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SafeEarth Announces $200k+ in Charity Donations This Year
PRESS RELEASE. SafeEarth creates access to DeFi and at the same time, helps restore the world’s ecosystem and help humanity through...
Africrypt Ponzi Scheme Collapse: South Africa Regulator Says Its ‘Not in a Position to Take Any Regulatory Action’
Following Africrypt’s collapse, South African regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), released a statement...
Report: Nigerian NFT Artists Thrive Despite Bubble Fears and Ongoing Central Bank Anti-Crypto Restrictions
Nigerian artists are now increasing their net worth by leveraging the art world’s lucrative pivot to non-fungible tokens (NFT)....
World’s first Bitcoin ETF adds $3M per day throughout BTC price dip
The world’s first regulated Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) actually benefited from the recent price dip, data shows. As on-chain...
Mica Law Draft Designates CNMV and Bank of Spain as Crypto Watchdogs
The latest Mica (Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) revision designates the CNMV and the Bank of Spain as the main...
Bogota’s $2.8 Billion Program to Finance Blockchain Companies With up to $50 Million
The city of Bogota in Colombia just announced it will finance blockchain companies through a blockchain investment program. The program,...
New Visa Card Allows Bakkt Users to Spend Bitcoin in Stores and Online
Customers using the Bakkt app can now apply for a debit card which will enable them to pay with bitcoin at merchants that don’t...
Bitcoin of America Makes It Big: The Team Behind One of the Largest Bitcoin ATM Operators Worldwide
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin of America, a popular virtual currency exchange, is known for their 1200+ ATMs across 31 US states. Bitcoin of...
UN Kenyan Mission Praises Local Blockchain-Based Initiative for Helping to Reduce Poverty
The United Nations (UN) mission in Kenya recently praised a local blockchain-based community inclusion currency (CIC) initiative for its...
Athena confirms plans to bring 1500 Bitcoin ATMs to El Salvador
U.S. company Athena intends to supply El Salvador’s new crypto-based economy with 1500 Bitcoin ATMs, a company representative has...
US Regulators Have Imposed $2.5 Billion Penalties on Crypto Firms and Individuals
A new report shows that U.S. regulators have imposed fines and penalties totaling $2.5 billion on crypto firms and individuals so far. The...
Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Is ‘the Future of Finance’ — Launches $2.2 Billion Crypto Venture Fund
Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced the launch of a...
Sushi to Launch Full Product Suite on Harmony
Since deploying natively on Harmony’s blockchain in May, Sushi is now deepening its collaboration with Harmony after revealing plans...
Former NYSE President Says for Bitcoin to Exceed Gold It Needs to Be Accepted More as Currency
On June 24, the CEO of Far Peak Acquisition Corp. and former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) president, Thomas Farley discussed the future...
Klaytn death cross debut coincides with a 57% KLAY price pump
Bids for Klaytn’s native cryptocurrency KLAY spiked on Thursday after the South Korea-based public blockchain project confirmed its...
Echoing Cuban, Novogratz says DeFi should ‘play by the rules’, or ‘pay the piper’ later
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged in 2021 as one of the fastest-growing trends in the crypto sector and as the unique features of...
Bitcoin hits $35K after Biden reveals infrastructure deal, Paraguay proposes BTC bill
Bitcoin (BTC) price received a boost as news that lawmakers in Paraguay plan to present a bill to make BTC legal tender spread across...
Chainlink and OVR Collaborate on a $65k Prize Distribution
After OVR announced its integration with Chainlink on June 10th, now the team is proud to explain all the rules of OVR prize distribution...
Waiting game: Why Friday’s $6B in Bitcoin and Ethereum expiries may not move the market
After an incredible start in 2021, Ether peaked at $4,380 on May 12 but has dropped 55% since then. Unlike the leading cryptocurrency, the...
Cathie Wood Bought the Dip: Ark Invest Purchases One Million GBTC Shares
Cathie Wood, the founder of Ark Invest, bought the dip this Tuesday when Bitcoin prices tumbled below $30K. According to reports, Ark...
DOJ Seeks Trial Attorney With Extensive Blockchain and Crypto Knowledge
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a trial attorney to help with the federal executive agency’s Digital Currency...
Chinese Mining Exodus Leads to ASIC and GPU Second-Market Surplus and Lower Prices
While bitcoin miners in China have been scrambling, second-hand markets offering cryptocurrency mining rigs from ASICs to GPUs have been...
Zachary Kelman joins Cointelegraph as general counsel
Cointelegraph, the world’s foremost source of news and information on the future of finance, is pleased to announce the addition of...
Q2’s Banking Platform to Enable Over 18 Million Users to Buy, Sell, Hold Bitcoin
Q2’s digital banking platform, which currently powers nearly 30% of the top 100 banks in the U.S., will allow more than 18.3 million...
ExzoCoin Will Make Cryptocurrencies Accessible to Anyone, Anywhere, and at Anytime
ExzoCoin is a blockchain project promising to make cryptocurrencies easily accessible to everyone. Among the services being developed by...
Binance NFT Marketplace Launches With Artwork From Dali, Warhol and ‘100 Creators’
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched its NFT marketplace on Thursday. The platform allows users, including artists, creators, and...
Bitcoin rejects at $34.5K as analysts reveal key resistance level to beat next
Bitcoin (BTC) erased some of its gains on Thursday in a test of lower levels, which spooked already wary traders. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
New report suggests Ethereum holders, DeFi helping ETH from crashing below $1.7K
The drop in the price of Ether (ETH) is failing to shake out the long-term holders, while the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is also...
FCA Warns 111 Crypto Firms Are Operating Illegally in UK — Says ‘This Is a Very Real Risk’
U.K.’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has warned that 111 companies are offering crypto services in the...
Bitmain Halts Sales Of Bitcoin Mining Rigs Amid China’s Crackdown
Miners relocating out of Bitcoin mining regions in China have flooded the market with second-hand mining machines to the detriment of...
Norwegian Financial Regulator Cautions About Bitcoin Investing as Price Tumbles
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) has cautioned investors about investing in cryptocurrencies as the price of...
SENT Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of SENT, being available to trade on the 23rd June 2021 at 10:00AM...
Mastercard Blockchain-Supported Livestock Tracking System Launches in Zimbabwe
E-Livestock Global, a venture-funded social enterprise, recently launched a blockchain-based livestock traceability system for Zimbabwean...
After Years of ASIC Manufacturing Canaan Expands to Bitcoin Mining in Kazakhstan
Canaan Inc., the crypto mining rig manufacturer based in Beijing, has announced the company plans to mine cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan....
Tributes and conspiracy theories swirl in wake of John McAfee’s death
The reported suicide of notorious tax fugitive, Bitcoin proponent, and antivirus software pioneer, John McAfee, has prompted an outpouring...
NFT Marketplace Rarible Raises Over $14 Million, Plans to Launch on Flow Blockchain
The non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has revealed the company has raised $14.2 million in a Series A funding round. Rarible...
Korean Government Confiscates $47 Million in Crypto From Tax Evaders
South Korean authorities have identified thousands of tax evaders as part of an intensifying crackdown on tax dodging among crypto...
3 things traders are saying about Bitcoin and the state of the bull market
Bitcoin’s (BTC) dip below $29,000 on June 22 rocked the markets a handful of analysts to call for a potential drop below $20,000. Many...
BIS: Cryptocurrencies Are Often Used in Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, Ransomware Attacks
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) says that it is now clear that cryptocurrencies are not money but speculative assets,...
Chainbytes Bringing Bitcoin ATMs to El Salvador, Launching Manufacturing Hub
Bitcoin ATM provider Chainbytes is setting up a bitcoin ATM manufacturing hub in El Salvador. The move follows the country passing a bill...
JPMorgan Survey: 49% of Institutional Investors Agree Cryptocurrency Is ‘Rat Poison’ as Warren Buffett Says or a Fad
Investment bank JPMorgan conducted a survey of thousands of investors from 1,500 institutions and found that 49% of them think that...
Mike Novogratz: Institutional Investors Will See Bitcoin’s Price Decline as Opportunity to Buy
Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz says he is not nervous about bitcoin’s price falling, even when it falls below $30K. “The...
Price analysis 6/23: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $30,000 on June 22, which may be a final sign of capitulation. Data from Skew suggests that if Bitcoin’s price...
Data shows derivatives had little to do with Bitcoin’s drop to $29K
After a brief recovery to $41,000 on June 14, Bitcoin (BTC) investors might have thought that the bear market was finally over. After all,...
Sweet and Dave & Buster’s Launch Uber-Rare NFT Auction to Benefit Make-A-Wish
PRESS RELEASE. New York, New York – June 23, 2021 – Sweet, the leading enterprise NFT solutions provider, announced the launch...
John McAfee Found Dead in Prison After Spanish Court Ruled in Favor of His Extradition to US
The Catalan justice department has reportedly confirmed that the antivirus tycoon John McAfee was found dead in prison in Barcelona. John...
Lloyds Auctions Australia Sells a Pricey Caravan for Cryptocurrency
Australia’s Lloyds Auctions now accepts major cryptocurrencies for any of the items offered on its marketplace. Within hours of the...
Altcoins follow Bitcoin price’s lead as uncertainty grips crypto market
Cryptocurrency investors all over the globe have been facing a challenging time for over a month thanks, in large part, to the...
Crypto market cap recovers $76B, altcoins rally after Bitcoin hits $34K
Cryptocurrency traders received a reprieve from bearish market conditions on June 23 as Bitcoin’s (BTC) brief recovery to $34,880...
FTX Becomes MLB’s Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Brand in Long Term Deal
Following the naming rights deal for the NBA’s Miami Heat arena and the partnership with the esports giant TSM, FTX Trading Limited...
How Unstoppable Domains is Accelerating the World’s Transition to Cryptocurrency
The goal of cryptocurrencies is to give financial freedom back to the individual. In order to fully realize this vision, the world of...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Drops Below 100 Exahash, Observers Describe China’s ‘Great ASIC Exodus’
Most of the crypto community has been focused on the developments in China and more specifically, the crackdowns against bitcoin miners in...
Bitcoin holds $34K as Bloomberg likens $30K support to $4K in 2020 BTC price crash
Bitcoin (BTC) maintained $34,000 support on Wednesday as a rebound from six-month lows showed surprising resilience. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Bitcoin bounce from $28.8K activates century-old financial model’s bullish thesis
A recent upswing in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) following a nail-biting price crash below $30,000 this Tuesday has activated a classic...
US Senator Cynthia Lummis ‘Excited’ About Bitcoin’s Price Falling, Plans to Buy the Dip
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said that she is “really excited” about the low price of bitcoin, and is planning to buy the dip....
Visa, Paypal Invest in Crypto-Focused Blockchain Capital’s New $300 Million Fund
Visa Inc. and Paypal have invested in Blockchain Capital’s new fund. The venture capital firm focuses exclusively on the crypto...
Upland Is Celebrating 1 Million NFT Properties Minted in the Metaverse
Upland has just hit a major milestone in their platform, and for the NFT landscape as a whole. Being one of the world’s fastest...
Coinbase Approved to Enter Japanese Cryptocurrency Market
Coinbase is now registered as a cryptocurrency exchange to operate in Japan. The Japanese financial regulator has approved Coinbase to...
3 reasons why Solana bounced harder than Bitcoin and Ethereum
An overnight bounce across the cryptocurrency assets this Wednesday saw Solana (SOL) outpacing its top rivals, including Bitcoin (BTC) and...
Bitcoin price ‘very near bottom’ with $30K dip, says bullish institutional report
Bitcoin (BTC) is “very close to the bottom” and still commands a bullish long-term view, institutional crypto firm Stack Funds believes....
While Bitcoin Hits New Lows Gold Bug Peter Schiff Blasts the Top Crypto and Supporters
The American economist, financial commentator, and gold bug Peter Schiff had a lot to say about bitcoin’s price sliding on Tuesday....
South Africa Bank Blocks Clients From Buying Crypto on Binance, Exchange Rejects Allegations
A South African bank, Absa, has reportedly blocked use of its credit cards for users buying cryptocurrencies on international exchanges,...
Simplex Tie-Up With Kava Brings Fiat Directly to Defi
As Kava works to expand its multi-asset defi platform’s appeal, the inclusion of Simplex’s fiat-to-crypto processing...
Asian Algorithmic Trading Company Amber Group Reaches Unicorn Status
Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency trading company, has attained “unicorn” status. The company managed to raise...
Student Coin Terminal Will Let You Easily Create Your Own Token for Free
The STC Terminal will be launched by the end of July 2021 and will be a major milestone in the wide-scale tokenization of the economy. It...
Waste Coal-Converting Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Digital Mining Raises $100 Million
On Tuesday, Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., an ESG-friendly cryptocurrency miner announced it has raised $105 million in two private...
Rwanda Central Bank Joins CBDC Bandwagon After Announcing Digital Currency Research
The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has become the latest African central bank to join the digital currency movement after an employee...
Bank of France, Swiss Crypto Bank Test Securities Settlement Using CBDC
The Bank of France has successfully completed an experiment involving the use of CBDC to settle listed securities. The test has been...
Bitcoin price bounces to $33K but analysts say ‘it’s too early’ to call a bottom
Cryptocurrency investors found little reprieve on June 22 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $30,000 for the first time since...
New Bank of America Report Says Digital Currencies ‘Could Boost Economic Growth’ in Developing Countries
A new Bank of America (BOA) research study has found that both central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and private digital currencies hold...
Vaneck Files Prospectus With US Regulator to Launch a Bitcoin Mutual Fund
On June 21, the wealth manager Vaneck filed a prospectus to launch what it calls a Bitcoin Strategy Fund. The prospectus filed with the...
Bad call? Bitfinex bears closed a block of Bitcoin shorts before the drop below $32K
Bitcoin price is still in a rut, trading near $33,000 and trapped in a downtrend that just seems to get worse with the passing of each...
Salvadoran Representative Introduces Lawsuit Against the Bitcoin Tender Law for Being Unconstitutional
Jaime Guevara, a Salvadoran representative, presented a lawsuit against the recently approved bitcoin tender law today. Guevara alleges...
Privacy Is Key for Successful Digital Euro, Data Protection Body Says
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a call for EU institutions to uphold privacy when designing a digital version of the...
Bitcoin price clings to $32K as on-chain metrics hint at further downside
Cryptocurrency investors awoke to another round of price declines on June 22 after the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to a 6-month low at...
As China Cracks Down on Bitcoin Miners, Stealth Miners and Mystery Hashrate Return
While on the surface it seems officials from five provinces in China have been cracking down on bitcoin miners, no one is quite sure how...
A ‘seismic mining shift’ may be driving Bitcoin price below $30K: Report
Bitcoin (BTC) plunged 7.38% to hit a five-month low of $29,313 on June 22 as the market faced the prospect of another sell-off, this time...
Iran Seizes 7,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines
Iranian police have reportedly seized 7,000 bitcoin mining machines operating illegally in the country. The machines were found in an...
Rescuing crypto workers from terrible US job conditions: John Paller
John Paller is training a new generation of blockchain workers and giving them the tools to live free from the chains of full-time...
Crypto Bears Claw Markets Lower, Bitcoin Price Drops Below $30K, Analysts Still Optimistic
The price of bitcoin dropped to a new low in 2021, hitting $28,600 per unit Tuesday morning (EST). BTC has shed more than 10% in value...
Bit Mining Moving 3,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines to Kazakhstan Following China Crackdown
Shenzhen-based Bit Mining has started shipping bitcoin mining machines to Kazakhstan as the Chinese government cracks down on bitcoin...
DeFi hub Karura emerges as first Kusama parachain slot auction winner
Karura network has emerged as the winner of the maiden Kusama parachain slot auction. According to an announcement issued on Tuesday,...
Bitcoin drops below $30K to 6-month lows: Watch these next price support levels
Bitcoin (BTC) fell under $30,000 on Tuesday as the latest BTC price dip took the largest cryptocurrency below a significant “line in the...
Hedgeye: This Model Predicts Bitcoin at $1,000,000
Analysts at Hedgeye Risk Management, an investment research and financial media company based in Stamford, Connecticut, have analyzed the...
Cointelegraph Consulting: A review of SushiSwap roll-outs
Launched in August 2020 as a fork of the Uniswap decentralized exchange, SushiSwap briefly surpassed its competitor. Now ranking third...
Portugal Begins Approving Cryptocurrency Exchanges — Two Licensed So Far
Portugal now has two approved cryptocurrency exchanges. The country’s central bank, the Banco de Portugal, has licensed Mind the...
‘Say something, Elon Musk!’ Dogecoin sheds $70B in market cap since SNL
Dogecoin (DOGE), Elon Musk’s pet favorite cryptocurrency, has shed tens of billions of dollars in value since he publicly plugged it...
Sotheby’s Auctioning Rare Diamond Worth $15 Million, Cryptocurrencies Accepted
Sotheby’s, the world’s largest auction house, is auctioning a rare, 101.38-carat flawless diamond estimated to be worth $15...
Bitcoin bear market confirmed? Analysts at odds over whales’ BTC exchange moves
Bitcoin (BTC) is “confirming” a bear market because whales are still sending large amounts of BTC to exchanges. That’s...
Nicolas Maduro States Venezuela Pioneered Crypto Adoption in South America as Petro Use Flounders
President Nicolas Maduro stated that Venezuela was a pioneer in cryptocurrency adoption in Latam in an interview with Bloomberg last week....