While Bitcoin and Ethereum are cooling down after a wild price action over the past month, some little-known altcoins are taking the market by storm and making major gains. Secret, an altcoin that is currently ranking as the 97th largest by market cap according to CoinGecko, has been on a major bullish rally during the …
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Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones has revealed to the Financial Mail on Sunday how he took a gamble on a Bitcoin investment shortly after sleeping rough in a warehouse in the freezing cold Finland winter. ‘I’d followed my dancing coach to Finland so I could carry on my training. I worked part-time in catering …
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A small Norwegian cryptocurrency exchange has refunded its users after falling victim to a SIM swap and phishing hack in May 2021, reportedly losing $500,000 (4.1 million NOK) worth of digital assets. Bitcoins Norway, based in Stavanger, was launched in 2013 and has served 25,000 Norwegian cryptocurrency investors. Its parent company is Bitcoins Norge AS. …
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Blockchain-based games are “here to stay” in the crypto space, according to decentralized application ranking platform DappRadar. In a new Q3 2021 update, DappRadar says that play-to-earn (P2E) games have driven a surge of interest in the crypto subsector. ADVERTISEMENT P2E games allow players to earn crypto and/or nonfungible tokens (NFTs) that can be …
Crypto listing platform CoinList has concluded a $100 million Series A fundraiser to fuel its global business expansion, bringing its total valuation to a whopping $1.5 billion. The cash injection will help CoinList to scale its business operations, support its community of early adopters and launch new product offerings, the company announced on Tuesday. The fundraiser …
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Bitcoin (BTC) marking a new high of $67,000 last week has opened the possibility of hitting $100,000 by the end of this year. PlanB, creator of the popular Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model, called Bitcoin’s price retracement from the $60,000-level the “2nd leg” of what appeared like a long-term bull market. #bitcoin bull market, 2nd leg …
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It’s no surprise that nonfungible tokens (NFT) have been dominating the crypto market this year. The booming digital asset class generated over $2.5 billion in sales within the first six months of 2021, demonstrating unheard-of financial gains for artists, brands and content creators across the globe. The rise of metaverses has also impacted the adoption …
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Fragments Inc., the team responsible for developing the Ampleforth protocol, has announced that Ampleforth will be integrated into popular blockchain Avalanche to facilitate the introduction of AMPL, a fully decentralized unit-of-account that can be used to denominate stable contracts. The Ampleforth protocol holds promise as a decentralized alternative to stablecoins that can be used in …
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Bitcoin blasts above $66,000 after strong ETF demand. RUNE gains 69% on Ethereum restart. XLM signs MoneyGram partnership deal. BTC The Bitcoin price saw a new all-time high this week after the launch of the Bitcoin futures-backed ETF product. The price of BTC saw a high at $66,999 last week before dropping back to $66k. …
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Decentralized Finance or commonly known as DeFi has become one of the most rapidly expanding sectors within the blockchain and crypto ecosystem. According to recent data, the TVL or total value locked in all the DeFi protocols is estimated to be around a staggering amount of $130 billion. TVL is a rather important metric, because …
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We present to you the top headlines from 26/10/21 impacting the blockchain and crypto space so you can stay informed and updated on the latest information. Mastercard to offer crypto payments service for customers through alliance with Bakkt The global payments giant Mastercard has recently revealed that the thousands of fintech forms, US banks and …
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A popular crypto analyst says the memecoin Shiba Inu has more upside potential while predicting rallies for three additional altcoins. Pseudonymous trader Altcoin Sherpa tells his 138,500 Twitter followers that Dogecoin competitor Shiba Inu (SHIB) is gearing up for a rally to a new all-time high at $0.00005. ADVERTISEMENT “SHIB: If I were around …
South Korea’s public pension fund, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), is reportedly looking to gain exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) via a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF). KTCU, one of the largest institutional investors in South Korea, is considering investing in a pure Bitcoin ETF or Bitcoin-linked ETFs in the first half of 2022, local news …
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The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the non-profit supporting the Stellar network, announced yesterday that Flutterwave, a global payments technology company, has launched two new remittance corridors between Europe and Africa on the Stellar network. Flutterwave would leverage the Stellar network and Stellar-based USD Coin to simplify remittances in Africa. Remittances are currently a multibillion-dollar market …
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Through central banking, the U.S. government has already demonstrated it has access to infinity money printing. If it launches a CBDC – central bank digital currency – what would that mean for the value of crypto assets? Why Would a Digital Dollar Be Useful? Have you ever wondered why you can make bank transfers via …
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