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VC Fund NFX Launches Crypto Gaming Seed Fund
Venture capital fund NFX has launched a crypto gaming funding initiative that can get pre-seed and seed funds into the hands of founders...
Russian Parliament to Consider Restrictions for Non-Qualified Crypto Investors
Cryptocurrency can be quite complicated for some and lawmakers in Russia think they need to contemplate restrictions for private...
Buzz Around Shiba Inu Is Nowhere Close to Retail Frenzy Seen in May
While shiba inu (SHIB) is on a tear, it may be too early to compare the buzz around the dogecoin-inspired cryptocurrency with the peak...
Second-Largest US Bank Says Crypto Is Too Big to Ignore
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW covers some of the topics he’s missed throughout the...
Vitalik Buterin Calls Mandatory Use of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the forced adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador in a comment he made in a Reddit forum on...
Stellar and Cardano Show the Power of College Partnerships
Major cryptocurrency companies and foundations are partnering with educational institutions to further democratize the development of the...
Morgan Stanley Silvergate Report Sends Crypto-Friendly Bank Up 7%
Crypto-focused bank Silvergate (NYSE: SI) climbed 7.6% after Morgan Stanley outlined a bullish thesis for the bank based on the potential...
The Pandora Papers, Fed’s Leadership Crisis and the Future of Money
This week’s “Money Reimagined” episode is framed by some bombshell news developments that are adding fuel to a fire of mistrust in...
BlockFi Files for Bitcoin Futures ETF
BlockFi filed to offer a bitcoin futures exchange traded fund (ETF) Friday, joining a race that industry experts believe could reach a...
NFT Rentals: Why VCs Are Backing a Puzzling New Project
Some non-fungible tokens (NFTs) come with exclusive perks. A project helping holders monetize those benefits – all while maintaining...
Learning by Doing: A Different Kind of Graduate School for Blockchain
It was on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2018 that a young entrepreneur from the People’s...
Sat Symbol Initiative Attempts to Get Satoshi Design Widely Adopted by the Bitcoin Community
Over the last few days, cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing the Sat Symbol initiative, a goal that aims to get a specifically...
‘Only the Little People Pay Taxes.’ The Pandora Papers and the Case for Crypto
First, there was a series of disclosures about monetary policymakers’ stock trading activity, a controversy that contributed to the...
Bitcoin eyes big $58K resistance as new data shows hodlers acting the opposite to Q1
Bitcoin (BTC) faced stiff resistance near previous highs on Oct. 8 as a fresh push over $56,000 quickly ended. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
‘Much ow’ ahead? Dogecoin chart fractal puts Shiba Inu’s 390% QTD rally in danger
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has emerged as one of the best investments heading into the fourth and final quarter of 2021, with its price rising by...
Ethereum Nodes and Clients: a Complete Guide
In the computing world, a “client” refers to any type of software that is downloaded onto your computer and helps you interact with...
Binance.US Hires Brian Shroder as CEO
Binance.US has named Brian Shroder as its CEO, the U.S. arm of the cryptocurrency exchange announced on Friday.The former Ant Group...
Sign-In With Ethereum Is Coming
Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been raked over the coals in the press and U.S. Congress for practices that are hard to regard as...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 8, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Remains in Bull Territory While...
Powerbridge to Deploy 2,600 Crypto Mining Rigs in Hong Kong
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. is launching bitcoin and ether mining operations in Hong Kong with a plan to deploy 2,600...
JPMorgan Says Institutional Investors Are Replacing Gold With Bitcoin
“Bitcoin’s allure as an inflation hedge” is drawing institutional investors back to the crypto market, JPMorgan’s Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou...
Meme Crypto Shiba Inu Skyrockets — SHIB Climbs 230% in a Week, Whale Buys 6 Trillion Tokens
The cryptocurrency shiba inu has managed to capture the 18th position in terms of crypto market valuations. The token has gained 230%...
Chinese Agency Reinstates Goal to Phase Out Crypto Mining Industry
The highest economic planning agency under the State Council of China has added crypto mining back to the list of industries it aims to...
Big Tech-Issued Stablecoins Could ‘Amplify Shocks’ to Financial System, Says ECB Exec
Fabio Panetta of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has described the risk of Big Tech-issued stablecoins to the...
Where to buy Zcash as ZEC poised for breakout
The Zcash (ZEC) token is consolidating near the $120 region and could soon rise to the $150 level and beyond if bulls prevail The Zcash...
‘Self-Repaying Loan’ Platform Alchemix to Expand Collateral Types, Strategies
Alchemix revealed plans for a the second version of its platform on Friday.The forthcoming v2 represents a significant protocol upgrade...
Where to buy Uniswap as UNI consolidates near $25
The Uniswap (UNI) token has shown signs of consolidation near the $25 region and the token could rally soon if the bulls prevail The...
India’s TikTok Rival Chingari Raises $19M From Alameda, Kraken and Galaxy Digital
India’s short video sharing platform Chingari has raised $19 million for its token round from many prominent crypto investors, including...
What is the Bitcoin Block Size Debate and Why Does it Matter?
The question of how to scale Bitcoin is not a new one. But as transaction volumes are expected to increase in the years ahead, questions...
Google Pay to Support Bakkt Debit Card
Crypto exchange Bakkt said its virtual Visa Debit card will be available for use on Google Pay online and in store.Cryptocurrency balances...
BTC price hits $56K as bulls return and talk focuses on Bitcoin ETF approval
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to beat the week’s four-month highs on Oct. 8, climbing $2,000 in two hours. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Blockchains vie for NFT market, but Ethereum still dominates — Report
This month, Cointelegraph Research will release a comprehensive report on nonfungible tokens, discussing NFTs in detail and providing a...
Where to buy Polkadot as DOT rallies by 6%
The Polkadot (DOT) token is up by 6% in the past 24 hours and the cryptocurrency is consolidating near the $30 region The Polkadot token...
Where to buy Kava as the network announces partnership with CertiK
The KAVA token has seen a rally in the past 24 hours as the network announced a partnership with CertiK The KAVA token is up by 3% in the...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds DApp Gateway WalletConnect
The Bitcoin.com Team is excited to announce support for Ethereum-based DApps in the Bitcoin.com Wallet via WalletConnect. Earn interest on...
US September Jobs Report Misses, Amid Fed Tapering Speculation
U.S. jobs rose by 194,000 in September, well below economists’ average estimate for a gain of 500,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported...
SEC approves ETF tracking companies with exposure to Bitcoin
The ETF will only track companies that have 80% or more of their net assets in Bitcoin The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)...
Regulation Key to African Fintech Sector Growth — New Study
According to the findings of a study by Afriwise, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa have the most developed fintech ecosystems on the...
Weekly Report: SEC has no plans of outlawing crypto in the US
Here is a rundown of the top cryptocurrency news from the first week of October Grayscale says Cardano is undervalued A report by...
Bank of England Says Crypto Regulation Needed as Risks Grow
The Ban of England said crypto assets are becoming more integrated into the U.K.’s financial system and while they don’t yet pose a major...
Bitcoin Remains in Bull Territory While Polygon’s MATIC Awaits Breakout
Bitcoin has regained upside momentum following Thursday’s 2.5% drop, which saw the market nearly re-test the former...
Crypto exchange Binance expands its corporate presence in Ireland
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume, is considering Ireland as part of its headquarter plans Crypto trading giant...
Compound Finance patch to return COMP distribution to ‘normal’
The lending protocol suffered an exploit affecting COMP token distribution after another patch in late September Compound Finance, a major...
Dapper Labs Partners With Chainalysis to Curb NFT-Based Money Laundering
Dapper Labs, one of the most successful companies in the NFT space, has partnered with Chainalysis, a blockchain intelligence company, to...
Bitcoin Peeps Above $56K, May Ignore US Jobs Report
Bitcoin rallied to a five-month high Friday ahead of a monthly U.S. jobs report that could cement expectations the Federal Reserve (Fed)...
Binance Ends Various Offerings to Clients in South Africa
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, took another step in refining its product offerings in different markets around the...
Institutional investors are choosing Bitcoin over Gold: JPMorgan
A spike in inflows from institutions is reportedly one of the reasons Bitcoin price surged over 35% to reach a multi-week high of $55,348...
BVNK Aims to Be Crypto Bank in All But Name
BVNK, a new digital-asset platform, has started operations, targeting businesses seeking exposure to cryptocurrency but are not well...
Georgia to Pilot Digital Currency in Retail Commerce Next Year
The central bank of Georgia is advancing its digital currency project. The monetary authority is preparing to launch the CBDC as early as...
Amount of ETH held by miners reaches highest level since 2016
The amount of Ethereum that is being held by miners has reached record levels in U.S. dollar terms as they remain reluctant to sell. The...
Dreamr Doubles User Base Since DMR Token Launch and Becomes Top-20 Downloaded Lifestyle App in Apple App Store
PRESS RELEASE. Dreamr Labs flagship product the Dreamr app gains significant traction after its recent $DMR token listing on Bittrex...
2020′s Bull Redux? CME Improves Its Ranking in Biggest Bitcoin Futures Exchanges List
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has jumped to the No. 2 position on the list of the world’s biggest bitcoin futures exchanges by...
Games and NFTs the Driving Force Behind Dapps During Q3, According to Dappradar
Blockchain-based games and NFT trading were the driving force behind dapp adoption during Q3, according to defi insight platform...
Sri Lanka Government Forms Panel to Study Digital Banking, Blockchain for Attracting Investment
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet approved the formation of committee that will study the rules and regulations governing digital banking, blockchain,...
Moneygram Partners With Stellar Development Foundation to Allow Users to Make Remittances With USD Coin
Moneygram, one of the leaders in the cross-border payments and remittances market, has partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation...
Institutions buying Bitcoin rather than gold as inflation cranks up: JPMorgan
Bitcoin (BTC) has led a 35% rally this week by soaring far above the $50,000 resistance level and restoring a $1 trillion market...
George Soros’ Fund Holds Bitcoin, CEO Says Cryptocurrency Has Gone Mainstream
Soros Fund Management, founded by billionaire investor George Soros, has invested in bitcoin. The CEO of the asset management company says...
Is Dogecoin set to follow Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) 400% breakout?
Meme coins were some of the earliest breakout stars at the start of this year’s bull run and big-name influencers like Elon Musk and...
Pro-Crypto Senator Lummis Discloses Bitcoin Purchase Worth Up to $100K
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) disclosed purchase of bitcoin worth $50,001-$100,000, according to a Periodic Transaction Report filed...
JPMorgan: Institutional Investors Dump Gold for Bitcoin Seeing It as Better Inflation Hedge
Global investment bank JPMorgan says institutional investors are returning to bitcoin, seeing the cryptocurrency as a better hedge than...
Colombian Fintech Movii Raises $15M in Series B Round
Colombian fintech Movii raised $15 million in a Series B funding round to create a bitcoin purchasing service and expand other services,...
Designer Eric Hu on Generative Butterflies and the Politics of NFTs
Eric Hu’s design practice has taken many forms. Before pivoting to full-time independent work in 2019, Hu worked at Nike, as the brand’s...
‘Public’ Adds Cryptocurrency Trading Citing Millions of Investors See Crypto as ‘Compelling Asset Class’
Investing platform Public, with over 1 million users, is rolling out cryptocurrency trading. “Crypto is gaining momentum as a...
Ethereum price options: All $250M in bearish bets for Friday are underwater
Ether (ETH) has been facing a bearish regression channel since Sept. 1, although it is currently battling to break its resistance. But...
New Venezuela’s Digital Bolivar Isn’t Digital, and It Won’t Solve the Country’s Economic Crisis
Ernesto, a gastronomic entrepreneur in Cumaná, a coastal Venezuelan city facing the Caribbean Sea, initially thought that Venezuela’s new...
New Chainalysis Report Reveals Who’s Leading the World in Crypto Adoption
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis’ forthcoming 2021 Geography of Cryptocurrency report examines crypto adoption in countries and...
Phemex Is a Rebellion Against Traditional Finance, and It’s Winning
Wall Street is often touted as the place where dreams come to life, but the world’s economic epicenter can also be an absolute...
Highlights from CoinDesk’s Bitcoin for Advisors 2021
Crypto assets are here to stay. What began as some niche financial experiment has matured into a retail-driven bona fide market, garnering...
Market Wrap: Analysts Bullish on Bitcoin as Trading Volume Rises
Bitcoin’s price stayed roughly flat over the past 24 hours, settling at approximately $54,000 as of Thursday afternoon. The muted price...
South Korea’s 20% Tax on Crypto Gains Will Take Effect in 2022: Report
South Korean Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki said his country is moving ahead with its plan to tax gains on...
Matt Furie Adds to 2016 NFT Card Collection — ‘Rare Pepe Directory Is Complete,’ Says NFT Wallet Creator
About five years ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the notorious Pepe the frog getting added to the blockchain collectible world after the...
Regulatory Uncertainty a Recurring Theme at London’s Token2049
Regulatory uncertainty kept coming up at London’s Token2049 conference on Thursday.Speaking via Zoom, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz...
Something Big Is Brewing With Bitcoin
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW looks at the growing excitement around bitcoin,...
Asian Schools Lead CoinDesk’s Ranking of Top Universities for Blockchain
Published this week, the Top Universities for Blockchain by CoinDesk serves as a valuable resource for people looking to study this...
The US Wants to Regulate Stablecoins First
It’s recently come to light that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Circle, a principal backer of the popular...
No, Elon Musk’s Shiba Inu Tweet Isn’t Pumping SHIB’s Price
It turns out that the crypto market hasn’t gotten sick of canine-themed meme coins just yet.Self-claimed “DOGE killer” shiba inu (SHIB)...
Cointelegraph Consulting: Terra’s bullish case after Columbus-5 upgrade
Terra’s (LUNA) three-month rally saw its token rise by 674%, catapulting LUNA to the ranks of potential so-called “Ethereum killers.” LUNA...
Bitcoin hints at $1T market cap retest after price hitting 4-month highs
Bitcoin (BTC) took a trip below $54,000 during Oct. 7 as traders waited to see how far a retracement of Wednesday’s $5,000 gains could go....
CME Bitcoin derivative traders had ‘paper hands’ as BTC broke $55K — Report
Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) missed out on incredible profits as BTC’s spot price smashed...
Core Scientific to Build New 300MW Blockchain Data Center in Texas
Core Scientific, the blockchain hosting and digital asset mining company, is building a new 300 megawatt blockchain data center in the...
Compound unanimously passes proposal to repair bug
Compound Finance announced the passing of Proposal 064 on Thursday, titled the “Fix COMP Accrual Bug.” The proposal states...
What Iceland’s Spectacular Banking Collapse Teaches Us About Tether
In 2008 and 2009, I was laser-focused on the global financial crisis. It impacted me directly because collapsing state budgets rugged my...
Lawmakers in Kazakhstan Propose Registration for Crypto Farms, Higher Electricity Rate for Miners
Members of the parliament in Kazakhstan have proposed the establishment of a state register for cryptocurrency farms operating in the...
Yield Guild Games Invests $175K in Merit Circle to Expand Scholarship Program
Yield Guild Games (YGG), a decentralized gaming startup, said it invested $175,000 in Merit Circle to help “bring play-to-earn to the...
Voting on a Proposal to Reimburse Mt. Gox Victims Begins Today
The trustee presiding over the Mt. Gox civil rehabilitation case has taken the next step toward partially reimbursing victims who lost...
Tezos to Present NFT Exhibition at Influential Art Basel Miami Beach Show
Tezos will be presenting a multi-faceted non-fungible token (NFT) exhibition at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021, the two projects announced...
Stock Trading App Public to Add Cryptocurrencies
Public, a commission free stock-trading app similar to Robinhood, will allow its users to buy and sell cryptocurrency in the coming weeks,...
DeFi for the Small Guy: Algorand-Based Tinyman Raises $2.5M Ahead of DEX Launch
Tinyman, an automated market maker (AMM) on the Algorand blockchain, recently raised $2.5 million and is expected to launch in full on...
Where to buy Litecoin as LTC sees 11% gains
The Litecoin (LTC) token is up by 11% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $185 at the time of writing The Litecoin token has seen a...
Where to buy Monero as XMR gears up for a huge rally
The Monero (XMR) token has jumped by 10% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $292 at the time of writing The Monero token is under the...