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Fearing a Hawkish Fed: Economists Focus on Upcoming FOMC Meeting as Global Market Rout Slows
25.1.2022
Global markets have been feeling the pressure of fear and uncertainty, as the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plans to make a decision on Wednesday concerning changing the current monetary easing policy and raising the benchmark interest rate. Economists and market analysts fear...
LBank Exchange Will List ADENE (ADEN) on January 27, 2022
25.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jan. 25 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list ADENE (ADEN) on January 27, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the ADEN/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 18:00 (UTC+8) on January 27, 2022....
Goldman Sachs Sees the Metaverse as $8 Trillion Opportunity
25.1.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has predicted that the metaverse could be an $8 trillion opportunity. Several others have similarly predicted that the metaverse is a multitrillion-dollar market. Goldman Sachs Says the Metaverse Could Be an $8 Trillion Opportunity Global investment bank Goldman...
The Winners of Metaverse Alliance 2021 Global Metathon
24.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Lasting for two months, the largest Metaverse Hackathon (called Metathon) organized by Metaverse Alliance and LD Capital has officially ended on January 21, 2022, PST. Over 100 contestants took part, with nearly 280 developers from 13 different countries engaged. To ensure...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls to 5-Month Low
24.1.2022
The selloff in cryptocurrencies continued to start the week, with bitcoin falling to its lowest level since July. Ethereum was also trading in the red, hitting multi-month lows in the process. This comes as the overall global market cap in cryptos was down close to 9% at the time of writing....
Bitcoin’s Price Drop and the Network’s Higher Difficulty Squeezes BTC Mining Profits
23.1.2022
After Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped to the highest value ever at 26.64 trillion, the overall hashrate slumped a hair due to the rise in difficulty and lower bitcoin price. This weekend, Bitcoin’s hashrate is coasting along at 189 exahash per second (EH/s), after dropping to a...
Lawyer Accuses Huobi of Operating a Cryptocurrency Exchange That’s ‘Held Accountable Nowhere’
23.1.2022
Houbi Global, which is based in Seychelles, has been accused by lawyer Jonathan Levy of operating without accountability to any jurisdiction. The lawyer adds that the exchange’s physical address in the island nation is for mailing purposes only. Accountability Issues U.S.-based lawyer...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Files for Blockchain Tech ETF
23.1.2022
The New York-based multinational investment management corporation Blackrock has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a blockchain tech exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Ishares blockchain tech ETF aims to track the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) index called...
LBank Exchange Will List STEP on January 21, 2022
21.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jan. 21, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list STEP on January 21, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the STEP/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 21:00 (UTC+8) on January 21, 2022. While...
BlockFills raises $37 million to support global expansion
20.1.2022
Since its inception in 2018, the firm has received a total of $44 million from institutional investors in two funding rounds
9th Global Blockchain Congress by Agora Group & TDeFi on February 21st and 22nd in Dubai
18.1.2022
The 9th edition of the world-renowned flagship Global Blockchain Congress by Agora Group is taking place on February 21st and 22nd 2022, in Dubai, the UAE & co-hosted by TDeFi. This edition’s theme is “The Decentralized Digital Reality: A gateway to the Metaverse, GameFi & DeFi” and will...
India’s Prime Minister Modi Calls for Global Collaboration on Crypto — Says ‘We Have to Have a Similar Mindset’
18.1.2022
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has called on governments worldwide to collaborate on cryptocurrency. He pointed out that “The kind of technology that is associated with it, the decisions taken by a single country will be insufficient to deal with its challenges.” Indian...
‘AWS for Web3’ Pocket Network Shakes Up Infrastructure of the Internet
16.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A – 16th January 2022 – Pocket Network – an infrastructure middleware protocol which facilitates decentralized cloud computing and abundant bandwidth on full nodes interoperable with DApps across all 21+ blockchains surpasses milestone...
Pandemic Digital Board Game Is Being Delisted From Mulitple Stores For Unknown Reasons
16.1.2022
The digital board game version of Pandemic has disappeared from Steam after it was quietly delisted on January 6. And it will be removed from other digital storefronts throughout the year and its publisher, Asmodee, hasn’t explained why beyond a vague statement that the game is being removed for...
Survey: Proportion of South African Crypto Holders Grows to 11.3%, 56% of Crypto Owners Hold Bitcoin
16.1.2022
The number of surveyed South Africans that own crypto grew marginally from 10.3% in October 2021, to 11.3% in December 2021. With this rate of ownership, South Africa is now ranked number 21 out of the 27 countries whose internet users participated in the survey. South African Ownership Rate Below...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, BTC Price 20% Above Production Cost, Difficulty Nears ATH
15.1.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been riding high again as the processing power tapped another lifetime high on January 15, 2022, reaching 219.68 exahash per second (EH/s). The new record follows the previous all-time high (ATH) on the first day of the year, when the network’s hashrate tapped...
JPMorgan Client Survey: Majority Expect Bitcoin Price to Reach $60K or More This Year
15.1.2022
Global investment bank JPMorgan has asked its clients what they think the price of bitcoin will be by year-end. Among the bank’s clients who responded, 55% expect the price of bitcoin to end the year at $60K or higher. What JPMorgan’s Clients Expect the Price of Bitcoin to Be...
Court Dismisses Lawsuit By Parents Whose Kids 'Gambled' With CSGO Skins
14.1.2022
On January 7, a U.S. federal court dismissed the final lawsuit against Valve regarding the company’s alleged facilitation of what plaintiffs claimed amounts to illegal gambling in CSGO matches. This was the last case in a series of claims brought to the court by parents whose children had purchased...
German Online Bank N26 to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Business This Year
13.1.2022
N26, a German online neobank, has announced it will get into the cryptocurrency trading business this year. The announcement was made by Max Tayenthal, co-founder and a CEO of the company, who pondered whether focusing on cryptocurrency instead of going global may have been a better idea....
Arkania Protocol Launch Multi-Chain Launchpad Making IDOs Accessible to All
12.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Arkania Protocol has announced its IDO Launchpad for the public, with anti-whale mechanism, KYC and robust security. 12th January, St. Vincent & the Grenadines — The Arkania platform connects promising new projects with the global crypto community, offering developers...