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How to stake Cardano (ADA) in a self-custodial wallet
19.4.2023
Cardano is one of the largest layer-1 blockchains by market capitalization but what does the DeFi ecosystem offer for staking?
FlareDrop.02 is now available to claim for wallets holding WFLR
17.4.2023
Users holding WFLR (Wrapped FLR) can now start claiming FlareDrop.02. The blockchain network released an official tweet to inform its users. According to the tweet, users can connect their wallets to the Flare Portal for FlareDrop.02. Alternatively, users can also set up auto-claiming to earn...
Liquid Staking Protocols See Increase in Monthly ETH Deposits Despite Withdrawals Post-Shapella Hard Fork
15.4.2023
Following the Shapella hard fork on April 12, 2023, approximately 332,368 ether, valued at around $699 million, has been withdrawn. Despite these withdrawals, liquid staking protocols like Lido, Rocketpool, and others have experienced an increase in ether deposits over the last 30 days. Since March...
Onramp Launches First Spot Bitcoin Trust With Multi-Party Custody
14.4.2023
The company, based in Austin, Texas, says the new offering is the first bitcoin trust that takes advantage of Bitcoin’s multi-signature capability
Cardano Developer IOG Releases Lace Wallet, Boosting ADA Ecosystem
11.4.2023
Users can stake ada tokens directly from Lace to contribute to the security of the Cardano network and receive rewards for their participation
Russian Law Enforcement Prepares to Seize Crypto Assets, Seeks Permission to Set Up Wallets
9.4.2023
Russian investigators are pressing the parliament and government in Moscow for permission to open their own cryptocurrency wallets. This would allow law enforcement agencies to seize digital assets during criminal cases and eventually sell them, something that authorities in the United States...
Polygon becomes second largest gaming blockchain after user activity surges in March
8.4.2023
Polygon overtook Hive for the second spot in last month, as the growth in unique active wallets was driven in part by the Hunters On-Chain RPG game
Reports Claim Chivo Bitcoin Wallet Is Flagging Wasabi Transactions in El Salvador
7.4.2023
According to several reports, the Salvadoran government-issued bitcoin wallet, Chivo, has been freezing wallets and requesting that owners verify the source of funds. The founder of El Zonte’s Bitcoin Beach stated that the government’s bitcoin wallet software is flagging and freezing...
P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Suspends Marketplace With Uncertainty of Return
4.4.2023
According to a message from Paxful Founder and CEO, Ray Youssef, the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform is suspending its marketplace, and the company is uncertain if it will return. Youssef cited challenges such as regulations and some key staff departures, but he also noted that he could...
310,000 Private Digital Yuan Wallets Opened in China’s Nanjing Since 2022 – Is the CBDC Taking Off?
4.4.2023
Citizens in Nanjing, China, have opened more than 310,000 personal digital yuan wallets – with other cities in the nation also posting similar statistics.
Per the Nanjing Daily (via JS News), private citizens in the city – the capital of Jiangsu Province – have opened “over 310,000 digital yuan...
Household Crypto Holdings Included in Bank of Russia’s Consumer Finance Survey
3.4.2023
The Central Bank of Russia has added crypto asset holdings of households to its survey of consumer finances. The statistics reveal that Russian families keep more money in cryptocurrency wallets than in gold investment accounts or mutual funds. Russia’s Central Bank Evaluates Cryptocurrency...
BLUR Token Plummets Over 28% in March, Despite Blur’s Dominance in NFT Sales Market
3.4.2023
While the non-fungible token marketplace Blur has captured a significant amount of the market share in terms of NFT sales, the market’s native token, BLUR, lost more than 28% in value last month. At present, BLUR tokens are down more than 88% since the crypto asset’s all-time high...
Cardano Users Can Soon Access Ethereum dApps Directly From ADA Wallets
31.3.2023
The move will be enabled after an upcoming feature on Milkomeda, an Ethereum Virtual Machine network, goes live
Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Raises $100M Amid Growing Demand for Secure Storage Solutions
31.3.2023
The cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has raised €100 million ($109 million) in funding, according to the company’s disclosure on Thursday. Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier says there has been significant demand for hardware wallets. He added, “2023 is even better for...
Most Crypto Sent From Wallets Sponsoring Russia in Ukraine War Reaches CEXs, Binance, Research Shows
30.3.2023
Millions of U.S. dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency has been sent to centralized exchanges (CEXs), most notably Binance, from wallets providing funds in support of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, transaction data suggests. According to Ukrainian analysts, the money was transferred to the crypto...
EU Lawmakers Vote to Impose €1,000 Limit on Unidentified Crypto Transactions
30.3.2023
EU lawmakers have voted in favor of imposing a €1,000 limit on crypto transactions where the customer cannot be identified. “Entities, such as banks, assets and crypto assets managers, real and virtual estate agents, and high-level professional football clubs, will be required to verify their...
EU Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Payment Limits on Anonymous Crypto Wallets
28.3.2023
Crypto rules form part of a money-laundering overhaul supported by the European Parliament Committees
Digital Euro Key for European Payment Autonomy, ECB President Lagarde Says
24.3.2023
The digital euro has an important role in preserving the payment autonomy of Europe, the head of the eurozone’s monetary authority emphasized. The new currency, which is still under development, is meant to be sovereign and safe, cheap and widely available, Christine Lagarde assured during...
Arbitrum airdrop sees 1,500 addresses consolidate $3.3M into two wallets
24.3.2023
One wallet received $2 million in ARB while another collected around $1.38 million worth of tokens
After Frenzied Arbitrum Airdrop Day, 37% of Eligible Wallets Still Haven’t Claimed Their ARB
23.3.2023
Arbitrum’s token airdrop started off in a frenzy that broke multiple websites, and yet more than 428 million ARB tokens are left to be claimed