Iceland Refuses to Power New Bitcoin Farms Amid Electricity Shortages
Cryptocurrency mining is among several energy-intensive industries hurt by a power deficit in Iceland. The country’s main utility is now...
Year: 2021
Experts Believe a Common African Cryptocurrency Can Boost Trade and Sustain Growth After Covid-19
Some economic experts from Africa have suggested that the continent now needs a common cryptocurrency and an integrated capital market...
Beeple’s Latest NFT ‘Human One’ Sells for $29M, Artist Plans to ‘Enhance the Displayed Artwork’ During His Lifetime
This year the American artist Michael Winkelmann, otherwise known as Beeple, made history when he sold his non-fungible token (NFT)...
Macro Guru Raoul Pal Betting on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Nine Additional Altcoins – Here’s His Current Crypto Portfolio
Real Vision chief executive Raoul Pal is revealing most of his crypto portfolio for public viewing. In a new interview...
Bitcoin hash rate returns to all-time high levels
The global hash rate of the Bitcoin network tanked to as low as 84 exahashes per second (EH/s) at the start of...
Wallet provider Ledger launches crypto debit card
Cryptocurrency wallet and infrastructure provider Ledger has debuted a new debit card that enables users to buy goods and services...
Why a securities specific blockchain is needed, explained
A successful securities-specific blockchain fills all gaps in the current Ethereum architecture by providing efficiency, automation and transparency. Aligning a...
Coinbase announces support for hardware wallets, starting with Ledger
Major exchange Coinbase has announced it will begin to supporting crypto hardware wallets, starting with Ledger. The two companies made...
Ethereum’s Corrective Dip Finds Support at 20-Month Trend Line
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post The recent correction of the second crypto by market cap appears to be nearing...
Eastern Caribbean CBDC expands to another two territories
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) rolled out its digital payment system to The Commonwealth of Dominica and the British...
Big jump in investors who favor crypto over stocks: Survey
New research by consumer data aggregator CivicScience has found that a growing number of investors are selling their shares to...
OpenSea walks back on IPO plan following community backlash
The world’s top nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has denied it intends to pursue a public listing any time soon....
DeFi architect Andre Cronje said it’s time to give up on the inaccurate term “decentralized finance”
Andre Cronje, best known for creating the popular yield aggregator Yearn Finance (YFI), recently argued on Twitter that the DeFi...
This key metric correlates with Bitcoin’s largest price drops
At the beginning of the month, Bitcoin dropped to a three-month low of $46,500 in a market-wide flash crash that...
Japanese crypto firms join forces to spearhead a new metaverse association
Four leading virtual currency firms have joined hands to form a Japanese Metaverse association. The association seeks to promote metaverse...
