Crypto firms failed to deliver ‘promised benefits’ from lawmaker-backed incentives, says nonprofit“At a minimum, the public should have a say in these crypto handouts,” said the Tech Transparency Project.Aug 4, 2022Turner Wright
Binance and Mastercard will launch prepaid crypto cards in Argentina"Payments is one of the first and most obvious use cases for crypto, yet adoption has a lot of room to grow,” said Maximiliano Hinz.Aug 4, 2022Turner Wright
Insta-rally! FLOW token jumps 50% amid Instagram adoption euphoria FLOW latest price rally has turned it into an “overbought” asset, which could amount to an imminent correction.Aug 4, 2022Yashu Gola
Meta enables Instagram NFT integration in over 100 countriesMark Zuckerberg's company, which posted a sharp loss in its Metaverse division in Q2, unveiled its digital asset expansion strategy on May 10, 2022.Aug 4, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Worthless JPEGs: Redditor turns NFT criticism into NFTsOne Reddit user collected quotes from NFT haters on the internet and famous skeptics like Warren Buffet, Peter Schiff and Dan Olson.Aug 4, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Interview with Kevin O’Leary: $28K Bitcoin next or lower? | Market Talks with Crypto JebbKevin O’Leary gives his outlook on the current state of the crypto market in this exclusive live interview with Cointelegraph.Aug 4, 2022Cointelegraph
Bitcoin price retests key $22.8K as metric points to 'BTC buying spree'BTC price bulls fail to take the market higher as the week continues, but buyer interest is giving hope.Aug 4, 2022William Suberg
Self-custody isn’t for everyone: WisdomTree exec on ‘be your own bank’As self-custody puts a lot of responsibility on a user, many may find it way too uncomfortable or too hard to handle.Aug 4, 2022Helen Partz
CME Group plans to launch euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futuresThe futures options, expected to start trading on Aug. 29, followed the CME Group launching micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether options in March.Aug 4, 2022Turner Wright
Coinbase partners with BlackRock to create new access points for institutional crypto investingThe world's largest financial asset management firm is making a major push into digital assets, beginning with Bitcoin.Aug 4, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Education and aesthetics: Bringing more women into the MetaverseBrands have the potential to make the Metaverse more women-friendly by focusing on beautiful aesthetics, accessibility and education.Aug 4, 2022Rachel Wolfson
UK parliamentary group calls for submissions in new crypto asset inquiry The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) announced it will launch an inquiry into the crypto and digital asset industry.Aug 4, 2022Savannah Fortis
Cointelegraph increases its presence in Middle East and North Africa with a new franchiseCointelegraph MENA will cover more news and technological developments in each country in the region in Arabic.Aug 4, 2022Cointelegraph
Portuguese banks shutting crypto accounts citing risk management concernsThe Bank of Portugal has licensed all of the exchanges that have had their accounts closed, including Criptoloja, Mind The Coin and Luso Digital Assets.Aug 4, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Twitter chases Citadel’s founder, Binance in a race of subpoenas The company is gathering all the possible information on Elon Musk's private claims about its number of fake accounts.Aug 4, 2022David Attlee
Lido’s market dominance and Ethereum decentralization post-MergeLido’s liquid staking derivative token has over 90% of the Ethereum market share as the network ultimately transitions to proof-of-stake.Aug 4, 2022Inigo Vaca
‘Insane evidence’ Bitcoin has capitulated in past 2 months — analysisSignals that Bitcoin is in classic capitulation mode are everywhere, and each is a “rare event,” says Capriole’s Charles Edwards.Aug 4, 2022William Suberg
Ethereum’s L2 solution ‘Optimism’ rallies 300% in a month — Will OP price gains sustain?Optimism eyes an increase in adoption after the Merge upgrade triggers Ethereum’s “Rollup-Centric Roadmap.”Aug 4, 2022Yashu Gola
Japan may see a reduced 20% tax on crypto earnings with new proposal The proposal calls for a separate 20% tax on crypto earnings and exemptions of any tax on crypto gains, with losses carried forward for up to three years.Aug 4, 2022Prashant Jha
Philippine SEC cautions the public not to invest with BinanceInfrawatch PH Convenor Terry Ridon said that the SEC’s response clarifies the government’s position on crypto platform operations.Aug 4, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Tourists flock to El Salvador despite Bitcoin bear market El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, has seen explosive growth in tourism numbers in the first half of 2022.Aug 4, 2022Joe Hall
Senator Warren proposes reducing Wall Street’s involvement in crypto Warren’s letter urges OCC to collaborate with Fed and FDIC to develop an alternative cryptocurrency approach “that adequately protects consumers and the safety and soundness of the banking system.”Aug 4, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Nansen admits neglecting DeFi plans during the NFT craze Nansen has registered over 130 million addresses and has grown 30% despite the crypto downturn in 2022.Aug 4, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Starbucks teases Web3 rewards program to attract new customers“This will create an entirely new set of digital network effects that will attract new customers and be accretive to existing customers in our core retail stores,” said interim CEO Howard Schultz.Aug 4, 2022Brian Quarmby
Major hack on play-to-earn crypto games a ‘matter of time:’ ReportAccording to a cybersecurity auditing firm, GameFi projects are putting “profits above security” and pose a great risk to the projects and their users.Aug 4, 2022Brian Newar
Swiping left: Tinder pulls back on Metaverse dating plansDisappointing financial results have seen Tinder lay off its current CEO, slash funding to metaverse development and ditch plans for its digital currency, Tinder Coins.Aug 4, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
After four years, Japan brings back its first crypto ATMLocal exchange Gaia Co. is set to roll out crypto ATMs in Tokyo and Osaka and has outlined plans for 130 of them over the next three years.Aug 4, 2022Brian Quarmby
Bitcoin may behave more like US Treasury bonds: Bloomberg IntelligenceBitcoin markets will behave more like that of Treasury bonds and gold during market recovery, said the analysts.Aug 4, 2022Martin Young
$2B in crypto stolen from cross-chain bridges this year: ChainalysisThe $190 million Nomad Bridge exploit is just the latest out of 13 separate bridge attacks in 2022 so far.Aug 4, 2022Stephen Katte
Winnipeg police get provincial funding to beef blockchain forensics unitThe Winnipeg police service received money from the Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund to provide training through the Cryptocurrency Tracing Certified Examiner course.Aug 4, 2022Derek Andersen