Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
SegWit has come a long way since its first appearance during the 2015–2017 blocksize war. However, despite its relative success as a Bitcoin upgrade, crypto exchanges including Binance and Gemini are still not committed to using SegWit addresses for...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The NFL announced officially on Wednesday that each fan who attends Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles on Feb. 13 will receive a unique customized nonfungible token (NFT).The NFT will feature their unique section, row and seat to commemorate the game day...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
An uptick in trading volume is one of the key components of a digital asset’s healthy market outlook. It indicates both robust liquidity and a surge in fellow traders’ enthusiasm for the token. The relationship between the asset’s price and trading v...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Investor-focused social media platform Stocktwits, which gained popularity during last year’s “retail short squeeze” frenzy involving GameStop and AMC Theaters, rolled out its own crypto trading services on Thursday.Stocktwits has partnered with FTX....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Japanese trading house Mitsui is reportedly planning to issue a cryptocurrency pegged to gold, local news agency Nikkei Asia reported Friday.Called ZipangCoin (ZPG), Mitsui’s new digital currency will reportedly be issued as early as February and wil...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered much of its recent losses on Feb. 4, but concerns remained that a retest of $30,000 was incoming.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView$38,600 remains focal pivotData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Tra...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Popular sneaker maker Nike has started the "licensed NFT" wars by taking an online reseller called StockX to court for trademark infringement or sale of unlicensed nonfungible token (NFT) sneakers.According to a Reuters report, Nike has filed a lawsu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Popular sneaker maker Nike has started the “licensed NFT” wars by taking an online reseller called StockX to court for trademark infringement or sale of unlicensed nonfungible token (NFT) sneakers.According to a Reuters report, Nike has filed a lawsu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Manchester United, one of the world’s most popular soccer (or football) teams, is reportedly set to announce a multi-year training kit sponsorship by proof-of-stake blockchain platform Tezos.First reported by The Athletic, the deal is apparently in e...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The “solid gold cube” crypto promo that surfaced in New York this week has turned out to be hollow on the inside, with onlookers online lampooning the stunt as an appropriate critique of the extravagant promises of crypto and blockchain tech. On Wedn...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Japanese government is considering a proposal to make it easier for registered crypto exchanges to list digital assets in the local retail trading market.Sources quoted in Bloomberg said that if the new rules are passed, exchanges that have regis...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Australia's consumer and competition (ACCC) watchdog is investigating Facebook’s parent company Meta for a long running series of fraudulent cryptocurrency advertisements of the platform. The news comes just a day after Cointelegraph reported that bi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Theoretical research into a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States has found that distributed ledger architecture has “downsides.” The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institut...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, saw the largest single-day slide in market value for a United States company ever with a 26% fall in share prices on Thursday after the tech giant ha revealed disappointing earnings and a decline in dai...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Silicon Valley tech VC Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) is reportedly eying an investment in Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs, with a reported valuation as high as $5 billion.Sources for the Financial Times revealed that Yuga Labs is seeking funding...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Silicon Valley tech VC Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) is reportedly eying an investment in Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs, with a reported valuation as high as $5 billion.Sources for the Financial Times revealed that Yuga Labs is seeking funding...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
It seems crypto winter is upon us and during times like these, projects that continue to forge ahead by focusing on development and expansion are often rewarded by traders who are looking to set up long positions where strong fundamentals trump the a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
More than three months after its release, the ad from crypto exchange Crypto.com featuring Hollywood star Matt Damon was the subject of ridicule in the latest episode of the animated series South Park.In the first episode of its 25th season titled “P...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The past few months have been less than pleasant for Bitcoin (BTC) bulls, but they are not alone. Persistent comments from the United States Federal Reserve hint at plans to raise interest rates in 2022, which is causing investors to seek protection...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The media and entertainment industry, in particular Hollywood, has a grip-like monopoly on the intellectual property, or IP, produced for public consumption. Writers and artists rarely maintain true ownership over the characters they create and have...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On Thursday, Jump Crypto, a crypto venture capital firm that owns Certus One, the developer of the Wormhole token bridge, announced it had deposited 120 thousand Ether (ETH) into a Solana-Ethereum bridge that suffered a devastating exploit. The day p...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Is Bitcoin (BTC) in a bull market or a bear market? Has the current market cycle already peaked or can we expect another leg higher? Venture capital funds don’t seem to care either way. They’re too busy building equity in promising blockchain plays. ...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) continue to be one of the hottest sectors of the cryptocurrency market in 2022 despite the overall multi-month weakness seen in Bitcoin (BTC) and other large-cap crypto assets.One project that has benefited from the persiste...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Tax filing platform TurboTax is allowing U.S. filers to get their refunds directly in crypto as part of an arrangement with crypto exchange Coinbase.In a Thursday blog post, Coinbase announced users who filed their tax returns using TurboTax would ha...