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Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Launches Trust Service for Cryptocurrencies
DBS Group, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, has launched a trust service for cryptocurrencies for its private banking clients. The...
Thai Public Company Brooker Group Invests $6.6 Million in Bitcoin
The Brooker Group has reportedly become the first publicly listed company in Thailand to hold bitcoin on its balance sheet. The company...
Chinese Investors File Lawsuit Against US-Based Alleged Crypto Fraudster Who Promised $200,000 Profits per Day
A group of Chinese investors has filed a lawsuit against an alleged crypto fraudster based in New York, United States, who ran a Wechat...
Samsung Adds Support for Hardware Wallets on Galaxy Smartphones
Galaxy owners will be able to connect hardware wallets to their smartphones and transfer coins to the built-in wallet that comes with most...
Altcoins pop while Bitcoin looks for support near $50,000
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to look for direction but as this occurred, Ether and altcoins bounced higher from the May 13 sell-off. Dogecoin...
The Fear Factor: A Volatility Index for Crypto Arrives
As Coti ramps up efforts to bring a decentralized fear index to crypto, it has enlisted the help of Professor Dan Galai, one of the...
Liberian Central Bank Asks Local Crypto Startup to Drop its Plan to Launch a Digital Asset
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has warned against a local crypto startup’s plan to proceed with the introduction of a digital...
Bank of Korea to Monitor Crypto Transactions Using Financial Records
South Korea’s monetary policy regulator, Bank of Korea, plans to obtain documents from financial institutions to track crypto...
Kusama (KSM) price hits new highs as parachain auctions begin to take shape
Major protocol upgrades are one of the most potent sources of price movement for cryptocurrency projects as community members and...
Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi
Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance...
Low Energy Proof-of-Work: Bitcoin Improvement Proposal Wants to Change Network’s Algorithm
The most topical conversation in the world of cryptocurrencies right now is the effects of bitcoin mining on the global environment after...
As Bitcoin price staggers, ‘whale’ wallets may be becoming an endangered species
As Bitcoin looks to recover on Friday from a stomach-churning dip on the back of a strong bid, on-chain data indicates that high-net-worth...
Chance of a price crash increases as Cardano (ADA) futures near $1B
The impressive 816% gain of Cardano’s ADA coin in 2021 catapulted the smart contract platform’s market capitalization to $61...
Bitcoin Mining Operation Greenidge Generation Plans to Be Carbon Neutral Next Month
On Friday, the bitcoin mining operation Greenidge Generation has announced that starting June 1st, the firm will be “carbon...
Report: Colonial Pipeline Paid $5M Worth in Crypto to Ransomware Gang, Restarts Services
The global oil market was shaken by news from the United States as a ransomware attack hit the largest oil infrastructure operation in the...
Price analysis 5/14: BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, ADA, XRP, DOT, BCH, LTC, UNI
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dipped to levels not seen since April 2020, indicating that traders are nervous about Tesla...
Lawsuit Claims Onecoin’s ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova Holds 230,000 Bitcoin
One of the ringleaders of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes, Onecoin’s Ruja Ignatova, otherwise known as the...
IRS Will Seize Cryptocurrencies From Investors to Settle Tax Debts, Official Warns
An official of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has clarified that the agency is prepared to seize cryptocurrencies and sell them...
Square Declares It Won’t Buy More Bitcoin, Cites Network’s Carbon Footprint
Square, a fintech and digital payments company, has declared earlier today it doesn’t have plans to purchase more bitcoin in the...
Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy
Like most crypto journalists, Will Foxley has a horror story about a bad encounter he had with a dodgy PR person. The former tech reporter...
Bitcoin Whale Count Shrinks- Speculators Assume Trickle Distribution or Possible Address Reorganizations
The price of bitcoin has seen better days, as the coin’s value hit $59,600 four days ago and then saw the exchange rate tumble to a...
Investment Bank Cowen to Help Institutions Seamlessly Put Cryptocurrencies in Their Portfolios
Investment bank Cowan, founded in 1918, is launching a cryptocurrency service in partnership with Standard Custody & Trust Co. to help...
ETH price regains $4K as possible Ethereum 2.0 ‘full validator’ count hits 17-month low
The number of Ethereum addresses that hold more than or equal to 32 Ether (ETH) has been declining, pointing at a possible lack of...
Coinbase to List Dogecoin in 6-8 Weeks, CEO Reveals
Coinbase will be listing dogecoin in the next six to eight weeks, the company’s CEO has revealed. Interest in the meme...
India’s Central Bank RBI Urges Banks to Cut Ties With Crypto Businesses and Traders: Report
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has reportedly informally asked banks to cut ties with cryptocurrency...
‘Fear’ grips Bitcoin as crypto market sentiment drops to lowest levels since April 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin traders are more nervous than any time in over a year as a classic sentiment gauge signals “fear” is...
Price Analysis: Vechain (VET), IOTA (MIOTA), Ethereum (ETH)
The crypto market, led by Bitcoin (BTC), remains vulnerable to a further short-term downside given the losses seen over the past 24 hours....
The Aspiring Answers to Bitcoin’s Enormous Energy Footprint
Following a tweet from Elon Musk highlighting Tesla’s suspension of bitcoin payment acceptance due to sky-high energy needs, the...
Bitcoin ‘held up very well’ despite biggest exchange inflow since March 2020 crash
Bitcoin (BTC) has performed “very well” as traders send more coins to exchanges than at any time since the March 2020 crash....
Official Remittances to Nigeria Plummet by Almost 40% in a Year When Crypto Use Surged
According to the latest data from the World Bank, international money transfers into Nigeria dropped by nearly 40% from $23.8 billion...
Argentinean Tax Body Asks Domestic Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Report Monthly Transactions and Wallet Balances
The local tax authority could soon hunt tax evaders who trade cryptocurrencies in Argentina following a notice sent to domestic crypto...
Convenience Powered by Security: A New Browser Wallet Connects dApps to Free TON
A highly scalable, decentralized blockchain platform gets a convenient browser wallet to facilitate dApps development. Crystal Wallet...
Microsoft quietly closing down Azure blockchain in September
Microsoft is turning off its corporate Azure Blockchain Service on September 10 and will not accept any new deployments effective...
Big Time Studios Aims to Bring NFTs to the Masses, Set to Raise $21 Million in Funding
The Los Angeles-based company Big Time Studios has announced the company is set to raise $21 million in two funding rounds backed by a...
Cuban President Discusses Adopting Cryptocurrencies for the ‘Convenience’ of the National Economy
Cuba has been actively discussing the possibility of adopting cryptocurrencies over the last few months during high-political summits....
Oh where, oh where have Ethereum bulls gone? Sub-$4K ETH fails to entice traders
Cryptocurrency price corrected sharply today, including Ether (ETH), but this is a short-term move which is not reflective of the more...
Green energy tokens capitalize on Tesla’s decision to nix Bitcoin payments
After months of touting the benefits of Bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain technology, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shocked the crypto Twitter on May 12...
State-Owned Swiss Bank Postfinance Launches App Supporting 13 Cryptocurrencies
The banking subsidiary of the national postal service of Switzerland, Postfinance, has launched a mobile app providing clients with access...
Stablecoin Demand in 2021 Skyrockets, Fiat-Pegged Token Economy Nears $100 Billion
While most cryptocurrency markets are down today in value, dollar-pegged stablecoins have seen significant demand during the last 24...
Ratio of Ether’s market cap doubled Bitcoin in the last year – Pantera Capital
The market capitalization of Ether (ETH) has increased at a much faster rate than Bitcoin’s (BTC) over the past year, highlighting the...
Price analysis 5/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, BCH, LTC, UNI
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on May 13 that the company will stop accepting Bitcoin (BTC) payments for its vehicle purchases, citing...
Ethereum bulls maintain control ahead of Friday’s $730M ETH options expiry
Ether (ETH) initiated a rally on April 25, which resulted in a 90% gain that pushed the price to $4,200. The nonstop action has been...
Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather to Launch Legacy NFTs Ahead of Fight With Logan Paul
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will release his own NFTs before the upcoming bout with Youtuber Logan Paul. The exclusive collection...
Why Dvision Network Migration to Binance Smart Chain Is a Game Changer
The leading blockchain Virtual Reality (VR) Metaverse platform Dvision Network is set to migrate to the Binance Smart Chain network...
Tether Reaches 30 Billion USDT Issued on Tron
Tether, the largest stablecoin by market cap, has reached a milestone by issuing 30 billion USDT on top of the Tron blockchain. While the...
Quiet down, Elon: 5 crypto stories that didn’t need Musk’s Twitter antics to move markets
There’s more to crypto than Elon Musk’s frequent (and frequently misguided) tweets on the subjects of Bitcoin (BTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE)....
Binance Faces DOJ Probe as Investigators Target Crypto Money Laundering and Tax Evasion
Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, is now being probed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the...
Cardano nears $2, Nano jumps 125% in firm shrug to Bitcoin bears and Elon Musk
Cardano (ADA), the fourth-largest cryptocurrency, hit new all-time highs on May 13 as bulls refused to follow the broad market downtrend....
Bitcoin drops to $46K, altcoins sell off as report claims Binance is under investigation
Within the last hour, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price dropped by more than 3%, extending the decline that started on May 12 and saw the...
While Bitcoin’s Price Slumps the Network’s Mining Difficulty Reaches a Lifetime High
After bitcoin prices took a hit following Tesla’s recent u-turn, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped over 25 trillion, the...
Buy the Dip: Microstrategy Grabs $15 Million More Bitcoin — Now Holds 91,850 BTC in Treasury
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought the dip and purchased $15 million more bitcoins, taking advantage of the falling price for the...
Facebook-Backed Crypto Project Diem Moves to US, Unveils New Launch Plan
Facebook-backed cryptocurrency project Diem, formerly Libra, is moving from Switzerland to the U.S. In collaboration with Silvergate Bank,...
What Is Nano? Fee-Free Crypto Asset Gains 60% Intraday
Nano, a relatively obscure cryptocurrency, managed to catch the spotlight yesterday due to its singular transactional proposal. But, what...
Unstoppable Domains’ .crypto websites now available via Brave browser
Major privacy-focused browser Brave is the latest browser to integrate support of decentralized domains by blockchain domain name provider...
Student Coin (STC) Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of STC, being available to trade on the 13th May 2021 at 10:00AM...
Bitcoin Markets Blood Red After Tesla Announcement, Crypto Economy Sheds Billions
Digital currency markets have seen better days, as billions of dollars were shaved off the entire crypto-economy after Tesla revealed it...
3 reasons why Bitcoin doesn’t care about Elon Musk
Bitcoin (BTC) dived 17% when Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized its energy consumption — but it’s already bouncing back. On Thursday, fresh...
Sotheby’s crypto-powered auction sells Banksy art for $13M
Major auction house Sotheby’s has completed its cryptocurrency-enabled auction offering Banksy’s iconic protest artwork “Love is in the...
Here’s why Ethereum, Aave, ALPHA are unfazed by Bitcoin’s latest ‘Elon candle’
Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins’ markets lost a combined total of up to $602 billion overnight in a shocker brought forth by Elon Musk. The...
Bitcoin price fails to build $50K support as traders eye lower levels next
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $50,000 again on Thursday as the fallout from Elon Musk’s criticism continued to resonate. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Stan Druckenmiller: US Will Likely Lose Reserve Currency Status in 15 Years, Hard to Unseat Bitcoin as Store of Value
Legendary fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller says that he is worried that within 15 years the U.S. dollar will lose its world’s...
US SEC Has Brought 75 Enforcement Actions on Crypto Industry
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought 75 enforcement actions against companies and individuals in the crypto...
Litecoin Price Analysis: LTC Looks to Bounce off $300 As BTC Retests $50k
Litecoin mirrored a widespread sell-off in the crypto market after Elon Musk revealed that Tesla would not be accepting Bitcoin (BTC)...
Funding Roundup: Fresh Capital Aims to Advance Blockchain Product and Service Capabilities
Beyond expanding the reach of blockchains’ functionality, projects are striving to improve upon existing technologies with their...
Cointelegraph Consulting: Aave’s avenue to over $11 billion in TVL
Although Aave was launched in the beginning of 2020, it has experienced significant growth in total deposits and daily deposits since the...
Dog day afternoon as Vitalik dumps multiple memecoins in the name of charity
The dog-themed race up the cryptocurrency charts came to an abrupt halt on May 12 as a majority of the previously hot meme tokens...
When all-time high? Bitcoin traders lose confidence as BTC price slumps
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent price action has disappointed most investors, especially when one considers that the total altcoin market...
Bitcoin, altcoins and stocks drop as inflation fears impact investor confidence
The cryptocurrency market corrected sharply on May 12 after the hype surrounding dog-themed tokens was deflated when Ethereum co-founder...
Official Remittance Inflows to Zimbabwe Surged to $1 Billion After Covid-19 Restrictions Forced Migrants to Use Formal Channels
Cross border remittances into Zimbabwe surged to $1 billion in 2020, more than a 36% increase from the $636m that was recorded in 2019....
Backlash to Elon Musk’s Bitcoin bombshell as traders start to buy the dip
With Tesla’s suspension of Bitcoin payments causing chaos in crypto markets today, critics have targeted CEO Elon Musk’s cavalier attitude...
Cybersecurity Firm Spots a Crypto Stealer Distributed Through a Massive Email Spam Campaign and Discord Channels
A crypto stealer seems to have spread through a massive spam campaign across several countries, including the United States, Australia,...
VulcanVerse’s Marketplace Volume Triples From $5m to $15m, $20M Giveaway to Follow
PRESS RELEASE. Newly-launched decentralized gaming platform, VulcanVerse, offers $20m giveaway as volume on its in-game marketplace...
Bank of Israel Drafts Model of a Digital Shekel
The central bank of Israel has offered a glance at what a digitalized version of the national fiat currency may look like. According to a...
Bitcoin Cash Argentina Runs Flipstarter to Boost Adoption in the Country
Bitcoin Cash Argentina, a nonprofit organization whose objective is to promote the use of Bitcoin Cash, has started a flipstarter campaign...
Vitalik Buterin Donates $1B Worth of Shiba Inu Tokens to India’s Crypto Covid Relief Fund
On Wednesday, Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin took control of his stack of Shiba Inu, a dogecoin ERC20 token, and donated more than 1...
Elon Musk Announces Tesla Has Suspended Accepting Bitcoin Citing Environmental Issues
Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin for vehicle purchases, CEO Elon Musk has announced. The company cited concerns “about rapidly...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Is Preparing a Draft Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies
A European country in the Balkans region could start regulating the crypto environment within its territory. A bill is being drafted in...
Globe Listing on AscendEX
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans,...
Survey: 1 in 4 American Investors Believe Dogecoin is the Future
The meme-based crypto asset dogecoin has seen a phenomenal year, capturing a whopping 19,723% against the U.S. dollar during the last 12...
Hungary to Cut Tax on Crypto Profits in Half, Down to 15%
The government in Budapest has put forward measures aimed at streamlining taxation and reducing the tax burden on businesses and citizens....
Moneygram Lets Customers Buy and Sell Bitcoin With Cash at 12,000 Locations
Moneygram will start letting customers buy and sell bitcoin at 12,000 locations, thanks to a partnership with Coinme. The collaboration...
Griff Green: Doge-loving hippy hacker steals crypto before bad guys can
The organizer of The Robin Hood Group — which once stole 10% of all circulating ETH from under a black hat hacker’s nose — wants to change...
Ethereum price aims for $5K after reaching 3-year high versus Bitcoin
Ether (ETH) set a second all-time high on May 12 as the largest altcoin continued on its way to what analysts say will be $5,000. ETH/USD...
Ethereum Options Trade Volume Exceeds Bitcoin’s, Deribit Introduces a $50K ETH Strike for 2022
Last week, ethereum options volume surpassed bitcoin’s for the first time on the digital currency derivatives exchange Deribit....
SEC to Scrutinize Funds Invested in Bitcoin Futures
The U.S. securities watchdog has announced it will scrutinize mutual funds that include investments in bitcoin futures markets to verify...
Ethereum buy orders push 2021 gains to over 500%
Ethereum (ETH) recorded a new ATH on Wednesday, continuing to outperform Bitcoin in 2021 Ethereum’s new $4,372.35 high has seen the...
Uniqly Enters the NFT Market With a Remarkable Performance
It’s been a while since the crypto market has seen such a promising project, something that has a clear basis on a real market need...
Goldman Sachs exec reportedly quits job after making Dogecoin fortune
A senior manager at banking giant Goldman Sachs in London has reportedly left the company after making a fortune on a meme-based...
Ether gains for 2021 approach 500% with new high
Ether (ETH) recorded a new ATH on Wednesday, continuing to outperform Bitcoin in 2021 Ether’s new $4,372.35 high has seen the coin achieve...
Ether breaks $500-billion market cap for the first time
Ether (ETH), the second most-valued cryptocurrency after Bitcoin (BTC), has hit a major milestone amid the ongoing price rally. On...