Crypto-focused software firm Lukka raises $110M, reaches $1.3B valuationLukka said it planned to use the funds for “aggressive growth and global expansion strategy” with its current customer base dealing in products related to the crypto space.Jan 14, 2022Turner Wright
Bukele’s Bitcoin trade raises El Salvador’s sovereign credit risk: Moody’s The credit rating agency believes El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has elevated the country’s risk profile and could limit its access to foreign debt markets.Jan 14, 2022Sam Bourgi
ICON commits $200M to interoperability incentive fundThe South Korean blockchain hopes to fund its interoperability technology to create new cross-chain applications.Jan 14, 2022Ornella Hernández
President Biden taps economists for Fed governors’ seats, Sarah Bloom Raskin as vice chair for supervisionAccording to the U.S. President, the three nominees have the “experience, judgment and integrity to lead the Federal Reserve and to help build our economy back better for working families.”Jan 14, 2022Turner Wright
Volcanos, Bitcoin and remittances: A Tongan lord plans for financial securityA former lawmaker from the island nation wants to use Bitcoin to secure his country’s financial security.Jan 14, 2022Max Parasol
Indian INX exchange reportedly plans to list Bitcoin futures ETFThe India International Exchange is reportedly looking to explore digital asset-based products despite local uncertainty.Jan 14, 2022Helen Partz
Bitcoin dips below $42K as new forecast says breakout 'most probable outcome' for BTC priceThe latest "death cross" on the Bitcoin daily chart is swept aside in favor of buy-in signals and an "eventual" surge towards $50,000.Jan 14, 2022William Suberg
Brazilian mayor to reportedly invest 1% of city reserves in BitcoinRio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes talked about Bitcoin with Miami mayor and BTC bull Francis Suarez at Rio Innovation Week.Jan 14, 2022Helen Partz
University accepts Bitcoin donations to fund crypto-related activitiesThe SDSU announced that it’s accepting donations in cryptocurrency to fund activities that promote crypto adoption within the university.Jan 14, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Battle of the bots: WTF token launch drains 58 ETHThe WTF token airdrop got off to a wild launch. Users reportedly lost thousands of dollars, while one bot disappeared with 58 ETH.Jan 14, 2022Joe Hall
Near Protocol raises $150M to promote Web3 adoptionEthereum competitor Near Protocol raised funds for Web3 adoption, with Three Arrows Capital and Andreessen Horowitz supporting the PoS blockchain.Jan 14, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin hash rate jumps to ATH as Jack Dorsey confirms Block’s mining system Bitcoin’s hash rate hits new all-time highs as Jack Dorsey tweets that Block is “officially building an open Bitcoin mining system.”Jan 14, 2022Joe Hall
Tesla launches Dogecoin payments for merch, but there’s a catchTesla has started accepting Dogecoin payments for company merchandise. However, the firm states that it will not issue refunds for purchases made in DOGE.Jan 14, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Tether freezes $150 million in USDTTether has not issued a statement giving a specific reason for blacklisting three addresses, but it has done so before to comply with law enforcement and aid exchanges after cyber attacks.Jan 14, 2022Brian Newar
Fan Controlled Football raises $40M to expand league with Bored Apes and Gutter Cats “One of the most powerful things that tokenization does is release the energy of fans into tangible forms of value and meaning, we see this effect in NFTs and also social tokens,” said Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu.Jan 14, 2022Brian Quarmby
Robinhood hits new low as FTX.US and Bitstamp USA move into stocksAs crypto trading cools down, the ability to trade stock on FTX.US might be only months away, according to a tweet from the exchange’s president. Bitstamp USA has also signaled it’s looking at stocks.Jan 14, 2022Keira Wright
North Korean hackers stole $400M in 2021, mostly ETH: ChainalysisHackers from North Korea have nearly doubled their thefts since 2019 by amassing $400 million in crypto via cyberattack in 2021.Jan 14, 2022Brian Newar
Crypto crime’s overall impact set to fall even further in 2022: Chainalysis“Cash is still king when it comes to illicit finance, and that is not likely to change,” says Chainalysis researcher Kim Grauer.Jan 14, 2022Keira Wright
Vitalik deluged after asking for the ‘most unhinged’ criticisms about himButerin has been both the golden child of crypto and the recipient of some of the most trenchant criticism. For a bit of fun, he decided Friday was the day he wanted to dig some notable digs up and share them with his Twitter followers.Jan 14, 2022Brian Newar
Second Life creator returns to lay claim to the MetaverseIt looks like Second Life might be approaching its second coming, with creator Philip Rosedale returning to the project as it prepares to tackle the Metaverse.Jan 14, 2022Keira Wright
Shiba Inu (SHIB) fetches 30% gain on Robinhood listing rumor and bullish chart patternSHIB’s 30% gain initiates a bullish reversal pattern and rumors of a major exchange listing and other developments have investors playing catch with the canine-themed meme coin.Jan 14, 2022Yashu Gola
Analysts expect turbulent Bitcoin price until $46,500 flips to supportTraders say “stay calm” but also expect further whipsaws in BTC price until $46,500 flips to support and marks a higher time frame trend reversal.Jan 13, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Iota selected for Phase 2A of EU blockchain initiative In the coming months, Iota plans to pilot product passports for digital waste recycling and the cross-border management of intellectual property rights for artists' creative work.Jan 13, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Aside from Shark Tank, Mark Cuban says 80% of his new investments are in cryptoMark Cuban said he didn’t focus on the price speculation around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin, comparing it to “gamesmanship” akin to that of stocks.Jan 13, 2022Turner Wright
Crypto Biz: Here’s what you need to know about CZ’s $96B net worth, Jan. 6–13 Changpeng Zhao is crypto’s biggest billionaire, Bitfarms purchased more than $43M worth of BTC and PayPal plans a stablecoin project.Jan 13, 2022Sam Bourgi
Industry players respond to Vitalik Buterin's thoughts on cross-chain ecosystems"Interdependence between chains could create a domino effect that impacts multiple ecosystems if a single chain were to be attacked, but that certainly isn't a reason to stop working on cross-chain innovations," Komodo's chief technology officer Kadan Stadelmann told Cointelegraph.Jan 13, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Gemini acquires BITRIA to push crypto into the wealth management industry Gemini’s future plans involve giving financial advisors access to crypto for their high profile investors.Jan 13, 2022Griffin Shenkel
Fed's Lael Brainard invites Congress to choose whether to compete with China's digital yuan“We want to make sure that we do the requisite research on policy and technology so we're in a position to move forward if Congress decides it's important to be able to compete with China in this regard," said Lael Brainard.Jan 13, 2022Turner Wright
Ascending channel pattern sets Polygon (MATIC) up for a potential 30% rallyA bullish technical analysis pattern and the potential approval of the EIP-1559 proposal could back MATIC’s attempt to rally to a new all-time high.Jan 13, 2022Yashu Gola
Bitcoin cycle is far from over and miners are in it for the long haul: Fidelity report In a jampacked report on digital assets, Fidelity asset management theorizes that miner movements indicate the Bitcoin cycle has a lot more room to run.Jan 13, 2022Joe Hall