Bitcoin’s parabolic increase well above its previous all-time-high has many experiencing déjà vu from 2017 and a number of analysts are concerned the market is overdue for a sizable correction. On Jan. 8 With Bitcoin (BTC) price reached a new Read More
BTC crash, DOT crushes XRP, man risks losing $262M: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 10–16
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 regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one Read More
Multiple DeFi mainstays crack top 20 in long-awaited ‘Great Repricing’
Hardcore decentralized finance (DeFi) adherents woke up today to a long-awaited sight on Coingecko’s top 100 rankings by marketcap: native tokens for popular DeFi platforms Synthetix and Aave have cracked into the top 20, an event DeFi observers have heralded Read More
Bitcoin has become nothing but the new Che Guevara T-shirt
The wonder of the universe is that it is always in motion and, because of this, that everything changes over time. So, anything can be something completely different tomorrow, just like that — no guarantees. Karl Marx expressed this brilliantly Read More
China turns up pace on CBDC release, tests infrastructure prior to adoption
The COVID-19 crisis has done little to dampen China’s interest in becoming the first major economy to distribute a central bank digital currency. Quite the contrary, its digital currency/electronic payment project appears to be picking up speed. In the Shenzhen Read More
Bitcoin bulls buy BTC’s $35K support retest as altcoins push higher
Calls for Bitcoin (BTC) to rally above $40,000 were dashed as the top cryptocurrency hit a wall of resistance which sparked a sell-off in the early trading hours. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView show the price of BTC fell Read More
Price analysis 1/15: BTC, ETH, XRP, DOT, ADA, LTC, BCH, LINK, XLM, BNB
Grayscale products witnessed $3.3 billion in inflows in the fourth quarter of 2020, a large jump over the $1.05 billion seen in the preceding quarter. According to Grayscale, institutional investors accounted for 93% of the new investments. The significance and Read More
British financial advisor calls on the gov’t to ban crypto transactions
Neil Liversidge, a veteran financial advisor, has called on the government of the United Kingdom to ban transactions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). Liversidge, the owner of the independent financial advisory firm West Riding Personal Financial Solutions, started a petition Read More
Sick of yield farming? Your liquidity could save Earth from the Daleks
The decentralized finance craze has provided endless opportunities for token holders to farm yield through staking their assets in a wide variety of liquidity pools. But for those who yearn for something a little more tangible than yet another “worthless” Read More
Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes are back after bug on network
According to the latest data from node monitoring resource Bitnodes, Tor-enabled Bitcoin (BTC) nodes are back to normal following almost a full-swing crash in early January 2021. As of Jan. 13, the number of reachable Tor-based BTC nodes amounted to 2,581, Read More
EDM star Deadmau5 teams up with Mad Dog Jones on NFT art collection
EDM star Deadmau5 has partnered with digital artist Michah Dowbak — aka Mad Dog Jones — to release two NFT art collections on the Winklevoss-owned Nifty Gateway today. pic.twitter.com/H2cGuoB1M0 — Goat lord (@deadmau5) January 12, 2021 The artworks have already Read More
Ledger owners report chilling threats after 20K more records leaked
Ledger users are receiving threatening emails in the wake of the hardware wallet manufacturer reporting that 20,000 more of its customers have been affected by another massive data breach. One or more extortionists using the names Darrin Burlew and Denni Read More
Dacxi joins self-regulating trade group CryptoUK as executive member
Digital asset exchange Dacxi is joining CryptoUK, a self-regulatory trade association for the U.K. cryptocurrency industry. According to an announcement from CryptoUK today, Dacxi will be joining the group as its 8th executive member alongside exchanges Binance.UK, Coinbase, CryptoCompare, Electroneum, Read More
Grammy winner Portugal. The Man launches fan token on Ethereum blockchain
Grammy Award-winning American pop-rock band “Portugal. The Man” has launched a fan-focused cryptocurrency on the Ethereum-based Rally Network. Known as PTM Coin, the new token will reportedly grant fans exclusive access to various events and perks, including a livestream party, Read More
Is a new rally brewing as Bitcoin reclaims $38K and stablecoins ‘flooding’ exchanges?
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has extended its recovery on Jan. 14, reclaiming the $38,000 level. What’s more, the weekly candle has now turned green for the fifth consecutive week despite the 28% crash earlier this week. BTC/USD Weekly candle Read More
Exodus of key staff from Aragon amid philosophical differences
It’s been a rough week for the Aragon governance platform where philosophical differences have brought about a long list of resignations. Aragon co-founder Jorge Izquierdo announced on Jan. 11 he would no longer be working as CEO of the for-profit Read More
Grayscale Investments liquidates all of its XRP… while it still can
Institutional crypto-fund manager Grayscale Investments has begun the dissolution of its XRP Trust in response to the Security and Exchange Commission’s December 2020 lawsuit alleging the XRP token is a security under U.S. law. According to an announcement published Wednesday, Read More
Arca secures $10M in Series A funding as traditional financiers back crypto
Arca, an emerging digital-asset manager, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to bootstrap the next phase of its business strategy — one that could bridge the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies. In a Wednesday press release, Arca Read More
3 key reasons why the DeFi sector is booming again
Data from Messari shows that over the past 30 days, the majority of tokens listed on the site’s DeFi Assets index have rallied by more than 20%. A few standouts such as Maker’s MKR, Synthetic Network Token (SNX) and SushiSwap’s Read More
Arxnovum files Bitcoin ETF application with Canadian securities regulators
Canadian investment fund manager Arxnovum Investments has filed a prospectus for a new Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, in Canada. On Jan. 11, the company filed a stack of preliminary documents for the Arxnovum Bitcoin ETF with Canada’s Ontario Read More