Bitcoin ends week ‘on the edge’ as S&P 500 officially enters bear marketDown 20% from its latest peak, the S&P 500 now meets the definition of bear market territory in a warning sign for risk assets everywhere.May 21, 2022William Suberg
Needed: A massive education project to fight hacks and scamsScams are shattering mainstream confidence in crypto, perhaps irreparably. A large-scale, coordinated education initiative can help ensure that they don’t.May 21, 2022Rich Feldman
Arthur Hayes to serve 2-year probation owning up to BitMEX’s AML mishapDespite the imminent possibility of serving jail time, proactively owning up to the allegations resulted in Hayes being sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation.May 21, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Do you have the right to redeem your stablecoin?Spoiler: No, stablecoin issuers do not guarantee the legal right for users to claim fiat currency back.May 21, 2022Oleksii Konashevych
Stake or DApp? With liquid staking, you don’t have to chooseImplementation of liquid staking addresses worrisome price fluctuations and helps users generate higher rewards by combining staking payouts and DApp yield.May 21, 2022Lurpis Wang
20% drop in the S&P 500 puts stocks in a bear market, Bitcoin and altcoins followRecession fears mount as a 20% decline in the S&P 500 places stock in a bear market, increasing the chance that BTC and altcoins will make new lows.May 20, 2022Jordan Finneseth
OpenSea launches Seaport marketplace protocol allowing NFT bartering“OpenSea does not control or operate the Seaport protocol — we will be just one, among many, building on top of this shared protocol,” said the platform.May 20, 2022Turner Wright
Florida Rep. Donalds introduces Financial Freedom Act companion bill in the HouseThe Republican congressman is supporting Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s Senate bill and financial services companies that want to include crypto in their 401(k) product offerings.May 20, 2022Derek Andersen
FCA will ‘absolutely’ consider recent stablecoin depegging when drafting crypto rules: ReportThe United Kingdom’s Economic and Finance Ministry announced in April that it would work to incorporate stablecoins into a regulatory framework on digital assets.May 20, 2022Turner Wright
3 red flags that signal a crypto project may be misleading investorsThe challenges faced by Terra, Wonderland and a handful of other DeFi projects exposed the need for investors to do more research and avoid cult personalities.May 20, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Finance Redefined: Lifeline for Terra projects, proposed Terra hard fork, and more Binance comes to the rescue of Terra projects, Chainalysis introduces new tools to track stolen crypto funds, Do Kwon’s new proposal for a Terra hard fork, and more in this week’s DeFi newsletter.May 20, 2022Prashant Jha
3K+ Bit Digital hosting partner's crypto miners go offline after explosion and fireThe company said it will be seeking reimbursement for the lost revenue from mining crypto, with operations at Niagara Falls "hoped to resume within a few weeks."May 20, 2022Turner Wright
Price analysis 5/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, AVAX, SHIBBTC and altcoins produced the occasional relief rally, but technical analysis suggests that the prevailing trend will remain bearish for some time to come.May 20, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
Bearish head and shoulders pattern forces Ethereum traders to re-adjust their price targets Traders say Ethereum needs a monthly close above $2,250 to regain bullish momentum, but a bearish technical analysis pattern on the weekly timeframe threatens to push ETH price to new lows first.May 20, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Crypto Biz: Amid crypto carnage, Goldman and Barclays fill their bags, May 12-18, 2022Some of the world's biggest banks are increasing their exposure to the digital asset market despite the recent market volatility. Is this a sign of things to come?May 20, 2022Sam Bourgi
Panama’s president says he won’t sign crypto bill into law ’at this moment’“If the law has clauses related to money laundering activities — Anti-Money Laundering activities — that’s very important for us," said Panama President Laurentino Cortizo.May 20, 2022Turner Wright
Terra’s amended revival plan would decrease the allocation for post-attack UST holdersTerra posted three new revisions to its revival plan. This included increasing genesis liquidity, introducing a new liquidity profile and decreasing allocation for some holders.May 20, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin ‘death cross’ data hints 43% drop due in BTC price bear marketBased on historical tendencies, $22,700 could now mark the next “generational bottom” for Bitcoin, new analysis says.May 20, 2022William Suberg
Ethereum preparing a ‘bear trap’ ahead of the Merge — ETH price to $4K next?An ascending triangle setup promises major price rebound in the Ethereum price in 2022.May 20, 2022Yashu Gola
UST aftermath: Is there any future for algorithmic stablecoins? The quest continues for the perfect “stand in” for the U.S. dollar, but UST’s crash suggests that algo stables may be “inherently fragile.”May 20, 2022Andrew Singer
WEF 2022: Blockchain and digitization to take center stage at Davos Sustainability goals for Bitcoin will be presented to world leaders during the first in-person World Economic Forum since the start of the pandemic.May 20, 2022Prashant Jha
Cosmos price rebounds 45% in one week despite Terra’s debacle — What’s next for ATOM?ATOM’s ascending triangle setup opens up the possibility for another major crash by June 2022.May 20, 2022Yashu Gola
Court documents reveal Do Kwon dissolved Terraform Labs Korea days before LUNA crash A revelatory discovery of legal documents could provide greater context for the catalyst of the infamous LUNA and UST price crash.May 20, 2022Tom Farren
Crypto veterans extend a helping hand to bear market newbiesGuy Swann listed buying Bitcoin on top of his list of advice for beginners who are experiencing their first bear market.May 20, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Central bankers bellow Bitcoin on El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach On day three of El Salvador’s financial inclusion and funding for SMEs conference, Bitcoin has stolen the show.May 20, 2022Joe Hall
Weaker dollar lifts Bitcoin to $30.7K as analyst eyes 60% BTC dominanceMacro conditions flip to reduce pressure on risk assets, as one view gives Bitcoin bears $14,000 capitulation "hopium."May 20, 2022William Suberg
Ethereum devs tip The Merge will occur in August ‘if everything goes to plan’Core Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon says that the network’s long-awaited transition to proof-of-stake will most likely happen this August.May 20, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
Commonwealth Bank puts crypto trading trial on ice as regulators ditherCommonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn insists his bank will move forward with the second pilot of crypto services on its app once regulatory uncertainty is cleared up.May 20, 2022Brian Newar
Terra fallout: Stablegains lawsuit, Hashed loses billions, Finder wrong and moreYield generation app Stablegains is facing a lawsuit after losing around $44 million worth of user funds in the Terra collapse when it previously said it allocated funds “across a number of stablecoins.”May 20, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Tether CTO: Terra wasn’t a rug pull, it was a poorly designed ‘castle of cards’“It was clear to me, it was clear to many that I know that it was a bad idea,” said Tether and Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino.May 20, 2022Brian Quarmby