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Samsung Reveals Virtual Store 837X in Decentraland Metaverse With NFT Badges and Theater
9.1.2022
After the electronics giant Samsung disclosed the firm’s upcoming 2022 smart televisions would boast non-fungible token (NFT) support, the company has revealed it has opened a virtual store inside the Decentraland metaverse. Modeled from the physical store Samsung 837, Samsung’s...
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Score Hits 5 Month Low, Analyzed Sentiment Points to ‘Extreme Fear’
9.1.2022
On January 8, 2022, the price of bitcoin dropped to $40,517 per unit just after 1 p.m. (EST) on Saturday afternoon. According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index (CFGI), sentiment shows “extreme fear” is in the air, and the CFGI score is a 10. The last time the CFGI score was this...
SEC Charges Australian ‘Man Behind the Machine’ in $41M Crypto Fraud Scheme
9.1.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged an Australian citizen who called himself the “Man behind the Machine” in a fraudulent crypto scheme that raised almost $41 million. He and his companies made “materially false and misleading statements in connection...
Paypal Coin: Payments Giant Explores Launching Stablecoin to Boost Crypto Offerings
9.1.2022
Paypal is reportedly working on a stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar to expand its cryptocurrency offerings. “We will, of course, work closely with relevant regulators,” the company stressed. Paypal Is Exploring Launching Its Own USD-Backed Stablecoin Paypal Holdings Inc....
Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Shares ‘Sacred Trading Rule’ as Bitcoin Falls, Warns Against Buying the Dip
9.1.2022
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has shared “a sacred trading rule” he uses in response to a comment about buying bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to fall. “Never add to a losing trade,” he affirmed. Peter Brandt Offers Trading Advice Veteran trader Peter...
Pakistanis Lose Millions to Crypto Scam, Pakistan Issues Notice to Binance
8.1.2022
Investors from Pakistan have become victims of a massive fraud using cryptocurrency. The country’s main law enforcement agency has issued a notice to crypto exchange Binance in relation to the scam which resulted in the loss of $100 million dollars for Pakistanis, media reports revealed....
Fed’s Outgoing Vice Chair Richard Clarida’s ‘Rebalancing’ Trades Ignite Fed Trading Ethics Scandal
8.1.2022
Members of the U.S. Federal Reserve are getting criticized this week after the central bank published its minutes report from the policy meeting on December 14-15. Following the update, the outgoing vice chair of the Federal Reserve’s trading activities has reignited ethics conversations....
$2.7 Billion in NFT Sales Recorded Last Month — Ethereum, Ronin, Solana Top 3 NFT Networks
8.1.2022
This week Google Trends shows that the acronym NFT, which stands for non-fungible token, has reached a score of 100, the highest score a search query can get from the data analytics aggregator. Meanwhile, statistics indicate that during the last 30 days across ten different blockchains...
Value Locked in Defi Slips 10% in 4 Days, Ethereum TVL Dominates at 58%
8.1.2022
Four days ago, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) was coasting along at $255.84 billion and since then, the TVL has dropped ​​8.55% in value. During the last 24 hours, the TVL has slid 2.80%, and Curve’s $23 billion locked today represents 9.84%...
Will this time be different? Bitcoin eyes drop to $35K as BTC price paints 'death cross'
8.1.2022
While recent bearish crossovers between Bitcoin's 50-day and 200-day exponential moving averages failed to push prices lower, this time could be different
What should the crypto industry expect from regulators in 2022? Experts answer, Part 1
8.1.2022
Blockchain industry insiders answer: What were the main crypto regulatory milestones in 2021, and what should be expected in 2022?
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Push for Jailing of Africrypt Directors
8.1.2022
A group of investors in Africrypt are reportedly pushing to have criminal charges pressed against directors of the now-defunct cryptocurrency investment platform. Opponents of the move have argued that this push is unlikely to succeed because many of the investors have already been reimbursed part...
CEO of Mirror Trading International Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrested in Brazil
8.1.2022
Johann Steynberg, the wanted CEO of Mirror Trading International was recently arrested by Brazilian law enforcement after he was caught using a fake document. The arrest, which took place in the country’s Goiás province, was carried out by the Brazilian military police. Fake...
Solana Formally Acknowledges Problems With ‘High Compute’ Transactions Clogging the Network
8.1.2022
Solana, a top ten smart contracts-enabled cryptocurrency by market cap, has acknowledged it is facing a series of problems hindering the performance of its network. The official account of the status of the network, as well as the status page, reported this incident yesterday. This is the latest...
Bored Ape Yacht Club is a huge mainstream hit, but is Wall Street ready for NFTs?
8.1.2022
Experts share how Bored Ape Yacht Club's success has changed the NFT landscape for good
13th Bitcoin Birthday, 100K Mirage, 50% Vision and 20 Crypto Jokes
8.1.2022
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JPMorgan Report States Ethereum Might Lose Defi Dominance Due to Scaling Issues
8.1.2022
A note from JPMorgan states that Ethereum might be at risk of losing defi dominance as a result of its inability to produce effective scaling solutions fast. The note, written by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, managing director of global markets strategy at the firm, further stated that other new smart...
Maker Co-Founder Calls UST and MIM ‘Solid Ponzis’ That Will Go to Zero
8.1.2022
Rune Christensen, one of the founders of Maker, the decentralized autonomous organization behind the governance of stablecoin DAI, has spoken out against two competitors. He stated that UST, Terra’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, and MIM, another collateralized stablecoin, were “solid...
Cryptocurrency Worth $435 Million Seized by 12 UK Police Forces in Five Years
8.1.2022
U.K. police have revealed how much cryptocurrency they have seized in the past five years in response to Freedom of Information requests. The London Metropolitan Police seized more bitcoins than other police boroughs. UK Police Reveal Information About Seized Crypto Twelve of the U.K.’s...
Institutional Investors Say SEC Having More Power to Regulate Crypto Will Boost Prices
8.1.2022
Institutional investors are optimistic about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) having more power to regulate the crypto market, a recent survey shows. They believe that if the SEC is granted extra powers, the prices of cryptocurrencies will be positively impacted. What Institutional...