The largest digital asset manager – Grayscale Investments – has announced that the Bitcoin Cash Trust, the Ethereum Classic Trust, and the Litecoin Trust have become SEC reporting products. Thus, the total number grew to six. Speaking to Forbes, Grayscale’s CEO – Michael Sonnenshein – indicated that the company’s portfolio of funds reporting to the...Read More
French soccer giant Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced a new multi-year deal that will see digital asset trading platform CryptoCom become the club’s first official crypto platform partner. CryptoCom and PSG to Launch NFTs As per the partnership agreement, seen by CryptoPotato, CryptoCom will use its native token CRO to pay a significant portion of...Read More
The use of Bitcoin in El Salvador has not had the best of starts. Still, financial institutions are already doing their best to comply with the law. Bancoagrícola, the country’s largest financial institution, is among the first banks to include Bitcoin-compatible technology solutions and is already adapting its infrastructure to offer Bitcoin services thanks to...Read More
In another step towards cryptocurrency adoption, Mastercard now plans to acquire CipherTrace– a crypto and blockchain intelligence company aimed at providing anti-money laundering and fraud protection solutions to the digital asset space. How CipherTrace Helps Mastercard The acquisition will help Mastercard provide transparency to their clients regarding payment and investment across the cryptocurrency industry. This...Read More
With just a few days left until the long-anticipated Cardano network upgrade and hard fork, Binance indicated that it will support the event. This comes as more than 80% of the Cardano pools have successfully upgraded to Alonzo 1.29.0. In a statement from September 9th, the leading digital asset exchange announced its intentions to support...Read More
Moonbeam – a Polkadot parachain smart contract platform with Ethereum compatibility, has partnered with Lido, a liquid staking derivatives protocol currently live on the Ethereum and Terra blockchains, to bring liquid staking to the Polkadot DeFi ecosystem. The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that the integration would enable Lido to provide liquid staking to...Read More
El Salvador made history earlier this week when it became the first country to officially accept Bitcoin as a legal tender. While the community rejoiced about the significance of the news, Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro – Jurrien Timmer – said the move had been overplayed. BTC Adoption in El Salvador is Overplayed Three months...Read More
Blockstream, the blockchain-focused company spearheaded by Adam Back, will develop and manage zero-emission Bitcoin mining facilities with the first to be built in North America. The firm’s initiative will come to life through a partnership with an Australian multinational independent investment bank – Macquarie Group. The Canada-based blockchain company continues with its effort to minimize...Read More
The non-profit IOTA Foundation is among the seven projects chosen by the European Commission to partake in the first design phase of the European blockchain initiative. A Milestone for IOTA IOTA made the announcement in a blog post published on Tuesday (September 7, 2021). According to the blockchain project, IOTA would be involved in the...Read More
Nick Johnson, the lead developer of the Ethereum Name Server (ENS), recently unveiled a bug on the NFT marketplace OpenSea, which caused him and other traders to lose about $100 000 in NFTs to burn addresses. The bug has been patched since, but the damage is irreversible. What Happened? Johnson explained the bug in a...Read More
The third-largest bitcoin wallet has been busy buying the dip. During the current market downturn, the whale entity added almost 500 BTC to its stash. The mysterious third-largest Bitcoin whale bought 490 BTC when it was exchanging hands at around $46,800 in a transaction with a face value of $23 million. WhaleAlert reported that it...Read More
In a recent report published by English bank Standard Chartered, analysts structurally value Ethereum at “USD 26,000- 35,000” while also predicting that Bitcoin will reach 170k. Standard Chartered: Why ETH beats Bitcoin for Investment The financial service giant’s report, titled “Ethereum Investor Guide,” explains the network’s value proposition while comparing and contrasting it with the...Read More
KILT Protocol is the winner of the 6th edition of the Parachain Slot Auction organized by Polkadot’s canary network, Kusama. KILT Goes Live According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, the KILT Protocol mainnet is now live following the announcement of the milestone. The project describes itself as an open-source blockchain identity...Read More
El Salvador officially became the very first country in the world to formally recognize Bitcoin as a legal tender, essentially making it illegal for anyone to refuse to accept BTC as payment. Speaking on the matter and congratulating the entire community, Charles Hoskinson said that he thinks many other nations will follow in these footsteps....Read More
Brian Armstrong took to Twitter on Sept. 8 to defend his company’s position against the latest onslaught from Uncle Sam’s heavy-handed financial regulator, the SEC. In a blog post titled “The SEC has told us it wants to sue us over Lend. We don’t know why.” Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, explained the situation...Read More
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced the launch of a new trading platform focused on Security Token Offerings (STOs). Bitfinex said in a recent announcement that the new platform will operate under the financial laws of Kazakhstan, as provided by the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA). The STO exchange, dubbed Bitfinex Securities Ltd, has been launched...Read More
Union Investment – the investment arm of the DZ bank group – takes another small step towards offering crypto investment services to private investors. They will make Bitcoin a small percentage of some of their funds. Union Invest’s Experimentation With Crypto As reported to Bloomberg news, portfolio manager David Barthe said that the company was...Read More
As the global adoption of cryptocurrencies continues to soar, a new bill has been submitted in the Republic of Panama to recognize Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies as alternative payment methods. Panama Proposes Crypto Bill Panamanian pro-crypto congressman Gabriel Silva noted on Twitter that the new bill would enable the freedom to use cryptocurrencies...Read More
President Nayib Bukele announced the milestone on Twitter, telling followers his country “just bought its first 200 coins.” Bukele noted the Central American nation will be buying more bitcoin as the deadline approaches to make El Salvador the first nation to officially recognize a cryptocurrency as legal tender. The president tweeted early Monday afternoon: El...Read More
Vietnam has recently started recording high demand for crypto mining equipment as more people join the sector to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and others. Interestingly, the mining rig market in Vietnam saw a significant decline a few months ago after bitcoin lost more than 50% of its value and traded below $30,000 due to...Read More
Opening up to the growing artistic marketplace, FTX recently announced the ability to mint custom NFTs directly on their exchange. However, they were quickly forced to place a pricey paywall behind the feature in response to a wave of spam images. NFTs on FTX Exchange The new feature was announced by FTX CEO Sam Bankman...Read More
Cardano, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, came under criticism after reports of a concurrency issue found in the testnet. Concurrency Crisis for ADA? The Cardano team earlier in September announced that the smart contract functionality was now available on the Alonzo Testnet. Following the deployment of smart contracts, the Alonzo...Read More
Following the announcement by core contributor “DeFi Ted,” COVER price plummeted 16% as trading volumes soared. Cover Protocol, a DeFi insurance cryptocurrency minted on Ethereum, will no longer receive support and development after engineers in the core team left suddenly. The insurance coin’s core contributor, “DeFi Ted” announced the project would be shutting down early...Read More
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, recently spoke about the market outlook, taking the opportunity to give some love to Bitcoin and the ecosystem of industries that are developing around cryptocurrencies. Speaking with Yahoo Finance, the financial expert assured that the future looks bright for the world of cryptocurrencies. Wood disagrees with billionaire investor John...Read More
The CEO of blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis is optimistic that the bitcoin price will rise above $100,000 before the end of 2021. $100k by December 2021 In a Bloomberg interview on Thursday (September 3rd, 2021), Michael Gronager, who is also the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, asserted that bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, in general,...Read More
American songwriter, singer, and dancer Jason Derulo revealed today that he invested in crypto, particularly Solana (SOL) back in June and it has been a great ride. Jason Derulo’s Bet on Solana Paid Off Well Expressing his delight, Derulo tweeted saying “I betted on Solana in June. Wow, what a ride! #crypto.” While the celebrity...Read More
According to a recent research, 17% of Aussies have some cryptocurrency holdings. Bitcoin is still the most popular digital asset while Ethereum and Dogecoin ranked respectively second and third. What is The Crypto Trend in Australia? Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker – a nationally representative survey of 1,000 Australians conducted by Qualtrics – revealed that one...Read More
According to a recent survey, around three-quarters of Russian investors consider cryptocurrencies a better investment tool than gold. Less than 9% opined that the precious metal is superior, while 14% believe “familiar national currencies” are the best choice. Russians Prefer Crypto Than Gold The residents of the largest country by landmass seem to have a...Read More
Eight months after Nigeria’s central bank banned banks from serving crypto entities and investors, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has established a fintech unit that will help formulate regulations for the digital asset industry. SEC Sets up Fintech Unit for Crypto Research The financial watchdog announced that the new division will research...Read More
Every day an increasing number of countries turn their back on Binance, sending warnings to their users, letting them know that if they use the exchange, they are basically on their own in case of any inconvenience. A few hours ago, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa issued a Press Release stating...Read More
