Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the top US crypto exchange is working to list as many altcoins as possible. Armstrong tells his 723,000 Twitter followers that Coinbase is doing its best to quickly and legally list every asset under the sun. ADVERTISEMENT “Reminder about how Coinbase lists assets: our goal is to list *every* …
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NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers to wear crypto logo for next five years
The Portland Trail Blazers, an American professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is moving into the cryptocurrency industry with a new partnership. The NBA announced Thursday that the Trail Blazers has landed the league’s first jersey patch sponsorship program with StormX, a blockchain company allowing users to earn crypto rewards by …
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Bitcoin.org blocks access to Bitcoin software download in the UK
It is no longer possible to download the Bitcoin Core software from Bitcoin.org if you visit the website with a United Kingdom internet protocol (IP) address. A notice on the website reads: “This software is presently not available for download in the UK, and download links will not work if you are located within the …
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Child’s play: Gajesh Naik, 13, manages a fortune in DeFi
At 13, it is hard to believe that anyone can understand the potential — and responsibility and danger — of holding private keys to half a million dollars while living life as a normal seventh-grader in India. What makes the case of Gajesh Naik, the 13-year-old decentralized finance (DeFi) wunderkind from Goa, so unique is …
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Crypto ownership has nothing to do with distrust in fiat: BIS study
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a global financial institution owned by some of the world’s biggest central banks, is trying to dispel the theory that cryptocurrency ownership is linked to distrust in traditional finance. On Thursday, the BIS published a paper on the socioeconomic drivers of cryptocurrency investments in the United States. Employing representative …
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Whale Says Sector of Crypto Markets at ‘Massive Discount’, Issues Price Warning to Fellow Traders
A popular crypto analyst, trader and whale is issuing a warning to traders. The pseudonymous trader, known in the industry as Crypto Messiah, says in a new interview with Hxro Labs that it may be some time before the next leg of the crypto bull run kicks off. ADVERTISEMENT “I definitely think that people …
Xapo co-founder gets regulators’ green light for new crypto startup
The latest project from one of wallet provider Xapo’s co-founders, Federico Murrone, has secured the go-ahead from Liechtenstein’s financial regulator for his new startup Lirium to provide its crypto solution for banks, fintechs and marketplaces worldwide. The project, called Lirium, offers a plug & play backend solution that aims to enable various partners – whether they be neobanks, …
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$200M hedge fund pauses crypto arbitrage trading amid market downturn
Crypto hedge fund Nickel Digital Asset Management cycled into a cash position following the crypto market collapse of May. According to Bloomberg, the $200 million crypto hedge fund led by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs alumni redeployed its capital in anticipation of another explosive price run for cryptocurrencies. Prior to piling into a cash position, Nickel Digital …
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Bithumb to ban employees from trading crypto on its platform
Bithumb, a major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, is moving forward with trading restrictions for its employees by banning its staff from trading on its platform. According to an official Friday announcement, Bithumb will completely ban its employees from buying or selling crypto using a Bithumb account starting this month. The restriction intends to strengthen internal …
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Huobi imposes 24 hr crypto withdrawal delay to dampen speculation
Huobi Global, currently the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by daily traded volume, has introduced a 24-hour token withdrawal delay for all over-the-counter (OTC) trades. The decision strikes a blow to all Huobi users, some of whom will moreover be prevented from withdrawing their tokens for as long as 36 hours if the exchange’s assessment system …
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC/USD Retraces Below $35,000
Bitcoin Price Prediction – July 1 The Bitcoin price continues with its price slumps with a close to $2,000 drop to reach the low of $33,000 support. BTC/USD Long-term Trend: Ranging (Daily Chart) Key levels: Resistance Levels: $40,000, $42,000, $44,000 Support Levels: $29,000, $27,000, $25,000 BTCUSD – Daily Chart Buy Bitcoin Now At the time …
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Over 1.3B TFUEL Staked Since Theta Network Mainnet 3.0 Went Live
Over 1.3 billion Theta Fuel (TFUEL) has been staked since Theta Mainnet 3.0 was launched This amount is roughly 24.5% of TFUEL’s total circulating supply Theta Mainnet 3.o was successfully launched on June 30th at block 10,968,061 Earlier this week, Theta Network announced a partnership with Katy Perry for an NFT collaboration and investment in …
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Binance Celebrates 4th Anniversary of its 2017 ICO Which Raised $15M
Binance successfully completed its ICO 4 years ago to date The 2017 ICO raised roughly $15 million in crypto in 16 days CZ has revealed that Binance Coin (BNB) was initially meant to have a ticker of BNC A change from BNC to BNB was done to avoid conflict with another project CZ has confirmed …
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JPMorgan is bullish on crypto staking ahead of ETH 2.0 launch
Analysts at US bank JPMorgan foresee staking to become a multi-billion market as environmental concerns come into play for top cryptos like Bitcoin, they wrote in a recent report to clients. The team, however, pointed out Ethereum’s upcoming ETH 2.0, the shift to a proof-of-stake consensus design (away from the current proof-of-work design), would jumpstart …
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Free DOGE? New game touts million Dogecoin up for grabs
An augmented reality mobile game titled Million Doge Disco, which will entice players to earn Dogecoin (DOGE) and interactive non-fungible tokens (NFTs) while playing, launches this week. Gary Lachance, a Canadian Dogecoin millionaire and the co-founder of a global party movement dubbed Decentralized Dance Party (DDP), which has attracted hundreds of thousands of participants worldwide …
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