DeFi industry draws in commercial banks? Siam bets with $110M fundThailand’s oldest bank sees blockchain and DeFi as the future of global finance and is seeking to invest in the emerging digital landscape.Jul 24, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Just HODL! Bitcoin and Ethereum outperform ‘lower risk’ crypto index fundsData from Delphi Digital shows holding BTC and ETH was more profitable than investing in weighted average market cap crypto and DeFi index funds.Jul 24, 2021Jordan Finneseth
Altcoin Roundup: Crypto credit cards could be the missing link to mass adoptionHodling is nice, but eventually, everyone wants to buy something. This is why crypto debit and credit cards are key to mass adoption.Jul 23, 2021Jordan Finneseth
Weekly roundup: Ark Invest, Edge Wealth Management, and Rothschild Investment accumulate cryptoCathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased more than 450,000 GBTC shares in two separate buys this week.Jul 23, 2021Turner Wright
Rangers Protocol launches Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible testnetThe project is branding its testnet as useful to “new developers without blockchain background knowledge."Jul 23, 2021Turner Wright
Salvadorans take to the streets to protest Bitcoin Law Those who marched against Bitcoin this week claimed the cryptocurrency was too volatile and would allow businesses to "launder ill-gotten money."Jul 23, 2021Turner Wright
Reddit deploys layer-2 solution aimed at scaling Ethereum-based community points “You’ll notice transactions happen much faster, and once you’ve created a Vault, you won’t have to keep claiming Moons every month,” said Reddit if the solution is migrated to the Ethereum mainnet.Jul 23, 2021Turner Wright
Price analysis 7/23: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTCBitcoin and most major altcoins are meeting resistance at higher levels but the bearish sentiment of the last two months seems to be reducing.Jul 23, 2021Rakesh Upadhyay
Bitcoin payments for real estate gain traction as crypto holders seek monetizationCould crypto payments for real estate become another notable way for people to invest their BTC, or is the learning curve too steep for wider adoption?Jul 23, 2021Rachel Wolfson
Canadian border town suspends Bitcoin mining over aesthetic concernsCity officials have imposed a three-month suspension on new Bitcoin mining operations to make roads and buildings more presentable.Jul 23, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Bull or bear market, creators are diving headfirst into cryptoNFTs and social tokens are not Bitcoin or Ether, but interaction between celebrities and their fans raises people’s awareness about the space.Jul 23, 2021Kevin Chou
$60K is now more likely for Bitcoin than $20K, Bloomberg’s senior strategist assertsThe analyst also treats the latest crypto ban in China as bullish for Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar.Jul 23, 2021Yashu Gola
SEC Commissioner concerned about the US lagging behind global Bitcoin ETFs“We’re not a merit regulator, so we shouldn’t be in the business of deciding whether something is good or bad,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said.Jul 23, 2021Helen Partz
Nonfungible tokens from a legal perspectiveNonfungible tokens under the juridical and legal perspective are still in evolution, and there are more questions than answers.Jul 23, 2021Tatiana Revoredo
Illusion or reality? Crypto demand either faltering or poised to chargeRecent developments such as China banning BTC mining may be “long-term positives for the market even if they introduce short-term volatility.”Jul 23, 2021Andrew Singer
Karura launches decentralized exchange on Polkadot and Kusama Karura Swap has opened trading for the Kusama/Karura — KSM/KAR — pair as the platform becomes one of the first DEXs to launch on Polkadot and Kusama.Jul 23, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Amazon seeks new exec to oversee digital currency strategyThe new Amazon position requires a deep understanding of the digital currency and cryptocurrency ecosystems and related technologies.Jul 23, 2021Helen Partz
Bitcoin is key to the future of Twitter, says Jack DorseyThe Twitter CEO sees opportunities to integrate Bitcoin into services such as commerce, subscriptions and new features such as Twitter Tip Jar and Super Follows.Jul 23, 2021Helen Partz
Coinbase and top execs face securities class action over Nasdaq listingAlongside Coinbase itself, the class action names CEO Brian Armstrong, CLO Paul Grewal, other top executives and several of its venture capital backers as defendants.Jul 23, 2021Marie Huillet
Bitcoin mining is becoming vastly more decentralized in 2021Data shows anonymous entities becoming an ever larger force on the Bitcoin mining scene this year and last.Jul 23, 2021William Suberg
Nigeria to pilot central bank digital currency in OctoberThe Central Bank of Nigeria will start the pilot of its central bank digital currency, which runs on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain, on Oct. 1.Jul 23, 2021Marie Huillet
Binance US ‘looking at IPO route,’ CZ saysBinance is set to face heavy regulations in the future with the mindset of shifting from a tech startup to a financial service, Changpeng Zhao said.Jul 23, 2021Helen Partz
‘Buy now, pay later’ firm Zip plans to offer crypto trading in Australia and the US“We know our younger generation of customers seek additional products and services that are relevant to them,” said Zip co-founder Peter Gray.Jul 23, 2021Brian Quarmby
KFC Korea and TriumphX marketplace sign deal to develop NFT contentKFC wants to promote its branding to Koreans through nonfungible tokens.Jul 23, 2021Martin Young
Pro-Trump MAGACOIN crypto launch marred by website data breachRoughly 75 million MAGACOIN were created to support pro-Trump candidates in 2022.Jul 23, 2021Brian Quarmby
Possible ‘white hat hacker’ exploits THORChain for $8M, proposes 10% bountyThe white hat hacker claims to have mercifully minimized the damage of their $8 million exploit in a bid to teach THORChain a lesson.Jul 23, 2021Samuel Haig
Number of investors owning Bitcoin has tripled since 2018: Gallup PollThree times more U.S. investors are holding BTC now than in 2018 according to the poll.Jul 23, 2021Martin Young
‘Ethereum Improvement Proposal 3675’ for the Eth2 merge launches on GitHubThe coming Eth2 proof-of-stake chain merge now has an Ethereum Improvement Proposal.Jul 23, 2021Samuel Haig
No, Jack Dorsey isn't trolling ETH by making its logo the Ethiopian flag“Great to see Jack and the crypto community supporting the #ETH athletes!” the Official Olympics account posted earlier today after Ethereum got a new ‘logo’.Jul 23, 2021Brian Quarmby
Stacks (STX) price rallies 195% after revealing plans to bring DeFi to BitcoinSTX price rallied 195% after the introduction of smart contracts enabled the launch of DeFi and NFTs on the Bitcoin network.Jul 23, 2021Jordan Finneseth