Vertex.Market Giveaway Contest
To celebrate integration of BSC network with Vertex.Market P2P exchange Vertex is running a giveaway contestContinue Reading
Bank of Brazil Becomes the First State-Backed Bank to Allow Customers Exposure to a Crypto ETF
By Felipe Erazo Brazil’s first crypto ETF debut is postponed, but not because plans have failed whatsoever. The Bank of Brazil (Banco do Brasil) is now joining the bandwagon of ETF issuances, following the same steps as Bank Itaú and BTG Pactual did. New Launch Date Set for April 26Continue Reading
Inside the Chainlink 2.0 whitepaper—the 7 updates you should know
By Shaurya Malwa Decentralized oracle platform Chainlink unveiled its whitepaper 2.0 yesterday, making improvements and update to seven aspects of its network. Oracles are third-party tools that fetch data from outside to blockchain to within, as blockchains, by design, are immutable stores of data but cannot automatically verify the authenticityContinue Reading
‘Ossification Is Stupid:’ Bitcoin Development Controversy Strikes ‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation
By Jamie Redman The well known software developer Luke Dashjr is in the midst of controversy over how to upgrade the Bitcoin network in order to add the Taproot protocol. Bitcoin Core developers want to upgrade with “Speedy trial,” which will allow miners to push the feature through. However, LukeContinue Reading
Nigeria’s SEC in Talks With Central Bank of Nigeria Over Crypto Regulation— 2020 Crypto Guidelines Still Suspended
By Terence Zimwara Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that talks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regarding the regulation of cryptocurrencies are ongoing. The securities regulator also reiterated that due to a CBN directive that was issued on February 7, 2021, the crypto guidelines it issuedContinue Reading
Former SEC Director who led Ripple action lands new role at Ethereum law firm
By Samuel Wan According to news outlet Bloomberg, Marc Berger, who stepped down from his role at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January, will join New York-based Simpson Thacher in June. Berger was instrumental in bringing legal action against Ripple on allegations of selling an unregistered securityContinue Reading
ETH bonanza as three North American Ethereum ETFs approved in one day
By Andrew Thurman Canadian stock market investors will soon have a wide range of options to choose from when it comes to Ethereum ETFs. While gaining exposure might still be difficult south of the US-Canada border, Canadian investors will shortly have a host of options to choose from to gainContinue Reading
Miami-Dade Officials Hope to Launch a Crypto Task Force, Residents Could Pay Taxes in Bitcoin Soon
By Jamie Redman Back in mid-February, Bitcoin.com News reported on Miami’s Mayor Francis Suarez supporting the idea of the city holding bitcoin in the treasury and allowing tax payments in bitcoin as well. On April 15, 2021, reports show that the city may introduce the tax payments concept soon, asContinue Reading
Protocol upgrades and Google Cloud integration lift EOS price 245% in 2021
By Jordan Finneseth EOS price hit its highest level since 2018 after protocol upgrades and big-name collaborations attract institutional investors. On April 16 Three reasons for the rally in the price of EOS since late January include the launch of the new EOS PowerUp model, the release of the newContinue Reading
Dogecoin pumps 200% to become 5th largest crypto, and no one knows why
By Shaurya Malwa Put that Doge to work ! Joke currency Dogecoin (DOGE) is probably a joke no longer, if today’s price run and market cap is anything to consider. The meme coin doubled its value in a single day in a price surge that left nearly everyone surprised. ItContinue Reading
Binance Burns 1M+ BNB, CEO CZ Reveals What’s Driving The Price Of The Token
By Steven Msoh Binance exchange has given its native token holders another reason to celebrate holding BNB. In its latest quarterly BNB burn, the exchange has set a record with a total of 1,099,888 BNB wiped out from the total supply. Binance Coin (BNB) has been one of the bestContinue Reading
Price analysis 4/16: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, DOT, LTC, UNI, LINK
By Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin’s weakness and Dogecoin’s epic pump are signals that the market could be overheating and in need of a short-term correction. Dogecoin’s ( If the institutional investors rush to the exit, it could cause a huge correction in several cryptocurrencies. Traders should be mindful of irrational exuberanceContinue Reading
Wallstreetbets Reinstates Ban on Cryptocurrency Discussions, Citing Bloomberg Coverage
By Felipe Erazo The moderators of the famous Reddit forum Wallstreetbets, known for putting Gamestop (GME) stock prices on the map as a worldwide trending topic, lifted a ban on all discussions related to bitcoin, ethereum, and dogecoin. However, the decision has been reversed after a recently published Bloomberg article.Continue Reading
Cardano’s Hoskinson Slams Dogecoin for Lacking Utility – Says Price Is Being Manipulated by Whales
By Steven Msoh While a majority of retail investors have celebrated Dogecoin rallying to all-time highs, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned that a massive amount of retail money will be lost very quickly. Elon Musk’s favorite altcoin has skyrocketed in the last couple of days. In the last week,Continue Reading
SafeEarth Donates $100,000 to TheOceanCleanUp Kicking Off Blockchain Eco Project
By Bitcoin.com PR PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain eco project SafeEarth has donated over $100,000 to TheOceanCleanUp charity with more donations planned for other global charities. 16th April, 2021, London, UK — SafeEarth, a blockchain eco project, has donated over $100,000 to community selected charity TheOceanCleanUp. The donated funds will help towardsContinue Reading
Aftermath Of Coinbase Listing: Impact On Bitcoin So Far
By Patrick Murimi Kariuki Undoubtedly, the financial and cryptocurrency news will be approached from different angles following the Coinbase listing. However, the summary of the whole story has the following impacts on Bitcoin. As we’re all aware, Bitcoin is one of the points of interest for Coinbase. However, most governmentsContinue Reading
What the forks? Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic see triple-digit rallies
By Jordan Finneseth Following Dogecoin’s lead, Ethereum Classic rallied to a new all-time high and Bitcoin Cash price doubled as altcoin forks start to gain traction. It’s undeniable that Bitcoin ( Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of BCH has climbed 125% over the past twoContinue Reading
Citibank Demystifies MakerDAO and DeFi for Fund Managers
By Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel In the latest issue of Citibank’s Global Perspective and Solutions (Citi GPS) entitled Future of Money: Crypto, CBDCs and 21st Century Cash, the bank points its searchlight on MakerDAO (MKR) and the importance of decentralized finance (DeFi). Citibank is selling off its retail banking service inContinue Reading
Dogecoin Markets Soar as Token Nears a Half Dollar, DOGE Price Climbs 18,299% in 12 Months
By Jamie Redman The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen phenomenal gains during the last few days. On August 16, 2021, the digital currency featuring the likeness of the Shiba Inu dog tapped an all-time high at $0.44 per token. However, the cost to send a transaction in dogecoin hasContinue Reading
Trading apps usurp TikTok in popularity
By Benjamin Pirus Does that mean trading is more popular than social media now? Two trading apps have risen to the top of Apple’s App Store in recent days. Robinhood holds the number one position, with Coinbase in second, at time of publication on Friday. In third: popular social mediaContinue Reading
Customers on the Coinbase Waitlist Receive Invites for ETH2.0 Staking
By Wayne Jones With the Coinbase IPO just the other day, the platform is sending out invitations to customers on the waitlist to stake their Ethereum. Soon, the long wait will pay off as promised by the Coinbase team as waitlist registrations started mid-February and have been running since then.Continue Reading
Crypto exchange Binance burns nearly $600 million worth of BNB
By Shaurya Malwa Crypto exchange Binance ‘burned’ over $594 million worth of its own BNB token today, in a move that marked the largest ever burn that the exchange did. But it wasn’t a case of Binance trying to pump its own coin (by decreasing supply) or setting money onContinue Reading
Bitcoin SV Can Now be Traded on Beaxy.com
By Guest Post It is without a doubt that Bitcoin SV (BSV) is gaining ground when it comes to establishing itself as the token and technology of the future with its stable protocol, infinitely scalable blockchain and capacity for secure and low-cost microtransactions and big data. It is actually theContinue Reading
Ethereum bulls hedge their bets ahead of next week’s $250M ETH options expiry
By Marcel Pechman $250 million in Ethereum options are set to expire on April 23 and derivatives data shows bulls still have a slight advantage. Ether ( and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk. You should conduct your own research whenContinue Reading
Bitcoin caught in the crossfire as Turkish opposition leader voices support
By Cointelegraph By Andrew Thurman A blanket ban on crypto is now also a talking point for Turkey’s politicians. Source:: cointelegraph Continue Reading
Scaramucci surprised at lack of banking response to Coinbase listing
By Benjamin Pirus Will competing companies come out of the woodwork? After much anticipation, Coinbase listed on the Nasdaq on Wednesday via a direct listing. Skybridge founder Anthony Scaramucci thinks the event should have been met with more attention from banks. “What I’m surprised about frankly is there isn’t aContinue Reading
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Says Cryptocurrencies Are ‘Vehicles for Speculation’
By Kevin Helms The Federal Reserve chairman believes that cryptocurrencies are “really vehicles for speculation” and “No one is using them for payments.” He then compared crypto to gold. His comments about cryptocurrency followed Coinbase’s direct listing on Nasdaq. Fed Chair Powell Thinks Crypto Is for Speculation Federal Reserve ChairmanContinue Reading
Is DeFi yield appetite rising again? Enso raises $5M as YFI hits new highs
By Joseph Young Enso raises $5 million from top funds and YFI price hits a new record high as the demand for DeFi yield rises. The appetite for DeFi is rising again as blue chips are rallying and yield-earning strategy-sharing platforms, like Enso, are on the rise. Enso, a platformContinue Reading
European Macro Hedge Fund Brevan Howard To Purchase $84M in Crypto
By Wayne Jones Brevan Howard is the latest asset management firm to delve into the booming crypto space. As per a Bloomberg report, the European hedge fund plans to invest 1.5% of its $5.6 bn assets under management into digital currencies. The firm will therefore buy about $84 million inContinue Reading
ECB endangers itself by waiting around on digital euro, says ConsenSys exec
By Helen Partz “Who’s gonna use the euro in its current form? There are gonna be so many choices” said ConsenSys South Africa lead Monica Singer. The European Central Bank will put itself in jeopardy if it waits around a digital euro too long, according to an executive at majorContinue Reading
Turkey Bans Cryptocurrency Use for Payments as Local Currency Plunges
By Kevin Helms The Central bank of the Republic of Turkey has issued a cryptocurrency regulation prohibiting the use of cryptocurrencies for payments of goods and services. From the end of this month, crypto assets cannot be used directly or indirectly as a means of payment in the country andContinue Reading
Is The Elon Musk “Jet Fuel” Effect On GameStop Blowing Up Dogecoin?
By Olivia Brooke When it comes down to factors that influence price rallies in the crypto market, nothing seems to come close to the “Elon Effect,” a term that has been used by industry enthusiasts to describe the impact that the world’s richest man has on digital currencies. The ElonContinue Reading
Bitcoin’s Exploding Value May Have Turned Bitfinex Hackers Into Multi-Billionaires
By Olivia Brooke Holding cryptocurrencies have made billionaires out of some of the leading figures in the crypto ecosystem. Usually, these crypto billionaires are CEOs of exchanges or long-term investors, but there is an anomaly this time, and the names or faces behind this billion-dollar status are still unknown. BitfinexContinue Reading
Sergey Nazarov talks Chainlink 2.0 and ‘hybrid’ smart contracts at BlockDown
By Shaurya Malwa Chainlink, the widely-used decentralized oracle network, released its ‘2.0′ whitepaper yesterday in a move that sent LINK surging by 10%. The whitepaper described “hybrid smart contracts” and other mechanisms to make Chainlink’s oracles even more useful and resilient. Oracles are third-party tools that fetch data from outsideContinue Reading
Record $600M BNB burn suggests Binance made $750M in profit in Q1
By Joseph Young Binance burned $600 million worth of BNB in Q1 2021, which means Binance possibly made over $750 million in profit. Binance Coin (BNB) saw its 15th burn to date on Friday. According to on-chain data, Binance burned nearly $600 million worth of BNB tokens. Historically, Binance hasContinue Reading
JulSwap Listing on AscendEX
By Guest Post AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of the Julswap Token (JULD) under the pair USDT/JULD on Apr 16 at 1:00 p.m. UTC. JulSwap is a community-centric decentralized exchange that helps crypto projects raiseContinue Reading
Turkey Central Bank to Prohibit the Use of Crypto for Payments
By Anthonia Isichei The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) stated that it would ban the use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment. The upcoming ban comes amid an ongoing inflation crisis in the country. Turkey Bans Crypto Payments The CBRT announced the new legislation via theContinue Reading
Blockchain-based Medicinal Marijuana Startup GROW Kicks-Off Launch With NFT giveaway
By PR DESK GROW, a blockchain-based medicinal marijuana company becomes the new addition to the ‘Blockchain for the cannabis’ ecosystem. According to GROW’s whitepaper, the startup wants to merge cryptocurrency technology with medical cannabis to decentralize the traditional medicinal cannabis production and distribution process. By doing so, the startup hopesContinue Reading
Bitcoin hash rate hits record 200 EH/s in fresh BTC price bull flag
By William Suberg The old adage “price follows hash rate” may be about to see one of its biggest tests in the past twelve years. Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a classic indicator of a coming bull run pass a historic milestone as miners commit more and more resources to itsContinue Reading
Visa, JPMorgan and ING discuss Bitcoin, Ether and stablecoin development
By Rachel Wolfson Forbes’ “2021 Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate” event sheds light on Bitcoin’s role as an investment tool, along with the future of stablecoins. If 2021 has taught us anything about digital currencies, it’s that big banks and major payments providers are now feeling more comfortable withContinue Reading
As DeFi tokens surge, CRV indicates a bumper crop for ‘DeFi Summer 2.0’
By Cointelegraph By Andrew Thurman The seasons are turning and the markets are shifting — could it be a strong summer for decentralized finance? Source:: cointelegraph Continue Reading
Crypto Markets Lose Hot Air, DOGE and BCH Skyrocket, 46% Chance ETH Hits $2,600 by May
By Jamie Redman Digital currency markets have seen some slight losses on Friday morning, as a great number of cryptocurrencies saw significant gains the day prior. Bitcoin dropped to a low of $60,042 during the early morning trading sessions shedding 3% during the last 24 hours. Crypto Markets Shed SomeContinue Reading
Dogecoin whales move $12B in one day — twice as much as Ether
By Greg Thomson Dogecoin’s price explosion coincided with the movement of a lot of coin across the blockchain, as $12 billion moved in a single day. Dogecoin’s (DOGE) dramatic surge up the market capitalization rankings coincided with the reawakening of DOGE whales, as the blockchain’s metrics surged to new heightsContinue Reading
Pendle Finance raises $3.5M to launch secondary market for DeFi yields
By Sam Bourgi The company is building a tokenization platform to better enable users to manage their DeFi yields. Pendle Finance, a DeFi protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields, has completed a private investment round worth $3.5 million to power the next phase of its platform’sContinue Reading
Dogecoin And XRP Markets Could Be In Store For ‘A Washout’, Mike Novogratz Warns
By Steven Msoh Wall Street titan and Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz expects the crypto to reach $100K by the end of this year. Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high largely sparked by frenzies like the Coinbase debut on Nasdaq. The CEO and founder of Galaxy Digital has however warnedContinue Reading
Waffle Exchange: Introducing Multiple Defi Services to Benefit The BSC Community
By Guest Author Waffle Exchange is the latest Dex project leveraging BSC as its base. This decentralized exchange has been designed with excellent features for the benefit of BSC community members. Its main distinguishing feature is the Waffle aggregator. The Waffle aggregator is a new decentralized exchange tool designed toContinue Reading
Cathie Woods’ Ark buys a further $110M worth of Coinbase shares
By Marie Huillet Three exchange-traded funds offered by Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest added a total of 341,186 shares in Coinbase (COIN) worth a combined $110 million on April 15. Three exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, offered by Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, including the flagship Ark Innovation ETF, all added further sharesContinue Reading
Expert Believes Nuclear-Powered Crypto Mining Could Help Ukraine to Solve Energy Spending Problems
By Felipe Erazo Bitcoin mining could be a proper asset to solve one of the significant issues in the Ukrainian energy sector: spending. A financial expert praised the recent push given by Ukraine’s government to nuclear-powered crypto mining across the nation. Crypto Mining Can ‘Smooth out’ Fluctuations in Consumption, SaysContinue Reading
Nhash – Profitable Pool Mining Made Easy
By Guest Author Mining is one of the best ways to earn cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin. This used to be easier, but the system is becoming more complicated with the use of ASICs and large electricity demands. With pool mining though, you can also earn BTC or any other cryptocurrency byContinue Reading
Novatti Group Joins RippleNet’s ODL Service
By Wayne Jones Recently, Novatti Group adopted RippleNet’s global payment network service, known as On-Demand Liquidity (ODL). Novatti Group can now leverage digital asset XRP, for instant cross-border payments, through the ODL service. Novatti Group’s Financial Prowess Through On-Demand Liquidity, RippleNet utilizes XRP, a digital asset, as a bridge betweenContinue Reading
Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Positions Ethereum Classic as Most Attractive PoW Chain for Wealthy Miners
By Olivia Brooke The arrival of Ethereum 2.0 could change the network in ways that community members have never seen before. But the many ways in which this can happen cannot be thoroughly analyzed until the highly awaited upgrade launches successfully. However, miner behavior in the near term seems likeContinue Reading
r/Wallstreetbets re-bans crypto discussions following Bloomberg article
By Helen Partz Apparently r/Wallstreetbets doesn’t “bow to cryptocurrencies.” r/Wallstreetbets, or WSB, a subreddit famous for organizing a pump for Dogecoin (DOGE) and the GameStop short squeeze, is enacting a crypto discussion ban after officially allowing the topic for a single day. Subreddit moderator u/bawse1 announced Thursday that WSB hasContinue Reading
An NFT just sold for $1 million on the Waves blockchain
By Shaurya Malwa Waves.tech, an ecosystem of next-generation technologies built on blockchain toolkit Waves, has concluded the highest sale of a non-fungible token (NFT) outside of Ethereum, it said in a release shared with CryptoSlate. https://t.co/e2SzIZnfY5 #NFT $waves — Sasha Ivanov (@sasha35625) April 15, 2021 NFT frenzy continues A WavesContinue Reading
Nigeria’s SEC says central bank’s crypto ban disrupted the market
By Osato Avan-Nomayo The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria says it is working with the central bank to create a legal framework for cryptos and digital assets. Lamido Yuguda, the director-general of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has said the central bank’s crypto ban has caused significant disruptions toContinue Reading
Bank of Korea Governor Says Crypto as a Payment Option is Limited
By Anthonia Isichei The Governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) Lee Ju-yeol opined that adopting cryptocurrency as a means of payment came with limitations. The statement comes as company behemoths are including crypto as a payment option on their platforms. BOK Governor Not Impressed With Crypto According to aContinue Reading
How Stacker Ventures Transforms Early-Stage Crypto Funding And DeFi Yield Farming
By Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel Investing in cryptocurrencies always seems like a daunting task for users worldwide, more so when aiming to secure early-stage allocations in crypto startups. Stacker Ventures, a venture DAO, is transforming this narrative for the better, democratizing early-phase investments in emerging assets. Effective immediately, the DAO hasContinue Reading
Bitmain’s new Ether ASIC mining rig may not fix GPU shortage after all
By Greg Thomson A new Ether ASIC mining rig is on the way, but will it help ease Nvidia’s GPU problems? Cryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the pending release of a new Ether (ETH) miner on April 16. The Antminer E9 model is an application-specific integrated circuit chip, whichContinue Reading
Turkey Bans Use Of Bitcoin For Payments, But This Could Be Backfiring
By Olivia Brooke Turkey’s cryptocurrency ban has already begun to face resistance from a defiant crowd. To assume that the rebellion is temporary is to underestimate the necessity of cryptocurrencies in the lives of the masses. As we’ve seen before, banning cryptocurrencies has always resulted in significant pushback from theContinue Reading
SafeEarth Donates $100,000 to TheOceanCleanUp Kicking Off Blockchain Eco Project
By Guest Post 16th April, 2021, London, UK — SafeEarth, a blockchain eco project, has donated over $100,000 to community selected charity TheOceanCleanUp. The donated funds will help towards the removal of plastic waste from the planet. This generous donation represents the first act of SafeEarth’s continuing initiative to helpContinue Reading
Massachusetts regulator seeks to revoke Robinhood’s broker-dealer license
By Helen Partz State regulators claim that Robinhood has targeted inexperienced investors. Massachusetts’ securities regulator is seeking to revoke the broker-dealer license of cryptocurrency-friendly stock trading app Robinhood in the state. William Galvin, the head of the state’s securities division, said in a new administrative complaint that Robinhood has “continuedContinue Reading
About Five Million Swedes Are Bitcoin Owners Without Their Knowledge
By Anthonia Isichei Half of the Swedish population are bitcoin owners on account of shares owned by a government savings fund in companies that hold the flagship cryptocurrency. Swede Savers Gain Exposure to Bitcoin The Seventh AP Fund or AP7 is the government-based alternative on Sweden’s pension market. The AP7Continue Reading
Did Elon Musk’s ‘jet fuel’ set GameStop (and Bitcoin) ablaze?
By Greg Thomson How many gallons of jet fuel does it take to send GameStop, Bitcoin and Dogecoin to the moon? Depending on where you stand on the GameStop saga, which saw organized retail traders extract $6 billion from Wall Street overnight, you may think someone should either take theContinue Reading
211-year-old investment firm buys $4.75 million of Ethereum (ETH)
By Shaurya Malwa Chicago-based financier Rothschild Investment Corporation purchased over 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), marking its first-ever investment into ETH, the asset powering the world’s most-used blockchain. Rothschild Investment Corporationbought 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. Its holdings in the ETH trust are worth $4.75Continue Reading
Dogecoin doubles in a day as YTD gains hit 5,000% while Bitcoin price dips
By William Suberg Everyone’s favorite meme cryptocurrency has delivered 12,600% gains in a year and likely created a string of millionaires. Dogecoin (DOGE), the meme-based altcoin which has become a favorite talking point of Elon Musk, has doubled in 24 hours to hit all-time highs of $0.29. DOGE/USD 1-hour candleContinue Reading
Turkey to ban cryptocurrency payments
By Erhan Kahraman Turkey’s central bank is also banning payment providers from offering fiat-to-crypto onramps for cryptocurrency exchanges. A new ban in Turkey will prohibit crypto holders from using their digital assets for payments, in addition to preventing payment providers from adding funds to their digital wallets at crypto exchanges.Continue Reading
Co-Founder of South Africa’s Crypto Index Fund Reveals the Plan to Launch Country’s First Bitcoin ETF
By Terence Zimwara Earle Loxton, the cofounder of EC10 (formerly DCX Capital) the institution behind the South African crypto index fund, says plans are afoot to launch the country’s first exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF is expected to offer South African institutional investors an indirect way of getting exposure toContinue Reading
Blockchain is hard for developers and everyday users. Is it getting any easier?
By Connor Sephton The blockchain sector has known for years that technical hurdles need to be eliminated for mass adoption to take place. Has any progress been made? For several years, one of the biggest hurdles to blockchain adoption has concerned the fact that it’s a rather technical space. ExperiencedContinue Reading
Chinese mining pools’ hash power plummets amid regional blackouts
By Samuel Haig Blackouts for safety inspections in China’s Xinjiang region have significantly impacted the hash rate of many top Chinese Bitcoin mining pools. The hashing power of top Bitcoin mining pools located in Northwest China appears to have plummeted due to a regional blackout to enable safety inspections. TheContinue Reading
Avalanche Incorporates The Graph to Advance Its Querying and Indexing
By Wayne Jones The indexing and query layer of the decentralized web, The Graph, is now integrated with Avalanche to expand querying and indexing on the platform. Developers building on Avalanche can easily query custom on-chain data requests without running a full node via subgraphs, which are indexes of specificallyContinue Reading
Brian Brooks defends fintech charter to House Financial Services Committee
By Samuel Haig Brian Brooks has defended the fintech charter he oversaw while heading the OCC, warning heavy-handed crypto regulations could undermine U.S. competitiveness globally. Brian Brooks has defended the fintech banking charter introduced while he served as the acting comptroller of the currency after Congressional Democrats took aim atContinue Reading
NFT Roundup: Tom Brady’s Autograph Initiative, Topps Digital Baseball Cards, Annoying Orange’s 4K NFT Clip
By Reuben Jackson The past week has been busier than usual for the NFT ecosystem. Rap stars Jeezy and Riff Raff entered the NFT realm, Hoard introduced its lending platform for NFT-collateralized crypto loans, The Topps Company is dropping its Series 1 Baseball collectibles, super-quarterback Tom Brady is launching hisContinue Reading