iHeartMedia plans NFT giveaway ahead of major music festival Cory Van Lew, the digital artist behind Mike Tyson’s NFT collection, will drop his iHeartMedia-inspired lineup on Sept. 14.Aug 31, 2021Sam Bourgi
Crypto does not qualify as currency, says South Africa’s central bank governorSouth Africa’s top banker has said that cryptocurrencies are more akin to assets than actual currencies.Aug 31, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Genesis Digital Assets buys 20K Bitcoin miners after $125M raiseCanaan has also granted Genesis Digital Assets an opportunity to buy up to 180,000 additional BTC mining machines.Aug 31, 2021Helen Partz
Chinese banks explore e-yuan for selling investment funds and insuranceBank of Communications and China Construction Bank are working with fund managers and insurers to facilitate e-yuan payments for Chinese citizens.Aug 31, 2021Arijit Sarkar
‘Remarkable’ on-chain metrics could spell Bitcoin, Ethereum bull market return — New reportOn-chain data is showing more and more similarities to mid- and late-2020 — the springboard period for the Ether and Bitcoin bull market.Aug 31, 2021William Suberg
MUFG boosts its crypto exposure following $41M Zipmex funding roundThailand's Bank of Ayudhya, where MUFG holds a 76.9% stake, has participated in a $41 million raise for Asia-Pacific-focused crypto trading platform Zipmex.Aug 31, 2021Marie Huillet
Tennis star Naomi Osaka shows interest in Dogecoin, launches NFTOsaka has been in talks with her agent about cryptocurrencies after reading about Dogecoin on Twitter.Aug 31, 2021Arijit Sarkar
PayPal reportedly looks to take on Robinhood with stock tradingPayPal has reportedly conducted discussions to acquire a broker-dealer but is unlikely to launch the new investment service this year.Aug 31, 2021Helen Partz
Bitcoin price sinks to $46.7K despite record accumulation and supply shock eventsEverything is bullish but the price when it comes to Bitcoin on Tuesday — the market is still waiting for cues.Aug 31, 2021William Suberg
Nigeria's central bank partners with fintech firm Bitt Inc for CBDC rolloutThe CBN considered Bitt Inc’s experience in the development of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s DCash, launched in April.Aug 31, 2021Turner Wright
Retirees in El Salvador protest against Bitcoin adoptionRetirees and veterans in El Salvador are worried that the government will start paying their pensions in Bitcoin instead of the U.S. dollar.Aug 31, 2021Helen Partz
Three Arrows Capital executives launch NFT fund The new fund, Starry Night Capital, plans to exclusively invest in “the most desired” NFTs on the market.Aug 31, 2021Brian Quarmby
SBF promotes the efficiency of ‘misunderstood’ crypto derivativesFTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says derivatives are necessary to bolster the liquidity and efficiency of markets.Aug 31, 2021Martin Young
Institutions remain bullish on Cardano and Ether, while BTC outflows persistEther and Cardano continue to dominate inflows to institutional crypto investment products, while demand for BTC weakens.Aug 31, 2021Martin Young
Users panic after Coinbase mistakenly sends 2FA reset notices to customers Coinbase sent an email to 125,000 users mistakenly notifying them that their two-factor authentication settings had been changed.Aug 31, 2021Brian Quarmby
23yo Venezuelan allegedly steals $1M in BTC from clients after faked abductionThe 23-year-old is wanted by the police after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and stealing his clients’ funds.Aug 31, 2021Inigo Vaca
Price analysis 8/30: BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB, XRP, DOGE, SOL, DOT, UNI, LUNABitcoin and select major altcoins are still facing selling at overhead resistance levels, indicating that the next leg of the uptrend may have to wait.Aug 30, 2021Rakesh Upadhyay
US Global Investors bought crypto exposure through Grayscale fundsThe investment firm already has significant exposure to gold, minerals, precious metals, petroleum and other natural resources.Aug 30, 2021Turner Wright
30-somethings led crypto purchases at South Korean exchanges in 2021 The increased trading volume comes following the Financial Services Commission's requirement that crypto trading platforms register as digital asset service providers before Sept. 24.Aug 30, 2021Turner Wright
Ripple files motion to expose XRP holdings of SEC employeesThe court has reportedly given the U.S. SEC until Sept. 3 to respond to Ripple’s motion to compel the authority to provide data on its employees’ XRP holdings.Aug 30, 2021Helen Partz
After passing $1T in crypto transactions, Blockchain.com CFO hints at going public in 2023Crypto exchange Kraken and stablecoin-focused company Circle have also said they are considering public listings.Aug 30, 2021Turner Wright
Recommending regulations: Crypto working groups make push for adoptionCollective groups and associations want to establish industry standards for crypto, but will this guidance make a real impact on adoption?Aug 30, 2021Rachel Wolfson
Billionaire investor John Paulson says crypto has ‘no intrinsic value’The billionaire subprime short-trader in the 2008 financial crash said that digital assets have a “limited supply of nothing.”Aug 30, 2021Tom Farren
Corporate brands target NFTs, and adoption continues to skyrocket Apart from creating their own digital collectibles, major brands are also acquiring popular NFTs amid the growing popularity of nonfungible tokens.Aug 30, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Leading DeFi projects launch $100M global adoption initiativeThe initiative — built on the Celo ecosystem — identified the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the traditional financial markets.Aug 30, 2021Tom Farren
Dubai to benefit from expanding crypto market, Bittrex Global CEO saysThe United Arab Emirates has been cementing its presence in the digital asset industry recently with multiple efforts to further adopt blockchain-based technologies.Aug 30, 2021Helen Partz
Betting on a Bitcoin bull run? Not in September, BTC price data saysNext month is a classic underperformer for BTC/USD, and judging by the current price action, 2021 is no exception.Aug 30, 2021William Suberg
Bitcoin whales join ‘small fish’ in buying BTC as price holds above $47KBitcoin addresses holding 1,000–10,000 BTC have resumed accumulating coins.Aug 30, 2021Yashu Gola
Singapore central bank shortlists 15 companies to develop retail CBDCThe 15 finalists will be mentored by the MAS and “be given access to the APIX Digital Currency Sandbox for rapid prototyping of digital currency solutions.”Aug 30, 2021Arijit Sarkar
Nigeria’s central bank issues draft guidelines on e-naira CBDC projectThe CBN says the proposed central bank digital currency will offer parity of value and will operate as a non-interest-bearing CBDC.Aug 30, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo