Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has upped the stakes in its drawn-out showdown against the country’s Central Bank (CBR) by formally introducing a bill that proposes to regulate digital assets rather than banning them.On Monday, the Ministry introduced a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Cointelegraph Top 100 continues to bring you the most influential, analytical and artistic people who shaped the crypto industry in 2021. While 2022 has been a rough ride so far, last year had enough ups and downs to prepare a Top 100 list that a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A rebound move witnessed in the Solana (SOL) market this weekend exhausted midway as its price dropped below the $90 level from a high of $96 on Feb. 21. In doing so, SOL price technicals are now risking a classic bearish reversal setup.Solana price...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
FTX.US, the American arm of the global crypto derivative and spot exchange FTX, seems to be launching a new blockchain gaming unit.As per a job posting by the crypto exchange, the firm is looking for software developers for its upcoming blockchain an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
From the very beginning, individuals making use of pseudonymous identities to protect their privacy has been an integral part of the crypto sector, however, with the market having matured a lot since the early days, the question of these practices st...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Canada’s move to freeze Bitcoin (BTC) wallets and bank accounts related to the COVID-19 vaccine protests is driving cryptocurrency adoption, with some crypto naysayers reconsidering their stance on Bitcoin.David Heinemeier Hansson, the Ruby on Rails...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On Feb. 11, two days before the Super Bowl and Coinbase’s $14 million color-changing QR code advert, an engineer was desperately trying to reach out to Coinbase management and the development team.
Tree of Alpha had discovered “a flaw in the new Adva...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) kept falling lower on Feb. 21 as $38,000 became the latest level to fail the test for bulls.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView$40,000 eyed as BTC relief bounce targetData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Tradi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
It might seem unlikely that BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince would describe a prosecution that resulted in a $100-million fine for his company as “a win not only for BlockFi but for the broader cryptocurrency industry,” but that is indeed what he s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
As the total cryptocurrency market capitalization dipped below $2 trillion last week, major crypto executives have been increasingly talking about a potential continuous bear market or a “crypto winter.”Contrary to the expectations of many in the cry...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Kazakhstan, one of the world’s top Bitcoin (BTC) mining locations, is likely to lose its BTC hash rate share leadership in the next hash rate distribution update, according to industry experts.According to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumptio...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele wants to offer citizenship to those who invest in the small Central American nation.President Bukele took to Twitter to inform the crypto community on Sunday that he was sending a list of 52 legal reforms to Congres...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) is now seeing “tepid” demand just three months after hitting its latest all-time high, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode.In a tweet on Feb. 18, researchers flagged a sea change in Bitcoin on-chain activity compared to just...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
At first glance, the pint-sized Republic of Georgia is an unlikely suspect for Bitcoin (BTC) mining activity. An underdog for mining, the country boasts abundant hydropower while ranked seventh worldwide for the World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Computer chip manufacturing giant Intel Corporation has shared details of a new mining chip that will be coupled with a high-performance 3,600-watt miner with the ultimate goal of improving Bitcoin (BTC) mining efficiency. Intel revealed its second-g...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) heads into the last week of February lower but shows signs of strength as a key support level holds.After a nervous few days on macro and crypto markets alike, BTC/USD is below $40,000, but signs are already there that a comeback could...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Kookmin Bank is preparing to become the first bank in South Korea to offer crypto investment products to retail investors. KB announced on Monday that it had formed a Digital Asset Management Preparatory Committee to determine product and strategy ca...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has been formed to raise money in an effort to purchase the Denver Broncos U.S. National Football League team for around $4 billion.BuyTheBroncos DAO aims to give fans a chance to own a piece of the t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Leaked data shows that until recently, Swiss bank Credit Suisse held accounts valued at more than $100 billion for sanctioned individuals and heads of state reportedly accused of money laundering.The New York Times reported on Sunday that the data le...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Grayscale Investments’ latest report “Reimagining the Future of Finance” defines the digital economy as “the intersection of technology and finance that’s increasingly defined by digital spaces, experiences, and transactions.” With this in mind, it s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Unlike some of my peers in the technology space, I don’t see the Metaverse as a virtual world in which we work, socialize and shop. Rather, I see it as a point in time, reached in 2020 and into this year because of the global pandemic, when the digit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
4. Financial regulators and service providers are looking for the best and most cost-effective solutions to help the banks and other financial institutions comply with the rules and do business in a compliant regulatory environment. As blockchai...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
In 2021, Latin America saw a soaring rise in crypto adoption among the 20 countries and 14 dependencies that make up the region.A slew of conferences, associations, new regulations and nonfungible token (NFT) projects as well as the global bull marke...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
After a banner year of 2021 for individual object sales through nonfungible tokens (NFTs), 2022 is poised to be the year of MetaFi. A recap of Beeple, Christie’s, Visa and endless aping-in celebrities hardly feels necessary, except to point out that...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A potential decoupling scenario between Bitcoin (BTC) and the Nasdaq Composite can push BTC’s price to $100,000 within 24 months, according to Tuur Demeester, founder of Adamant Capital.Bitcoin outperforms tech stocksDemeester depicted Bitcoin’s grow...