Category: Cryptocurrency

May 11
Top Shot creator unveils $725M fund to support Flow ecosystem

The new ecosystem fund will be used to support the 7,500 developers on Flow to build new gaming, infrastructure, DeFi and content creator products on the NFT blockchain. 1225 Total views 27 Total shares The Flow ecosystem is set to get a boost in support from a new $725 million fund that will be used […]

May 11
dYdX releases an app: Why haven’t more DeFi protocols followed suit?

Crypto derivatives trading platform dYdX has officially launched an app via Apple’s iOS store, joining just a select number of fellow decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols that have built apps for smartphone adoption. According to a May 10 announcement, dYdX’s app is now ready for use, with the project noting that more than 200,000 people had […]

May 11
New York digital media company the latest to add Bitcoin to balance sheet

Whilst the purchase won’t cast a shadow on the billions worth of Bitcoin owned by other firms, the company said it could have made $1.2 million if it sold its holdings at the end of the first quarter. 334 Total views 19 Total shares Townsquare Media, a New York based digital marketing and radio station […]

May 10
Bitcoin network transactions and fees surge amid investor de-risking

Investors are urgently sending Bitcoin into exchanges in order to either de-risk their portfolio or to protect margin positions with more collateral, according to Glassnode’s latest report. 5188 Total views 47 Total shares The number of transactions on the Bitcoin (BTC) network has spiked over the past week, with blockchain analysis firm Glassnode suggesting that […]

May 10
Otherside NFTs fall below mint price while cheaper ETH sees sales volume boost

Floor prices for some of the most popular NFT collections are slipping to their lowest levels in over a week, including the top-traded Otherdeed for Otherside metaverse land. 4090 Total views 22 Total shares The contentious Otherdeed for Otherside nonfungible token (NFT) floor price has dropped below its mint price to 2.45 Ether (ETH), worth about […]

May 10
‘Kwontitative easing’ — BTC price hits $43K in UST as Terra empties $2.2B BTC bag

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $30,000 for the first time in ten months on May 10 as turmoil at Blockchain protocol Terra continued. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin price bounces at $29,700 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD plumbing lows of $29,731 on Bitstamp. The first trip under the $30,000 mark […]

May 10
Binance temporarily suspends LUNA, UST withdrawals citing network congestion

The market value of UST, Terra’s stablecoin offering, recently fell below the expected $1 price point as LUNA’s price witnessed a sharp decline owing to a significant selloff. 7312 Total views 51 Total shares As the crypto community still tries to decipher Terra’s ongoing pegging-de-pegging fiasco in relation to its stablecoin offering TerraUSD (UST), major […]

May 10
Analyst claims that exchanges sell your Bitcoin, crypto trading platforms respond

A crypto analyst claimed that staking Bitcoin within exchanges allows them to sell it to someone else; Cointelegraph reached out to the platforms for more info. 1906 Total views 5 Total shares Security breaches and hacks often highlight the risks of storing Bitcoin (BTC) on centralized exchanges. One analyst even claims that keeping your BTC […]

May 10
Indian central securities depository to back up its monitoring of bonds by blockchain

In the future, India’s NDSL and the Securities Board division will welcome other entities to join the decentralized network. 1161 Total views 28 Total shares The National Securities Depository (NSDL), India’s central securities depository based in Mumbai, launched blockchain-based security and covenant monitoring platform.  NSDL officially launched the distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform on Saturday during […]

May 09
Compound Treasury receives B- credit rating from S&P Global Ratings

Though the protocol offers an arguably lucrative yield of 4% per year, it’s only available to accredited investors as of now. 901 Total views 31 Total shares On Monday, decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol Compound Treasury announced that it received a credit rating of B- from S&P Global Ratings. As told by the team at […]