The Merge is Close: Ethereum Releases Kintsugi Testnet
The Kintsugi testnet has officially launched, marking a significant step towards Ethereum’s The Merge.Previously, on December 20, core developer Tim...
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Inch Higher, AVAX Rallies
Bitcoin price is up 6% and it surpassed the USD 48,500 resistance.Ethereum climbed above USD 4,000, XRP could clear USD...
2021’s NFT Boom Pushes Collectors Toward Rare and Older Collections – Blockchain Bitcoin News
In 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been extremely popular and have become a billion-dollar industry this year. There’s been a...
Binance VC arm leads $60M round in cross-chain protocol Multichain
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance cryptocurrency exchange, has led a financing round for the cross-chain...
Ubisoft Quartz NFT Initiative Did Only $400 Worth of Sales in 2 Weeks
Despite the project’s promotion and hype, Ubisoft Quartz Beta hasn’t proven very popular. Almost two weeks after launch, the NFT...
Celebrities that rode the crypto wave in 2021
Overshadowing its glory in previous years, the crypto ecosystem managed to maintain a year-long spotlight throughout 2021. Key catalysts include...
The battle of banks vs. DeFi is a win for individual crypto investors
The state of banking and finance today presents a complex labyrinth that even seasoned bankers struggle to navigate. Despite appearances,...
NFTs Are Escaping the Metaverse
NFTs are Escaping the Metaverse. How do we know this? NFTs became a part of real-life events in 2021. It...
Financial Services Company SBI Group Launches Diversified Crypto Fund in Japan – Bitcoin News
SBI Group, the financial services company group based in Tokyo, Japan, has announced the launch of a crypto asset fund...
Collateral damage: DeFi’s ticking time bomb
As 2021 draws to a close, the premier lineup in the DeFi landscape largely consists of synthetic asset platforms (SAPs)....
Demand for Mining Hardware Spikes in Russia, Prices Rise – Mining Bitcoin News
The market for crypto mining equipment in Russia has seen strong interest from buyers of both new and used devices,...
Polkadot envisions Web3 disruption with multiple parachain launches
Open-source blockchain platform Polkadot announced the launch of its first parachains (or parallelized chain) aimed at improving the interoperability between...
Here’s why Ethereum traders could care less about ETH’s current weakness
Since hitting an all-time high at $4,870 on Nov. 10, Ether (ETH) price has been posting lower lows over the...
Swiss Bank Seba Launches Regulated Gold Token, Aims to Bolster ‘Digital Ownership of Physical Gold’ – Altcoins Bitcoin News
On December 15, FINMA-licensed Swiss bank, Seba, announced the launch of a gold token that can be delivered in physical...
SEC delays spot Bitcoin ETF decisions, Nike throws its hat into Metaverse arena, and a crypto exchange gets hacked: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 12-18
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio says he’s bought ETH
Ray Dalio told Yahoo Finance that cryptocurrencies have become an impressive asset class, but he thinks cash could become a...
SBI Group launches crypto-asset fund for Japanese investors
Tokyo’s biggest finserv firm, SBI Group, will now allow general Japanese investors to purchase cryptocurrencies via its newly launched ‘crypto...
Magic Eden’s Solana NFT Marketplace Comes to Exodus Mobile Wallet
In brief Exodus adds Magic Eden's NFT marketplace to its growing list of app integrations. Magic Eden is the second-largest...
Vodafone auctions world’s first SMS ‘Merry Christmas’ as NFT for charity
British telco giant Vodafone has reportedly plans to auction the world’s first Short Message Service (SMS) in the form of...
Three smart contract platforms that could see deeper adoption in 2022
Decentralized finance (DeFi) dominated media headlines throughout 2021 and the sector, along with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), helped to initiate the...
Shopify Allows Merchants to Mint and Sell NFTs on its Platform
The multinational e-commerce company – Shopify – enabled its users to mint and trade non-fungible tokens on its platform. To...
AscendEX reopened after $80m hack, Huobi suffers key personnel departures, and government officials punished for mining activities – Cointelegraph Magazine
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news,...
