Major payments app WeChat to add support for China's digital yuan While WeChat isn't as popular outside of China as WhatsApp, it is ubiquitous on the mainland.Jan 6, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Polygon network activity spikes as NFT sales reach new height Polygon's NFT market continues to attract users, though the demographic is more aligned to gaming companies and developers than collectibles as on the Ethereum network.Jan 6, 2022Tom Farren
Ethereum plunges 13%, down more than Bitcoin after Fed spooks crypto marketsEther lost roughly 13.50% versus Bitcoin’s 9% decline in the past 24 hours.Jan 6, 2022Yashu Gola
Billionaire Ray Dalio recommends ‘reasonable’ 1%–2% Bitcoin allocation Newly minted Bitcoin supporter Ray Dalio agrees that Bitcoin should make up a small percentage of investors’ portfolios in 2022.Jan 6, 2022Joe Hall
Hong Kong real estate giant leads $90M raise for crypto bank SygnumSun Hung Kai reportedly became the biggest seller of new homes in Hong Kong in January 2022.Jan 6, 2022Helen Partz
Bitcoin fills $42K December price wick as analyst says ‘party just getting started’More volatility expected as Bitcoin market sentiment dives to its lowest in almost seven months.Jan 6, 2022William Suberg
Bitcoin Twitter flips bearish, community responds Prices of $42,000 per Bitcoin were more than enough ammunition for well-known Bitcoin bears to reload.Jan 6, 2022Joe Hall
Crypto trades in Thailand now reportedly subject to 15% capital gains taxWhile Thai crypto investors and miners are required to pay the tax in 2022, exchanges are reportedly exempt from the new duty.Jan 6, 2022Helen Partz
Aave launches its permissioned pool Aave Arc, with 30 institutions set to join The lending platform added a permissioned liquidity pool to its other decentralized offerings as a way to entice institutional participants to have regulatory compliance in DeFi.Jan 6, 2022Brian Newar
Raoul Pal says ‘reasonable chance’ crypto market cap could 100x by 2030 “I think there’s a reasonable chance of this being a $250 trillion asset class, which is 100x from here,” said Raoul Pal.Jan 6, 2022Brian Quarmby
Ethereum dominates among developers, but competitors are growing fasterThe total monthly active developers measured hit a record high of more than 18,000, but Ethereum retains the largest number of them.Jan 6, 2022Martin Young
Nifty News: Rarible fixes bug, real home and virtual twin auction, Mega City in The Sandbox Rarible temporarily cancelled all OpenSea orders while it implemented a tool to help protect users against mistakenly selling their NFTs.Jan 6, 2022Brian Newar
Bitcoin price drops to $43.7K after Fed minutes re-confirm plans to hike ratesBitcoin price slipped below $44,000 shortly after notes from the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC session re-confirmed plans to get the balance sheet under control.Jan 5, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Moneygram buys 4% stake in crypto ATM operator CoinmeThe investment follows a May 2021 partnership between the two firms aimed at expanding access to crypto-fiat exchanges.Jan 5, 2022Turner Wright
Kazakh government resigns, shuts down internet amid protests, causing Bitcoin network hash rate to tumble 13.4% No timeline exists as to when the internet will switch back on in the second-biggest Bitcoin mining country in the world.Jan 5, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
3 key metrics show DeFi’s TVL on the verge of a new ATHThe $4 billion gap between the current decentralized finance TVL and an ATH could be closed using recent implementations from AAVE, Curve and Spell Token.Jan 5, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Year of sponsorships: Celebrities who embraced crypto in 2021 From Matt Damon appearing in a TV spot for Crypto.com to Kim Kardashian shilling EthereumMax, 2021 saw celebrities with higher profiles getting into crypto.Jan 5, 2022Turner Wright
President Biden is considering economists to fill Fed seats as leadership nominations move to Senate: ReportThe U.S. president has not officially announced his nominations to fill the vacancies at the Federal Reserve, but two of his picks for CFTC commissioners as well as his choices to lead the Fed are moving to the Senate for confirmation.Jan 5, 2022Turner Wright
Price analysis 1/5: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, DOT, AVAX, DOGETechnical analysis and on-chain data hint that Bitcoin is gearing up for a volatile move and traders expect altcoins to follow.Jan 5, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
CertiK identifies Arbix Finance as a rug pull, warns users to steer clearBlockchain security firm CertiK warned users to stop interacting with Arbix Finance as they have identified the project as a rug pull.Jan 5, 2022Ezra Reguerra
UK advertiser ASA continues crypto ad banning spreeCrypto.com become the latest victim of the UK’s crypto advertising clampdown, following restrictions on the marketing endeavors of Coinbase, Kraken and others last year.Jan 5, 2022Tom Farren
Bitcoin monthly RSI lowest since September 2020 in fresh ‘oversold’ signalAs a “hidden bullish divergence” begins to play out, anticipation combines with calls to plan a Q1 market exit.Jan 5, 2022William Suberg
The worst influencer and celebrity NFT cash grabs of 2021The floor prices for Logan and Jake Paul’s NFT collections have dropped a hefty 62% and 98%, respectively, since their all-time highs.Jan 5, 2022Brian Quarmby
El Salvador: How it started vs. how it went with the Bitcoin Law in 2021The Latin American nation is still struggling to cope with BTC's volatility when used as a medium of exchange and gaining mainstream understanding and acceptance from its populace.Jan 5, 2022Turner Wright
Top Bitcoin mining country Kazakhstan turns off internet amid protestsThe government of Kazakhstan shut down the internet after the cabinet resigned amid major anti-government protests.Jan 5, 2022Helen Partz
Internet Computer: Correction risk rises after ICP price gains nearly 60% in 5 daysThe token now grapples with a notorious multi-month resistance trendline.Jan 5, 2022Yashu Gola
Bitcoin ETF decision delayed, SEC commissioner wonders why In a blow for bruised Bitcoin bulls, the long-awaited NYDIG Bitcoin ETF has suffered another setback.Jan 5, 2022Joe Hall
New LGBTQ token aims for equity but raises red flags with communityWhile sporting a questionable name, the coin’s project says it wants to enable a “social and ethical” payment method.Jan 5, 2022Helen Partz
EU regulator calls for public input on DLT for trading and settlementDistributed ledger technology is increasingly gaining attention in Europe for its applications in securities trading and settlement.Jan 5, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Golf startup putts $10.5 million in NFT sales Par for the course: The LinksDAO golfing startup could drive DAO adoption at the country club.Jan 5, 2022Joe Hall