Metaverse housing bubble bursting? Virtual land prices crash 85% amid waning interestThe virtual real estate market is crashing despite a McKinsey report predicting a $5 trillion market by 2030.Aug 8, 2022Yashu Gola
US ethics advisory on federal employee’s crypto has basis in legislation The Office of Government Ethics reminded federal agency ethics officers of current law and extended its interpretation of the law to mutual funds.Aug 8, 2022Derek Andersen
A slice of the punk: CryptoPunk NFT to be split into thousands of piecesA valuable CryptoPunk NFT is to be fractionalized as more than 56,000 addresses sign up for a share of ownership.Aug 8, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Ethereum Name Service founder reflects as 2 million registration mark nearsAs the Ethereum Name Service edges closer to 2 million domain registrations, its founder reflects on the parallels with the internet’s Domain Name Service.Aug 8, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Crypto lending platform Hodlnaut suspends services due to liquidity crisisHodlnaut avoided 3AC exposure and earlier denied ever buying UST, but several reports and on-chain data have shown that the lending firm at one point owned over $150M worth of UST.Aug 8, 2022Prashant Jha
FTX, Bybit rise in web traffic despite overall traffic drop on CEXsWeb traffic on FTX surged 123% YoY, while major exchanges such as Coinbase and Binance were down 46% and 40% traffic-wise, respectively.Aug 8, 2022Veronika Rinecker
Ethereum Merge may lessen usage for other chains, says Nansen CEO: KBW 2022Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik said that while many chains will become ghost towns after the Merge, some will be able to find their own niches.Aug 8, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Nigeria becomes the most crypto-obsessed nation after April crash: Report The Google trends data for the popular search terms in 15 countries showed that “Ethereum” searches outscored “Bitcoin” in 14 of them.Aug 8, 2022Prashant Jha
Chainlink ditches Ethereum PoW forks for PoS after The Merge The Chainlink protocol will continue operations on Ethereum after the upcoming Merge to the proof-of-stake consensus layer.Aug 8, 2022Savannah Fortis
Cross chains, beware: deBridge flags attempted phishing attack, suspects Lazarus GroupdeBridge Finance survives an attempted phishing attack, points a finger at the North Korean Lazarus Group, and warns the wider community to be on guard.Aug 8, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Bitcoin core contributor urges maximalists to take a different route Matt Corallo urged the Bitcoin community to drop the us-versus-them culture, which leads to attacking projects other than BTC.Aug 8, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 8: First-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph teamThe first day of the main stage event included a keynote presentation from Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin, 1inch Network’s Sergej Kunz, and Klaytn Foundation’s Sam Seo.Aug 8, 2022Brian Quarmby
Six reasons why blockchain makes sense for commercial real estate: DeloitteThe study reveals that blockchain technology is well-positioned to take over more than 50% of the entire leasing and sale process across commercial real estate.Aug 8, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Has US inflation peaked? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this weekThe latest U.S. inflation data is poised for release this week as Bitcoin price action spikes higher after a promising weekly close.Aug 8, 2022William Suberg
KBW 2022: Crypto.com hits key regulatory milestone in South Korea“This is an exciting next step for Crypto.com in an important market,” said co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek.Aug 8, 2022Stephen Katte
DeFi market has room for growth in Korea: 1inch co-founder — KBW 20221inch plans to expand into a largely untapped Asian market, but a lack of DeFi knowledge is preventing mass adoptionAug 8, 2022Brayden Lindrea
Buterin: Layer-2 scaling will make crypto payments ‘make sense’ again“It’s a vision that has been, I think, forgotten a little bit and I think one of the reasons why it has been forgotten is basically because it got priced out of the market,” Vitalik Buterin said.Aug 8, 2022Brian Quarmby
Aurora Labs exec details ‘fascinating and devious’ crypto scam he almost fell forA sharp-eyed escrow agent and a screenshot saved Aurora Labs’ head of product Matt Henderson from losing his tokens to scammers.Aug 8, 2022Stephen Katte
60 million NFTs could be minted in a single transaction — StarkWare co-founderThe StarkWare co-founder announced the launch of its new Recursive validity proof technology on Sunday in Seoul.Aug 8, 2022Brayden Lindrea
Once hacked for $77M, Beanstalk’s algo stablecoin protocol relaunchesBeanstalk Farms’ stablecoin protocol was relaunched on Saturday, with the team working to hopefully reclaim the $100 million market cap of its BEAN stablecoin prior to the hack in April.Aug 8, 2022Brian Quarmby
How Bitcoin whales make a splash in markets and move pricesAre the whales selling in this bear market? A deep dive into their on-chain data.Aug 7, 2022Sritanshu Sinha
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, FLOW, THETA, QNT, MKRSelect altcoins such as FLOW, THETA, QNT and MKR could rally if Bitcoin breaks above the stiff overhead resistance at $24,668.Aug 7, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
6 Questions for Tongtong Bee of PanonyBitcoin has changed the world and will continue revolutionizing the financial systems in many countries.Aug 7, 2022Cointelegraph
Elon Musk: US ’past peak inflation’ after Tesla sells 90% of BitcoinThe firm may be caught short in the event that markets have already bottomed and crypto starts to deliver serious returns again.Aug 7, 2022William Suberg
The UK cannot afford to send mixed messages on cryptoRegulators have expressed conflicting messages about whether the U.K. is a good place for cryptocurrency development to occur.Aug 7, 2022Susan Friedman
Amid miner capitulation, Hut 8 maintained BTC ‘HODL strategy’ in JulyOther Bitcoin miners such as Core Scientific, Argo Blockchain and Riot Blockchain have reduced their BTC holdings during the bear market.Aug 6, 2022Sam Bourgi
VC Roundup: Lightning Network payment rail, DeFi trading platform and blockchain security firm raise millions ZEBEDEE, Halborn, Hashflow, Socios and EtherMail headline the latest funding deals from the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.Aug 6, 2022Sam Bourgi
Bitcoin price: weekend volatility ‘expected’ with $22K level to holdBTC/USD could hit $30,000 if the current daily trend of higher highs and lows continues, one trader says as the market avoids weekend losses.Aug 6, 2022William Suberg
Proof-of-work: Bitcoin artists on minting NFTs and OpenSeaMinting a nonfungible token of artwork seems a no-brainer for an artist, and Cointelegraph spoke to those that took the plunge.Aug 6, 2022Joe Hall
What is a decentralized money market, and how does it work?Decentralized money markets enable one to borrow or lend crypto assets without third-party intermediation. Find out how in this article.Aug 6, 2022Dilip Kumar Patairya