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Kadena Soars Further on DeFi, NFT Gaming News

The little-known Ethereum (ETH) competitor Kadena’s native KDA token has surged higher in the crypto market this month, while also outperforming all other coins in the top 100 by market capitalization over the past 7 days after a series of bullish developments for the protocol.At 11:06 UTC,...

, by Fredrik Vold

Apple CEO Owns Bitcoin Or Ethereum, Austrian Crypto Tax + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Investments newsApple CEO Tim Cook said he personally owns crypto and he had been interested in crypto "for a while." "I do. I...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Ethereum Name Service Token, ENS, Soars on First Day of Trading

Ethereum (ETH)’s decentralized naming system, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), has just launched its highly-anticipated governance token via an airdrop that can be claimed by existing ENS users.At 14:09 UTC, the ENS token traded at USD 46, up a whopping 156% in less than a day, with the majority...

, by Fredrik Vold

bZx Loses Over USD 55M, USD 100M Gaming Plan For Solana + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________DeFi newsDeFi lending protocol bZx (BZRX) once again lost its funds. The team confirmed that, on Friday, "it appears that the...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

‘Pernicious’ Reporting Clause Irks US Crypto Industry as House Votes on Infra Bill

US Congress could finally approve or reject the much-maligned Infrastructure Bill today after the draft law was finally slated for a vote.The ruling Democratic Party has a narrow eight-seat majority and will likely need a near-unanimous vote in favor with few or no abstentions for the measure to...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Loans Boom, Revolut Crypto Exchange, Paytm’s Bitcoin Wish + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news._____Investments newsDigital currency prime brokerage Genesis said that its Q3 loan originations reached USD 35.7bn, up over 586%...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

USD 200M Avalanche, NFTs Get Grammy & USD 100M, Wall Street Hunts For Crypto Pros + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.____ Investments newsThe Avalanche Foundation said it has launched Blizzard, an over USD 200m fund dedicated to accelerating...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Google’s Parent Increases its Crypto Bet by Joining Massive DCG Investment Round

Google’s parent company Alphabet is taking another step into the world of crypto by joining a new funding round for Digital Currency Group (DCG), the owner of Grayscale Investments, which increased DCGs market valuation to USD 10bn.The funding round, which was led by the major Japanese...

, by Fredrik Vold

Why Crypto Needs To Be Regulated

Viktor Prokopenya is a London-based fintech investor and the Founder of VP Capital, an investment vehicle focused on the technology sector.______Could we live in a world without rules? In theory, yes - we can live with an absence of government, and indeed our early ancestors did so. At its extreme,...

, by Viktor Prokopenya

FATF Wants to ‘Gut’ DeFi with ‘Vague’ New Guidelines, Say Crypto Players

The crypto community has issued a withering response to the latest updated Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance, issued yesterday – with one lamenting that the document is “so bad that it makes the [American] infrastructure bill look reasonable.” Most appear particularly...

, by Tim Alper

How to Yield Farm ‘on Bitcoin’ with Sovryn

Yield farming was the hottest crypto trend in 2020, contributing to the decentralized finance (DeFi) craze on Ethereum (ETH) last year. What you may not be aware of, however, is that you can also yield farm “on Bitcoin (BTC).” Read on to learn how to yield farm “on...

, by Alex Lielacher

FATF Wants Countries to Get Serious About Crypto Regulation, Mentions NFTs, DeFi

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is looking to ramp up the pressure on countries to adopt crypto regulations – and its updated guidance has made mention of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (DeFi), peer-to-peer (P2P) trading, and stablecoins for the first time.The FATF,...

, by Tim Alper

Cream Finance Suffers Another Exploit as Attacker Runs Away With USD 100M+

Ethereum (ETH)-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) project Cream Finance (CREAM) suffered another flash loan attack as the attacker reportedly stole more than USD 100m worth of tokens.Blockchain analytics and security firm PeckShield flagged the attacker's address, while Cream finance confirmed...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

SOL Rallies on Strong Technicals, All-Time High in Total Value Locked

SOL, the native token of the Solana blockchain, rallied in the crypto market today after the chain reached a new all-time high in terms of the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi applications. Meanwhile, the token also looks strong from a technical analysis standpoint, according to analysts.At 11:30...

, by Fredrik Vold

FATF’s New Guidelines Drop Next Week, Will Tackle Stablecoins, NFT & DeFi

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will publish its updated guidelines on crypto sector policing next week – and will broaden its scope to include stablecoins, peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized finance (DeFi).The body also wants to see evidence...

FTX Adds USD 7B in Months, Firefighters Buy BTC & ETH, Worldcoin Comes For Your Eye + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.______ Investments news Crypto exchange FTX has announced the closing of a USD 420,690,000 Series B-1 fundraise, increasing the...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

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