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 interest...
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Turkish customs confiscate over 500 smuggled Bitcoin mining rigs
Turkish customs enforcements brought down an illegal smuggling operation in what is said to be a record bust against illegal Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment in...
Singapore’s biggest bank launches crypto trust solution
DBS Private Bank, one of the biggest wealth managers in Asia outside China, has launched a cryptocurrency trust solution amid growing demand for digital assets....
‘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 driving the...
Early crypto pioneer slams Elon Musk’s ‘hypocrisy’ on Bitcoin payments
The founder of one of the first physical cryptocurrency exchanges has slammed what he perceives as hypocrisy on the part of Elon Musk after the...
Bitcoin ‘held up very well’ despite biggest exchange inflow since March 2020 crash
Bitcoin (BTC) has performed “very well” as traders have been sending more coins to exchanges than at any time since the March 2020 crash. Data...
Shanghai Man: Aping out of gorilla token, digital dollar Biden its time… and more
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in...
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 macro-level events which still...
Alpha Homora defies market slump, bolsters TVL and token price on v2 relaunch
After a rocky first quarter, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Alpha Homora announced the relaunch of its v2 leveraged yield farming program today — and so...
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...
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 candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView...
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 billionaire...
SoftBank founder hesitant on Bitcoin but says it ‘can’t be ignored’
Tesla’s tag game with Bitcoin (BTC) might have triggered a race in the corporate world to invest in crypto, however, SoftBank still prefers to take...
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 Air.” According to the auction results, Sotheby’s...
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 from its dip...
Gemini’s crypto custody tops $30B as analyst predicts Coinbase shares will fall to $100
The Winklevoss twins’ Gemini exchange now has $30 billion worth of cryptocurrencies under custody as competition heats up among top U.S. exchanges. In a May...
Finance Redefined: Never a dull day in DeFi! May 5–12
Never a dull day indeed. Today was among the busiest in recent DeFi memory, featuring a hack worth eight figures, a token dump worth upwards...
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 Vitalik Buterin dumped vast amounts of the previously...
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 including...
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...
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 Wednesday, Ether’s price set another...
Uniswap flips Bitcoin on daily revenue… and it’s more impressive than you think
Uniswap has surpassed Bitcoin in terms of daily fee generation for two days in a row. The fee flippening was observed by crypto industry blogger...
EOS and YFI lead altcoins higher as Bitcoin and Ether bounce from swing lows
The markets were mixed on May 11 as Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from Monday’s drop to $53,000 by bouncing to $56,862 but the digital asset is...
Dogelon Mars, Shiba Inu and Dogecoin take the lead as Bitcoin consolidates
Cryptocurrency traders awoke to an altcoin bonanza as a handful of meme tokens, along with some of the more established projects, staged double-digit rallies while...
Bullish sentiment begins to fade after Ethereum all-time high at $4,200
The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of astonishing for Ether (ETH), as the cryptocurrency hiked over 80% to reach a $4,200 all-time...
Hungary plans Bitcoin tax cut as part of economic recovery program
Cryptocurrency investors in Hungary could be getting a major tax break very soon, as lawmakers seek to make the central European country more competitive in...
Chia network not so green? CPU mining reportedly destroys SSD in weeks
Chia Network, which emerged onto the cryptocurrency scene with the promise of cleaning up the environmental mess left by Bitcoin (BTC) miners, may not be...
South Koreans flock to crypto amid a heavy-handed regulation approach
In South Korea, one in three citizens either own cryptocurrencies or get paid in them. One-tenth of its population trades digital assets, and its youth...
Indonesia considers capital gains tax on cryptocurrency trades
Neilmaldrin Noor, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes, said that the authority is considering a tax scheme for capital gains generated from...
CBOE files another Bitcoin ETF application with the SEC
The Chicago Board Options Exchange, or CBOE, has filed Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. CBOE...
Kazakhstan’s government to create roadmap for developing crypto market
Kazakhstan’s government forming a roadmap to stimulate the development of the cryptocurrency industry and blockchain technology in the country. State authorities have reviewed proposals to...
Shiba Inu hits another exchange as SHIB deposits overwhelm Binance
Shiba Inu (SHIB) was listed on three different cryptocurrency exchanges in the past 48 hours after an explosive 966% surge in the same time frame...
PS5 stock is hard to find — but sites that accept crypto are coming to the rescue
It was one of the most-anticipated releases of a games console for years — the PlayStation 5. Sony’s latest hi-spec model also couldn’t have come...
Ether balances on centralized exchanges fall to lowest level since June 2019
According to analysis from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, the sum of Ethereum on exchanges has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years. Glassnode...
Price analysis 5/10: BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, XRP, ADA, DOT, BCH, LTC, LINK
The astronomical rally in Ether (ETH) is not showing any signs of slowing down. The bulls easily cleared the overhead hurdle at $4,000 today, which...
iExec RLC rallies 400% after big-name collaborations and Coinbase listing
Since the summer of 2020, decentralized exchanges (DEX) have been all the rage and in 2021 developers and investors continue to flock to the sector...
Dogecoin imitator Shiba Inu pumps 146% on Binance listing
Having emerged with the self-applied moniker of “Dogecoin Killer,” the latest cryptocurrency to succeed on laughs alone is making its way to Binance. Shiba Inu...
Canadian Bitcoin ETF issuer seeks ‘green BTC’
Ninepoint Partners LP, one of Canada’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund issuers, has announced plans to offset the carbon footprint of its BTC ETF product. According...
Ethereum continues wild run, ETH price breaks $4,000 for the first time
Ether (ETH) eclipsed $4,000 for the first time on May 10, passing the psychologically significant barrier on multiple exchanges including Coinbase. The new milestone comes...
Binance CEO says volatility ‘is not unique to crypto’: Data shows it’s Bitcoin’s jet fuel
During an interview with Bloomberg TV on May 3, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) “is probably less volatile” than the stock prices...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BNB, ADA, LTC, LINK
Over the past week, several traders bought Dogecoin (DOGE) leading up to Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live appearance as they expected a pump. However, the...
The great tech exodus: The Ethereum blockchain is the new San Francisco
Remember the “Silicon Valley Tech Bubble”? In the early- to mid-2000s, the San Francisco Bay Area gave birth to some of the most storied and...
The rise of DEX robots: AMMs push for an industrial revolution in trading
Centralized exchanges play an important role in the cryptocurrency industry. While their decentralized exchange counterparts have been growing in popularity and usage since 2020, the...
Ethereum price closes in on $4K as Shiba Inu (SHIB) steals Dogecoin’s thunder
The crypto market has rallied into the weekend as Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shibu Inu (SHIB) hit new all-time highs as they lead the...
GBTC discount presents a unique challenge for Grayscale and investors
Since 2013 the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Fund (GBTC) has offered its investors exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) through a publicly quoted private instrument. However, the trust’s...
Ether dazzles, Dogecoin fears, Elon Musk’s big night, Bitcoin boosts Square: Hodler’s Digest, May 2–8
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
Rari Capital falls victim to $11 million exploit
After a $11 million attack earlier today, Rari Capital is the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to fall victim to a high-priced exploit The platform,...
Art reimagined: NFTs are changing the collectibles market
Art has been serving as the ultimate source of inspiration to many people throughout all of history. In the era of cryptocurrencies and the digitized...
$85 million ‘Meebits’ NFT project exploited; attacker nabs $700,000 collectible
Legendary NFT developers Larva Labs were the victims of an exploit this morning, as an attacker found a way to mint a rare NFT worth...
As Bitcoin’s payment options grow, BTC true future role up for debate
In an August 2020 paper “Is bitcoin money?” Peter Hazlett and William Luther wrote that there exists only “a small corner of the internet where...
What are the chances BTC is actually overtaken by another crypto?
When the famous Satoshi Nakamoto first designed his masterpiece, few could possibly have imagined the almost $63,500 peak that sent investors into a frenzy. Even...
Alt season rush: Ethereum and DeFi get in shape for another hot summer
Altcoins like Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Ethereum Classic (ETC) are spearheading a new alt season that seems to have taken off with a bang....
1INCH price hits a new high as the top DEX aggregator vies for DeFi dominance
As the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem evolves and expands to encompass the whole of the cryptocurrency sector, the race to become the top decentralized exchange...
Qtum price rallies 160% as the project’s focus on DeFi pays off
After rallying 1.510% in 2021, QTUM price hit a $35.70 all-time high on May 7. This relatively obscure altcoin launched in September 2017 is a...
6 crypto-centric songs you may not have heard
While the cryptocurrency industry is mostly centered around technology and data, the people who inhabit our sector are not without their creativity. This is seen...
Price analysis 5/7: BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, XRP, ADA, DOT, BCH, LTC, UNI
Goldman Sachs has started offering its clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) trading through non-deliverable forwards, according to Bloomberg Law. Max Minton, Goldman’s Asia-Pacific head of digital...
‘Unprecedented capital inflows into Bitcoin’ remove 12K BTC from Coinbase in an hour
Another day, another spike in Bitcoin (BTC) leaving major exchange Coinbase as funds pour into the largest cryptocurrency. Data from on-chain monitoring resource Glassnode showed...
Turkish government to track crypto transactions over $1,200
Crypto exchanges with a presence in Turkey must now inform the Financial Crimes Investigation Board, or MASAK, about any crypto transactions over 10,000 Turkish liras...
Three reasons why EOS price has pumped 100% in three days
The EOS price is in double-digits for the first time since mid-2018 after a parabolic advance that began back in March. According to data from...
Citigroup considers crypto amid surge in customer demand on Wall Street
Citigroup is reportedly considering offering crypto-related services to its customers in response to rising demand, specifically from asset managers and hedge funds. The financial services...
Ethereum Classic gains 300% in one week as traders rush to buy the ‘wrong Ethereum’
The “original” yet ironically “wrong” Ethereum and Telcoin (TEL) are leading a fresh altcoin surge this week. Bitcoin (BTC) fans are already calling time on...
Almost twice as much ETH locked in DeFi as on exchanges: Glassnode
Ether is being locked up in decentralized finance contracts at an accelerating rate this year, while the amount held on centralized exchanges continues to fall....
Ivanka Trump’s luxury Miami apartment block accepting crypto for condos
Luxury Miami apartment Arte Surfside will now accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for its remaining luxury residences — including the Villa Nove penthouse,...
Altcoins rally as bulls pile into large-cap tokens and layer-1 projects
The cryptocurrency market provides investors with another day of ‘altseason’ as the majority of altcoins in the top 100 on CoinMarketCap rallied today. Several large-cap...
They see ETH rollin’: Why did Ether price reach $3.5K, and what’s next?
The next few months promise to be exhilarating and decisive for Ether (ETH), as its recent all-time highs above $3,500 put an even bigger spotlight...
In crypto, sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing
There exists a meme in the crypto world that goes something like this: “Whenever I buy, the market dumps, and whenever I sell, the market...
Coinbase crypto exchange to close San Francisco headquarters in 2022
Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is going completely remote and closing its head offices in San Francisco. Coinbase announced Wednesday that it will shut down its...
Bitcoin Cash price jumps 68%: Looming hard fork to boost BCH user base?
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) burst back into the market capitalization top 10 rankings on Thursday after a 36% overnight surge compounded 68% growth for the week....
Early Bitcoin bull market buyers are hodling strong, but short term trading increasing
Bitcoin buyers from the early phases of the bull run are still hodling despite BTC’s meteoric surge into new all-time highs, according to data shared...
Signs the Bitcoin hashrate is starting to move away from China
Although the majority of Bitcoin mining is still based in China, there are signs it is beginning to shift elsewhere. Chun Wang, the co-founder of...
PayPal says its crypto efforts are producing ‘really great results’ on earnings call
During PayPal’s Quarter 1 2021 investor update call, president and CEO, Dan Schulman said digital assets had performed strongly for the company and that he...
Telcoin (TEL) gains 300% after layer-2 migration to the Polygon network
The ability to send money to anyone, anywhere, at any time was one of the original motivations behind Bitcoin (BTC) that helped give rise to...
Finance Redefined: Grifter season in DeFi-land, and Uniswap v3 is here! April 28–May 5
Lots of cons, no artistry It’s grifter season: Scams and opportunists run amok, and it’s harder than ever to tell who to trust. Case and...
Analysts suggest Dogecoin traders are rotating profits into large-cap altcoins
Every cryptocurrency bull market has at least one surprise catalyst that comes out of nowhere to excite traders and spark massive trading volumes that lift...
Price analysis 5/5: BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE, XRP, ADA, DOT, LTC, BCH, UNI
Dogecoin (DOGE) skyrocketed above $0.69 today and flipped XRP to become the fourth largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of over $88 billion at its...
Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world
They were only two seemingly innocuous words: “investment alternatives.” But when applied to Bitcoin — the seminal cryptocurrency — by an official from the People’s...
Only whales move DOGE: Data suggests major Dogecoin wealth gap
It was Doge day afternoon all over again on Wednesday as Dogecoin (DOGE) continued its assault on the cryptocurrency market capitalization rankings. The meme coin...
Investment app Betterment still not ready to offer crypto services, says CEO
Betterment, a major financial advisory company providing robo-advising and cash management services, has not yet decided whether it will introduce cryptocurrencies to its platform. Betterment...
Jim Cramer still owns ‘a lot’ of Ether he first bought for an NFT auction
In the latest sign that crypto continues to filter through into the mainstream, CNBC host Jim Cramer has spent the week discussing the large quantity...
Swedish crypto broker’s IPO oversubscribed by 1,200%
Safello, a Stockholm-based cryptocurrency brokerage, is seeing massive demand from investors for its upcoming initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market. The...
‘DeFi may lead to a paradigm shift’ says Federal Reserve Bank paper
A paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis has delved into the expansion of decentralized finance and Ethereum’s role in it. The...
Axie Infinity (AXS) rallies 80% following migration to Ronin sidechain
Nonfungible tokens were one of the hottest sectors of the cryptocurrency market from the start of the year until March but as is the nature...
Institutional managers hold a record $13.9B worth of Ethereum
Institutional investment managers bought $30.2 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) last week, bringing their total holdings to a record $13.9 billion, according to CoinShares. Inflows...
J. R. Willett launched the first ICO… but still has a day job
ICOs? He held the first one. Stablecoins? He dreamed of them by accident. Vitalik Buterin tried to get him on board to help launch Ethereum,...
3 reasons why Bitcoin is on shaky ground after failing to retake $60K
Bitcoin (BTC) is back testing lower levels after failing to conquer $60,000 resistance — and indicators suggest the downturn is not over. BTC/USD bounced off...
Crypto donors to star-studded benefit raise $440K for autism awareness
On April 30, a virtual benefit co-hosted by American TV star Jimmy Kimmel and NASA engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober raised over $3 million in donations to...
Digital euro’s privacy promise not worth a centralized system, Oasis exec says
When European Central Bank board member Fabio Panetta addressed the European Union Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in April, he emphasized the importance of...
S&P launches cryptocurrency indexes, debuting with Bitcoin and Ether
S&P Dow Jones Indices, a major global resource for index-based data and research, has introduced its first cryptocurrency indices amid a renewed surge on crypto...
Glassnode predicts BTC rally as stablecoin supply tags record highs
The circulating supply of the four-largest stablecoins has spiked to new all-time highs, suggesting buyers could soon spark another leg up for the Bitcoin and...
Range-bound Bitcoin price opens the door for altcoins to move higher
Ether (ETH) took charge as a new month begins and the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied to a new all-time high at $3,338. This has...
DeFi resurgence lifts Maker, Aave and Compound price to new highs
Analyzing the activity on lending platforms can sometimes be used as a barometer for measuring the sentiment of the cryptocurrency market as a higher number...
Price analysis 5/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, DOT, UNI, LTC, BCH
Ether (ETH) has been the star performer among major cryptocurrencies in the past few days as its rally has continued unabated. The second-largest cryptocurrency by...