The year for Bitcoin: A 2021 roundup of the flagship crypto2021 saw Bitcoin scale to unfathomable highs while also seeing real lows. Here’s a deep dive into how the year went for the flagship crypto.Jan 1, 2022Shiraz Jagati
DAOs are the foundation of Web3, the creator economy and the future of workDAOs are a defining construct for everything that comprises the new decentralized internet, or Web3, and the emerging crypto economic system.Jan 1, 2022Nitin Gaur
How the Democratic Party didn’t stop worrying and fearing crypto in 2021In 2021, mainstream U.S. Democrats’ stance on crypto has tipped towards skepticism and preference for tighter regulation.Jan 1, 2022David Attlee
VCs don't understand that Cardano has a community: Charles HoskinsonHoskinson also highlighted the need to change Silicon Valley’s “bizarre mantra of move fast and break things” in crypto, which caused losses of $10.5 billion in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space in 2021.Jan 1, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Bitcoin starts 2022 at $47.2K as fresh research pins performance on China trader exodusExchanges de-platforming Chinese citizens prior to the Dec. 31 deadline may have added to BTC selling pressure.Jan 1, 2022William Suberg
Indian taxman recovers $6.62M from WazirX for evading tax on commissionGovernment officials from CGST Mumbai Zone recovered the funds from crypto exchange WazirX after detecting a GST evasion of $5.43 million on trade commissions.Jan 1, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Bitcoin price fell short of analysts’ $100K target, but what about 2022?After this year’s monster rally, Bitcoin’s price is at a critical juncture. Analysts expect $100,000 in 2022, but what does technical analysis suggest?Jan 1, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
Bitcoin price reverses gains on New Year’s Eve; hodlers continue stacking satsBTC price dipped below $46,000 after seeing highs north of $48,500 earlier in the day. Leading altcoins also turned lower.Dec 31, 2021Sam Bourgi
NFTs find true utility with the advent of the Metaverse in 2021 Nonfungible tokens are one of the biggest innovations of the cryptoverse in 2021. The Metaverse is set to push the utility further in 2022.Dec 31, 2021Anirudh Tiwari
Estonia’s new AML laws set to clamp down on crypto industryThe new guidelines reportedly expand the definition of Virtual Asset Service Providers to include DApps, ICOs and related services.Dec 31, 2021Arnold Kirimi
Airdrop culture could pose integral threat to DeFi industryThe sobering fallout of rug-pulled YEAR token has provided an acrimonious ending to a commendable 12 months of growth for decentralized finance.Dec 31, 2021Tom Farren
Price analysis 12/31: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, AVAX, DOT, DOGEBitcoin and most major altcoins are attempting a recovery from their strong support levels, indicating that traders continue to buy on dips.Dec 31, 2021Rakesh Upadhyay
Bitcoin holds $48K as final Wall Street session caps 60% YTD gains for BTCThere's plenty to celebrate in "up only" Bitcoin beyond short timeframes, analysts conclude on the last day of the year.Dec 31, 2021William Suberg
Going meta: Paris Hilton, Times Square and ETFsDecentraland and Paris Hilton plan competing virtual New Year's Eve celebrations, while ProShares plans to launch a metaverse-tracking ETF.Dec 31, 2021Turner Wright
Will US regulators shake stablecoins into high-tech banks? U.S. stablecoin issuers might soon face liquidity, customer protection and asset reserve rules — and maybe even a deposit-insurance mandate like banks.Dec 31, 2021Andrew Singer
Centralized systems are here to stay, says Binance CEO CZBinance CEO CZ debates Ponzi schemes, DeFi and how Binance chooses coins for listing in a New Year video.Dec 31, 2021Joe Hall
Valereum acquires Gibraltar-based Juno to expand on crypto-fiat bridgeThe agreement is an essential step toward creating a fully regulated link between the fiat and crypto worlds, said Valereum.Dec 31, 2021Arnold Kirimi
Bitcoin gains $1.5K in under an hour as BTC price erases days of downtrend Bitcoin rises above $48,500 in a show of strength as over $6 billion of options expires.Dec 31, 2021William Suberg
Shanghai includes metaverse in its development planShanghai’s five-year plan calls for the use of a metaverse in public services, businesses, entertainment and industrial manufacturing.Dec 31, 2021Arnold Kirimi
Bitcoin sees ‘non-stop’ end-of-year buying as 10K BTC leaves Coinbase in a single dayCoinbase users appear hungry for coins as a trading firm forecasts a “major flippening” in BTC ownership coming in January.Dec 31, 2021William Suberg
Fractal: 110K join Discord of Twitch founder’s new NFT gaming marketplaceAfter launching the Fractal NFT gaming marketplace, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan labeled NFTs as the “future of gaming.”Dec 31, 2021Brian Quarmby
Cross-chain DeFi hub Umee raises $32M with CoinList token saleCosmos-inspired DeFi platform Umee set records for a CoinList public sale with nearly 1 million unique applicants and 63,000 total contributors.Dec 31, 2021Brian Newar
Eth2's Rocket Pool reaches $350M TVL and 635 node operators in five weeks “In the staking market, there was significant latent demand for a decentralized option — it just needed our launch to spark an inferno,” said Rocket Pool general manager Darren Langley.Dec 31, 2021Brian Quarmby
Finance Redefined: Polygon fixes $24B bug, Hoskinson optimistic for Cardano in 2022, Dec. 24–31 This week's Finance Redefined features the latest developments concerning Polygon, Interlay, Bent Finance and Grim Finance.Dec 31, 2021Tom Farren
Bitcoin has risen 7%–36% in the first week of January each year since 2018Some analysts are expecting big things for Bitcoin shortly once institutional selling has subsided and capital gets deployed to the market.Dec 31, 2021Brian Newar
DAO treasuries surged 40X in 2021: DeepDAODeepDAO ranks Uniswap DAO, BitDAO and Lido Finance DAO as top three, with treasury value at $2.9 billion, $2.4 billion and $602 million.Dec 31, 2021Brian Quarmby
OpenSea freezes $2.2M of stolen Bored ApesArt gallery owner Todd Kramer had his valuable NFT collection stolen from his hot wallet yesterday, so OpenSea froze the stolen assets worth about $2.2 million.Dec 31, 2021Brian Newar
Crypto Biz: The blockchain revolution will cast aside the skeptics, Dec. 23-30Although crypto prices didn't live up to their lofty expectations in 2021, the outlook on the blockchain economy is as strong as ever.Dec 30, 2021Sam Bourgi
Institutional tax-loss harvesting weighs on the Bitcoin price as 2021 comes to a closeBTC price retests the recent lows at $46,000 as institutions appear to be “selling for tax reasons” while $52,000 remains a major hurdle in the path higher.Dec 30, 2021Jordan Finneseth
SEC chair has a new senior adviser for cryptoCorey Frayer has worked as a staff member of the Senate Banking Committee as well as a senior policy adviser for some members of the House Financial Services Committee.Dec 30, 2021Turner Wright