France’s financial authority approves Binance's registration as digital asset service providerBinance said it would “significantly scale” its operations in France following the registration approval, and planned to expand its team “to pursue further infrastructure development.”May 4, 2022Turner Wright
Coinbase’s plans to purchase firm behind Mercado Bitcoin fall through: ReportThe crypto exchange previously announced the acquisition of blockchain infrastructure platform Bison Trails as well as the Routefire platform.May 4, 2022Turner Wright
Hundreds of NFTs listed on OpenSea from Shanghai residents during COVID lockdownIn response to the city’s COVID-19-related lockdown, Shanghai residents turned to the blockchain to preserve their experiences.May 4, 2022Savannah Fortis
California governor issues blockchain executive order building on US President’s regulatory efforts"We’re getting ahead of the curve on this, laying the foundation to allow for consumers and business to thrive," said California Governor Gavin Newsom.May 4, 2022Turner Wright
Bitcoin wobbles around $39K as Fed confirms up to 1% key rate target nextSo far, so good for markets pricing in a 50-basis-point hike from the Fed, with chair Jerome Powell still to speak.May 4, 2022William Suberg
Fed hikes interest rates by 50 basis points in effort to combat inflationThe May Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting concluded with the largest single rate hike in over two decades.May 4, 2022Derek Andersen
Price analysis 5/4: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, LUNA, ADA, DOGE, AVAX, DOTBitcoin and most altcoins could remain volatile in the short-term due to the Fed’s decision, warranting caution from traders.May 4, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
From within: Dubai's virtual asset regulator plans to open HQ in metaverseThe move came less than two months after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum established VARA and announced a new legal framework for crypto in Dubai.May 4, 2022Turner Wright
European watchdog lists crypto next to lawyers, accountants as an AML threat The annual supervision report from MONEYVAL concluded that 18 of the 22 jurisdictions have an insufficient level of compliance with AML standards.May 4, 2022Prashant Jha
Everything gets politicized, including crypto, says former POTUS candidate Andrew YangCointelegraph spoke with former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang at Crypto Bahamas to learn more about his thoughts on crypto and politics.May 4, 2022Rachel Wolfson
The creator economy will explode in the Metaverse, but not under Big Tech’s regimeIndependent creators and artists should feel empowered by decentralization and not play by Big Tech’s rules, especially in the Metaverse.May 4, 2022Ariel Shapira
Little by little, blockchain technology is beginning to appear around the houseFrom ecological seafood to Bored Apes, blockchain technology is making its presence felt in homes.May 4, 2022Derek Andersen
Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problemBridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them.May 4, 2022Sam Bourgi
Happy birthday, Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world's first known BitcoinerHal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday Wednesday.May 4, 2022Joe Hall
Ethereum eyes mini breakout above $3K as Coinbase ETH outflows hit new recordMacro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum’s long-term upside prospects.May 4, 2022Yashu Gola
Elon Musk swaps Twitter avatar for a horde of Bored Apes, BAYC floor price surges 10 ETHThe development has caused a stir in the NFT community, with some saying Elon Musk made a collage of bored apes on his avatar to troll NFT owners.May 4, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Proposed digital euro designs lack privacy options, ECB presentation shows Transactions via the EU’s prospective CBDC could be transparent to intermediaries, as any non-crypto digital transactions are.May 4, 2022David Attlee
Global private bank LGT opens Bitcoin and Ether tradingLGT Bank has partnered with the Swiss crypto bank Seba to offer custody and trading services for Bitcoin and Ether.May 4, 2022Helen Partz
BTC price gains 4% pre-Fed as MicroStrategy vows to protect Bitcoin from $21K crashWorries over capitulation see MicroStrategy give away key insights into what it would do should Bitcoin price strength deteriorate.May 4, 2022William Suberg
‘They didn't see it coming’: Podcaster Joe Rogan sees Bitcoin as a viable form of currencyJoe Rogan noted that Bitcoin is like the “early internet,” and the “government is freaking out” about BTC in conversation with the MMA fighter Khalil Rountree.May 4, 2022Joe Hall
Virginia county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farmingThe next few days will see a decision made, which if approved would be the first time pension fund money was used in decentralized finance.May 4, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Ape-themed airdrop phishing scams are on the rise, experts warnAs the crypto community notices and calls out such scams, the fraudsters tend to turn off replies to their tweets to prevent being exposed as scammers.May 4, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Bitcoin-friendly Republican candidate JD Vance wins Ohio Senate primaryOhio’s midterm election in November will feature a Democrat and Donald Trump-backed Republican who are both friendly to the crypto industry.May 4, 2022Brian Newar
Quantum-based random number generator for Web3 games and wallets launchedThe QRNG uses a fluctuating quantum system to guarantee unpredictable randomness, which can be used in Web3 gaming and gambling.May 4, 2022Martin Young
WSJ says ‘The NFT market is collapsing,’ but the data says otherwiseAn article by the WSJ suggesting the nonfungible token market is “collapsing” doesn’t show the full picture, as contrasting analysis reveals a consolidation is instead taking place.May 4, 2022Jesse Coghlan
South Korea’s new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protectionsThe country’s president-elect is proving his crypto savvy by declaring there will be no tax on crypto investment gains until legislation can ensure consumer protections.May 4, 2022Brian Newar
Bitcoin funds saw largest single week of outflows since June 2021“It is difficult to ascertain the precise reason for this other than the hawkish rhetoric from the US Federal Reserve and the recent price decline,” CoinShares wrote.May 4, 2022Brian Quarmby
Coinbase took out the first Bitcoin-backed loan from Goldman SachsThe largest exchange in the U.S. has taken out a loan from Goldman collateralized in Bitcoin as a Wall Street first, paving the way for others to follow.May 4, 2022Brian Newar
Buterin: L2 transaction fees need to be under $0.05 to be ‘truly acceptable’Despite layer-2s offering relatively cheap transactions, Vitalik Buterin said that all transactions need to be under $0.05 to be truly acceptable.May 4, 2022Brian Quarmby
MicroStrategy may explore ‘future yield generation opportunities’ on 95,643 BTC holdingsAs of March 31, MicroStrategy held a total of 129,218 BTC, which the firm reported had a carrying value of roughly $2.9 billion.May 3, 2022Turner Wright