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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby The “interest-free loans” decentralized lending protocol now has $1 billion worth of locked-up value after it launched on April 5. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Jamie Redman Bitcoin bull and billionaire investor Mike Novogratz has warned about cryptocurrency market volatility in a recent interview stemming from the Barron’s and Marketwatch’s “Investing in Crypto” virtual event series. In general and over the long term, Novogratz is bullish about bitcoin and companies like Coinbase remaining prosperous.Continue Reading

By Samuel Haig Celsius customers have been targeted with fraudulent SMS and email communications after a third-party email distribution server was compromised by hackers. Crypto asset lending platform, Celsius Network, has revealed an email server breach that resulted in malicious phishing links being sent to customers. An April 15 announcementContinue Reading

By Joshua Mapperson CNBC host Jim Cramer says he’s “won,” cashing out half of his Bitcoin portfolio to pay off his mortgage, stating that it’s “phoney money paying for real money.” Business TV personality and converted Bitcoin proponent Jim Cramer has sold half of what he calls his “phoney money”Continue Reading

By Brian Quarmby Rothschild Investment Corp, has acquired more than 250,000 shares in Grayscale’s ETH trust, and added 8000 shares to its BTC trust holdings — however the firm holds zero ties to the famed Rothschild family dynasty. Chicago-based financial institution Rothschild Investment Corp, has acquired 265,302 shares in Grayscale’sContinue Reading

By Cointelegraph By Ben Yorke Coinbase and cryptocurrencies viewed cynically on Chinese social media, and news of a large mining GPU smuggling bust in Hong Kong. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Jordan Finneseth Maker price rallies to a new all-time high as the MakerDAO community makes preparations to become fully decentralized. Stablecoins have become a significant foundational piece for the cryptocurrency sector because they serve as a deeply liquid base pair for most assets and also offer investors a secureContinue Reading

By Jordan Finneseth Dogecoin and Maker stole the spotlight as the hype around COIN faded and Bitcoin consolidates near $63,500. Now that the Trading action for COIN was muted on Thursday as the price declined during the early trading hours and closed the day at $326.88. For those who areContinue Reading

By Kevin Helms The CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, says that he is fascinated by cryptocurrency, believing that it could become a “great asset class.” However, he said that Blackrock has not received many inquiries from its institutional clients about having bitcoin in their portfolios. Blackrock’s CEOContinue Reading

By Felipe Erazo Crypto tax evasion is becoming a hot potato for the authorities in some Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea. A South Korean city is now actively fighting against tax evaders who are suspiciously reporting meager earnings in their filings. 511 Individuals in the Authorities’ EyesContinue Reading

By Olivia Brooke Institutions exhilarated to dabble with cryptocurrencies, but not enough to go all in. The continuous Bitcoin purchases from institutions are enough to place one under the impression that interest rates from these firms have hit the roof, but BlackRock’s Larry Fink finds that to be misleading toContinue Reading

By Turner Wright The price of the meme-based cryptocurrency is at an all-time high as it approaches $0.20. The price of Dogecoin has surged seemingly without any push from prominent figures on social media or major developments in the project. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE)Continue Reading

By Steven Msoh Chainlink has released a new whitepaper exploring new capabilities of applications and smart contracts. Dubbed Chainlink 2.0, it lays down how the project could evolve to enhance blockchain oracles with the emergence of hybrid smart contracts. Chainlink 2.0 is the next step in the evolution of decentralizedContinue Reading

By Jamie Redman The whistleblower and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor Edward Snowden has revealed he is stepping into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Moreover, 100% of the NFT sale proceeds will be donated to the Freedom of the Press Foundation. American Whistleblower Edward SnowdenContinue Reading

By Cointelegraph By Turner Wright The highest bid is currently $8,988, with 12 people having made an offer for the musical NFT. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Brenda Ngari Bitcoin broke out of a multi-week consolidation phase below $60K in the days just before the highly-awaited Coinbase listing and hit a new all-time high of $64,800 on Wednesday. The listing is viewed by many as a watershed moment for the cryptocurrency industry. However, bitcoin has beenContinue Reading

By Andrew Thurman The indie NFT platform is bringing an artist-first ethos to its design and events. Not all NFT platforms are for newly-rich crypto investors to flaunt their wealth, as one project is proving. As the calls from artists and activists grow louder to reduce the carbon footprint ofContinue Reading

By Rakesh Upadhyay New partnerships and protocol upgrades back the strong rallies seen in Horizen, Hedget and Zcash over the past few months. Three of Cathie Wood’s ARK exchange-traded funds However, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink has a different point of view. Fink said that institutional investors were fascinated by cryptoContinue Reading

By Sam Bourgi Pricing oracles are playing a leading role in driving blockchain adoption. Google Cloud is incorporating core technology from Band Protocol, a decentralized oracle service, to enable “immediate and accurate analysis of financial time series data,” according to Kevin Lu, head of business development at Band. Lu announcedContinue Reading

By Turner Wright The future is starting to look “Gattaca”-esque as bidding for a crypto user’s DNA sequence begins. Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, haven’t quite reached the level of awareness to take over the human race — yet — but at least one of them contains the chemical building blocksContinue Reading

By Andrey Shevchenko The BlockDown panel discussed the current issues but also the potential improvements for DeFi. Panelists at a DeFi-focused talk held at the BlockDown conference on Thursday expressed their optimism at the past and future growth of decentralized finance, but highlighted the hurdles to adoption due to congestionContinue Reading

By Jamie Redman During the first week of April, Bitcoin.com News reported on the sidechain project Smart Bitcoin Cash Project (Smartbch), as the community has been very excited about this new venture. Smartbch aims to connect Ethereum’s EVM and Web3 APIs to a smart sidechain built using the Bitcoin CashContinue Reading

By Turner Wright The firm’s co-founder Alan Howard already has a personal stake in One River Digital Asset Management’s crypto ventures. Brevan Howard, a U.K.-based asset management firm, is reportedly planning to directly invest in digital assets after more than a year of exposure to the crypto space. According toContinue Reading

By Cointelegraph By Jordan Finneseth IOST rallied to a multi-year high after Binance announced a new staking program and the project airdropped tokens to Citadel One mobile wallet users. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Sam Bourgi In partnership with the Indonesian government, Kinesis is using blockchain technology to deliver gold-based financial services to the population. Kinesis, a gold-backed monetary system based in the Cayman Islands, has launched a Sharia-compliant version of its product in Indonesia, setting the stage for wider acceptance of itsContinue Reading

By Joseph Young BAL, the token of the popular automated market maker Balancer, has reached an all-time high due to two major catalysts. BAL, the native cryptocurrency of Balancer, the popular automated market maker (AMM) utilized by many DeFi users to trade cryptocurrencies, has surged to new record highs aboveContinue Reading

By Jamie Redman The French multinational insurance firm AXA is now allowing clients in Switzerland to pay for services in bitcoin. The newly added support is part of the company’s “digital future” and stems from customer demand for crypto payments. AXA Supports Bitcoin Payments In Switzerland AXA has announced itContinue Reading

By Turner Wright Larry Fink said he hadn’t been seeing great institutional demand for crypto within Blackrock’s circles. Despite the successful rollout of Coinbase’s stock yesterday, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink still expressed some concerns over the institutional adoption of crypto. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box today, Fink saidContinue Reading

By Tokoni Uti The increased popularity of cryptocurrency has meant that more firms are open to accepting it as a form of payment. Thanks to PayPal’s decision to enable crypto transactions for its users, millions of merchants can now take crypto payments. Tesla also announced recently that it would acceptContinue Reading

By Tokoni Uti Ripple is known globally for its facilitation of cross-border payments and this has seen it be deployed everywhere from Europe to the Middle East. As consumers are becoming more aware of their options outside of the traditional banking system, resources like Ripple are even more crucial. Novatti,Continue Reading

By Kirill Bryanov NFTs are not an immediate solution to all IP rights issues, but eventually they can give creators more power than they ever had. If you’ve had anything to do with digital arts, digital assets, or both, in the last few months, it has been virtually impossible toContinue Reading

By Kevin Helms The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now has a new chairman, Gary Gensler. President Joe Biden’s pick, the MIT professor, whose classes included blockchain technology, digital currencies, and financial technology, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the SEC. SEC Has a New Chairman PresidentContinue Reading

By Andrey Shevchenko In its new vision, Chainlink would allow anyone to deploy an arbitrary executable on its network. Chainlink (LINK) has unveiled its new whitepaper on Thursday, which details a planned expansion and pivot into creating oracle networks for computation. The proposal would see Chainlink generalize its oracle networkContinue Reading

By Cointelegraph By Helen Partz A new resolution would establish a task force to study crypto in Miami-Dade county’s public administration. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Bitcoin.com PR PRESS RELEASE. SimpleFX, one of the world’s leading trading apps with both crypto and fiat accounts is going to invite traders to try out their beta staking module. The trading app is already recognized as a great alternative to mainstream Robinhood or eToro platforms. They win newContinue Reading

By Jamie Redman Nearly every day now a new company is announcing the acceptance of cryptocurrencies in some form or another. Now one of the world’s largest fine wine auction houses and America’s oldest wine shop Acker has revealed digital currency acceptance to pay for auction payments and retail wineContinue Reading

By Andrey Shevchenko Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known as the Parity client, is reportedly malfunctioning for a number of users on Thursday afternoon UTC, including the popular block explorer Etherscan. According to multiple user reportsContinue Reading

By Cointelegraph By Osato Avan-Nomayo Société Générale continues its crypto and blockchain experimentation by issuing a tokenized security on the Tezos network. Source:: cointelegraph       Continue Reading

By Osato Avan-Nomayo From price volatility to becoming the most valuable U.S. exchange, here is how well Coinbase’s first day of trading tracks with other companies. American crypto exchange giant Coinbase went public on Wednesday with a direct listing on Nasdaq. The company’s performance on day one has been hailedContinue Reading

By William Suberg Consolidation after fresh all-time highs means now is the time to buy BTC in “wildly bullish” conditions, argues Vailshire Capital. Bitcoin (BTC) looked set to retest previous all-time highs on April 15 as a fund manager called a “great opportunity to buy.” BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp).Continue Reading

By Elias Ahonen Altitude Games CEO Gabby Dizon thinks the science fiction-inspired virtual reality Metaverse is being created all around us at increasing speed. “The Metaverse means different online worlds that are interconnected upon some form of shared economy. Usually, this economy is based on a blockchain,” explains Dizon, whoContinue Reading