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Cryptocurrency Is Losing Popularity as Investment Vehicle in US, According to Bankrate Survey
4.10.2022
The popularity of cryptocurrency as an investment vehicle is dwindling in the U.S., according to a survey made by Bankrate. The survey found that trust in crypto has diminished across several groups, with millennials losing 20% of their trust in the assets — more confidence lost than in...
The Coorest Carbon Standard Now Officially Certified
4.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Coorest, a Polygon-native project, is the first blockchain project to have a certified standard for carbon compensation entirely on-chain — allowing anyone with an internet connection to compensate for their carbon footprint, thereby demonstrating that the newly certified...
Bitcoin Gains Momentum on Fed Pivot Narrative, But Some Banks Anticipate Dollar Rebound
4.10.2022
Bitcoin rose above $20,000 soon before press time, extending Monday's "ISM-induced" gains as dollar continued to lose ground
Argentine Oil Subsidiary YPF Luz Powering Bitcoin Mining Activities With Residual Gas
4.10.2022
YPF Luz, a subsidiary of the Argentine state oil company YPF, is currently piloting a project to power bitcoin mining operations with residual gas. The initiative, which is currently being tested in Vaca Muerta, one of the biggest oil fields in the country, seeks to take advantage of this byproduct...
EU's ESMA Raises Alarm Bells Over Growing Crypto Use as It Prepares for New Powers
4.10.2022
The European Securities and Markets Authority is worried about consumer rip-offs, as well as novel risks like hacks and consensus manipulation
Report: UK Gold Dealer Sold Out of Bullion After Pound’s Record Fall Causes Demand to Skyrocket
4.10.2022
The United Kingdom-based gold dealer, Ash Kundra, has claimed that he recently ran out of gold coins and bars after the demand for the precious metal skyrocketed. The pound’s plunge to a record low versus the dollar, as well as the turmoil in financial markets, is said to be the cause of...
Shares in Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust Trade at 36% Discount to Fund's NAV
4.10.2022
The shares first slipped into discount in February 2021 primarily due to alternatives like ETFs becoming available in Canada and Europe
Kenyan Central Bank Rejects Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s Claims Country Lacks Forex to Import Oil
4.10.2022
The Central Bank of Kenya appeared to rebuke the country’s new deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, after it rejected the latter’s claims the East African nation lacks enough foreign exchange to import oil. According to the bank, all the foreign exchange used in private transactions...
Samsung Latam Launches ‘House of Sam’ Metaverse Experience in Decentraland
4.10.2022
Samsung Latam, the regional division of the electronics giant, has decided to present its own space in Decentraland, an Ethereum-based metaverse platform. The space, which will be named “House of Sam,” will allow users to have virtual contact with different products of the brand,...
Taking Yield Farming to the Next Level With Animal Farm
4.10.2022
As a result of DeFi protocols, access to finance has been democratized, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to gain access to opportunities and services. However, they only gained popularity after the ‘DeFi summer of 2020’ and the yield farming craze that followed. The concept...
Disclosures Show Shopify’s CEO Bought $3M Worth of Coinbase Shares During the Past 2 Months
4.10.2022
Public records show that Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke has purchased close to $3 million in Coinbase shares during the last 60 days. Lütke became a Coinbase board member last February and because he is a Coinbase associate, he’s required by law to submit his trades to the U.S....
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back Past $19.5K Amid Fresh Hopes for a Fed Retreat; Binance's Failed Plan to Boost the Price of Luna Classic
4.10.2022
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and ether both spent much of Monday in the green
Decentralized App BCH Bull Prepares for Launch, Platform Allows Users to Long or Hedge Bitcoin Cash Against a Myriad of Tradeable Assets
4.10.2022
Just recently the developers behind the Bitcoin Cash-centric project Anyhedge released the alpha version of the Anyhedge Whitelabel and since then, 284 smart contracts were created onchain, and more than $32,900 in funds hedged using the alpha protocol. Furthermore, this month, General Protocols...
The XSwap Treasure Token Aims to Impress by Providing Many Useful Functionalities
4.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. XSwap is a name that has been gaining considerable attention lately for a compelling reason. The XSwap Treasure Token, XTT, may best be defined as XSwap Protocol’s farming reward token. Furthermore, it serves as the native token of their subproject known as the XSwap...
Rare David Bowie NFT Collaboration With FEWOCiOUS Sells for $127,000
4.10.2022
The high-value sale on OpenSea continues a trend of celebrity estates minting postmortem memorabilia on the blockchain
What Is EthereumMax? Inside the Crypto Kim Kardashian Lost $1.2M Promoting
4.10.2022
EthereumMax and the EMAX token won investors over with big promises and flashy names. But has it delivered?
Luna Classic, Remnant of Terra Collapse, Drops After Underwhelming Binance Burn Mechanism Data
4.10.2022
Binance’s scheme destroyed only 0.08% of the token’s bloated supply, too minuscule to have a lasting impact on the hyperinflated token
Court Rules CFTC Legally Served Ooki DAO Through Help Bot
4.10.2022
The ruling came the same day a group of crypto lawyers and developers filed to join the CFTC's case against Ooki DAO
Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining
3.10.2022
YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year
Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Ether Kick Off Week in Positive Territory
3.10.2022
“Whale” investors moved a large volume of bitcoin off exchanges. The trend is often a bullish signal, suggesting investors are more interested in holding their bitcoin. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets