While the crypto economy shed billions in value this week, 18 different digital assets have accrued double-digit gains during the last w...
India's Central Bank RBI Discusses Digital Currency and CBDC Launch With Minimal Impact on Monetary Policy
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says a basic central bank digital currency (CBDC) model must be adopted initially...
Coinone will stop withdrawals to unverified external wallets
The exchange plans to verify users’ names and resident registration details to ensure crypto transactions were “not used for illegal act...
Robinhood plans to launch beta crypto wallets in January as HOOD drops to $17
The forthcoming crypto wallet will allow users to deposit and withdraw Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin and other tokens, the company said.
Russians Have Invested Over $67 Billion in Cryptocurrency, Lawmaker Reveals
Interest in cryptocurrencies has been growing in Russia, not least among non-qualified investors. According to recently quoted estimates, ...
Bitcoin Giveaway: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Gives Away $500K in BTC for the Holidays
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is giving away $500,000 in bitcoin for the holidays. The winners are chosen at random and given bitcoi...
Crypto.com Signs Multi-Year Deal With LA's Angel City Football Club
The cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has announced the company has partnered with the Angel City Football Club (ACFC) as the ACFC’s of...
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires non-custodial staking platform Staked
Kraken said its staking business had grown by more than 950% since the beginning of the year to reach $16 billion in November.
'You don't own Web 3.0,' says Jack Dorsey, criticizing its centralized nature
It's often the top priority for VCs and angel investors that businesses comply with relevant regulations, not decentralization, for...
Indian Government Seeks Wider Consultation Before Finalizing Crypto Bill: Report
The cryptocurrency bill that was listed to be taken up in the current session of parliament is reportedly being reworked. The government s...
The biggest winners and losers of the crypto industry in 2021
El Salvador’s Bukele arguably brought some 21st-century innovation and luster to a poor Central American land heavily dependent on remi...
SEC commissioner Elad Roisman will leave by end of January
Roisman was sworn into the SEC in 2018 and served as acting chair until January 2021, with his term as commissioner originally set to exp...
Former acting comptroller of the currency joins Voyager Digital’s board
Voyager chair Philip Eytan cited Brian Brooks' experience at crypto companies and his leadership behind regulatory initiatives as r...
Game Developer Moonray PBC Raises $3.5 Million, Aims to Bring NFT and Blockchain Gaming to Bitcoin
On December 14, Moonray PBC, the developer behind the multiplayer action-role-playing game (RPG) Moonray, announced that the project has...
Rarible integrates with Tezos blockchain and launches own NFT collection
Multi-chain compatibility will enable users to trade Tezos NFTs on the Rarible marketplace
Gravity Bridge brings Ethereum to the multichain
"An open and interoperable bridge between Ethereum and Cosmos has long been a shared vision of a fully connected Interchain,"...
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Invests in Bitcoin Mining Operation Terawulf
The American actress and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow has participated in an investment round involving the bitcoin mining operation Te...
Mintable app to support minting NFTs on the layer two Immutable X protocol
By integrating Immutable X's technology into its marketplace, Mintable hopes to tackle gas and scaling limitations for NFT traders....
‘DeFi is the most dangerous part of the crypto world,’ says Senator Elizabeth Warren
The U.S. lawmaker claimed that the value of stablecoins would “take a nosedive,” with small investors largely feeling the effects of a ...
Coinbase Wallet rolls out support for NFTs
Nonfungible tokens took the crypto market by storm this year, with sales expected to reach almost $18 billion by the end of 2021.
90% of Bitcoin's Supply Cap Has Been Issued, Miners Have 119 Years Left to Mine BTC
On December 12, crypto advocates celebrated the fact that 90% of the 21 million bitcoins that will ever exist have been mined into circ...
5 Crypto Exchanges Custody 1.6 Million Bitcoin or Close to 8% of the Capped Supply
As of December 12, around 90% of all the bitcoin that will ever exist is in circulation today, and the top five exchanges hold 1.6 milli...
Nigerian Experts: CBDC Still Unattractive to Users Despite Claim of 'Excellent' Adoption Rate
Nigerian blockchain and cryptocurrency experts have suggested that many prospective users will only consider adopting the e-naira once t...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Plans to Take a Fraction of His 401k in Bitcoin
During the first week of November, the reelected Miami mayor Francis Suarez explained that he would receive part of his salary in bitcoi...
IMF Advises How Crypto Should Be Regulated Citing 'Urgent Need for Cross-Border Collaboration'
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has outlined some recommendations of how cryptocurrency should be regulated, noting that there is ...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Tells President Biden's Summit: Cryptocurrency Should Be Used to Empower Democracy
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about cryptocurrency at a recent Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. He...
Makersplace Plans to Drop World’s First 2pac NFT Collection Authorized by the Shakur Estate
On December 15, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace will drop an assortment of NFTs based on Tupac Shakur’s most we...
Coinbase Launches Defi Yield Earning Service to Over 70 Countries, United States Not Included
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has made decentralized finance (defi) more accessible by giving Coinbase custo...
Finance Redefined: AWS turns crypto exchanges offline, and Sushi CTO resigns, Dec. 3–10
An AWS outage sent shockwaves around the crypto industry, Delong left his role as Sushi CTO, and Coinbase opened a cryptography librar...
Indian PM calls for cryptocurrencies to 'empower' democracy at global summit
Narendra Modi also called for a global standard on cryptocurrencies and major social media platforms in an effort to facilitate free and ...
Bitcoin Core developer Samuel Dobson decides it is ‘time to go’
Dobson is the second developer to leave Bitcoin Core in the past two months.
Video Game Giant Ubisoft Launches NFT Platform, Software Firm's Blockchain-Tech Runs on Tezos
The French video game manufacturer based in Montreuil, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, has announced the company has launched a blockchain-bas...
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Focus on 'Prosecutions of Criminal Misuses of Cryptocurrency'
The Biden-Harris administration has unveiled its strategy on “countering corruption.” It includes utilizing the government’s newly estab...
India to Impose Ban on Crypto Payments, Deadline for Declaring Crypto Assets, KYC Rules: Report
The Indian government has reportedly proposed banning the use of cryptocurrency for payments and setting a deadline for investors to dec...
Hong Kong-based Chiron Partners launches $50M Terra fund
Terra’s native cryptocurrency, LUNA, has emerged as one of the best-performing digital assets of the past 11 months. Hong Kong venture c...
Crypto CEOs request Congress provide regulatory clarity at hearing on digital assets
“We don’t need knee-jerk reactions by lawmakers to regulate out of fear of the unknown rather than seeking to understand,” said Represe...
AOC Says She Doesn't Hold Bitcoin so the Lawmaker 'Can Do Her Job Ethically'
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, otherwise known as AOC, is a New York representative well known for her political stances and statements. The ...
Delaying the Ice Age — Ethereum Network Participants Prep for Upcoming Arrow Glacier Upgrade
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade soon called “Arrow Glacier,” a change that aims to mimic the “Muir Glacier” ...
Report: Mirror Trading International Said to Be Owed Over $129 Million by Previously Unaccounted for Debtors
Mirror Trading International, the now-defunct fraudulent bitcoin investment platform, is said to be owed more than $129 million by debto...
DraftKings Marketplace plans to launch gamified NFT collection next NFL season
DraftKings has partnered with the NFL Players Association to expand the offerings of its marketplace via gamified NFL player NFTs.
India to set maximum penalty for violating crypto norms at fine of $2.7 million or 1.5 years in jail
The country wishes to see all crypto activities take place on platforms regulated by SEBI. On Tuesday, BloombergQuint (Bloomberg India) ...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says US lawmakers shouldn't hold crypto to 'remain impartial'
"I want to do my job as ethically and impartially as I can," said AOC, who added that as a member of the House of Representat...
Craig Wright Cleared of All Charges Except a Conversion Count, Jury Awards $100 Million to W&K Info Defense
The Kleiman v. Wright trial has come to a conclusion and Craig Wright and his defense team has won on all claims except one count of con...
2021's BTC Obituary List Accelerated This Year, 41 Alleged Bitcoin Deaths Recorded
As bitcoin and a number of crypto assets have dropped in value during the last two weeks, its seems that everyone’s hope for six-digit b...
Salvadoran Ecologist Claims Nayib Bukele's Volcano-Powered Bitcoin Mine Will 'End in Environmental Disaster'
El Salvador’s leading ecologist Ricardo Navarro believes that mining bitcoin with a volcano, or geothermal energy, will “end in environm...
We are seeing ‘10x growth in terms of the number of nonprofits accepting crypto,’ says Alex Wilson of The Giving Block
The amount of crypto donations through The Giving Block surged to $100 million this year from $4 million in 2020.
Grayscale finds that over 25% of US households surveyed currently own Bitcoin
The launch of a Bitcoin ETF played a pivotal role in the rise of BTC adoption.
CME Group launches micro Ether futures as ETH hovers at $4K
Micro Ether futures join crypto derivatives products including micro Bitcoin futures, Bitcoin futures, options on Bitcoin futures and E...
Tau-Chain Founder Ohad Asor and Prof. Franconi Explain Logical AI and How to Trade Knowledge
Tau, in development, is the world’s first fully user-controlled blockchain, capable of understanding and implementing users’ consensus i...
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