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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Opposes ‘Hasty’ Cryptocurrency Regulation
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says there is no crisis that compels hasty cryptocurrency regulation. He agrees with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong that...
Bitcoin erases May crash losses as BTC price rebounds to $44K
Bitcoin (BTC) price reacted as high as $44,600 on Aug. 7, the highest level since before the infamous May 19-crash. Meanwhile, there are...
US Senator Urges Congress to Stop Treasury From Picking Winners and Losers in Crypto
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has called on Congress to stop the Treasury Department from maximizing its ability to regulate and tax crypto by...
Treasury Secretary Yellen Privately Lobbies Against Tax Amendment Crypto Industry Wants: Report
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has reportedly raised objections to lawmakers about the cryptocurrency tax amendment to the $1...
Ethereum price soars above $3K into ‘red zone’ triggering sell-off fears
Ethereum’s native asset Ether (ETH) crossed above $3,000 in an extended upside rally on Aug. 7, hitting a three-month high....
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alameda and Blocktower
Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower,...
Genesis Report Highlights ‘Emerging Role’ of Ethereum and Defi in Q2 2021
Genesis Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading, lending, and custody desk, released its Q2 reports, where it confirms what it calls the...
Central Bank of Venezuela Announces ‘Digital Bolivar’ Redenomination Plan
The Central Bank of Venezuela announced the new redenomination plan for its fiat currency called “Digital Bolivar.” This new...
Hip-Hop Star Megan Thee Stallion Creates ‘Bitcoin for Hotties’ Video to Educate Millions of Fans About Crypto
Award-winning hip-hop artist Megan Thee Stallion has published a video of herself explaining the basics of bitcoin, including what it is,...
Binance US CEO Steps Down as the Crypto Exchange Faces Rising Regulatory Scrutiny
Former acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has resigned as the CEO of Binance U.S. after just over three months. He cited...
Binance Restricts Crypto Derivatives Products in Hong Kong, Existing Positions Have 90 Days to Close
Fresh off the heels of Binance’s last announcement to discontinue crypto derivatives offerings in Germany, Italy, and the...
Altcoin Roundup: Hodling Ethereum? Here’s how and where to stake your ETH
The overall feel across the cryptocurrency landscape over the past week has been one of bubbling anticipation, with the Ethereum network...
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Says EIP 1559 ‘Most Important Part of London,’ Network Is Burning $16K in ETH per Minute
The Ethereum blockchain has completed the highly anticipated London upgrade on Thursday and ether fans have been discussing the...
Bitcoin could be on the verge of a big breakout at $42K, hodler activity suggests
On-chain analyst Willy Woo asserted that Bitcoin (BTC) would break above the $42,000-resistance level in its coming attempts. The...
Bitcoin price blasts through $43K, hitting its highest price since May
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price rallied to a multi-month high at $43,231 on August 6 and this allowed the digital asset to break free of the trading...
Price analysis 8/6: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, BCH, LINK
Bitcoin (BTC) has staged a smart recovery in the past few days and the interest in the crypto sector seems to be picking up. JPMorgan...
Oscar Mayer Is Auctioning a 10-Pack of Dogecoin-Themed Hot Dogs, Proceeds Go to Hunger-Relief Charity
After a great number of well known product brands like Burger King, Axe, Snickers, Milky Way, and Slim Jim have been riding the dogecoin...
Fed’s Vice Chair Says Tapering May Happen in 2021, Senator Joe Manchin ‘Alarmed Over Record Amount of Stimulus Injections’
The U.S. central bank’s vice chairman Richard Clarida explained on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering large...
Alchemy Pay tokens up 2,300% in a week: here is where to buy them
Alchemy Pay (ACH) has continued to be one of today’s top trending cryptocurrencies, surging in value by 160% and capturing the...
JPMorgan Quietly Offers 6 Crypto Investments Despite CEO Jamie Dimon’s Anti-Bitcoin Stance
Global investment bank JPMorgan is now offering six cryptocurrency investment funds to clients despite its CEO, Jamie Dimon, continually...
Swapcoinz rallies 6,600% on the day: where to buy SPAZ
SPAZ aims to use funds to buy up land in Africa to build playgrounds for underprivileged children With a 6,600% rally today, SPAZ is one...
THETA price rises 18% on MetaMask news: where to buy THETA
Decentralised content streaming platform THETA is thriving after some bullish news THETA, the decentralised content blockchain backed by...
EQIFI Launches Suite of Decentralized Financial Products Powered by a Global, Licensed Bank
PRESS RELEASE. British Virgin Islands — 6th August, 2021 — EQIFI, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending, borrowing and...
White House Backs Crypto Tax Amendment Endorsing Proof-of-Work in Infrastructure Bill
The White House has endorsed an amendment to the $1 trillion Infrastructure bill that supports proof-of-work over all other consensus...
‘Bitcoin fixes this’ — US Infrastructure Bill would add $250B to debt mountain
The United States tax bill, which could hurt Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto holders, will “continue the plunder of future generations,” Cameron...
Bitcoin fractal that predicted 2020 rally flashes again as BTC price reclaims $40K
A crossover between two Bitcoin (BTC) moving averages that appeared before the 2020 price boom hints at returning in 2021, just as the...
Bitcoin and Ethereum hit resistance with $42.5K flip needed for BTC longs
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are due for a “huge” move, but short-term signals suggest a correction, an analyst warned on Friday. BTC/USD...
Abkhazia Shuts Down 2 Crypto Farms, Seizes Mining Hardware
Authorities in Abkhazia have closed down two crypto mining farms that have been illegally connected to the power grid. The facilities were...
BofA views El Salvador’s BTC adoption from a positive perspective
Here is a recap of the top cryptocurrency news you might not have caught from the first week of August Bank of America sees benefits to El...
ZEON Network is up by over 1,000% today: where to buy ZEON
ZEON will help users get access to cash without selling their crypto ZEON Network (ZEON) has seen extreme volatility, with dips and...
Shock as Biden sides with tax plan that favours PoW over PoS
The White House is reportedly in favour of exemptions to miners only, a move likely to hurt Proof of Stake US president Joe Biden’s...
Venezuela is launching a digital currency in October
The South American country is set to launch its CBDC in the coming months Venezuela has confirmed that it will be launching a digital...
Huobi Stablecoin Issuer Publishes Attestation Reports Tied to HUSD Reserve Backing
The crypto financial services company Huobi and the firm’s stablecoin issuer Stable Universal have published monthly HUSD...
Crypto market intelligence firm Messari raises $21M in Series A
Coinbase Ventures, Winklevoss Capital and Kraken Ventures were among the investors to back Messari’s funding round Crypto data...
Weekend Price Outlook: Tezos (XTZ), Litecoin (LTC) and Ripple (XRP)
With ETH and BTC in the limelight, altcoins like Tezos and Litecoin could see further gains Litecoin, Ripple and Tezos are among altcoins...
Demand for Crypto Analytics Continues as Messari Raises $21 Million
The crypto analytics and market intelligence company Messari revealed on Thursday the firm has raised $21 million in a Series A financing...
New Draft Law in Uruguay Could Legalize Crypto as Payment Method
A new draft law introduced to the Senate in Uruguay could regulate cryptocurrency transactions, and also legalize cryptocurrency as an...
Join The Smart Marketing Token (SMT) and Revolutionize Blockchain Marketing
PRESS RELEASE. The fast-paced nature of the blockchain industry means that new crypto projects face the problems of a highly competitive...
Ethereum network burns $395K ETH per hour after London upgrade
Approximately 2.3 ETH is being burnt every minute through the new transaction fee mechanism introduced in Ethereum’s London upgrade on...
Shanghai Man: Chainlink hackathon, OKExChain nets $2B TVL, and Tencent unveils ‘magic’ NFT platform
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including...
Ciphertrace Announces Enhanced Monero Tracing Capabilities for Governments
Crypto compliance firm Ciphertrace has announced enhanced tools for tracing Monero transactions. “Ciphertrace takes Monero tracing...
Analyst Mike McGlone Predicts ‘Refreshed Bull Market’ for Bitcoin, Price Heading Toward $100K
Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone sees “a refreshed bull market” for bitcoin. Comparing the performance of the...
Bitcoin bulls overtake the $40K barrier ahead of Friday’s $625M options expiry
Despite the recent breakouts to the $40,000 level, Bitcoin (BTC) price could still face downward pressure in August. The 42% rally in late...
Coinbase Enables Crypto Buys With Apple Pay, Instant $100K Cashouts, Google Pay to Follow
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has enabled crypto buys with Apple Pay, and instant cashouts of up to $100,000 per...
Marvel to Launch Spider-Man NFTs This Week — NFT Comic, ‘Super-D Figures’ to Follow
On August 5, Orbis Blockchain Technologies Limited and Marvel Entertainment kicked off the Veve Digital Collectibles’ “Marvel...
‘A Lazy Way to Showcase NFTs’ — Mark Cuban’s Lazy.com NFT Platform Integrates With Polygon
On Thursday, the non-fungible token (NFT) platform and digital art gallery backed by Mark Cuban announced the project has integrated with...
Social Media Platform Torum Announces Strategic Investment by Huobi Ventures HECO Fund
PRESS RELEASE. Torum announces strategic investment by Huobi Ventures, the $100 million venture arm of Huobi Group to foster blockchain...
London is live and Ethereum bulls control Friday’s $357M ETH options expiry
Ether (ETH) price rallied 50% leading in the London hardfork because many investors expect the upgrade to solve the issue of high...
Precious Metals Firm Kitco Launches Gold-Backed Tokens Built on Ethereum
On August 4, the precious metals firm Kitco Gold announced the launch of a gold-backed stablecoin which will leverage an audit process via...
Where to buy Stafi tokens: FIS coin price surges 130%
Stafi (FIS) is one of today’s hottest cryptocurrency projects, surging in price by more than 100% following a 5,500% surge in...
Fed governor says CBDCs remain ‘a solution in search of a problem’
Chris Waller, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), seems to think it’s unnecessary for the United...
Fresh Bitcoin ETF hopes back BTC’s swift rally above $40,000
Crypto investors are seeing gains in Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) today after the successful launch of Ethereum’s London hard fork...
Russia to Track Crypto Transactions With Help From Sberbank-Owned Company
The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia is going to start tracking cryptocurrency transactions. The agency has already selected...
Aave price hits two-month high on Wall Street’s DeFi adoption hopes
Demand for Aave has boomed dramatically in the previous 24 hours as traders assessed its involvement in Bitwise Investment’s upcoming...
Tracking sperm on Bitcoin with Eggschain — Wei Escala
What if sperm were uploaded — or perhaps, erm, unloaded — onto the Bitcoin network, and those seeking to become pregnant could turn the...
Ethereum approaches $3K resistance as Bitcoin price rebounds toward $40K
Ethereum’s Ether token (ETH) enjoyed a “massive” rebound towards $3,000 on Aug. 5 as optimism flowed in after its London hard...
Crypto Gambler Wins $75,000 with a $31 Bet on ‘Book of Aztec’ at Bitcoin.com’s Casino
Book of Aztec dishes out a massive round win worth a little under 2 BTC, leaving the player ecstatic! A small bet results in one of the...
The best places to buy eXp World Holdings stock after it surges 30%
eXp World Holdings (NASDAQ: EXPI) is one of today’s hottest stocks. If you are considering investing in eXp World stock, or if you...
Fidelity Investments Purchases 7.4% Stake in Bitcoin Mining Firm Marathon
Marathon Digital Holdings has published the company’s bitcoin production and mining operation updates for the month of July and...
TrueFi spikes 435% after raising $12.5 million: where to buy TRU
TrueFi drew capital from Andreessen Horowitz and Alameda, with the resulting price surge leaving other coins in the dust TrueFi is up by...
Where to buy Aave: AAVE rallies 16%, breaks monthly high
The crypto market pushed upwards again yesterday, and Aave is leading the charge today with a 16% rally Yesterday’s crypto rally...
Where to buy MetaMoon: METAMOON has done 2x today
MetaMoon—a DeFi token that combines aspects of SafeMoon and Shiba Inu—is up 100% today While several tokens have promised to...
US Government Has Seized Cryptocurrencies Worth $1.2 Billion So Far This Year
The U.S. government has seized cryptocurrencies worth $1.2 billion so far this year, according to an Internal Revenue Service director....
OVR and BlackPool: NFTs With Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
OVR is collaborating with BlackPool to add augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to its ERC-721 NFTs at OVRLands. According to...
Cryptocurrency Swap Not Banned in Iran, President’s Legal Team Says
Current regulations do not prohibit the swapping of digital currencies, according to the Iranian Vice Presidency for Legal Affairs. The...
Lionel Messi Unveils NFT Collection on Ethernity Chain
Messi's fans around the world will get a chance to invest in the collection through Ethernity's "Messiverse" project Football superstar...
FBI Joins Probe Into Collapsed South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
In what is seen as a boost for Mirror Trading International (MTI) investors, United States investigators are said to have joined the probe...
Ethereum eyes 3-week winning streak vs. Bitcoin as BTC price drifts below $39K
Bitcoin (BTC) headed lower on Thursday after an attempt to reclaim $40,000 failed to garner buyer support. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
Russian federal agency working on a Bitcoin tracking tool
Russia has set in motion a plan to build a monitoring tool for cryptocurrency wallets as part of efforts to combat crypto crime...
Grayscale hires former Alerian CEO to strengthen ETF team
Cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale has confirmed the hiring of ETF expert David LaValle to head the company’s ETFs department...
NFT platform raises $30M from Coinbase, Eminem and others
MakersPlace drummed up interest from a range of investors after facilitating the sale of Beeple’s record-breaking $69M NFT artwork...
South African Start-Up Aims To Shield Merchants From Crypto Price Swings
While opponents of cryptocurrencies continue to peddle the environmental damage or the terrorism funding narrative, users from countries...
Bitcoin price analysis: BTC sees fresh dips below $39k
While bulls remain in control above $38k, BTC price could dip to $36k if bears succeed in breaching a key support level on the daily chart...
Fans Can Buy Game Moment NFTs In Person at the NBA Summer League Games in Vegas
Attendees of the upcoming NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center will be able to purchase NBA Top Shot...
Slew of Venture Funds, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg Inject $30 Million Into NFT Platform Makersplace
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind...
SEC Has No Authority Over Pure Commodities Like Crypto Assets, Says CFTC Commissioner
Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have claimed jurisdiction over...
Analysts debate whether Ethereum’s London hardfork is a “sell the news” event
Ethereum advocates are bubbling with anticipation over the upcoming London hardfork which is scheduled to take place at block height...
Crypto City: Guide to Melbourne
This “Crypto City” guide looks at Melbourne’s crypto culture, the city’s most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure,...
SEC Chair Gensler Outlines Plans for Crypto Trading, Exchanges, Investor Protection, Bitcoin ETFs
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined how the SEC plans to regulate the crypto...
Analysts identify $40K as the make or break it level for Bitcoin price
Optimism from bulls is the leading sentiment of the day after Bitcoin (BTC) price made its way back toward the psychologically important...
This bullish Bitcoin options strategy targets $50K without risk of liquidation
Long-dated Bitcoin options and bulls still make waves with their ultra bullish bets, but even they must admit that the possibility of...
Crypto Crime Falls in China, Surges in Hong Kong, Reports Reveal
China’s cryptocurrency transactions related to criminal activities have decreased significantly over the past couple of years, a new...
Millions of Latest Antminers S19i Are Ready – BitFuFu Cloud Hashrate Platform Restarts Running Plan
PRESS RELEASE. Since May 30, the BTC mining difficulty has lowered for 4 times in a row. The mining rig migration is continuing, leading...
Ethereum Community Gears up for the Long-Awaited London Fork Set to Go Live on August 5
The Ethereum community has been gearing up for the highly anticipated London Network Upgrade which should take place on August 5 around...
Altcoins and DeFi tokens push higher as Bitcoin price falters at $40K
Bitcoin (BTC) price has recovered from its recent $37,500 low and the digital asset’s run back toward the $40,000 mark spurred...
Cryptocurrency Gaining Mainstream Interest as Payment Option: Report
Cryptocurrency is gaining mainstream traction among consumers who want to use it for purchases, according to a new report. Out of more...
Bitcoinsv Chain Suffers 51% Attack: Analyst Claims BSV Network Experienced a 100-Block Reorg
Reports show that the Bitcoinsv blockchain suffered from a 51% attack on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as the founder of Blockchair, Nikita...
Bitcoin hits $39K highs as SEC Chair comments give BTC price 2% boost
Bitcoin (BTC) hit 24-hour highs later on Wednesday as fresh comments from the United States regulatory sphere boosted flagging price...
In crypto, no one cares who you are: Here’s why that’s a good thing
Blockchains provide a trust-free anonymous intermediary for objective transactional actions, putting wealth transfer back in the hands of...
AXS price gains over 16% as Axie Infinity closes in on 1M daily active users
The price of Axie Infinity’s native token AXS surged on Wednesday despite a lackluster upward momentum elsewhere in the...