Tumbleweeds blow through Coinbase NFT on its first day: Just $75K in volumeAfter almost seven months and over 8.4 million emails on the waitlist, Coinbase opened its NFT marketplace to the public but only recorded 150 transactions on the big day.May 6, 2022Jesse Coghlan
GameFi News: Tilting Point partners with Polygon Studios and LootRush raises $12MCatch up on the latest funding and partnership news about GameFi and Web3 gaming. This week, Cointelegraph covers LootRush, Axie Infinity and Polygon Studios.May 5, 2022Ornella Hernández
Vector Finance (VTX) TVL hits a record high as the Curve Wars shift to AvalancheThe total value locked on Vector Finance hit a new high after the protocol integrated multiple stablecoins in the Avalanche ecosystem to become the network’s largest liquidity hub.May 5, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Bitcoin drops to $35.5K as 1,000 point Dow correction marks the worst trading day since 2020BTC and ETH price imploded toward swing lows as the Dow tumbled by 1,000 points and the Nasdaq lost 5%, marking the worst trading day for stocks since 2020.May 5, 2022Jordan Finneseth
El Salvador’s central bank accepts Qredo's registration to provide crypto servicesRegistered Bitcoin service providers in El Salvador include Chivo, the firm behind the state-issued crypto wallets and kiosks, Paxos Trust Company, Paxful and OpenNode.May 5, 2022Turner Wright
CFTC commissioner appoints crypto-experienced CME Group director as chief counselDuring his time at the CME Group, Bruce Fekrat regulated crypto reference rates and helped in the development of financial products, including BTC and ETH derivatives.May 5, 2022Turner Wright
Bitcoin price hits 10-week lows as $40K spike becomes 'nasty bull trap' A full reversal and then some for BTC means that bulls are coming to terms with months of ground given up.May 5, 2022William Suberg
Here’s why blue-chip NFT prices continue to soar nearly a week after the Otherside mintMost of the NFT market is in a downtrend, but data shows funds continuing to flow into blue-chip tier projects.May 5, 2022Alyssa Exposito
SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci expects a pro-crypto presidential candidacyAnthony Scaramucci predicts that the next presidential candidate will be pro-crypto and that a Bitcoin ETF will happen by the end of 2022, given recent developments on Capitol Hill.May 5, 2022Rachel Wolfson
Luna Foundation Guard acquires additional 37,863 BTC as part of reserve strategy The acquisition, totaling roughly $1.5 billion, will be used to further backstop Terra Luna’s algorithmic stablecoin UST.May 5, 2022Sam Bourgi
Argo Blockchain facility in West Texas expects to start mining Bitcoin in MayThe company expects a hash rate of 5.5 EH/s by the end of 2022, anticipating that access to an additional 600 MW of power capacity "in the coming years" will produce 20 EH/s.May 5, 2022Turner Wright
Bitcoin falls toward $38K as stocks abandon Fed ‘reactionary rally’The S&P 500 and Nasdaq see substantial losses on the day as Fed-induced gains evaporate.May 5, 2022William Suberg
Solana and Moonbirds help NFT market reach $6.3B monthly trading volume: Report Moonbirds contributed half a billion in trading volume in April, while Solana registered a 91% surge in NFT trading volume month over month.May 5, 2022Prashant Jha
Mixing reality with the Metaverse: Fashion icon Phillip Plein goes cryptoHow can fashion and crypto mix in a practical yet innovative way so that even Phillip Plein’s mother can understand crypto and NFTs?May 5, 2022Emily Tonelli
Number goes up: A third of Brits have bought crypto, says Coinbase report A Qualtrics report carried out by Coinbase shows that the number of Brits who have bought crypto is up 4% to 33% since October 2021.May 5, 2022Joe Hall
Avalanche rebounds 25% in five days as AVAX price tests key level — Big rally ahead?Crypto market correlation and Valkyrie’s Avalanche fund launch also helped push AVAX to a weekly high.May 5, 2022Yashu Gola
Sen. Warren asks Fidelity to address the risks to put Bitcoin in 401(k)sU.S. Senators requested Fidelity to explain how the firm is planning to address the risks of adding Bitcoin into retirement accounts by May 18.May 5, 2022Helen Partz
Binance commits $500M to co-invest in Twitter with Elon MuskBinance is among 18 co-investors in Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition alongside firms like Sequoia Capital Fund and Fidelity Management and Research Company.May 5, 2022Helen Partz
DOT rallies 12% in a day as Polkadot gears up to solve a major blockchain hacking problemBut the token still risks falling by more than 30% based on a classic bearish continuation setup.May 5, 2022Yashu Gola
Bitcoin celebrates halfway to the halving with new hash rate record The Bitcoin hash rate hit another all-time high and the 105,000th block since the last halving was mined, marking the halfway to the next halving.May 5, 2022Joe Hall
Bitcoin trader keeps $40.8K BTC price target amid warning over risk asset ‘pain trade’What could rile investors more than a capitulation in stocks and crypto is sideways trading “for a long time.”May 5, 2022William Suberg
Chainlink set to power Latin American real estate platformChainlink is set to automate rental payments to property owners of a Latin American real estate platform, adding a new blockchain use-case for the sector.May 5, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Opera browser enables direct access to BNB Chain-based DApp ecosystemNew integration with BNB Chain allows Opera users to access decentralized apps, including DEXs like PancakeSwap, 1inch and BiSwap.May 5, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Aussie exchange Swyftx to offer ‘no lock-in’ yield on cryptoSwyftx, one of Australia’s largest crypto exchanges, has become the first local exchange to offer users zero-fee yields on cryptocurrency deposits.May 5, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
Gucci the latest luxury brand to accept crypto payments in storeGucci’s past efforts into Web3 have culminated with the brand accepting 12 cryptocurrencies at a few select stores, with a wider rollout planned for the future.May 5, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Socios signs up Major League Soccer — but it’s not a token effort yetThe fan token platform is branching into American soccer with the latest partnership to bring fan engagement events to MLS without issuing fan tokens.May 5, 2022Brian Newar
New crypto litigation tracker highlights 300 cases from SafeMoon to Pepe the FrogThe SEC, CFTC and DOJ have seven cases either resolved or ongoing this year, with the litigation against husband-wife duo Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan being the most high profile.May 5, 2022Brian Quarmby
Shiba Inu has a new use case — Buying land in SHIB: The Metaverse Memecoin Shiba Inu can officially be used to purchase land in the SHIB metaverse using the native SHIB token, as the development team continues to provide utility for holders.May 5, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
Kazakhstan ramps up power consumption reporting requirements for crypto minersCryptocurrency mining companies will be required to submit comprehensive information about their operations as the country tries to reign in electricity consumption.May 5, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Nifty News: Louis Vuitton and Johnnie Walker dabble in Web3Other notable NFT news this week includes Larva Labs deleting all of its tweets and Elon Musk briefly changing his Twitter profile picture to a Bored Ape Yacht Club collage.May 4, 2022Ornella Hernández