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Bitcoin Sidechain–Based STO Approved by German Regulator
A security token offering (STO) operating on the Bitcoin sidechain Liquid Network has been approved by Germany’s Federal Financial...
Former CEO of Russian Crypto Exchange WEX Is Arrested in Warsaw: Report
Dmitri Vasilev, the former CEO of the now defunct crypto exchange WEX, was arrested in Warsaw in August after first being arrested in...
Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 20 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Bitstamp.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Slips Below $45K as S&P 500 Futures Drop, Stablecoin...
Where to buy Celo: Mobile-first crypto CELO records 14% rise
The Celo token (CELO) is currently trading at $5.95 at the time of writing with 14% gains in the past 24 hours The Celo token has...
S&P 500 Chart Signals More Trouble for Bitcoin, Risk Assets
Bitcoin dropped to one and a half-month lows Monday, alongside sharp losses in global equity markets and other growth-sensitive risk...
Sekuritance Brings Blockchain Compliance to Life
On Aug. 10, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury – announced its...
Where to buy Interfinex: IFEX poised for a bullish breakout
The Interfinex token has seen huge gains in the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $0.000079 at the time of writing The Interfinex...
El Salvador Buys More Bitcoin — Country Now Holds 700 BTC
El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has purchased more bitcoin. The Salvadoran government...
New YouHodler Data Shows True Health of Crypto Markets
The crypto coin markets are plagued by misconceptions: that crypto investing is little more than gambling, that most coins are scams and...
Bakkt to Go Public Next Month After SEC Oks SPAC Plans
Bakkt Holdings and VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH) have received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to...
US Officials Add Insider Trading Claims to Binance Investigation: Report
Reported U.S. investigations into Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, now include an insider trading and market...
Biden Administration Plans Cryptocurrency Sanctions to Combat Ransomware
The U.S. government plans to issue guidance and impose sanctions in an ongoing effort to tamp down on ransomware attacks.The Wall Street...
3 States: Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws
The Alabama Securities Commission has ordered crypto lender Celsius to explain how it is not violating state securities laws. It has four...
21Shares Crypto ETP Director Laurent Kssis Departs
21Shares Managing Director Laurent Kssis has left the crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer after two years on the job.Since joining...
Binance Names Europol Veteran to Join Audit and Investigations Team
Binance has hired Europol investigator Nils Andersen-Röed as its director of audit and investigations, the cryptocurrency exchange...
Sushi Core Contributor 0xMaki Transitioning to Advisory Role
The Sushi core contributor known only as 0xMaki announced in a tweet on Friday night he is stepping down from day-to-day operations at the...
Why a CBDC Would Make the Fed’s Job Miserable
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeA reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for...
How the Prediction Markets Are Wagering on Canada’s Election
Canada was supposed to be the perfect country, the old maxim goes: It was going to have French culture, American ingenuity and British...
Stablecoin Feature in New York Times Signals Regulation Is Coming
Saying the rush to bring stablecoins under regulatory control might be “the most important conversation in Washington financial circles...
Bitcoin Slips Below $45K as S&P 500 Futures Drop, Stablecoin Regulation Fears Resurface
Bitcoin fell as concern over China and caution ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting weighed on U.S. stock index futures....
Spellfire: NFT That You Can Actually Touch
In recent months NFT or as it coded, non-fungible tokens became a hot topic that everyone is talking about. NFT is a valuable model of...
Europe’s Largest Stock Exchange to List TRON Exchange-Traded Notes
TRON, the cryptocurrency created by Chinese entrepreneur Justin Sun, has made its way onto Deutsche Börse, Europe’s largest stock...
Bitcoin loses $44K support as stocks, Evergrande nerves hit BTC price
Bitcoin’s (BTC) fell below critical $44,000 support on Monday as concerns over China spilled over into crypto markets. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Coinbase, With 9K Institutions Already Enlisted, Launches ‘Prime’ Out of Beta
Coinbase said Monday it’s opening its crypto prime brokerage to all institutional investors.The suite of trading tools for professional...
Crypto Market Values Nosedive Amid Global Market Meltdown, Widening Default Risks
Crypto markets have dropped a great deal in value over the last 24 hours as crypto assets across the board have lost anywhere between...
Bankman-Fried Says Stricter Regulation of Crypto Exchanges Would Be Positive
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX, said tighter regulation of crypto exchanges could have positive effects for...
Bitcoin extends slide below $43K as Binance’s BTC stash grows to May-crash levels
Despite Bitcoin (BTC) dropping below the $43,000 mark on Monday, the outflow of BTC from exchanges has continued in a multi-month trend,...
Cross-Chain Protocol pNetwork Loses $12M to Hack
PNetwork, a decentralized finance (DeFi) system that allows different blockchains to communicate with each other, said it lost 277...
Bitcoin in Pullback Mode; Support at $40K-$42K
Bitcoin (BTC) sellers were active over the weekend as the cryptocurrency’s price dipped below the 200-day moving average at $45,000....
Ether Options Market Shows Bias for Price Weakness Over 3 Months
Ether’s three-month put-call skew, which measures the cost of puts – or bearish bets – relative to calls, flipped positive on Monday for...
Where to buy Blizzard Network: BLIZZ shatters resistance to reach the $3.62 level
The Blizzard Network token has seen a rise of 247% in a day and is currently trading at $3.62 at the time of writing The Blizzard Network...
ADAX records an exponential rise of 45%: where to buy ADAX
The ADAX token has seen a clear breakout after an extended period of consolidation and has registered gains of 45% in the past 24 hours...
Largest NFT Market by Volume Opensea Launches Smartphone Application
On September 17, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in terms of volume, Opensea, announced the launch of the...
Binance under investigation for market manipulation and insider trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) alleges that some of the staff at the exchange may have taken advantage of users The...
Turkey is ‘at war’ with cryptocurrency: Turkish President Erdogan
President Erdogan's comments come on the back of increased efforts towards the launch of a lira central bank-issued currency Turkish...
State regulators go after crypto lender Celsius
Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius is now on the radar of the securities regulators for Alabama, Texas, and New Jersey Celsius, a...
El Salvador buys more Bitcoin as BTC price dumps to $45k
The country had bought 400 BTC in the lead up to the implementation of its Bitcoin Law El Salvador took advantage of the downtrend in...
Nigerian Central Bank Threats Force Parallel Exchange Rate Tracker to Suspend Service
Following threats from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the management of Abokifx, a website that tracks the Nigerian currency’s...
Theta coin price analysis: THETA risks 34% dip as $6 support breaks
Bitcoin’s dump below $45k has triggered widespread losses, with THETA vulnerable to a potential downtrend to lows of $3.63 THETA...
Bitcoin.com Doubles Down on Non-Custodial Model
Bitcoin.com, in line with its vision to support ‘economic freedom,’ is refocusing its efforts on non-custodial, or...
Cryptocurrency Is Picking up Steam in Small Cities in India: Report
Cryptocurrency usage and trading are experiencing a boom in India, and most of this growth is coming from small cities. According to...
‘Best bear market ever’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week with a decidedly bearish move — but one which fails to shake investor confidence in the bull run. A mixed...
JPMorgan Strategist Estimates Ether’s Fair Value at $1,500 Amid Competition From ‘Ethereum Killers’
A strategist at JPMorgan stated that ether’s fair value is way lower than its current price. According to a set of measurements...
Russian Court Confirms Arrest Warrants for 3 Finiko Founders
Tatarstan’s highest court has rejected appeals against arrest warrants issued for three co-founders of the notorious Finiko crypto...
Cross-Chain Bridges That Connect 5 Different Blockchains to Ethereum
During the last few months, cross-chain bridge technology has grown a great deal and users can now swap assets between a myriad of...
Ripple Has No Plans to Settle With SEC Over XRP, Confident Gensler Will Drop the Lawsuit
Amid the ongoing lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple’s legal team reportedly said that they have...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, DOT, LUNA, ATOM, FTT
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins have been consolidating in the past few days as investors await a trigger to start the next...
Here’s why Bitcoin might be safe from a global stock market crisis
One of the reasons behind Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility, the substantial price oscillations that occur regularly, is the discrepancy of...
Ex-Head оf Wex Crypto Exchange Reportedly Arrested in Poland, Faces Extradition to Kazakhstan
Dmitry Vasiliev, former chief executive of Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex, has been detained in Warsaw, the Polish press reported....
Bitcoin ‘heavy breakout’ fractal suggests BTC price can hit $250-$350K in 2021
Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to push its prices to between $250,000 and $350,000 by the end of 2021, a long-standing fractal suggests....
NFT Market Sales Begin to Improve After Last Week’s Massive Market Slump
Seven days ago, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces saw sales nosedive after reaching all-time highs during the month of August. A week...
AT&T Sued by Customer After Security Breach Led to Theft of Cryptocurrency
An AT&T customer filed a lawsuit against the company last week accusing it of failing to provide “reasonable and appropriate...
US Court Sentences Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Founder to 7.5 Years in Prison
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, Stefan Qin, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and three years of...
BTC price falls back to $47K as weekly close neatly tracks Bitcoin futures gap
Bitcoin (BTC) retested $47,000 on Sept. 19 as the weekly close looked set to hinge on the CME futures gap. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs 128% Over 83 Days, Network’s Mystery Miners Disappear
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been climbing higher during the last two weeks, hitting 174 exahash per second (EH/s) on two occasions since...
ADALend: New Wave of DeFi Loans on Cardano
ADALend is building a scalable and decentralized lending protocol on Cardano, governed by the community. Cardano is the market leader in...
Ethereum killers or just pretenders? But Ether remains king for now
The term “Ethereum killer” is beginning to pick up the pace once again in the cryptocurrency markets as the native tokens of several...
Ukraine Officials Fail to Account for Millions in Declared Crypto Assets
Personal asset declarations filed by politicians and government officials in Ukraine have indicated that many have made significant...
Directors of Collapsed South African Crypto Investment Firm to Testify via Virtual Platform
Ameer and Raees Cajee, the two directors of the South African crypto-investment platform, Africrypt, are set to participate in an inquest...
Bank of Russia to ‘Slow Down’ Payments to Crypto Exchanges, Curb Russians’ Impulsive Investments
Central Bank of Russia is now working with commercial banks in order to delay payments made to digital asset exchanges. The move aims to...
Wormhole Network Launches Ethereum Solana Bridge, Solana AMM Saber Surpasses $4 Billion TVL
On September 17, 2021, Solana protocol fans were introduced to the launch of the Wormhole Network’s ethereum – solana...
US Authorities Investigate Binance for Insider Trading and Market Manipulation: Report
Binance’s troubles with regulators grow as U.S. authorities are now reportedly investigating the exchange for possible insider...
Paypal Completes Rollout of Crypto Offering in UK: First International Expansion Outside US
Paypal has completed the first international expansion of its cryptocurrency offering outside of the U.S. Paypal Crypto is now available...
$2 Billion Worth of Unpeeled Casascius Physical Bitcoins: There’s Less Than 20,000 Coins Left Active
While bitcoin continues to become more scarce every day, the most popular set of physical bitcoins, crafted by Mike Caldwell from 2011 to...
100 years ago, Henry Ford proposed ‘energy currency’ to replace gold
In 1921, American industrialist Henry Ford proposed the creation of an “energy currency” that could form the basis of a new monetary...
Cardano price dips after smart contract launch, Walmart working with Litecoin is fake news, Coinbase raises $2B from junk-bond sale: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 12-18
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Viral Philanthropic App Dreamr® Announces the Return of Charlie Rocket’s Dream Machine Tour
PRESS RELEASE. Social media dream builder Charlie Rocket and Dreamr Labs announce 2nd nationwide tour with $1 million traveling giveaway...
Defi TVL Climbs Higher, Optimism Use Rises, 270K BTC on ETH, Lending on ETH Taps $44 Billion
In mid-September, the total-value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) continues to climb higher, as the value held on Ethereum,...
Valuation of Stablecoin DAI Market Swells — DAI Market Cap Increased More Than 800% in 12 Months
Recently Bitcoin.com News covered the stablecoin tether and how the crypto asset’s market valuation jumped more than 1,500% in just...
Bitcoin Is the Only ‘Institutional-Grade Asset’ in the Crypto Space, Says MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor
The CEO of business analytics software firm MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, says Bitcoin is in a class of its own compared to other crypto...
Bitcoin jumps toward $49K amid fears 5%-plus inflation is here to stay
Bitcoin (BTC) inched higher on Sept. 18 as the focus shifted to the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) policy meeting in the...
We Are All Satoshi: Statue of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Unveiled in Hungary
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, has been unveiled in Budapest, Hungary. “The statue is made of...
Korean Government Says 28 Crypto Exchanges Have Met Regulatory Requirements to Continue Operations
The deadline for cryptocurrency exchanges to meet the requirements to continue operations under new crypto regulations in South Korea is...
LBank Exchange Lists NBL (Nobility)
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list NBL on September 15, 2021....
Securities Watchdogs File Orders Against Crypto Lender Celsius
A news release published by the New Jersey government web portal indicates that the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius has been sent...
Luno to Reinstate Deposit and Withdrawal Function for Nigerian Clients — Denies User Speculation
One of the African continent’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Luno, has told its Nigerian users that it is “in the...
Laos Authorizes Cryptocurrency Mining and Trading Activities
Laos has authorized a series of cryptocurrency mining and trading projects in the country, looking for another source of income to...
Binance Prepares Changes to Work With Regulators Worldwide
Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it is preparing changes to be able to work with regulators more closely. Its...
NFT-based Fixed Lending Protocol Pledge Backed by Stanford Alumni Announces Successful Fundraise
PRESS RELEASE. Pledge Finance is launching a cross-chain decentralized finance ecosystem, purpose-built for the financial sector following...
Evolve or die: How smart contracts are shifting the crypto sector’s balance of power
One of the familiar themes seen in previous crypto market cycles is the shifting market caps, popularity and ranking of the top 10...
Fintech Firm Revolut Pays for Dallas-Based Wework Workspace With Bitcoin
The cryptocurrency-infused financial tech company Revolut has announced it has purchased a Wework office with bitcoin. Revolut detailed...
Here’s how traders knew LUNA and RAY were on the verge of a bullish breakout
Online information flows have a tremendous influence on the prices of crypto assets. Just this week, investors witnessed how even fake...
Solana chart ‘bull flag’ eyes $250 despite SOL price down 40% since last week
Solana (SOL) price extended its slide on Sept. 17 as a major network outage over the past week — pointing to heightened security risks —...
Bitcoin is ‘playing mind games’ as its price coils into a tighter range
The general mood across the cryptocurrency market is one of anticipation on Sept. 17 as the price of Bitcoin has traded in an increasingly...
The Big Three Credit Agencies Critique El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption — S&P Global Warns of ‘Immediate Negative Implications’
All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the...
Unido – Building the Future of Crypto Custody and Asset Management for Enterprises
As the floodgates are opening for large businesses and corporations to enter the crypto market, you see increasing demand for an...
Canadian politician says he supports Bitcoin as federal election looms
Maxime Bernier, founder and leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has said he supports the adoption of cryptocurrencies in the...
Price analysis 9/17: BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, UNI, LUNA
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery is facing stiff resistance near $48,500, indicating that bears are active at higher levels. By combining the...
Finance Redefined: Maverick Vitalik in Time Mag, Sept. 13–17
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance, or DeFi, newsletter. Despite Cardano founder Charles...
After Fed Members Disclose Million-Dollar Stock Trades Fed’s Powell Initiates Ethics Inquiry
The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has directed his staff to start an ethics inquiry into the financial activities of Fed members,...