Ethereum gas fees drop as daily DEX and DeFi volumes decline
5.3.2021
Ethereum fees have pulled back from their recent highs alongside a decline in DeFi transaction volumes but the rise of NFTs could push transaction costs back to new highs
User Data Issue Threatens to Blight New South Korean Crypto Regulation
5.3.2021
A South Korean regulator has warned of a wrinkle in forthcoming crypto exchange-governing – just days from its promulgation. At worst, the issue could leave sensitive data about customers compromised due to a legal problem.
As previously reported, a key amendment to the existing Act on...
Mark Cuban Argues Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold, Telling Peter Schiff ‘Gold Is Dead, Move on’
5.3.2021
Billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, once a bitcoin skeptic who preferred bananas to the cryptocurrency, now sees utility in bitcoin. He has made a case that bitcoin is better than gold, telling gold bug Peter Schiff to “move on” because “gold is dead.” Mark...
Co-founder of Floyd Mayweather-promoted ICO sentenced to 8 years
5.3.2021
A co-founder of the fraudulent 2017 ICO Centra Tech has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the scheme
Spike in digital land and NFT sales push Axie Infinity (AXS) price to new highs
5.3.2021
Axie Infinity price rallied 125% to a new all-time high as investor interest in blockchain gaming, digital land and NFT collectibles increases
Former Bitcoin opponent says crypto is an effective hedge against currency debasement
5.3.2021
George Ball, who serves as Chairman of Sanders Morris Harris, believes cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are an “attractive” part of a well-balanced portfolio
Polkadot futures market flippens Litecoin as its open interest hits $573M
4.3.2021
Polkadot raced past Litecoin to become the fourth largest futures market as its open interest reached $573 million this week
Argo Blockchain CEO becomes first publicly-traded company exec paid in Bitcoin
4.3.2021
The crypto miner CEO makes Bitcoin history by being the first exec of a publicly-traded company to take their full salary in Bitcoin
Dogecoin Adoption Rises: Bitpay Lets Merchants Accept DOGE, Coinflip’s 1,800 ATMs Now List the Crypto
4.3.2021
Crypto merchant service provider Bitpay has added dogecoin to its list of supported cryptocurrencies. One of its merchants, the Mark Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks has become the first in the network to accept the meme coin. Meanwhile, a major crypto ATM operator Coinflip has made dogecoin available...
NFT boom triggers parabolic rallies in Chiliz (CHZ) and Flow
4.3.2021
The growing popularity of NFTs and the improving infrastructure supporting the nascent market has resulted in triple-digit rallies from Chiliz, Flow and Basic Attention Token
The Evidence Is in on Negative Interest Rate Policies
4.3.2021
Luis Brandao-Marques is a Senior Economist in the Global Financial Stability Analysis Division in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gaston Gelos is Assistant Director in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he heads...
Much wow! The Dallas Mavericks to accept Dogecoin for tickets and merch
4.3.2021
"We will HODL any we get," Mark Cuban told Cointelegraph