Federal attorneys are investigating meme-led trading in GME, AMC and silver: WSJThe Justice Department joins CFTC and SEC probes into wild markets facilitated by Robinhood and other apps for retail traders.Feb 11, 2021Kollen Post
Powers On... The battle for digital asset supremacy and the consequences of U.S. capitulationWhy is the U.S. dragging its heels on crypto and blockchain regulation, as the rest of the world forges ahead with financial innovation?Feb 11, 2021Marc Powers
Robinhood, Melvin, and Citadel execs expected to testify on GameStop before CongressThe price of GME has fallen almost 90% since lawmakers first called for a hearing.Feb 11, 2021Turner Wright
Ethereum is struggling again vs. Bitcoin: Why is ETH/BTC showing weakness?Ether is stagnating against Bitcoin despite BTC’s strong rally after BNY Mellon embraces digital assets.Feb 11, 2021Joseph Young
NFTs take center stage at ETH Denver 2021NFTs are a hot topic at this year's virtual ETH Denver, with adoption and DeFi use cases dominating the talksFeb 11, 2021Andrew Thurman
Uber and Adyen CEOs both say no to Bitcoin for now The Adyen CEO expressed concern about Bitcoin's volatility in regards to a payment method, while Uber "quickly dismissed" discussions about purchasing the crypto asset.Feb 11, 2021Turner Wright
Moment of truth? Tesla purchase is the moment Bitcoin has been waiting forDespite some expected near-term volatility, Tesla’s exploration of the crypto realm will likely help the industry scale up to new heights.Feb 11, 2021Shiraz Jagati
Radix, Chainlink, Aave, Messari and others launch GoodFi crypto alliance GoodFi claims to be the first cryptocurrency alliance focused on furthering education and research into decentralized finance.Feb 11, 2021Sam Bourgi
Bitcoin has made the Naira almost useless, says Nigerian SenatorA cross-section of Nigerian senators have reacted to the recent Bitcoin ban enacted by the country’s central bank.Feb 11, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Amazon job postings hint at digital payments project to launch in MexicoAmazon has been silently working on a new digital currency project in Mexico, according to the company’s job postings.Feb 11, 2021Helen Partz
America's oldest bank, BNY Mellon, will custody Bitcoin The chief executive of the bank's asset-servicing business says digital assets are becoming "part of the mainstream."Feb 11, 2021Marie Huillet
Tesla's $1.5B Bitcoin buy throws the cat amongst institutional pigeons Elon Musk is either the hero or the villian of the year after Tesla's Bitcoin purchase polarized opinion among institutional investors.Feb 11, 2021Greg Thomson
AC Milan fans to use blockchain tokens to vote on soccer club mottoEuropean football giant AC Milan debuts its ACM fan token with a vote on the club motto for the rest of the playing season.Feb 11, 2021Helen Partz
ECB’s Lagarde says central banks holding Bitcoin is ‘out of the question’ The ECB President gives the impression that central banks will avoided copying institutions in hoarding cryptocurrency.Feb 11, 2021William Suberg
Finance Redefined: Is this the escape from Ethereum? Feb. 3–10Everyone’s trying to jump ship from Ethereum’s layer one, apparently.Feb 11, 2021Andrey Shevchenko
Crypto investors should consider buying gold, Newcrest Mining CEO saysGold should help crypto investors hedge against the risks of highly unstable prices of cryptos like Bitcoin, the CEO of Newcrest Mining said.Feb 11, 2021Helen Partz
Ethereum-based social media project shuts down as ETH fees approach new highs Ether transaction fees increased by over 35,000% in the past year, forcing one social media tokenization project to close down.Feb 11, 2021Greg Thomson
Thai finance minister critical of current crypto speculative surgeThailand’s finance minister is not a fan of the retail crypto mania that saw monthly trading volume triple in January.Feb 11, 2021Osato Avan-Nomayo
Bitcoin whale clusters pinpoint $44,214 as the key near-term price level Whale clusters show Bitcoin needs to defend $44,214 to see a continuation of the rally.Feb 11, 2021Joseph Young
US Treasury Secretary Yellen says crypto misuse is a growing problem The private sector invests enormous resources to help the government combat crypto crimes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.Feb 11, 2021Helen Partz
Traffic to Binance surges to record highs, site goes down for maintenanceBinance suffered an outage today after announcing consecutive new all-time highs for web traffic.Feb 11, 2021Samuel Haig
Lightning Network node count hits record high, TVL tops $42MWill Bitcoin’s premier layer-two solution finally graduate from experiment to everyday utility, following its adoption by major exchanges?Feb 11, 2021Cyrus McNally
Perceived centralization could kill PoS networks: ShapeShift reportShapeShift believes the public perception of a network’s centralization could make or break the current generation of smart contract platforms.Feb 11, 2021Samuel Haig
Stripchat says crypto payments increased 400% in a year Adult webcam streaming websites are getting a boost from pandemic lockdowns.Feb 11, 2021Martin Young
Lawyers warn Elon Musk’s Bitcoin tweets could attract SEC’s ire Elon Musk’s rampant Twitter activity could get him into hot water with the SEC according to lawyers.Feb 11, 2021Martin Young
Mastercard announces support for crypto on its network Mastercard will allow its almost one billion users to spend cryptocurrencies at more 30 million merchants, although it hasn’t specified which coins will be supported.Feb 11, 2021Joshua Mapperson
88% of all BTC transfers are overpaying transaction feesThree and a half years after the activation of SegWit, adoption of the space-saving transaction format is still far from ideal.Feb 11, 2021Cyrus McNally
Ethereum killers and layer-2 tokens rally despite 5% Bitcoin price dropAltcoins offering layer-2 solutions pushed higher while profit-taking resulted in Bitcoin price pulling back to the $45,000 level.Feb 10, 2021Jordan Finneseth
BadgerDAO partners with Yearn.Finance to build sustainable Bitcoin vaultsBitcoin in DeFi gets a promising boost as two major yield vault projects join forcesFeb 10, 2021Andrew Thurman
3 reasons why Binance Coin (BNB) hit a new all-time high at $148Record high trading volume and new offerings from Binance are a few of the factors behind Binance Coin hitting a new all-time high at $148.Feb 10, 2021Jordan Finneseth