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Crypto Financial Services Firm Blockfi Launches Competitive Bitcoin Trust
The cryptocurrency financial services firm Blockfi has launched a bitcoin-based trust that offers custody from Fidelity Digital Asset...
South Korean Crypto Exchange Becomes the First Overseas Platform Legally Recognized in China
A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange announced it established its first legally recognized branch in China. Although the nation banned...
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Smashes $15 Billion, CME Registers Over $33 Million in ETH Contracts
Following the revelation that Tesla now owns $1.5 billion in bitcoin, crypto spot markets across the board skyrocketed. Data shows that...
Expert warns Hackers are Targeting Russian Government’s IT Infrastructure to Mine Cryptocurrencies
A state-affiliate cybersecurity expert warned about hackers exploiting the Russian government’s IT facilities to mine...
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Says Tesla, Paypal, Mastercard Are Pushing Bitcoin More Into Mainstream
Mad Money host Jim Cramer has applauded Elon Musk and Tesla for their bitcoin investment. He said that Tesla, Paypal, and Mastercard are...
Bitcoin Taps $48K- Traders Discuss Overheated Stats and a Possible Chinese New Year Dump
The price of bitcoin soared to new heights after Tesla informed the public that it added $1.5 billion to the company’s balance...
Free TON and Dune Network to Merge Following Successful Vote, Free TON Gains Top Researchers
Free TON is a community driven blockchain network with a focus on decentralized governance based on the open-source TON project which was...
Indian Crypto Exchanges Flooded With INR Deposits and New Users After Elon Musk’s Tesla Revealed Bitcoin Purchase
Indian crypto exchanges have been experiencing a flood of INR deposits and surging trading volumes since it was revealed that Elon...
Ethereum tops $1,800 amid massive interest in ETH futures
ETH/USD reached a high of $1,815 for the time in the coin’s history The price of Ethereum has crossed $1,800 for the very first...
Bitcoin price records new ATH above $48k after a historic $8800 daily candle
Bitcoin’s (BTC) “Elon Musk” candle was a $8,822 spike that initially took BTC price to a new all-time high above $46,000...
Beijing’s $1.5 Million Digital Yuan Giveaway: China to Airdrop Digital Currency for Chinese New Year
China is giving away 10 million yuan in its central bank digital currency in Beijing. Recipients can spend the digital yuan during the...
Indian Government Confirms Crypto Bill Is Being Finalized — Existing Laws Inadequate
The Indian government has spoken about the cryptocurrency bill again. This time, the minister of state for finance has clarified the...
Average Crypto Trading Fees 2020 – Cryptowisser Finds Industry Leaders Still Have Higher Fees
PRESS RELEASE. Cryptowisser, who operates the world’s largest crypto exchange list, has published the second installment of its...
Serbian National Arrested and Extradited to the US for His Role in a $70M Crypto Mining Case
A Serbian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of defrauding investors out of more than $70 million through a...
Etoro’s Gooddollar Basic Income Initiative Aims to Fund 1 Million New Users With New Referral Program
An incentive of 100G$ will be given to registered users for new referrals, and 50G$ to new users as a ‘welcome bonus.’ Etoro,...
Estonia’s Government Still Wants to Implement Stricter Rules for Licensing Crypto Firms
The new administration in Estonia is still planning to pursue an agenda to tighten rules for companies dealing with cryptocurrencies. The...
Cordoba Becomes the First Argentinean Province to Impose Taxes on Crypto-Related Activities
In Argentina, a provincial legislature has voted in favor of a bill to impose new taxes on gross incomes from crypto transactions....
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An Escape Hatch From Tyranny’
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and...
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Auctions his First Non-Fungible Token
Musician Mike Shinoda, guitarist and founding member of the American rock band Linkin Park, has auctioned his first non-fungible token...
Bitcoin Price Surpasses $44k Handle, ETH Futures Launch, Tesla’s Balance Sheet BTC Praised
The price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high on Monday after the community discovered that Elon Musk’s firm Tesla added $1.5...
Cardano Token Pips Dot Into Fifth Place After Price Surges by 85% —Elon Musk Endorsed Dogecoin Sets New All Time High
The Cardano network token has toppled Dot to become the crypto-asset with the fourth-highest market capitalization. This new Cardano...
Bitcoin vs Ethereum: BTC recovers losses while ETH hits ATH
Bitcoin and Ethereum price saw a surge last Friday when the WSB incident led to the crypto surge Both coins took the rest of the weekend...
Tesla Has $1.5 Billion Worth of Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheet, Plans to Accept BTC for Products
The publicly listed firm Tesla has announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 10-k filing that the company has purchased...
ChainLink (LINK) breaks above $25 – will it hit $30 this week?
ChainLink price could break towards $30 if price action maintains its upward trajectory from the weekend The price of LINK, the native...
Bitcoin price outlook: BTC sits on support following a weekly close above $38k
BTC price could decline and trade sideways near $38,000 if bulls fail to keep the support zone Last week Bitcoin price traded higher...
Paxful Celebrates the Real Reasons People Use Bitcoin Everyday With #BitcoinForAll Giveaway
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplaces in the world, is celebrating the real reasons people use bitcoin...
Crypto Patent Alliance Questions Craig Wright’s White Paper Copyright Claim
Back in January, the notorious Craig Wright who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto had his lawyers send letters to a number of websites like...
Asset Manager Stone Ridge’s NYDIG Sees Wall of Money Coming Into Bitcoin — Institutions Grow Beyond Owning BTC
The founder of Stone Ridge Asset Management and the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) sees a “wall of money” coming...
Pro-Bitcoin US Lawmaker Cynthia Lummis Joins Senate Banking Committee, Plans to Convince Janet Yellen BTC Is Great Store of Value
Pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed to the Senate banking committee. She has been talking to Janet Yellen and has...
Bill Miller’s Multibillion-Dollar Hedge Fund to Add Bitcoin Exposure via GBTC
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Miller’s flagship fund will soon be able to add bitcoin exposure by investing in...
Crypto Hedge Funds Defraud $100 Million From Investors, Founder Faces 20 Years in Prison
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds has been charged in U.S. federal court for securities fraud. He has pleaded guilty and is...
German Authorities Can’t Access Bitcoins Worth $65 Million ‘Seized’ From Hacker
German authorities have been unable to gain access to more than 1,700 bitcoins belonging to a convicted hacker, who kept silent about how...
Luxurious Pro Network Token Officially Listed on PROBIT
PRESS RELEASE. The LUXURIOUS PRO NETWORK TOKEN is now officially listed on PROBIT, a globally reputed professional digital currency...
Rock Legend Gene Simmons Talks Bitcoin: Musician Believes China Is Behind the Ripple Lawsuit, Dollars Are Based on Nothing
The American musician, co-lead singer, and bassist for the rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, has been very talkative about cryptocurrencies...
Indian Government Prepares to Fast Track Crypto Bill — Plans to Introduce Cryptocurrency Law in a Month: Report
The Indian government is reportedly considering taking “the ordinance route” to quickly pass the cryptocurrency bill....
Retail Crypto Adoption Advances Amid Pandemic as Acceptance and Fungibility Broaden Value
While the rise in cryptocurrencies over the last year has been the source of excitement among advocates and consternation for its...
Bit.com’s Daily Volume for Bitcoin Cash Options Doubled Every Day Since Launch
At the end of January, the Matrixport subsidiary and leading derivatives exchange Bit.com announced the introduction of bitcoin cash...
Online Sleuths Believe Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Stash Is a Blockchain Treasure Hunt Meant to Be Found
Over the last twelve years, the cryptocurrency community has always been intrigued by Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. For over...
Bitcoin Bull-Run Boosts Sales of a French Premium Wine Retailer Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic
A French wine trading firm has been favored by the recent crypto bull-run, specifically with the bitcoin prices surging across the board....
Grayscale’s Crypto Assets Under Management Soar Past $30 Billion — ‘Institutions Are Here’
Grayscale Investments has surpassed the milestone of $30 billion in net crypto assets under management (AUM). The company says the...
Central Bank of Nigeria Orders Banks to Close Accounts of Crypto Clients as Remittances via Traditional Corridors Drop by 97%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has circulated a letter directing banks and financial institutions to identify and close accounts of...
Bitcoin Climbs Past $40k, Analyst Expects Another Jump in BTC Value, ETH Taps New Highs
The price of bitcoin is nearing the crypto asset’s all-time price high on Saturday, as the digital currency has gained over 6%...
India’s Central Bank RBI Close to Digital Currency Decision as Paypal Exits Indian Payments Market
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central...
Looming Legal Issues and Transparency Questions Fail to Dent Tether’s Momentum
Tether has never been more popular. A quick look at Coinmarketcap data underscores this point, with 24-hour trading volume in USDT (US...
Blockchain Firm Labs Group Taps Enjin to Tokenize Real Estate Assets
The year has started with a batch of announcements regarding tokenization in various sectors. On this occasion, a blockchain gaming...
Youtuber Logan Paul Releases a Limited Edition of His NFT Artwork Ahead of Mayweather’s Fight
A famous Youtuber and now boxer is making inception into the non-fungible token (NFT) industry to promote his artwork. Logan Paul will...
Paypal Launches Business Unit Dedicated To Cryptocurrency
Paypal is launching a new business unit dedicated to cryptocurrency services, the company chief executive officer Daniel Schulman...
An Aggregated List of Cryptocurrency ‘Fair Values’ in 2021 Gives a Different Perspective
During the last decade, cryptocurrency users have leveraged a number of coin market capitalization aggregators, in order to check in on a...
Blockchain Innovation Done the Polkadot Way According to Gavin Wood
In a recent Realvision interview, the developer Gavin Wood explains how Polkadot reimagines the innovation ecosystem from the ground up....
South African Regulator Warns Crypto Investors to ‘Be Prepared to Lose All’ Following Collapse of Bitcoin Trading Company MTI
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued what it terms crypto health warning after receiving many complaints from South...
A Mysterious Dogecoin Address Absorbed 27% of the Supply, the Top 20 Addresses Captured 50%
Just recently, the crypto asset dogecoin has seen some significant price gains and on Wednesday, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk tweeted...
All Tifon Gas Stations in Croatia Now Accept Cryptocurrencies
Forty-six Tifon gas stations across Croatia have reportedly started accepting cryptocurrency payments. Using payment processor Paycek,...
Top DeFi tokens surge as Bitcoin remains under $38,000
Aave is among top DeFi tokens to see massive price gains as Bitcoin finds resistance at $38,000 DeFi tokens are rallying as investors...
African Hip Hop Artist Davido ‘Thinking of Starting a Bitcoin Trading Company’
Popular Nigerian hip hop artist Davido has sparked off a buzz about crypto assets after tweeting about his intention to start a bitcoin...
Robinhood reinstates instant deposits for cryptocurrency
Robinhood reportedly reintroduced its instant deposit feature for crypto purchases amid Dogecoin (DOGE) surge after the feature was...
IOTA price analysis: IOTA/USD turning bullish ahead of Chrysalis migration
IOTA has reached an intraday high of $0.47, with bulls looking to break above $0.50 IOTA, ranked 41st among the largest cryptocurrencies...
Indian Crypto Industry Launches Campaign Urging Lawmakers to Dismiss Crypto Ban Bill
Indian crypto exchanges have pooled their resources together and launched a campaign to gain support from as many parliament members as...
Crypto-Friendly Travel Firm Travala Becomes the First Merchant to Offer Binance Pay as a Payment Method
Crypto-friendly travel website Travala has announced the integration of a brand-new payment application, Binance Pay. With such a move,...
Former South Korean Social Media Giant to Relaunch Its Business by Creating a New Ethereum-Based Token
A social media giant that significantly impacted South Korea’s internet influence in the early 2000s is set to take a second breath....
Guggenheim Investments Increases Bitcoin Fair Value Estimate — Says BTC Price Could Reach $600K
Guggenheim Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd has increased his bitcoin fair value estimate. He now says that the price of the...
Spanish Treasury Releases Guidelines to Minimize the Risk of Tax Evasion With Cryptocurrencies
The State Agency for Tax Administration of Spain published guidelines to reduce tax evasion for cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin. The...
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused...
Sky High Bitcoin and Ethereum Fees: While Prices Jump the Cost to Transfer Follows Suit
While a number of digital currencies have seen price gains the two leading crypto assets, bitcoin and ethereum have seen transaction fees...
Argo Blockchain Buys 172.5 Bitcoins as Reserve Asset, Monthly Revenue Soars 52%
Argo Blockchain said Wednesday that it bought 172.5 bitcoins in the second half of January as part of its asset management strategy....
Analysis Shows Bitcoin Whales Are Stockpiling, but ‘BTC Ownership Is Not Highly Concentrated’
During the last few months, a few reports from mainstream media (MSM) outlets tried to prove that a large sum of bitcoin is controlled by...
Circle Launches USD Coin on the Stellar Network
Circle and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that the second-biggest stablecoin is now available within their network....
Ethereum fees soar making some DeFis practically unusable
With Ethereum’s fees skyrocketing to new highs as ETH entered price discovery mode, using some complex DeFi protocols was made impossible...
Doge Token Pumps After Elon Musk Tweets ‘Dogecoin Is the People’s Crypto’
Elon Musk has tweeted that dogecoin is people’s crypto shortly after the billionaire pledged to go off the social media platform for...
Polkadot (DOT) hits ATH at $21.56 following its ETP launch
DOT rallied above the $20.00 resistance level to reach a new all-time high of $21.56 Polkadot (DOT) has traded at a high of $21.56, a new...
Litecoin price poised for a breakout to $250 amid increased buying
If Litecoin (LTC) charts a price trajectory similar to Ethereum’s, it could climb to $250 within days Litecoin’s crash from...
South African Taxpayers Who Fail to Disclose Income From Cryptocurrency Trading Face Possible Jail Time
According to a report, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has sent out audit requests to taxpayers asking them to disclose their...
Sweet Launches Broad-Scale NFT Solution in Partnership With Bitcoin.com
PRESS RELEASE. February 4, 2021 – New York, New York – Sweet, in partnership with Bitcoin.com, has announced the launch of a...
Report: Bitcoin Overtakes Gold in the U.S. as the 4th Most Popular Investment Vehicle
Research by Bitflyer released today indicates the growing popularity of the cryptocurrency as an American household investment option. But...
Bitcoin for Corporations- Michael Saylor Expects an ‘Avalanche’ of Firms to Own Bitcoin
This week the firm Microstrategy held an event called “Bitcoin for Corporations” which looks at concepts like macro strategy,...
Mark Cuban Tells Stock Traders That BTC Hodlers ‘Are a Great Example to Follow’
Billionaire and crypto-asset supporter, Mark Cuban has identified bitcoin hodlers’ endurance as a model that stock investors can...
Japanese Pop Star Talks About Her Facet as Crypto Investor — J-Pop Band Releases NFT Trading Cards
Asian showbiz stars have been actively speaking about cryptocurrencies on major broadcasting networks. The Japanese pop sphere is not...
Bityard Launched ‘Grayscale Zone’ to Let Users Trade Coins Related to Grayscale Investment Trusts
PRESS RELEASE. As an exchange that offers professional crypto trading services, Bityard has been focusing on the fast-changing market as...
.NFT Web Domain Extension Scooped Up for Record $84K by Kenetic’s Jehan Chu
Jehan Chu, who owns 1,300 Handshake domains, will be able to issue an unlimited number of subdomains under the .NFT extension. The...
Visa Pilots System to Help Banks Provide Crypto Services Including Buying, Trading, Custody of Bitcoin
Visa is piloting a new system to enable banks to seamlessly integrate crypto features. Using Visa’s crypto APIs, banks can offer a...
Crypto Markets Surge, ETH Price Rallies, Bitcoin’s Tight Range Indicates Big Move Ahead
Digital currency markets have been on the move northbound on Wednesday as bitcoin and numerous crypto assets have seen decent gains. The...
Founder of Crypto Scam Promoted by Actor Steven Seagal Charged — Key Member Arrested in US
Three people have been charged in the U.S. over two cryptocurrency scams, one of which was promoted by famous Hollywood actor Steven...
XRP price retests key resistance level after pump-and-dump
XRP price looks to rebound above $0.40 following massive pump and dump The Ripple (XRP) price has recovered above $0.37 to see bulls...
Pulse DeFi LTD Provides a Full Range of Financial Services, With Decentralization at the Forefront
Pulse DeFi LTD Is a new London-based platform for digital token farming, staking, lending and borrowing. It provides a full range of...
Darknet Markets Generated $1.7 Billion in Crypto Revenue in 2020 — Set a New Record
Darknet market revenues hit a new all-time high in 2020, despite declining individual purchases from marketplaces. Blockchain analytics...
Bitcoin could reach $500,000 if firms allocate resources
Bitcoin (BTC) could reach, or even pass, a whopping $535,000 price tag if corporate buyers convert only 10% of their cash reserves to the...
Dogecoin price capped below $0.033 as social interest cools
Dogecoin (DOGE) has retreated heavily after pumping more than 1000% this past week Dogecoin is trading around $0.032, nearly 5% down on...
Swiss Companies Issue First Tokenized Asset for Trading Under New National Blockchain Rules
New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) went into effect on Feb. 1 in Switzerland. After the implementation, two local...
Report: Declining BTC Stablecoin Supply Ratio Suggests Exchanges Are ‘Highly Liquid & Ready to Buy’ Crypto Assets
According to a report by Glassnode, bitcoin’s declining stablecoin supply ratio (SSR) indicates an increased supply of newly minted...
AdGram Helps Brands Leverage Cryptocurrencies in the Advertising Market
PRESS RELEASE. The AdGram service was founded a year ago and is currently the largest advertising exchange in Telegram. AdGram helps...
Crypto Firm to Launch Polkadot ETP on Swiss Exchange SIX
21Shares AG, a Zurich-based investment provider, is launching what is being dubbed as the world’s first Polkadot exchange-traded...