The DApp List Raises $1.77M from Ecosystem Investors to Bring Scam-Free Crypto Experience
By Press Release [PRESS RELEASE – Tortola, BVI, 7th May, 2021,] The Dapp List, focused on rooting out fraudulent projects, has completed a $1.77 million funding round led by notable investors and angels in the cryptocurrency space. Venture and investment funds that joined include CMS Holdings, YBB foundation, LD Capital,Continue Reading
US Senator Elizabeth Warren Bashes Cryptocurrencies Citing Environmental Impact, Investor Protections
By Kevin Helms US Senator Elizabeth Warren sees several issues with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. She said that “we need a good strong regulatory agency that can continue to update,” claiming that cryptocurrencies invite “investors to come in without the ordinary protections of the transparency and disclosures and auditing.” ElizabethContinue Reading
Binance CEO CZ Still Says His Company Has No Headquarters
By Scott Chipolina, Daniel Roberts Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of gargantuan cryptocurrency exchange Binance, still insists that his company has no headquarters. His explanation came during an interview with Decrypt editor in chief Daniel Roberts during this year’s Ethereal Virtual Summit. “Everybody’s definition of a headquarters of a company isContinue Reading
Binance CEO CZ: Coinbase Listing Gave Us ‘Very Clear Playbook’ in the US
By Scott Chipolina Binance and Coinbase are rivals in the cryptocurrency exchange business. But that doesn’t mean Binance won’t take a page from its competitor’s playbook. According to Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, Coinbase’s direct listing on the Nasdaq last month gave other crypto companies a “very clear playbook” forContinue Reading
Crypto Market Cap Added $300B in 7 Days as Altcoins Explode: The Weekly Recap
By George Georgiev The past seven days were particularly favorable for altcoins. This is mainly because bitcoin fails to produce any major gains in comparison, which has seen its total market dominance drop down to 44% – a level last seen back in 2018. It’s worth noting that the primaryContinue Reading
Binance CEO CZ Defends Binance Smart Chain’s Ethereum Copycats
By Jeff Benson Several months after the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched Binance Smart Chain (BSC), its own blockchain to host decentralized applications, the company took heat for invading Ethereum’s turf—and potentially some projects’ intellectual property. Appearing at the Ethereal Virtual Summit powered by Decrypt on Friday, Binance CEOContinue Reading
Multi-chain DeFi exchange Dfyn raises $2.4 million ahead of Polkastarter IDO
By Shaurya Malwa Multichain decentralized exchange (DEX) Dfyn has successfully closed a $2.4 million funding round from investors ahead of its Polkastarter initial DEX offering (IDO), as per a release shared with CryptoSlate. Investors include top crypto funds like CMS Holdings, QCP Capital, DFG, DeFi Capital, Signum, Rarestone, Shima, De-FiContinue Reading
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Calls for Better Protection for Cryptocurrency Investors
By Jordan Lyanchev The recently-appointed SEC Chair, Gary Gensler, believes the cryptocurrency industry and the people involved need more advanced protection. In a recent interview, he also referred to bitcoin as a speculative store of value and called for an update of the existing regulations in the US. Advanced ProtectionContinue Reading
Turkish Crypto Exchanges Must Report Anyone Trading Over $1,200 to Gov
By Ekin Genç Cryptocurrency exchanges in Turkey will have to report anyone who trades or invests more than 10,000 Turkish lira ($1,200) to the government’s financial crime agency. Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance, Lütfi Elvan, announced the forthcoming crypto regulation on the national channel CNN Türk last night. HeContinue Reading
Vitalik Buterin Talks NFTs, DAOs, DeFi and the Next Billion Ethereum Users
By Adriana Hamacher Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took to the (virtual) stage at Decrypt‘s Ethereal Summit to champion the new business models and ways of organizing that are being pioneered atop the blockchain-powered “world computer”. “There’s all these experiments around decentralized organizations, decentralized governance, proof of humanity type things, proofContinue Reading
Goldman Sachs is trading Bitcoin a year after saying crypto ‘not an asset’
By Shaurya Malwa US bank Goldman Sachs has launched a cryptocurrency trading team, as per a report this morning on news outlet CNBC. Goldman Sachs just formed an entire cryptocurrency trading team under their Global Currencies divsion. Last year, they called #bitcoin “not an asset class” — Documenting Bitcoin (@DocumentingBTC)Continue Reading
National Payments Corporation of India Says It Will Not Ban Cryptocurrencies Through UPI
By Kevin Helms India’s payments authority, the National Payments Corporation of India, has reportedly said that it will not ban cryptocurrency transactions. Banks are to make their own decision whether to allow crypto transactions. The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), has refused to ban cryptocurrency transactions, local media reportedContinue Reading
Nuvei to Buy Crypto Payments Company Simplex for $250 Million
By Tim Hakki Canadian payments processor Nuvei announced Thursday that it has signed a $250 million deal to acquire Israeli crypto payments processor Simplex. The companies are waiting on regulatory approval, and expect to close the deal in the second half of this year. Simplex, founded in 2014, converts fiatContinue Reading
MUNCH Project Reaches $1 Million Milestone in Charitable Donations
By Bitcoin.com PR PRESS RELEASE. DeFi project Munch has raised over $1 million USD in two weeks, to aid community-chosen global causes in developing nations, through non-profit organization GiveWell. May 7th, 2021, London, UK — MUNCH is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) project which has raised over $1 million USD, inContinue Reading
Cosmos’ cross-chain transfers are coming to this popular crypto app
By Shaurya Malwa Cosmos, the interoperable blockchain ecosystem, today announced that Crypto.com has enabled Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol functionality to allow the seamless interchain transfers of cryptocurrencies within their system. The protocol is a decentralized network of independent, scalable, and interoperable blockchains, with over 200 projects building over the network andContinue Reading
Trailing Bitcoin: Dogecoin (DOGE) Twitter Mentions Skyrocket 140% in 2 Weeks
By Jordan Lyanchev <img width="350" src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2.jpg" alt="Twitter Mentions Cryptocurrencies. Source: Coin 98 Analytics” srcset=”https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2.jpg 2500w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-300×169.jpg 300w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-1024×576.jpg 1024w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-768×432.jpg 768w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-1536×864.jpg 1536w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-2048×1152.jpg 2048w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AnyConv.com__PICs2-50×28.jpg 50w” sizes=”(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px”> The Dogecoin mania continues to expand rapidly as recent research outlined the growth of Twitter engagements. The meme coinContinue Reading
Report Finds Argentineans Are Becoming Increasingly Interested in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Stablecoins
By Felipe Erazo Over a million Argentineans have been buying cryptocurrencies in the last few months, and a pattern has been spotted among them in terms of preferences. A local media outlet unveiled that most of them are decanted to acquire bitcoin and stablecoins. Argentineans Like to Invest in DAI,Continue Reading
Elon Musk Issues Crypto Warning Ahead of Expected Dogecoin SNL Skit
By Ekin Genç Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who can influence Dogecoin’s price with his tweets, warned his Twitter followers against overinvesting in crypto—a day before he’s expected to air a skit about the coin on Saturday Night Live. “Cryptocurrency is promising, but please invest with caution!” Musk tweeted. DogecoinContinue Reading
Crypto Price Analysis & Overview May 7th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, and Litecoin
By Yaz Sheikh Altcoins continue to outperform bitcoin’s price and this week was no exception. One of the biggest winners over the past seven days was Litecoin, up more than 40%. Here’s how some other top coins performed and what to look forward to. Bitcoin Bitcoin is up by aContinue Reading
Ethereum Classic Grows 40% Overnight, Sets All-Time High
Barely a week after setting its former all-time high of $44.80, Ethereum Classic has more than trebled in value. At 7 pm yesterday, the coin set an ATH of $157.30.Continue Reading
