Crypto trader and strategist Michaël van de Poppe is outlining key price levels to watch after Bitcoin (BTC) hit a new all-time high earlier this week. Van de Poppe tells his 136,000 YouTube subscribers that the flagship cryptocurrency is in the second phase of its current long-term bull cycle, and bearish sentiment has faded. ADVERTISEMENT …
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Crypto-to-fiat liquidity startup Xanpool raises $27M
Cryptocurrency-to-fiat infrastructure provider Xanpool continues expanding operations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) by securing fresh funding. The Hong Kong-based startup raised $27 million in a Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures, the venture capital firm co-founded by PayPal co-creator Peter Thiel. Other participating investors included crypto-focused venture capital firm CMT Digital as well …
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Bitcoin extends correction as Ethereum sees ‘picture perfect’ rejection at all-time highs
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed closer to $60,000 on Oct. 22 after the largest altcoin Ether (ETH) failed to cement new all-time highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView ETH all-time high? Blink and you’ll miss it Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView ETH/USD just match its record $4,380 on Bitstamp before seeing a harsh rejection. …
Every spectactor in a section of FTX Arena handed $500 in crypto at season opener
Major cryptocurrency exchange FTX has given $500 in crypto to every spectator sitting in one section of the FTX Arena at Thursday’s Miami Heat season opener game against the Milwaukee Bucks. As well as the crypto giveaway, every fan in the stadium received a T-shirt with a QR code giving access to an exclusive ‘Opening …
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17% of addresses snapped up 80% of all Ethereum NFTs since April
Open source blockchain analytics firm Moonstream published a report which found that around 17% of addresses control more than 80% of all NFTs on Ethereum. The report was published on Oct. 21 and the analysis was conducted on more than 7 million NFT transactions on the Ethereum blockchain between April 1 and Sept. 25, 2021. …
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Too popular: Bitcoin futures ETF in danger of hitting upper limit for contracts
The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF is on track to reach a limit on the number of futures contracts it’s allowed after quickly becoming a little too popular. After just a couple of days of trading, the ProShares ETF has reached 1,900 contracts sold for October and there is 2,000 front-month limit imposed by the Chicago …
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Major DeFi founders back play-to-earn game that hopes to be next Flappy Bird
A new play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game that hopes to emulate the addictive success of 2013 mobile phenomenon Flappy Bird has drawn backing from some of DeFi’s biggest names. Kain Warwick from Synthetix, Stani Kulechov from Aave, Tyler Ward from Barnbridge, angel investor Santiago Santos (ex-ParaFi Capital) and 0xmaki from Sushi joined a pre seed round …
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Ripple CEO says the SEC helped Ethereum to overtake XRP as No.2 crypto
Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse has been airing his thoughts over the state of the crypto market and regulations, and a grudge over the financial regulator’s approach to Ethereum appears to have surfaced. Speaking at the DC Fintech Week virtual conference on Oct. 21, the Ripple boss declared that Ethereum had been granted a regulatory …
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Robinhood crypto wallet waitlist hits 1 million people
More than 1 million people are on the waitlist for Robinhood’s long-awaited crypto wallet according to CEO Vlad Tenev Speaking to Jim Cramer during CNBC’s Disruptor 50 summit on Oct. 21, Tenev stated that was very “proud” of Robinhood’s progress in crypto, as he highlighted the firm’s recent push to provide a crypto wallet for …
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Shanghai Man: Blockchain Week with Vitalik still happening, ‘Bitcoin’ searches on WeChat hit 26M in a day
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. In this 30th edition of the Shanghai Man column, we preview the Wanxiang Shanghai Blockchain Week, an offline event that normally is the …
Assemble Protocol (ASM) is now available on Coinbase
Starting today, Assemble Protocol (ASM) is available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store ASM in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro. Assemble Protocol (ASM) is an Ethereum …
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GiveCrypto Q3 Update
By Joe Waltman, Group Product Manager, GiveCrypto.org Hope everyone had a wonderful summer. GiveCrypto just concluded its first full quarter as a part of Coinbase, so we wanted to share an update with those who are following our progress. As always, we’d love to hear from you. Coinbase Integrations As mentioned in previous updates, we’ve been …
Cardano Set To Enter The Babbage Era After Alonzo HFC Milestone
Cardano successfully deployed the Alonzo Hard Fork Combinator over a month ago, which has no doubt been one of the most important upgrades to happen on the network Alonzo HFC brought with it smart contracts capability on the network and with this came decentralized finance (DeFi) services to the ecosystem. Developers could now develop and …
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Bitcoin Slams Metrics ATHs After Cracking $65K, Bulls Ready For More Profits?
Bitcoin has been rejected in the high area around its current levels and trends to the downside in the daily chart. At press time, BTC’s price has slide back into early week levels trading at $62,668 with a 5.1% loss in the daily chart. BTC with minor losses in the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview …
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Lucky Buyers Possibly Bag $8K Bitcoin During Early Morning Flash Crash
Highly volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins can behave irrationally at any given moment, especially when turbulence strikes. But what happened this morning on the US branch of Binance, was shocking for even those who have seen flash crashes happen in real time. The result of a massive wick left on the BTCUSD …
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