Shares of the U.S. leading crypto mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) went on a downward spiral, plunging by nearly 30% within 24 hours amid a recent crackdown by the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). MARA Down 27% in 24 Hours Since Marathon is primarily a Bitcoin miner, the recent bull run in the...Read More
One of the largest BTC whales has bought more than 200 coins at $62,000 shortly after selling 1,500 tokens at $67,500. Today’s purchase comes amid the asset’s massive correction. As outlined by CryptoQuant’s analyst going by the Twitter handle VentureFounder, the anonymous bitcoin whale has begun reaccumulating once again. Bought the dip a little early...Read More
After confirming that AMC Theatres will indeed add Shiba Inu for purchasing certain goods, the company’s CEO – Adam Aron – has announced that the addition will come in the first few months of 2021. One of the world’s largest movie theater chains – AMC Entertainment Holdings – has been highly bullish on the cryptocurrency...Read More
Entrepreneur First, an international firm focused on investing in technology companies, is partnering with Tezos to launch a blockchain-focused platform to attract potential founders to Tezos’ web3 ecosystem. Seeking Talented Web3 Developers The new platform, dubbed Entrepreneur First Web3, is designed to attract potential blockchain innovators and DeFi app creators into the Tezos ecosystem. They...Read More
The British authorities have reportedly urged Transport for London (TfL) to stop allowing cryptocurrency ads on its infrastructure. The move comes after Floki Inu – a meme coin named after Elon Musk’s puppy – was advertised on the city’s underground stations, buses, and trains for the last couple of weeks. Crypto Ads Are ‘Unethical’ “Missed...Read More
The crypto and blockchain space seems to be thriving. In fact, this vertical has fetched the largest valuation step-up this year. Naturally, VC firm Paradigm has also ramped up its game with its latest $2.5 billion venture fund. With the wave of new-fangled investor interest, eye-popping fundraises in crypto are not surprising anymore. One such...Read More
The popular cryptocurrency lender – Nexo – has announced a buyback program for its native token worth $100 million. The company estimates that the entire process will be completed within the next six months. Nexo’s $100M Buyback Program The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that the company’s Board of Directors had approved the program,...Read More
Ridiculous and bizarre trends in the crypto industry aren’t surprising. Little-known StarLink (STARL) is the latest to see a wild swing that has some connection with Elon Musk, but it’s not what you think. Coincidentally, StarLink happens to share the same name as that of the Elon Musk-backed satellite internet constellation Starlink. Amidst a busy...Read More
One of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in the States – Marathon Digital – plans to raise $500 million through the issuance of senior convertible notes. The firm wants to use the proceeds to buy bitcoin and BTC mining machines. Founded over a decade ago, Marathon Digital Holdings is among the largest publicly-traded BTC mining...Read More
The government of China removed Xiao Yi – an official representing the Jiangxi province – from his post after he violated the country’s digital asset policies. According to the prosecution, he illegally supported some cryptocurrency mining businesses. China Sends a Strong Signal that Crypto Mining Is Forbidden A recent report by the South China Morning...Read More
Bloomberg recently found that investors are protecting themselves from fears of rising inflation by using Bitcoin. In a tweet, the company even called it “the best inflation hedge around” depending on how one looks at it. Bitcoin Beats Inflation After crunching the numbers, Bloomberg Opinion’s John Authers found that Bitcoin has achieved 99.996% deflation over...Read More
The Bitcoin network made history today as its most ambitious upgrade, Taproot, went live at block 709,632, 5:15 UTC on Sunday – November 14, 2021. Taproot Upgrade is Live The implementation is a milestone for Bitcoin, considering that Taproot is the first significant upgrade in the network since August 2017 after the Lightning Network and...Read More
A survey conducted by the software firm – Stratis – revealed that 58% of American and British video game developers had incorporated blockchain technology into their endeavors. 47% have integrated non-fungible tokens in their games. Blockchain Is The Future for Video Games The poll surveyed 197 video game developers in the USA and the UK....Read More
Moonriver, a canary-test network for the Moonbeam protocol, reached a milestone this week by hitting eight million transactions on its network, becoming the leading parachain in Kusama. The platform announced on Twitter that it had reached the multi-million transaction count on Nov. 10, making it the largest adopted parachain on the Kusama Network. Moonriver is...Read More
CoinDCX, one of India’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has listed the popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) on its retail-oriented application. Despite the country’s questionable regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies, Indian investors generate millions of dollars worth of daily trading volume on various exchanges. One of the leading trading venues is CoinDCX, and it recently announced that...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected VanEck’s proposal for a spot Bitcoin ETF. This comes after several delays by the agency. The global investment manager VanEck has been among the most active companies when it comes down to filing with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. In the past several years,...Read More
According to a recent survey conducted by Pew Research Center, the vast majority of US adults (86%) have heard at least a little about digital currencies. However, only 16% of the participants admitted they have personally invested in some of them. Americans Are Aware of Crypto The nonpartisan think tank – Pew Research Center –...Read More
The cryptocurrency market had a tumultuous week where many projects went up considerably and then stalled and declined. Starting with Bitcoin, this time last week, the price was hovering around $61K, but it had no plans of staying there for long. BTC started climbing immediately and by Monday, it was above $65K. This continued and...Read More
According to recent research published by the independent cryptocurrency outlet Protos, two companies have been responsible for buying two-thirds of Tether’s USDT total supply since its inception. The organizations, Alameda Research and Cumberland Global, had so far been the recipients of at least $60.3 billion USDT out of the $108.5 billion of Tether’s outbound transfers...Read More
The NFT marketplace of the leading cryptocurrency exchange will host the digital collections of soccer legends such as Alessandro Del Piero, Christian Vieri, and Gabriel Batistuta. With the growing demand for non-fungible tokens, Binance launched such a marketplace earlier this year and has already become the home of many digital collections, including some from the...Read More
The Q3 woes have not hindered FTX.US from posting impressive figures for the same time period. As a matter of fact, the platform claims to lead all crypto asset exchanges in the United States with respect to liquidity. FTX.US’ Volume Soars More Than 500% According to the latest report, the average daily volumes of FTX.US...Read More
The most recent update on the Dogecoin network has led to issues on the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange – Binance. Reports have emerged that the company has asked some of its users to return coins that were supposedly stuck for years and have resurfaced just now. An Issue on the Dogecoin-Binance Front The popular memecoin...Read More
The National Ulema Council (MUI) has reportedly announced a ban on the use of crypto, citing Shariya law. Even as the Indonesian government has acknowledged crypto as a commodity, it still cannot be legalized under Islamic law. According to the reports, the head of religious decrees, Asrorun Niam Soleh, stated that the rejection ignites from...Read More
Months after indicating plans to expand the USDT stablecoin support to Avalanche blockchain, popular stablecoin issuer Tether has finally launched its dollar-pegged cryptocurrency on the eco-friendly network. USDT Now Available on Avalanche With USDT launching on Avalanche, users can now transfer the largest stablecoin by market capitalization at a relatively lower cost, and the transactions...Read More
Following yesterday’s price increases and new records, the world’s largest digital asset manager reached an ATH of its own in terms of AUM by topping $60 billion. Interestingly, if the company operated as an exchange-traded fund, it would have been the 19th-largest. If ETF, Grayscale Would Be in Top 20 Launched in 2013, Grayscale is...Read More
One of the largest Chinese e-commerce platforms – JD.com – has reportedly enabled its customers to use the digital yuan for payments during the shopping festival – Singles Day. JD Embraces The Chinese CBDC Even though China’s central bank digital currency has not officially rolled out nationwide, the local leading retail company – JD –...Read More
Just a few days after the completion of the Twitter poll, in which Elon Musk asked his followers whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock, the billionaire has sold in total nearly five million shares, recent SEC filings showed. CryptoPotato reported over the weekend Elon Musk’s rather unorthodox approach about whether he should...Read More
The Austrian authorities will reportedly tax bitcoin and the altcoins with the same percentage rate as mainstream stock and bond investments starting from March next year. Bitcoin to Be Like a Stock Investment A recent Bloomberg report reads that Austria wants to create fairness between the different classes of assets and impose a 27.5% capital...Read More
The largest US-based crypto exchange has seen a sizeable decline of 29% from $462 billion in Q2 to Q3’s $327 billion in trading volume. In its latest report, the company emphasized the volatility in the market as an important factor influencing the transaction revenue. The figures have been quite underwhelming, but according to the platform,...Read More
The meteoric rise of Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins is prompting businesses to reassess ways in which they can leverage the crypto sector. Landry-NYDIG’s partnership, for one, will focus on powering a Bitcoin loyalty rewards program at the restaurant giant’s 500 locations across the country. The CNBC report reveals the initiative will be available to the...Read More
