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Big rise in financial advisers adding crypto assets to client portfolios
2.6.2021
More than a quarter of financial advisers intend to recommend crypto investments over the next year
Trader Confesses Cryptocurrency Addiction Led to Criminal Charges, Hospital Treatment
2.6.2021
A British man has shared his story of how his cryptocurrency addiction has led to criminal charges and landed him in a hospital for addiction treatment. He lost more than a million dollars of other people’s money trying to duplicate his previous success in cryptocurrency trading. Crypto...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Experiences This Year’s Largest Epoch Drop, Global Hashrate Slips Lower
31.5.2021
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped this week at block height 685,440 and saw the largest negative drop of the year losing close to 16%. Overall the global hashrate has dropped around 2% since the price fell below the $40k handle. Currently, the mining difficulty is around 21 trillion, and...
Major British Bank Natwest Alerts Customers With Tips to Avoid Cryptocurrency Scams
31.5.2021
Major British bank Natwest has launched an alert to urgently warn its customers of cryptocurrency scams, which have been on the rise. The bank has provided several tips for customers “thinking of investing in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies” on how to spot scams involving...
NFT Weekly Roundup: Bluezelle’s Innovative Solution, Rob Prior’s Live Stream, Ap’s Iconic NFT Collection, and the Br8ve Auction
28.5.2021
While cryptocurrencies experienced their fair share of ups and downs over the week, nothing is holding back the stratospheric rise of NFTs. As another busy week comes to a close, a lot has unfolded in the world of NFTs. Here’s a quick rundown of the top events of this week. Bluzelle Revamps...
Knowledge of Crypto on the Rise, Encouraging Investment - Survey
27.5.2021
Consumer understanding of cryptocurrencies appears to be trending higher, as 29% of respondents to a recent survey, conducted by payments platform Paysafe's digital wallet Skrill, declared they now knew more about cryptocurrencies than they had the same time a year ago. Moreover, some 26% said they...
Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd Predicts More Bitcoin Sell-Off but Remains Bullish Long Term
27.5.2021
The chief investment officer of Guggenheim, Scott Minerd, has predicted more sell-off for bitcoin. He also warned that it will take a while for the cryptocurrency to return to its previous highs. However, in the long term, Minerd has predicted that bitcoin’s price could rise to $600K. Bitcoin...
Monster Hunter Rise Update 3.0 Adds More Monsters And A New Ending
26.5.2021
Just when you thought you were done hunting monsters, bam! Capcom drops a free title update adding two new ferocious beasts to conquer and “a new ending to advance the story,” which is not how endings work but that’s what Capcom says, so we’ll run with it. Read more
FinTok & 'Finfluencers' Are On The Rise: 3 Tips To Assess Their Advice
25.5.2021
Angel Zhong, Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University.
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Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first USD 100,000, doing your tax return or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t...
The importance of block sizes, and the rise of off-chain solutions
25.5.2021
A number of blockchain projects have exploded in popularity in recent months, but their block sizes have stayed the same. What’s the answer to this looming scalability crisis?
Cardano (ADA): Is It the Rise of Blockchain 3.0?
24.5.2021
Developed by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson, the Cardano platform promises an advancement over the existing Alternative Coin such as Ethereum. The development and modification of this crypto-asset are supervised by the Cardano Foundation. Using the proof-of-stake protocol has brought this...
All hail the Shiba? Rise of Dogecoin pretenders fueled by meme frenzy
17.5.2021
Shiba Inu joins in at the top of the dog meme coin phenomenon as Musk announces developer support for Dogecoin
Stablecoin Demand in 2021 Skyrockets, Fiat-Pegged Token Economy Nears $100 Billion
14.5.2021
While most cryptocurrency markets are down today in value, dollar-pegged stablecoins have seen significant demand during the last 24 hours. Currently, the entire market valuation of all the stablecoins in existence is roughly $96 billion. The Rise of Fiat-Pegged Stablecoins Crypto assets like...
Rise of YFI & Woofy May Be a Bellwether for Rotation From Ethereum To DeFi
12.5.2021
The rise of Yearn Finance's governance token YFI could be a bellwether for another decentralized finance (DeFi) season, according to market players.
A discussion is currently being led on whether "soonish, money is likely to flow down the [ethereum] risk curve back into DeFi,"...
Market Wrap: Yearn, EOS Rise Over 30% While Ether and Bitcoin Eke Out Small Gains
11.5.2021
The DeFi-related assets have grown by double digits so far this year
Centric (CNR/CNS) Announces Migration to Binance Smart Chain
11.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. London, UK — Centric announced an upcoming fork to the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), after almost 2.5 years on the TRON blockchain. Centric’s tokens, Centric Cash (CNS) and Centric Rise (CNR), will move to the BEP-20 token standard native to the Binance Smart Chain. Binance...
Yoko Taro Has Some Story Ideas For Monster Hunter Rise
11.5.2021
Yoko Taro did not make Monster Hunter Rise, but he certainly has some ideas for the game’s plot.Read more
DeFi hacks on Binance Smart Chain rise as TVL and volumes increase
10.5.2021
While Binance Smart Chain expands its footprint, hacks on DeFi protocols housed on the network increase hand in hand
The rise of crypto charities: Elongate and Munch raise millions for various causes
9.5.2021
The cryptocurrency community is flexing its generosity amid the latest bull market, as charitable donations continue to grow
The rise of DEX robots: AMMs push for an industrial revolution in trading
9.5.2021
AMM-based decentralized exchanges are seeing unprecedented adoption, but are they the future of trading?