Tyler Hobbs’ Fidenza NFT Project Gets $1M Pump Over 48 hours
One wallet spent around $900,000 on the generative art NFT project alone.
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CFO of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager Resigns
Ashwin Prithipaul joined Voyager as its chief financial officer in May of this year.
Framework to ban members of Congress and SCOTUS from trading stocks includes crypto provision
A bill based on the proposed framework banning crypto investments could help to “restore the public’s faith and trust in their public officials,” according to Zoe Lofgren.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops Below $19K Amid Ongoing Volatility
Macroeconomic uncertainty continues to hobble crypto prices.
Crypto Biz: DID you see what Africa is doing with Web3?
Decentralized identity services could play a vital role in promoting Web3 payments in emerging markets like Africa. This week’s Crypto Biz has the latest.
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Sued Over Patent Infringement
Lawsuit alleges that Coinbase infringed on patents related to its blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto Is Capitol Hill’s Last ‘Bipartisan Issue,’ Coinbase Exec Says
Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer at Coinbase, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss the state of crypto in the U.S. and a need for clear regulation.
Moscow Exchange drafting bill on digital financial assets and securities trading: Report
Russia’s stock exchange expects to become a registered digital asset exchange and begin trading both digital financial assets and digital asset-based securities.
Estamos en el mercado bajista más importante en la historia de las criptomonedas
Este ciclo bajista plantea una pregunta que algunos de los veteranos en criptomonedas nunca han considerado seriamente: ¿qué hay que hacer para asegurar que realmente haya otro mercado alcista?
Tornado Cash saga left a void, says Chainalysis chief scientist: Finance Redefined
A new report suggests the Ethereum staking ecosystem could become a formidable industry impacting a wider crypto economy.
B. Riley may purchase up to $100M stake in Bitcoin miner Iris Energy
Iris Energy’s filing suggested the company planned to use proceeds from the sale to fund growth initiatives including purchasing mining hardware and developing data centers.
Price analysis 9/23: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT
The strength of the U.S. dollar continues to negatively impact risk assets, but that did not prevent Bitcoin and select altcoins from staging a few strong rallies this week.
Pentagon contracts with Inca Digital for a security-focused digital asset mapping tool
The creator of the Nakamoto Terminal will help the government and businesses understand the interaction of traditional and digital financial systems and track money into and out of blockchains.
Brazilian Federal Police Raids 6 Crypto Exchanges in Money Laundering Investigation
The names of the companies involved were not disclosed.
Accionistas de Celsius reclaman su participación en los pagos de la quiebra
Una moción legal presentada por abogados afirma que la quiebra de Celsius “se enfoca solo en los clientes” y “que no tiene en cuenta los intereses de los accionistas”.
Web3 technologies could be a game changer for the travel industry
NFTickets could potentially allow airlines and events to increase their revenue through resales on the secondary market.
Troubled Data Center Compute North Struggled With Crypto Winter. Then Its Relationship With a Major Lender Soured
The company was financed by Generate Capital, which seized the data-center operator’s assets.
Pantera Capital’s CEO suggests blockchain growth will continue despite economic turmoil
The venture capitalist predicted blockchain would perform based on its own fundamentals, similar to Amazon and Apple.
Is Powell 2022’s Paul Volcker? The Answer Matters to Bitcoin
Whether Bitcoin succeeds will largely hinge on whether people have confidence in the incumbent fiat system to which it poses an alternative and in the central bankers who, since the end of the dollar’s gold peg 1973, have determined the monetary policies behind that system.
Crypto gaming sucks — But devs can fix it
Crypto gaming isn’t working. Developers need to focus more on fundamentals and less on cosmetics in order to fix it.
Lawyers for Celsius investors file motion to have interests represented in court
The legal team requested the court appoint a committee representing certain shareholders or the case could end up “inappropriately and inequitably skewed in favor of the customers.”
Bitcoin Miner Cipher Looks to Sell Up to $250M in Stock
Investment bank H.C. Wainwright will be handling the transaction.
Canadian Digital Asset Brokerages Coinsquare and CoinSmart to Merge
At closing, CoinSmart is set to receive $2.2 million (CAD $3 million) in cash along with the issuance of about 5.2 million shares of Coinsquare.
Real Estate Token ERN Will Allow Holders to Vote on Investments, Without Offering Ownership
The firm is targeting a minimum raise of $4.5 million.
Blockchain infrastructure firm Chain will sponsor New England Patriots football team
Chain will work to develop Web3 experiences for visitors to Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place by “merging the physical with the digital.”
Ethereum: US$319 millones en cripto de mineros salen al mercado luego de la fusión
Los mineros se deshicieron de más de 16.000 ETH (más de US$20 millones) durante la semana pasada, según mostraron los datos de la cadena. Aún tienen alrededor de 245.000 ETH pero ninguna relación comercial con la blockchain.
DARPA to Research Risks of Crypto to National Security in Partnership With Inca Digital
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted digital asset data and analytics provider Inca Digital to research national security risks posed by cryptocurrency.
Coinsquare acquires publicly traded crypto exchange CoinSmart
CoinSmart reported $16.7 million in gross revenue in 2021 as retail trading volumes soared during the Bitcoin bull market.
The Most Important Bear Market in Crypto History
This down cycle poses a question some crypto longtimers have never seriously considered before: What must be done to ensure there actually is another bull market?
FTX Ventures, DCG Back $9.6M Funding for Decentralized Database Solution Kwil
The community-owned platform could make it easier for Web2 developers to move into Web3