DeFi abandons Ponzi farms for ‘real yield’“Returns based on marketing dollars are fake. It’s like the Dotcom boom phase of paying customers to buy a product.”Oct 20, 2022Max Parasol
Mobile bank N26 launches cryptocurrency trading with Bitpanda partnership N26 Crypto is already available for Austrian customers and is planned to be rolled out in other key markets.Oct 20, 2022David Attlee
Kraken crypto exchange is next to close doors to Russian usersFormer Kraken CEO Jesse Powell previously warned crypto investors about the risks of holding crypto on a centralized exchange.Oct 20, 2022Helen Partz
Capitulation or profit-taking? Bitcoin whale moves 32K BTC dormant since 2018What is “usually” an OTC transaction signals change is afoot among 2018 bear market buyers, says Whalemap.Oct 20, 2022William Suberg
Russian users are welcomed by crypto exchanges in Kazakhstan, but there’s a catchNon-sanctioned foreigners are “more than welcome” at Intebix, but they need to set up a local bank card for crypto-to-fiat transactions, the CEO said.Oct 20, 2022Helen Partz
Hodl! Tesla hangs onto all its remaining $218M in Bitcoin in Q3The vehicle manufacturer’s latest earnings report for the third quarter shows it’s made no changes to its Bitcoin holdings since its huge sell-off in the second quarter.Oct 20, 2022Jesse Coghlan
$4.5T asset manager Fidelity offers ETH custody and trading to clientsAccording to an email reportedly sent to clients, Fidelity Digital Assets is offering institutional Ethereum capabilities for their clients starting next week.Oct 20, 2022Stephen Katte
Voyager customers could recover 72% of frozen crypto under FTX dealThe plan is tentative at this stage and won’t be finalized until it receives approval from Voyager’s creditors and the bankruptcy payout plan is approved by the judge.Oct 20, 2022Luke Huigsloot
Bitcoin’s discount to hash rate highest since early 2020 — Mike McGloneThe senior commodity strategist is bullish on Bitcoin, revealing on Oct. 18 that its relative discount to hash rate has hit levels not seen since the first quarter of 2020.Oct 20, 2022Stephen Katte
‘Secretly circulating’ draft crypto bill could be a ‘boon’ to DeFiA crypto bill that industry advocates previously said would “kill DeFi” has seen an updated draft released online, with one commentator saying the U.S. is “finally getting their act together.”Oct 20, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Twitter user saves cross-chain bridge from potential exploit The BitBTC bridge reportedly had a bug that would essentially allow an attacker to mint fake tokens on one side of the bridge and swap them for real ones on the other.Oct 20, 2022Brian Quarmby
4,400 disgruntled investors are hunting for Terra’s Do KwonA retail investor group is trying to track down Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon following the crash of the Terra ecosystem’s cryptocurrencies.Oct 20, 2022Luke Huigsloot
Ethereum Alarm Clock exploit leads to $260K in stolen gas fees so farWeb3 security firm Supremacy highlighted Etherscan transaction history that showed the hacker(s) were able to swipe 204 ETH in gas fees so far, worth roughly $259,800.Oct 20, 2022Brian Quarmby
Before ETH drops further, set some money aside for surprise taxesEthereum’s Merge resulted in a Proof-of-Work airdrop. That means you could be on the hook for tokens you didn’t even want.Oct 20, 2022Tony Dhanjal
BoE policy talk: DeFi had better implement good governance before it’s too lateAn external member of the BoE policy committee looks at DeFi governance and regulation and lists measures the industry should take before regulated blockchain swallows up business.Oct 19, 2022Derek Andersen
Celestia Foundation raises $55M for modular blockchain architectureThe company claims that the technology will solve the challenges inherent when deploying and scaling blockchains.Oct 19, 2022Judith BannermanQuist
Report: Half of all DeFi exploits are cross-bridge hacks Over $2.5 billion have been stolen from cross-chain bridges in the past two years.Oct 19, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
South Africa declares crypto to be a financial product subject to financial services lawThe declaration marks the beginning of the long-awaited process of regulating crypto assets, which will produce benefits such as consumer protection and AML/KYC compliance.Oct 19, 2022Derek Andersen
Aptos Foundation airdrops 20M tokens to its early testnet usersThe company said that 20 million APT tokens were airdropped to about 110,235 eligible participants.Oct 19, 2022Judith BannermanQuist
Anthony Hopkins sells out NFTs in minutes: Nifty Newsletter, Oct 12–18The co-founder of Animoca Brands, Yat Siu, claimed that NFT games are only scratching the surface of what’s possible.Oct 19, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Price analysis 10/19: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIBBitcoin and most altcoin prices have turned down and look to retest underlying support levels.Oct 19, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
Binance delegates 13.2M UNI tokens, becoming Uniswap DAO's second-largest vote-holder This move will allow Binance to propose governance votes, but is not enough to meet the quorum 4% requirement.Oct 19, 2022Ana Paula Pereira
3 key Solana metrics explain exactly why SOL price is downSOL price is down 29% since August, and three key metrics suggest bulls are in no rush to return.Oct 19, 2022Marcel Pechman
There were vast discrepancies in crypto markets during Q3: ReportThe total crypto market cap actually increased in Q3 following a series of devastating sell-offs earlier this year.Oct 19, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains Kim Grauer, director of research at Chainalysis, explains why the amount of crypto stolen in hacks is surging and what could be done to invert this dangerous trend.Oct 19, 2022Giovanni Pigni
Most institutional investors hold or plan to buy cryptocurrencies: SurveyA survey on the appetite for digital assets for institutional investors showed that 43% already own digital assets.Oct 19, 2022Nick M
ShapeShift moves closer to full decentralization with open-source mobile app The organization transitioned to a DAO in July 2021 as part of a broader pledge to decentralize its operations.Oct 19, 2022Sam Bourgi
UK inflation rate hits 10.1%, British Bitcoin community respondsThe British Bitcoin community wades in on the latest inflation print, which once again hit the double digits in the United Kingdom.Oct 19, 2022Joe Hall
Here’s what could spark a ‘huge BTC rally’ as Bitcoin clings to $19KThe U.S. dollar may be finally ready to come down as the eurozone says September annual inflation was the highest ever.Oct 19, 2022William Suberg
UK Law Commission expects ‘substantial impact’ from digital asset law review Legal jurisdictional issues relating to cryptocurrencies and digital assets have necessitated a law reform project sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.Oct 19, 2022Gareth Jenkinson