Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A study from the Bank of Canada found that Bitcoiners surveyed, on average, have lower financial literacy than those who don’t own Bitcoin (BTC). The study was compiled from four years of annual surveys from 2016 to 2020, with the sample sizes rangin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
In a rare comedic bungle among decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits, an attacker has fumbled their heist at the finish line leaving behind over $1 million in stolen crypto.Just after 8:00 am UTC on Thursday, blockchain security and analytics firm Bl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, Dunamu, is facing pushback from regulators due to a controversial investment while authorities move to issue restrictions to stifle its monopolistic position.Dunamu’s total assets are valued at over...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, has said it intends to pursue cease and desist proceedings against cryptocurrency custody bank Anchorage Digital for violating certain Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements.In a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Australian media company Basketball Forever has announced a nonfungible token (NFT) project titled Hoop Hounds, which seeks to increase NBA fan engagement and provide substantial real-world utility for the tokens. Critics of NFTs have consistently ta...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) price flashed bullish for a brief moment, possibly tricking some traders into opening longs before plunging back below $40,000 in evening trading hours. Let’s take a quick look at what traders think about the current price action and wh...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Binance.US announced today that it is creating a team in Washington to engage with lawmakers on digital asset policy. Simultaneously, it has withdrawn from the advocacy group Blockchain Association. Both organizations’ sides have been tight-lipped ab...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Digital twin nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, aren't just reserved for consumer products anymore. Netherlands-based decentralized carbon credit exchange Coorest and conservation consulting firm PLCnetwork of the Southern Hemisphere teamed up to tokenize...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
United States House of Representatives member Jared Huffman and 12 other lawmakers have requested the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, assess crypto mining firms potentially violating environmental statutes.In a letter addressed to EPA admini...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Arthur Breitman, the co-founder of layer-1 protocol Tezos (XTZ), spoke with Cointelegraph's Jackson DuMont at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS) last week about what it would take to unlock the true potential of decentralized finance, or DeFi. B...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Residents of the archipelago nation, the Bahamas, may soon be able to use digital assets including the world’s first central bank digital currency, or CBDC, to pay for taxes.In a white paper on the future of digital assets released on Wednesday, the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Sentiment in the cryptocurrency market is on the upswing after small gains from Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins hint that the market could be in the process of a bullish breakout.A handful of altcoins are also finding momentum and a round of fresh partner...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, or APRA, published a letter to regulated entities Thursday setting out risk management expectations and a policy roadmap for the regulation of crypto-assets through 2025. “While activities associated wi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On Thursday, cricket nonfungible token (NFT) platform Rario announced that it secured $120 million in Series A funding in a round led by Dream Capital, the venture subsidiary of Dream Sports. As told by Rario, it currently has the largest share of cr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Stablecoin minting and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been the latest trending topics in the cryptocurrency market and protocols like Terra (LUNA) have led the discussion on why stablecoins should be backed by assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Avalanche...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly planning to purchase BtcTurk for $3.2 billion.According to Turkish tech media outlet Webrazzi, which cited a Thursday report from Mergermarket, the two exchanges negotiated a pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Web3 has given rise to a number of innovative business models. In particular, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have started gaining traction as Web3 and the creator economy comes to fruition. Natalie Salemink, CEO and founder of Prismati...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall interviewed Marieke Flament, the CEO of NEAR Foundation at the Paris Blockchain Week Sumit (PWBS) last week, discussing a range of topics such as the struggle by institutional investors to understand how they can participa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia, has admitted that Russia’s central bank might have taken a bit too tough a stance on digital assets and should look to reconsider that.On Thursday, the Russian State Duma reappointed Nabiullina as Ba...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Austrians have “sufficient funds” for more Bitcoin ATMs — that’s the verdict that MediaMarkt, a German electronics retailer, reached following a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot in Austria. MediaMarkt has rolled out Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs in 12 branches acro...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
In life, there are times when things are going well in your business affairs but not your personal ones. Other times, the things you are doing and enjoying in your personal life are great but your professional or business matters are suffering. Somet...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Few crypto enthusiasts around the world could point to the remote island of Roatán prior to the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. Dušan Matuska was one of them, a Bitcoin (BTC) educator whose plans to open a Bitcoin education center in a former brewe...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain Kadena has launched a $100 million grant program to encourage Web3 development on its platform, potentially opening the door to more use cases for the layer-1 protocol. The grant program is an extension of Kadena Eco, a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Alex Zinder, a capital markets veteran who jumped on the blockchain train last year, attended the Paris Blockchain Week Summit where he sat down with Cointelegraph to discuss blockchain projects, crypto adoption and the traditional financial world’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Motivations for buying Bitcoin (BTC) are numerous: a hedge against inflation, financial independence or even hopes for a Lamborghini and life in the sun. For “Mr. ERB,” a keen blogger and Bitcoin enthusiast, it’s all about retiring early. ERB keeps a...