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Metalla CEO Says Crypto Industry Is a ‘License for the Private Sector to Print Money’
During an interview this week, Metalla Royalty & Streaming CEO, Brett Heath, explained that he believes cryptocurrencies will lead to...
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller on Dogecoin, Ethereum: Won’t Long or Short DOGE, Skeptical of ETH
Renowned investor Stanley Druckenmiller has shared his views on dogecoin and ethereum. He said he wouldn’t long or short dogecoin...
JPMorgan Boss Jamie Dimon Personally Advises People to ‘Stay Away’ From Cryptocurrency
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has given personal advice to investors regarding investing in cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin. He said that...
Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Unveil Their Cryptocurrency Policies
Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo have shared their policies regarding cryptocurrency before the U.S. Senate banking committee....
Analyst says reclaiming $37,500 is Bitcoin’s crucial ‘line in the sand’
Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to limp lower as traders in the U.S. hit the BBQ to enjoy the upcoming Memorial Day holiday on May 31 and...
Circle Captures $440 Million in Financing, Rumors of SPAC Deal Follow
The Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has announced the company has raised $440 million in financing in order to...
VORTECS Report: How volatility drove one crypto trading strategy to 280x Bitcoin’s gains
What does a highly volatile asset class offer traders, beyond palpitations and the occasional heart attack? Opportunity. Nicole Wirick of...
Grayscale Bitcoin premium rebounds as BTC price falls below $35K — What does it mean?
Bitcoin (BTC) has crashed by around 44% from its all-time high of $64,899, signaling an end to its second-largest bull run that started in...
Here’s how traders use call options to increase their Bitcoin holdings
Crypto traders are drawn to the market by its bombastic growth and lucrative opportunities to make a profit. However, not every investor...
Market Forecaster Jim Bianco Says Ethereum Has a Lot of Upside, Investor Doesn’t Hold Bitcoin
On May 27, the president of Bianco Research, Jim Bianco explained during an interview that he believes there’s a lot of upside...
Bearish Bitcoin bites, fears of further falls, regulation woes build: Hodler’s Digest, May 23–29
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Pandora Raises $2.4M From Industry Heavyweights to Bridge off-Chain Assets to Open Finance via NFTs
PRESS RELEASE. Pandora Finance (https://pandora.finance/) announced that they have successfully closed their $2.4m seed round. The Pandora...
Spiral Out — Using the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci sequence to Predict Bitcoin Price Cycles
The leading crypto asset bitcoin has seen its value drop more than 53% from its all-time high above the $64k handle, sliding to a low of...
Forecasting Bitcoin price using quantitative models, Part 2
This is Part Two of a multipart series that aims to answer the following question: What is the “fundamental value” of Bitcoin? Part One is...
US Sends Bitcoin ATM Operator to Prison for Illegal Operation — 17 Machines Seized
A bitcoin ATM operator has been sent to federal prison for two years for running an illegal cryptocurrency exchange operation. U.S....
Bitcoin dominance cycle suggests the 2017 crypto rally could repeat
For the purposes of historical comparison, it’s also worth noting that the pattern of the dominance chart currently looks much like it did...
Fleeing Lynchpin of Nigerian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Inksnation Captured
The lynchpin of Inksnation, one of Nigeria’s biggest crypto Ponzi Schemes, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu, has been captured. According...
Australian Tax Office to Prompt 400,000 Crypto Holders to Report Their Gains
Australia’s revenue service has reminded a growing number of crypto investors about their tax obligations. Rejecting the common...
Spain’s Largest Asset Managers Still Reluctant to Invest in Cryptocurrencies
The biggest Spanish asset managers are still not convinced of cryptocurrencies as an asset class, and therefore have no plans to invest in...
SEC charges 5 for illegally promoting $2 billion Bitconnect Ponzi
Three years and some unforgettable memes later, the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that 5 individuals will face charges...
3 reasons why Polygon (MATIC) outperformed Bitcoin and major cryptos this week
Polygon (MATIC) is on a tear. In the past seven days, it has gained 35% in the past seven days, outperformed every major cryptocurrency...
Every Fourth Australian Willing to Be Paid in Bitcoin, Poll Finds
A new survey has established that one in four Australians would like to receive at least part of their salary in cryptocurrency. While the...
Religious Ban on Cryptocurrencies Provokes Social Media Reproach in Ingushetia
A decision by a prominent religious body in Ingushetia to prohibit dealings with cryptocurrency has sparked controversy in the...
Q1 SEC Filing Shows Argentinian Tech Giant Globant Invested in Bitcoin
Globant, one of the big four tech firms in Argentina, has quietly made its first foray into the world of cryptocurrency investing,...
Ripple Plans to Go Public After SEC Lawsuit Over XRP Is Resolved, CEO Says
Ripple could go public after the SEC lawsuit is resolved, according to CEO Brad Garlinghouse. He reportedly explained that the likelihood...
Ark Invest CEO Says Impossible to Shut Down Bitcoin — Regulators Will Become More Friendly Over Time
The CEO of Ark Investment Management (Ark Invest), Cathie Wood, says regulators cannot shut down bitcoin. She added that they will become...
Bearish signals grow as Bitcoin price drops to $35K and traders ignore the dip
The cryptocurrency market faced a new wave of selling pressure on May 28 as Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $35,100 and traders seem...
BSC Defi Protocol Burgerswap Loses $7.2 Million from a Flash Loan Attack
Another Binance Smart Chain project has been hit with a flash loan attack according to a post mortem written by the Burgerswap team. The...
S.E.C. charges 5 for illegally promoting $2 billion Bitconnect Ponzi
Three years and some unforgettable memes later, the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that 5 individuals will face charges...
Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says $6 Trillion in Stimulus Is ‘Good for Bitcoin’
The infamous whistleblower and privacy activist Edward Snowden commented on bitcoin on Friday, after the Biden administration said this...
Fund Manager Wisdomtree Files With SEC to List Ethereum ETF on Cboe BZX
The financial asset manager, Wisdomtree, is now the second institution to file for an ethereum-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), following...
Price analysis 5/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, ICP, UNI, BCH
Earlier this week billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s told Bloomberg that he is considering entering crypto in a big way but this hardly...
Heads-up: How Livepeer traders got a sneak preview of an impending 300% price boom
Crypto traders will take any edge they can get. From fundamental research on long-term prospects to short-term price pumps created by new...
US Convenience Store Chain Sheetz to Accept Cryptocurrencies for Payments
The American chain of convenience stores and coffee shops, Sheetz, announced on Thursday that the firm would be accepting digital...
SEC Urges Congress to Pass Cryptocurrency Legislation to Protect Investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged Congress to pass cryptocurrency legislation to protect investors, the new SEC...
Bitcoin can still drop to $20K but holding remains winning strategy, data shows
Unloading Bitcoin (BTC) spot positions when it starts crashing violently upon forming its all-time highs is a bad investment call, at...
Apple Hiring Manager With Cryptocurrency Experience to Launch New Alternative Payments Programs
Apple Inc. has posted a job notice for a business development manager with cryptocurrency experience. “This position will be...
BOJ’s Kuroda Criticizes Bitcoin — Central Bank Governor Says Trading Is ‘Barley Used for Settlement’
Following the recent developments in China and the environmental concerns about bitcoin’s energy consumption, the Bank of Japan...
Bitcoin tumbles to $36K as Ark’s Cathie Wood addresses BTC regulatory fears
Bitcoin’s (BTC) quick run-up above $40,000 during the early New York trading session Thursday lost momentum midway as traders decided to...
Crypto derivatives market down but not out as $3B expiry sours the mood
Bitcoin (BTC) led the entire cryptocurrency market through a tumultuous period after the majority of the cryptoverse was painted red on...
SuperBid (SUPERBID) Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of SUPERBID, being available to trade on the 28th May 2021 at...
NFT Weekly Roundup: Bluezelle’s Innovative Solution, Rob Prior’s Live Stream, Ap’s Iconic NFT Collection, and the Br8ve Auction
While cryptocurrencies experienced their fair share of ups and downs over the week, nothing is holding back the stratospheric rise of...
A Look at Why Venezuela Is the Third Country With the Most Crypto Adoption
Venezuela has been listed as the third country with the most cryptocurrency adoption in the world by Chainalysis in its 2020 report. With...
Nigeria’s Naira Loses Ground on Forex Black Market Just a Few Days After Devaluation
The Nigerian naira currency lost further ground against major currencies after it depreciated to 493 nairas for one dollar on the black...
NFT volume has more than tripled — even amid price crash — as Meme.com raises $5M
The popularity of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, shows little sign of slowing down, despite the extraordinary marketwide crash that wiped...
Kyrgyzstan Seizes 2,000 Cryptocurrency Mining Devices
Law enforcement authorities in Kyrgyzstan have confiscated thousands of crypto mining machines as part of a new offensive against illegal...
Crypto Savings Platform Ledn Raises $30 Million in Latest Funding Round
Ledn, a cryptocurrency lending and savings platform based in Canada, has managed to raise $30 million in its latest funding round. The...
How Pocketnet & Pocketcoin (PKOIN) Are Set to Change the Internet Forever With Crypto & P2P Tech
Pocketnet is a fundamentally new way to build a social media platform powered by the cryptocurrency Pocketcoin (PKOIN). It is a mix of...
Monthly $1.9B Ethereum futures and options expiry will determine if ETH hits $3K soon
The May 28 futures and options expiry could be a turning point for Ether (ETH), as the cryptocurrency rebounded 60% from its $1,730 low on...
Harvard Law BFI throws 10.5M votes behind own proposal to fund DeFi lobby with UNI
The effect of whales on Uniswap governance is a topic of hot debate once again after Harvard’s blockchain group threw a massive...
NBA Legend Paul Pierce and Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey to Join Joe Lubin of Consensys for a Virtue Poker Charity Tournament
Virtue Poker revealed plans to organize a high-stakes 12-player celebrity poker tournament on its platform, live-streamed on Twitch, with...
Billionaire Carl Icahn Mulls Over Diving Into Cryptocurrency in a ‘Big Way’ With About $1.5 Billion Investment
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, the founder of Icahn Enterprises, says that his company is exploring how to get involved in...
Danish Central Banker Tempted to Ignore Cryptocurrency — Sees Real Threat in ‘Big Tech Invading Currency Area’
Denmark’s central bank governor Lars Rohde says that he can be tempted to ignore cryptocurrency, stating that it is not a threat to...
Zimbabwean Fintech Lawyer and Proponent Pushes for Crypto Regulation via Private Legislative Bill
A Zimbabwean fintech lawyer, Prosper Mwedzi, recently initiated a process that seeks to bring recognition and regulation of...
Market enters a ‘wait-and-see phase’ as Bitcoin struggles below $40,000
Price action for Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency market was relatively subdued on May 27 as nervous traders remain unsure of...
$2.2 Billion Notional in BTC Options Set to Expire on Friday, Bitcoin Contango Has Returned
According to data from Skew Analytics, more than 55,000 bitcoin options contracts worth $2.2 billion will expire on Friday. Statistics...
Shield Protocol: Tokenomics for a Trustless and Long-Term Value Decentralized Network
Like Bitcoin, DeFi’s ambition to build a fully decentralized global network is the fundamental source of its revolutionary...
Veriblock Reveals Initiative to Recycle Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption by Securing Dogecoin
On Wednesday, the Veriblock project, a blockchain that leverages the implementation of proof-of-proof (PoP) consensus, announced an...
Pumped up by volume? 5 crypto assets that traders loved this month (and their prices)
Trading volume — the amount of an asset that changed hands over a given period — is one of the key metrics that investors use to track...
3 ways traders use moving averages to read market momentum
The first step to successful trading is the identification of medium and the short-term trends. Traders who remain on the right side of...
Nvidia Makes $155 Million From Crypto Mining Chips in Fiscal Q1
Graphics cards manufacturer Nvidia has earned $155 million in revenue from chips designed for cryptocurrency mining during the first...
White House Defends Trillion-Dollar Stimulus While Jamie Dimon and Larry Summers Warn of Runaway Inflation
On Wednesday the White House defended President Joe Biden’s trillion-dollar spending proposals despite the criticism concerning...
Bitcoin tackles $40,000 as Biden unveils new $6 trillion federal spending budget
Bitcoin (BTC) may get a boost to finally clear $40,000 at the expense of the U.S. dollar as United States President Joe Biden’s new...
Cryptocurrency Mining Banned in Iran as Blackouts and Power Shortages Intensify
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced that cryptocurrency mining is banned in Iran, effective immediately. The ban, which will...
Executives from China’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Firms Speak About Regulatory Crackdown
During the course of the week, the cryptocurrency community has been focused on China and the country’s Financial Stability Board...
Number of Bitcoin wallets holding 100–1K BTC soars after Tesla’s $1.5B buy-in
The amount of Bitcoin (BTC) held by whales increased by around 14% after Tesla announced its foray into the cryptocurrency sector in early...
Lack of knowledge is main barrier to crypto adoption, new survey says
Among the many complications associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), a lack of knowledge and understanding of crypto is the...
GamerHash (GHX) Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of GHX, being available to trade on the 27th May 2021 at 10:00AM...
Paypal to Allow Cryptocurrency Withdrawals to Third-Party Wallets
Payments giant Paypal will soon allow its users to transfer cryptocurrencies away from its platform to third-party wallets, the...
Chia Is Eyeing to Launch an IPO This Year
Chia, a cryptocurrency project created in 2018 that uses storage for its consensus, is eyeing a public offering this year, according to...
Little Green Mining Hood or the Big Bad Wolf: Musk’s Sustainability Play
Recent announcements and actions by Elon Musk surrounding bitcoin mining sustainability raise questions about the reasoning and...
Chinese Traders Still a Major Influence the Crypto Market, According to Experts
Chinese traders still exert a major influence in the cryptocurrency market, even with all the distinct issues they must now face to...
South Africa Reserve Bank Commences Retail CBDC Feasibility Study
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) says it has commenced a feasibility study for a general-purpose retail central bank digital currency...
Public Company TechX Technologies Is Making Significant Acquisitions in the Crypto Industry
TechX Technologies is a publicly traded company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. TechX is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange...
Spain Based Custodial Services to Report Ownership of Crypto Assets, According to New Law Draft
A new law draft approved just today by the Finance Commission of the Spanish Congress would make Spain-based custody services report the...
Mark Cuban Reveals Stake in Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Solution Polygon
Famed American entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban has divulged a strategic investment in Polygon, highlighting his own use and embrace...
Bitcoin bears dominate Friday’s $2.1B BTC options expiry with a $585M lead
A total of 53,400 Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expiry on Friday, May 28. At first sight, bulls appear to lead as the $2.1 billion open...
Analyst says DeFi and stablecoins held up well as crypto markets imploded
The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector faced its first real challenge during last week’s market sell-off that saw more than $1 trillion...
Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd Predicts More Bitcoin Sell-Off but Remains Bullish Long Term
The chief investment officer of Guggenheim, Scott Minerd, has predicted more sell-off for bitcoin. He also warned that it will take a...
Federal Reserve Bank President Says Most Cryptocurrencies Are Worthless
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, says that most cryptocurrencies are “worthless.” He...
Altcoins soar while Bitcoin and Ethereum price stall near key levels
On May 26 the the bullish momentum that had propelled Bitcoin and altcoins into a relief rally was somewhat subdued as traders remain...
Ontario Securities Commission Snuffs out Crypto Exchanges, Poloniex Targeted for Flouting Compliance
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published documentation on Tuesday that claims the Seychelles-based crypto exchange, Poloniex has...
Dropping Today: Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Legacy NFT Collection Available Now on Rarible
PRESS RELEASE. Legendary boxer and sports icon, Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s first ever NFT collection is officially available on Rarible....
Beijing’s Distaste for Bitcoin Mining Spreads to Inner Mongolia, Miners Could Face a ‘Social Credit Blacklist’
Beijing’s recent crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry has found its way into Inner Mongolia according to a recent report. Inner...
Price analysis 5/26: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, ICP, UNI, BCH
A strong bull market tends to attract speculators and newbie traders who hop on to the rally with an aim to get rich quickly. In their...
Analyst Expects Bitcoin to ‘Grind Down’ to $15K, With a ‘Periodic Dead Cat Bounce’ Along the Way
An analyst from the biotech consulting group Biotechvalley Insights believes after bitcoin lost 53% from the crypto asset’s all-time...
Biden Administration Looking to Increase Cryptocurrency Oversight to Protect Investors, Prevent Illicit Transactions
The Biden administration is reportedly looking to increase oversight of the crypto market with the aim to protect investors and prevent...
3 convincing signs the Bitcoin bears have stopped selling
The price of Bitcoin surged higher on May 26, breaching the $40,000 level for the first time in five days as traders brushed aside...
UK Bans ‘Time to Buy’ Bitcoin Ads on Buses and Underground for Being Misleading
The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a bitcoin ad campaign put up across the London Underground network and on...
US Regulators Urgently Working on Joint Cryptocurrency Regulation: Fed’s Quarles Says It’s ‘High Priority’
U.S. government agencies are urgently working together on a joint regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, Federal Reserve Vice Chair of...