decentraland’s MANA token has surged 80% in the last 24 hours to a market capitalization of more than $2 billion, apparently spurred by...
Users unable to sell Squid Game token clocking 45,000% gains
A new token, Squid Game (SQUID), inspired by the eponymous Netflix show, has posted 45,000% growth in a few days after launch earlier this...
Why Cybersecurity Is an Important Consideration for Crypto Hedge Fund Launches
More investment managers are trading digital assets as interest in cryptocurrencies continues to grow. AIMA’s Global Crypto Report,...
Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High
Hive Blockchain, which is among the largest publicly traded crypto miners of ether, outperformed its peers after the price of the native...
Crafting Tokens Both Wall Street and Washington Can Love
Neither ERC20 nor ERC1400 is enough for today’s capital markets – but Polymesh offers a workaround.Security tokens are on the rise....
$100 in Free Bitcoin: NBA Team Dallas Mavericks and Voyager Kick Off Partnership With BTC Bonus
The NBA team Dallas Mavericks has partnered with crypto platform Voyager and is offering its fans a $100 bonus in bitcoin to sign up and...
Squid Games token $SQUID soars 1,000%: here’s what you need to know
Fans of the hit Korean Netflix show Squid Game, a dystopian series that tells the story of a group of people forced to play deadly...
Biggest Bitcoin fund in the world could become ETF by July as GBTC nears $40B AUM
Grayscale could launch its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as soon as July 2022, one of its executives has said. Speaking at a...
Ethereum Captures New All-Time Price High — ETH Market Cap Surpasses $510 Billion
Nine days ago, bitcoin reached a new all-time high (ATH) and now the second leading crypto asset ethereum has tapped an ATH on Friday...
Hive Blockchain Orders Another 6,500 Bitcoin Mining Machines From Canaan
Hive Blockchain Technologies ordered another 6,500 Avalon bitcoin mining machines from manufacturer Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN).The order comes...
Monthly Report: US regulatory bodies are hot on the heels of digital assets
October has been an eventful month for most of the top cryptocurrencies. Except for Cardano, the top 10 digital assets by market capital...
Ethereum price outlook: ETH hits new all-time above $4,400
Ethereum’s price soared to a new all-time high of $4,416 on Thursday Friday morning, reaching the landmark price level amid...
Australia’s Securities Regulator Issues Criteria for Crypto-Asset ETPs
Australia’s securities regulator has determined that bitcoin and ether are likely to satisfy its criteria as appropriate underlying assets...
Coinbase invested in a record 49 projects in Q3- report
Coinbase Ventures struck a new investment deal almost every two days in Q3 of 2021, details published in the Coinbase blog show....
Kazakhstan Expects $1.5 Billion From Crypto Mining in 5 Years, Estimates Suggest
Crypto miners now bring more than $230 million into the economy of Kazakhstan each year and estimates show the figure could increase...
Memecoin mania triggers triple-digit gains from Binance Smart Chain-based altcoins
This week’s surge in popular meme coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) could be signs that the good times are back and a...
Biggest Bitcoin fund in the world could become ETF by July as GBTC nears $40 billion AUM
Grayscale could launch its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as soon as July 2022, one of its executives has said. Speaking at a...
MicroStrategy added 8,957 BTC to its holdings in Q3 2021
MicroStrategy bought an additional 8,957 BTC in Q3, the company has announced. The firm revealed the significant increase in its...
Play-to-Earn SQUID Token Rockets 35,000% in Three Days
The price of SQUID, a play-to-earn crypto token, has shot up 35,000% since Oct. 26, according to CoinMarketCap data.The token buys entry...
Liquid Crypto Exchange Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Derivatives Services in Japan
The digital assets exchange platform Liquid has launched crypto derivative trading for Japanese users Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has...
Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The...
Richard Li, Winklevoss-Backed CMCC Global Targets $300M for Latest Crypto Fund
Venture capital firm CMCC Global is targeting $300 million worth of investments for its latest crypto fund with the backing of investors,...
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Signs Memorandum With Burundi Government, Agreement Questioned
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently confirmed he had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Burundi....
SXSW’s 2022 Festival in Texas to Host Major On-Site NFT Workshop for Participants
On Thursday, South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the company will be minting the first SXSW NFT, and at the 2022...
Ethereum hits new ATH after Altair upgrade shows clear path to the merge
The price of Ethereum (ETH) has bounced to a new all time high (ATH) today as it hit $4,400.97 at around 1:02 am UTC, according to the...
Ether Reaches Record High of Over $4.4K as Shiba Inu Becomes a Leading ETH Burner
Ether (ETH) clocked a new all-time high on Friday as blockchain data showed that smart contract blockchain Ethereum burned more tokens...
Travala’s 2021 Q3 Report Shows Crypto Adoption ‘Offset the Negative Impact of the Pandemic’
The crypto-friendly travel company Travala published its third-quarter 2021 report showing the firm has grown significantly alongside the...
BSN Architect Red Date to Launch NFT Infrastructure in China
Red Date Technology, the firm behind the Blockchain Services Network, will launch infrastructure to support the deployment of non-fungible...
UK Police Seize Bitcoin Worth $2.8 Million From Teen Operating Scam Website
British police have seized bitcoin worth almost $3 million from a teenager who set up a fake website to scam consumers. “At the...
Meme coin mania triggers triple-digit gains from Binance Smart Chain-based altcoins
This week’s surge in popular meme coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) could be signs that the good times are back and a...
Shanghai Man: Inside Blockchain Week’s private parties, Vitalik’s speech, and Gate.io climbs the ranks
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Here’s Why a CryptoPunk Sold for $530M
Crypto Twitter was briefly set ablaze Thursday night as a CryptoPunk non-fungible token (NFT) was purchased for a staggering half-billion...
Petition to List Shiba Inu on Robinhood Gains 400K Signatures as SHIB Price Soars
Shiba inu supporters are petitioning on Change.org for the trading platform Robinhood to list the shiba inu token for trading. Robinhood...
Supply chain woes and the growth of Web 3.0 back OriginTrail’s fresh ATH
Supply chain management continues to be an important area of focus and concern for the global economy, especially with the current...
3 reasons why Curve (CRV) price is trending toward a new 1-year high
This week cryptocurrency traders turned their focus to the pack of dog-themed meme tokens as altcoins like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin (DOGE)...
Matt Damon Stars in Global Crypto Ad ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ to Air in 20 Countries
Famous actor Matt Damon is starring in an ad for cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com. The ad, called “Fortune Favours the...
DOJ to Hire Director for Its Crypto Enforcement Unit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking for someone to head its newly announced National Cryptocurrency Enforcement team. The DOJ has...
Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Act Would Close Crypto Tax Loophole
A new draft of the Build Back Better Act – U.S. President Joe Biden’s hoped-for spending bill – still contains language meant to close tax...
How a 14-Year-Old Used Solana NFTs to Raise $100K for Beluga Whale Conservation
At a time when non-fungible tokens face scrutiny for environmental damage, 14-year-old Abigail is using NFTs for conservation.Her project,...
HeliconNFT: All-New Play-to-Earn NFT Ecosystem Launches NFT Mystery Box Event and Battlefy Partnership
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore: HeliconNFT, the brand-new, global, gaming-focused NFT ecosystem, which recently unveiled a partnership with...
Bitcoin hodling rate reaches 9-month high, boosting hopes of ‘bull flag’ rally to $70K
A yearlong price rally in the Bitcoin (BTC) market and hopes for more upside moves in the future has prompted traders to hold the token...
14 Takes on Shiba Inu Coin
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeNLW today provides 14 different takes on shiba inu coin (SHIB) that reflect...
Supply chain woes and the growth of Web 3 back OriginTrail’s fresh ATH
Supply chain management continues to be an important area of focus and concern for the global economy, especially with the current...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Heads to $61K Ahead of Options Expiry
Bitcoin rose toward $61,000 on Thursday, albeit within a choppy trading range. Analysts have mixed views about the short-term direction of...
Data shows Ethereum bulls expect a new ATH after Friday’s $1.25B ETH options expiry
Ether (ETH) has gained 950% in 2021 and from the look of things the altcoin has no intent of stopping. This can also be seen in the...
Microstrategy Added Almost 9,000 Bitcoins to Its Holdings in Third Quarter
Microstrategy (Nasdaq:MSTR), the business-intelligence software firm that holds so much bitcoin on its balance sheet that it’s become...
Curve Finance’s CRV Quietly Becomes a Top-Performing DeFi Token Despite Meme-Token Craze
Curve dao (CRV), the governance token for automated market maker (AMM) protocol Curve Finance, has quietly risen to become a top performer...
Disney to Drop ‘Golden Moments’ NFT Collectible Series via Digital Collectibles App Veve
On November 12, the Walt Disney Company will be celebrating the first annual Disney+ Day and will be launching non-fungible token (NFT)...
The CFTC vs. the Truth
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has neither confirmed nor denied a report that it’s investigating a popular...
4 Reasons Not to Invest in Bitcoin Futures ETFs
Bitcoin futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have arrived in the U.S. with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving...
Sphere 3D Receives Buy Rating Ahead of Gryphon Digital Mining Merger
PI Financial initiated research on Sphere 3D (ANY), which is merging with miner Gryphon Digital Mining, with a buy rating and 12-month...
Follow, a New Social Protocol for Web 3.0
The internet is currently an oligopoly, where social media giants make huge profits by monopolizing users’ social identities and data....
India Likely to Regulate Crypto, Not Ban It, in Upcoming Budget: Report
The Indian government is likely to regulate cryptocurrencies in its upcoming budget in February, moving away from its earlier approach of...
Fox Entertainment and WWE Ink Multi-Year Deal to Distribute Exclusive NFTs
Nearly every industry under the sun has started to notice non-fungible token (NFT) technology and on Wednesday, the media and...
Facebook’s Metaverse Will Support NFTs
Facebook said Thursday the company’s metaverse will support non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a possible boost to Ethereum, where the digital...
RLY Venture Studio Launches With Fresh Backing From Paris Hilton and Marc Andreessen
Rally’s push to decentralize its social token infrastructure has yielded a spinoff venture studio run by the project’s co-founders and...
Palantir-Linked Elementus Raises $12M for Crypto Intelligence Platform
Elementus, a blockchain data analytics firm with ties to Palantir (NYSE: PLTR), has raised $12 million in a Series A round, the startup...
Shiba Inu Soars Knocking Dogecoin Down a Notch — 20 Holders Own 75% of the SHIB Supply
The meme-based digital asset shiba inu has entered the top ten largest crypto assets by market capitalization, knocking dogecoin down a...
Powers On… Why US officials ignore ethics and STOCK Act by trading stocks?
About two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal ran an expose on the number of judges who held or traded the stock of companies over which...
Bitcoin hodlers ‘only halfway’ to selling BTC after new $500K price prediction
Bitcoin (BTC) investors will resist selling their coins for a lot longer and the bull run will continue, new analysis argues. In a Twitter...
Crypto City: Guide to New York
This “Crypto City” guide looks at New York City’s crypto culture, its most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure,...
Biconomy Raises $11.5M in Public Sale of Native Token BICO
Multi-chain transaction network Biconomy has raised $11.5 million through the public sale of its native token BICO on CoinList.Biconomy,...
Bitcoin Back Over $60K as El Salvador Buys 420 BTC
Bitcoin is making a recovery, up 4% in the last 24 hours, trading at around $61,000. This comes as El Salvador’s government announced...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 28, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips Below $60K as ETF...
Startup Raises $1.5M to Make DAO Creation as Easy as Starting a Group Chat
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have established themselves as a core part of Web3, but could they have use cases outside of...
El Salvador Buys More Bitcoin: 420 BTC Added to Treasury
El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has bought the dip again. The Salvadoran government has...
NFT Ticketing Gets Boost With Mobile App From YellowHeart
The startup behind the Kings of Leon’s foray into crypto is looking to disrupt the $15 billion live entertainment resale market with its...
Alameda Research Pumps $75M Funding Into Voyager Digital
Cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital said it has received a $75 million investment from trading firm Alameda Research.The investment will...
Ether Poised for Biggest Monthly Price Gain Since April; Analysts Remain Bullish
As ether heads for a monthly rise of more than 10%, analysts are maintaining a positive bias, citing $3,400 as key resistance to beat for...
Crypto Miners Are ‘Stockpiling’ Bitcoin Amid Recent Rally, Kraken Says
Crypto miners, both large and small, are accumulating bitcoin amid its recent rally, creating a “supply shock” to the bitcoin market...
NFT Software Firm Nameless Raise $15M to Expand Its Team
Nameless, a company that helps brands launch and manage non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has raised $15 million in a seed round led by...
Islamic Organization in Indonesia Issues Fatwa Against Cryptocurrency
A provincial branch of one the largest Islamic organizations in Indonesia has declared cryptocurrency “haram,” or forbidden...
‘Crypto AWS’ Alchemy Hits $3.5B Valuation in $250M Round Led by A16z
Crypto infrastructure company Alchemy said Thursday it raised $250 million, padding an already hefty venture war chest for building out...
Binance Hires Former GE, Edelman Exec as First Chief Communications Officer
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has hired former General Electric and Edelman executive Patrick...
Guild of Guardians Is a Stunning Multiplayer RPG Where You Play to Earn Epic NFT Rewards
Guild Of Guardians is a multiplayer RPG where players earn epic rewards. The project has top tier partners such as Ubisoft and one of the...
Dogecoin jumps 44% in one day as traders rotate Shiba Inu profits into DOGE
Dogecoin (DOGE) soared on Oct. 28 amid massive capital rotations out of its top meme coin rival’s market, Shiba Inu (SHIB). Notably,...
Do Cryptocurrencies Have a Dirty Little ESG Secret?
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) and cryptocurrencies are two of the most prevalent, if not the hottest, investing...
Why Bitcoin’s Volatility Is a Feature, Not a Bug
I’m a financial advisor, and my clients own bitcoin. A few of them remind me frequently about bitcoin’s price volatility, which they...
El Salvador ‘Buys the Dip’, Acquires 420 Additional Bitcoin
The government of El Salvador has bought 420 more bitcoin ($25.6 million), President Nayib Bukele tweeted on Wednesday.Nayib Bukele said...
Crypto.com Looks to Cash In on Bull Market With $100M Advertising Campaign
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is embarking on a global advertising campaign, looking to cash in on the latest surge in the...