Hedera Governing Council to buy hashgraph IP and open-source project’s codeDistributed ledger service Hedera Hashgraph is expected to deploy a panoply of upgrades in 2022 in line with their long-term pursuit of decentralization.Jan 19, 2022Tom Farren
Crypto IRA iTrustCapital raises $125M, pushes valuation over $1B The company said it planned to use the funds for expanding its existing product and service line in addition to exploring strategic acquisitions.Jan 19, 2022Turner Wright
Bearish sentiment may soon abate according to Coinshares and Bitcoin metricsDespite last week’s institutional Bitcoin outflows of $55 million, negative sentiment could be on the wane.Jan 19, 2022Joe Hall
Bitcoin bounces at $41K as optimism increases over stocks correlation A quiet day for crypto markets combines with hopes that a macro uptick will lift Bitcoin and Ether higher in the coming days.Jan 19, 2022William Suberg
EU securities regulator calls for proof-of-work crypto mining banEuropean regulators are concerned about crypto's risks to climate change goals.Jan 19, 2022Prashant Jha
Survey shows that 62% of Canadians want to get paid in crypto by 2027A study suggests that receiving payments in digital assets is becoming more popular in Canada.Jan 19, 2022Ezra Reguerra
43% of Bitcoin trading volume during US market hours: Arcane Research“The U.S. trading hours dominate the Bitcoin trading volume, even on weekends,” a report from Arcane Research illustrates.Jan 19, 2022Joe Hall
Singapore crypto ATMs shut down after central bank crackdownThe move is part of a broader effort by the Singaporean watchdog to regulate advertising cryptocurrency to the public.Jan 19, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Turkish ruling party holds meeting in metaverse, talks crypto regulationTurkey’s governing political party has discussed the upcoming crypto regulation in its first metaverse meeting.Jan 19, 2022Erhan Kahraman
Russian Orthodox Patriarch is not a Bitcoiner, church clarifiesA video emerged claiming that the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church was blessing financial investments.Jan 19, 2022Aaron Wood
Iran to reportedly pilot central bank digital currency soonThe Central Bank of Iran hinted at a possible CBDC pilot soon without elaborating on the time frame of the program.Jan 19, 2022Prashant Jha
Bitcoin will emerge stronger after stocks dip ‘10%–20%’ — Bloomberg analystFederal Reserve policy should mean markets see a long-awaited comedown of up to one-fifth, says Bloomberg Intelligence’s Mike McGlone.Jan 19, 2022William Suberg
Opera announces beta of its new Web3-focused ‘Crypto Browser’ The beta browser offers a built-in non-custodial wallet, available now to Windows, Mac and Android users.Jan 19, 2022Ornella Hernández
Bitcoin mining becomes more sustainable: Mining Council's Q4 survey“This quarter we saw the trend continue with dramatic improvements to Bitcoin mining energy efficiency and sustainability,” said the founder and CEO of MicroStrategy Michael Saylor.Jan 19, 2022Surajdeep Singh
Strike wallet is 5th most popular finance app in Argentina, but where’s the BTC?“The best monetary network in human history is here, it's open, and will disrupt the world quicker than anyone thinks. Open networks win,” said Strike CEO Jack Mallers.Jan 19, 2022Brian Quarmby
USDC flips Tether on the Ethereum networkThe total supply for USDC on Ethereum has surpassed that of Tether, putting USDT in second place on Ethereum for the first time.Jan 19, 2022Brian Newar
Fintech startup Milo is offering 30-year ‘crypto-mortgages’Consumers will be able to leverage their BTC holdings and digital assets to purchase real estate in the United States.Jan 19, 2022Keira Wright
Microsoft’s massive Metaverse move: Buying Activision for $69BFollowing the Activision Blizzard acquisition announcement, Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella stated that gaming “will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms.”Jan 19, 2022Brian Quarmby
Georgian citizens made to swear an oath to stop mining cryptoA holy oath was taken to try to ensure the region’s power grid would work at its most efficient level, as crypto miners are blamed for drawing off too much juice.Jan 19, 2022Brian Newar
Intel to reveal new energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC at next ISSCCThe proposed "Bonanza Mine" promises to be a new, viable option to compete against traditional mining rigs.Jan 18, 2022Griffin Shenkel
OpenSea acquires Dharma Labs and a new CTOThe NFT marketplace buys the nearly five-year-old DeFi protocol but does not share financial terms.Jan 18, 2022Ornella Hernández
Analysts warn that Bitcoin could dip to $38K 'before an eventual breakout'Bitcoin continues to struggle below $42,000 as extreme fear grips the crypto market and analysts hint at a drop to $38,000.Jan 18, 2022Jordan Finneseth
'The risks outweigh the benefits' of a Swiss CBDC, says SNB governing board member"This does not mean the SNB is not interested in CBDC, but our focus is to look at the role that wholesale CBDCs could play," said Andréa Maechler.Jan 18, 2022Turner Wright
Cardano goes ‘full send’ with a 50% ADA rally ahead of SundaeSwap launchADA bulls cranked the price higher as excitement mounts over the upcoming SundaeSwap DEX launch.Jan 18, 2022Yashu Gola
Former pro-crypto CoC Brian Brooks to testify in a House hearing on the energy impacts of miningCrypto allies dominate the list of witnesses slated to appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Jan 18, 2022Kirill Bryanov
Coinbase partners with Mastercard for NFT marketplace purchasesThe agreement is aimed at allowing non-crypto natives to get into NFTs without using a wallet and first buying Ether or other tokens.Jan 18, 2022Turner Wright
Early birds: U.S. legislators invested in crypto and their digital asset politicsUnited States lawmakers remain underinvested in crypto, but this is likely to change in 2022.Jan 18, 2022David Attlee
El Salvador’s Bitcoin wallet onboards 4M users with Netki partnership Chivo, El Salvador’s official Bitcoin wallet, has managed to onboard 70% of the unbanked population in El Salvador, partner says.Jan 18, 2022Prashant Jha
Bitcoin miners’ resilience to geopolitics: A healthy sign for the networkThe phenomenal recovery of the mining hash rate for BTC goes to show how resilient the network and its community are to world events.Jan 18, 2022Anirudh Tiwari
Solana-based DeFi protocol Hubble raises $10M, prepares for mainnet launchCrypto heavyweights including Three Arrows, DCG, Delphi Digital and Crypto.com Capital joined Hubble Protocol’s funding.Jan 18, 2022Erhan Kahraman