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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a tweetstorm this week revealing contradictions in his thoughts and values. The post Is Vitalik Buterin about to jump from Ethereum to Bitcoin? appeared first...

Trading platform Robinhood is launching a non-custodial, web3 cryptocurrency wallet. “Customers will be able to hold the keys for their own crypto,” the company said. Robinhood Building Non-Custodial, Web3 Wallet...

In the run-up to upgrading the mainnet, the Ethereum Foundation has also doubled reward payouts for its bug bounty program....

Hayes faces up to five years after pleading guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations but significant jail time seems unlikely. The post Arthur Hayes faces up to five years in...

As we enter the Bitcoin holiday weekend, it’s a good time to reflect on the incentives that lead us to celebrate Pizza Day....

Among Block’s initiatives to further the Bitcoin ecosystem shared in its 2022 Investor Day is the development of an open-source bitcoin mining ASIC chip....

A closely tracked crypto strategist is outlining what’s in store for leading smart contract platform Ethereum and two ETH challengers, including Solana (SOL). In a new strategy session, pseudonymous analyst...

Retail trading platform Robinhood is launching a new non-custodial crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) wallet in the company’s latest push to embrace the digital asset space. According to a new...

21 Shares enters the US market with the launch of two crypto ETPs respectively tracking top and mid-tiers cryptocurrencies available on US exchanges....

Coinbase is launching its first-ever in-house think tank. The post Coinbase is launching an in-house crypto think tank appeared first on The Block....

"We’re not trying to grow really significantly, but resources to grow at least six percent to grow our enforcement arm in this space," said Gary Gensler. Gary Gensler, chair of...

More than 5,505 Ether of the Ronin Bridge exploitation seems to be transferred through Tornado Cash, a unique privacy crypto exchange. Blockchain data showed that the address associated with the...

Record spending in a Democratic House primary could not give a political newcomer the boost he needed to overcome a local politician with a long career. Andrea Salinas has won...

With indications of inflation appearing on the horizon, how can bitcoin serve as a safeguard against the impact?...

On May 18, the billionaire investor and crypto proponent Mike Novogratz published a post about the recent Terra blockchain fallout. Novogratz and his firm Galaxy Digital were big believers in...

New Bitcoin (BTC) mining data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has revealed that China has resurfaced as a leading mining hub. The post China makes a comeback...

A new exchange listing, mainnet launch and competitive token burn mechanism led to a sharp rally in Socios fan tokens. In times of high stress and market turmoil, sports entertainment...

Binance seeks to court German financial authorities in a renewed push to establish a presence in the country, following a rebuke from the regulator last year for offering tokens tracking...

With the integration, CryptoCom will expand its merchant reach while Shopify merchants will tap a new cohort of customers who prefer to pay in crypto-assets....

Here's how publicly traded crypto mining companies performed on Wednesday, May 18. The post Bitcoin mining stock report: Wednesday, May 18 appeared first on The Block....

Crypto markets run 24/7 — is that good for market structure? And might traditional markets eventually work that way? The post Is the 24/7 crypto market good or bad for...

The Play-to-Earn (P2E) gaming sector has grown into a powerful concept within the cryptocurrency industry as non-fungible tokens took flight and legitimized a new segment in the market. Gaming has...

The “People Power Party” representative, a South Korean politician Yoon Chang-Hyeon called a parliamentary hearing on TerraUSD (UST) due to its sudden collapse last week. According to a report from...

A popular crypto analyst is using a refined technical analysis metric to plot out where Bitcoin (BTC) is headed as the markets try to recover from a rocky few weeks...

After an earthquake there are always aftershocks. The collapse of UST could be a sign that other stablecoins are also critically flawed. The past week has not been an easy...

Every market—including a bearish one—has its winners and losers....

The billionaire said that his LUNA tattoo will always remind him to stay humble as a VC investor....

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is standing firm on his belief in leading crypto asset Bitcoin (BTC), saying that it will eventually be the global standard for money transmission and...

SEC boss Gary Gensler says that the agency has too few staff members to properly protect cryptocurrency investors...

Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, he warned that more actions against crypto firms could be on the way....

A new service is aiming to bridge the gap between employees who want to find work in the Bitcoin industry and employers at Bitcoin companies....

The chief executive of one of Kenya’s biggest lenders has said that crypto could become part of the mobile money ecosystem if the country's watchdog decides to give it the...

The five applications suggest the social media firm may use its namesake in a payments processing platform called Meta Pay. Social media giant Facebook's parent company, Meta, may be planning...

While many are vocally against a hard fork, Terra’s validators appear to be in favor....

N3TWORK games incorporates free-to-play elements and blockchain technology such as non-fungible tokens, into its mobile games.  The post Blockchain gaming startup N3TWORK Studios raised $46 million in Series A funding...

On-chain data shows the USDC exchange reserves have started to trend downwards recently, a sign that buyers may be exchanging the coin for Bitcoin and other cryptos. USDC Reserves On...

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin exchange whale ratio has started to sharply rise, a sign that these humongous holders may be beginning to dump. Whales Are Behind Almost 90% Of...

The first live CryptonitesTV episode gathered a panel of crypto media professionals to debate the current conditions in the industry and offer predictions for the future of the crypto market....

Ailing stock markets continue to impact crypto prices and technical analysis suggests BTC is at risk of falling below its recent $25,500 low. On May 17, United States Federal Reserve...

Exodus has announced a new multi-chain crypto browser extension. The post New Exodus Wallet browser extension includes ‘unlimited access’ to Solana appeared first on CryptoSlate....

US-based cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase is launching new ways for users to access decentralized applications (DApps) in the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem. The crypto exchange says it is releasing a new...

James Mwangi believes cryptocurrencies could be a boosting factor for Africa's future development....

San Francisco-based payments company Ripple is partnering with a Lithuanian financial technology (FinTech) firm to facilitate cross-border money transfers. In a new press release, Ripple says it’s joining forces with...

Mike Novogratz was so invested in Terra, he got a LUNA tattoo earlier this year....

The blockchain firm Aave has launched the Lens Protocol, a social media project with applications built on the Polygon blockchain. Lens is similar to the social media platform Twitter but...

Despite bouncing at a confluence of long-term support levels, technical indicators for Near Protocol (NEAR) do not show any bullish reversal signs. The post Make or Break as Near Protocol...

Another major boost to Bitcoin adoption is here in the same week as El Salvador discussed cryptocurrencies with delegates from 44 countries. So far, the Russian authorities were highly vocal...

May 18, 2022 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands DeFi Land, the third-most prominent game on the Solana blockchain, will launch a new breed of play-and-earn game on May 18, 2022,...

Latin America cryptocurrency exchange Bitso has officially launched its app in Colombia. The post Bitso officially launches its app in Colombia appeared first on The Block....

Denis Manturov, Russian minister of industry and trade, explains that legalizing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment will happen given time....

The gaming industry generated more than $300 billion last year....

Mike Novogratz has finally weighed in on the LUNA collapse...

Despite the overwhelming approval of the proposal as of Wednesday, many Terra users on social media suggested the network burn its LUNA tokens. Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon’s plan to...

Summary: Terra’s proposal 1623 to fork the chain has thus far gathered the support of 90% of the community. Voting for the Terra proposal is underway and will continue for...

Pantera Capital, one of the high-profile backers of Terraform Labs, cashed out 80% of its investment well before UST's collapse last week. The post Terra backer Pantera Capital says it...

Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), says that new staff members at the agency will begin to focus on investigating crypto-related complaints of misconduct....

The Solana-based agriculture simulation gaming project has launched its first game with P2E mechanics. ...

Shock earnings reports contributed to fresh market weakness, depriving Bitcoin and altcoins of any new gains. Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward an "interesting" liquidity area on May 18 as United States...

May 18, 2022 – Paris, France French startup Sneakmart will bring its Metakicks sneaker NFTs to the metaverse in 2022. With these NFTs, users can customize their virtual avatars and...

The trademarks tease plans for a cryptocurrency exchange, lending, and wallet platform....

Mike Novogratz, the billionaire CEO of crypto investment manager Galaxy Digital, opined on the recent crisis in the Terra blockchain ecosystem, which saw the market collapse of both the LUNA...

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has alerted the general public and businesses against unwittingly hiring North Korean IT workers. The post US Federal agencies warn businesses against mistakenly hiring...

Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg, and financial commentator Frances Coppola discuss the implications of last week’s Terra collapse in Cointelegraph’s latest interview. Financial commentator Frances Coppola is convinced...

Maker (MKR) has surged nearly 50% in value over the past week, following the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). The post Maker (MKR) Surges Following TerraUSD (UST) Collapse, Boon...

Quick Take Blockchain-enabled decentralized storage is off to a promising start, with rapid adoption in 2021 showing promise for the tech and incentive systems powering P2P cooperative cloud storage Here,...

A new think tank is Coinbase's latest attempt to shape the debate around crypto policy....

The cryptocurrency industry is currently digesting the rise and fall of Singapore-based Terraform Labs’ network token Terra (LUNA) and stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). Following the unexpected collapse of almost $45 billion...

Dorsey says Block is building an “ecosystem of ecosystems.” Bitcoin is one such ecosystem into which the firm is pouring resources. The post Block details expanded Bitcoin efforts at 2022...

The Sandbox has partnered with Jamiroquai who is well-known for their 1996 global smash hit "Virtual Insanity."...

Summary: The number of active Ethereum addresses has remained stable relative to the ongoing crypto-market pullback. Active addresses on Ethereum have only dropped by 7% despite the value of ETH...

PRESS RELEASE. Metaverses are here, and they are the next generation of gaming. That’s why KICK.IO launchpad is excited to be hosting the public sale of YOANN.IO, an Anime Action...

Bitcoin on-chain activity has been on the rise for the past week. It has seen transactions grow more than 70% in the same time span. Despite all of these though,...

The circulating supply of LUNA has continuously gone up since the UST debacle began. This has mainly been from people redeeming their staked UST for the digital asset, which caused...

The entity will be dissolved upon the completion of ShapeShift’s decentralization process. On Wednesday, ShapeShift — a Swiss decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) hosting a cryptocurrency trading ecosystem — announced that...

Rollups cut down on blockchain transaction costs by "rolling up" batches of transactions into a single one. Here’s how they work....

ETH bulls are aiming to flip $2,000 back to support, but these two metrics point toward further downside. Ether (ETH) price has been trying to establish an ascending channel since...

Both sneakers and NFTs have turned into multi-billion dollar industries in recent years. The sneaker resale market was valued at $6 billion in 2019, although it is much larger today...

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) is reporting dumping more than $2.4 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) last week as the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) collapsed. The LFG, a non-profit organization built...

Various Metaverse and NFT initiatives aim to blur the line between the virtual and physical worlds. Sneakmart and its Metakicks NFT drops offer something virtual for sneaker collectors, with a...

May 18, 2022 – Los Angeles, California Everyrealm purchases 250 PLOTs in Storyverse’s now sold-out public sale. Storyverse, the first-ever interactive storytelling platform on the blockchain, today announced its partnership...

May 18, 2022 – Singapore, Singapore DoraHacks, the global hacker movement and one of the most active Web 3.0 developer incentive platforms, announced a $20 million Series B1 investment led...

After the abrupt crash of Terra’s UST last week, a popular South Korea-based law firm, LKB & Partners, is set to sue Do Kwon on behalf of South Koreans who...

May 18, 2022 – Singapore, Singapore BinaryX developed and released CyberArena, a free-to-play, play-to-earn strategic card game. Gamers may compete to earn rewards while enjoying and experiencing a no-cost game...

The first digital financial assets based on Russian blockchains may be issued as early as this year, a high-ranking parliamentarian announced. Three platforms are already registered as issuers, said Anatoly...

Norway’s Central Bank is piloting it's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) using a sandbox created by Nahmii, an Ethereum L2 solution. The post Norway’s Central Bank Chooses Ethereum L2 Project...

Lens Protocol is designed to power social media platforms that can rival centralized giants like Twitter—and it’s powered by NFTs....

U.Today’s news digest helps you stay tuned on the most recent events in the crypto world...

A new database from Cointelegraph Research tracks VC activity in the crypto and blockchain industry in unprecedented detail. Despite the generally negative price action across the crypto industry, continued venture...

The potential scam was discovered on Binance Smart Chain....

Louisiana could become a trailblazer in terms of cryptocurrency adoption in the U.S....

ATOM moved closer towards a one-year low on Wednesday, as prices dropped by nearly 10%. This came as DOT also declined during today’s trading session, when global crypto markets fell...

From arcade systems to home consoles and mobile apps, gaming has made its way into the lives of billions across the world. As a result, gaming is a popular activity...

Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu believes the web3 ecosystem continues to expand rapidly despite the recent turmoil in the crypto markets, according to an interview with Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle on...

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex on Wednesday announced it will soon delist the LUNA perpetual swaps. The latest move adds Bitfinex to the list of exchanges that have already deslited LUNA swaps....

Crypto users are able to report, comment on and research illicit activity on Chainabuse, a new public forum. The post TRM Labs unveils community-driven scam reporting platform appeared first on...

Chainabuse allows crypto users, victims of financial crimes, and crypto businesses to report, discuss and issue warnings actively and ultimately reduce the effectiveness of the scam. Seven major crypto companies...