Category: Cryptocurrency

Jan 14
70% of US crypto holders started investing in 2021: Report

46% of respondents reported having $1,000 or less in crypto, while another 25% said they held between $1,000 and $10,000. 4208 Total views 181 Total shares The vast majority of cryptocurrency owners in the United States made its first-ever crypto investments just within last year, according to a new survey. About 70% of crypto hodlers […]

Jan 14
Near Protocol raises $150M to promote Web3 adoption

Ethereum competitor Near Protocol raised funds for Web3 adoption, with Three Arrows Capital and Andreessen Horowitz supporting the PoS blockchain. 3844 Total views 60 Total shares Proof-of-stake blockchain Near Protocol has raised $150 million in seed investments to accelerate the adoption of Web3 technologies. The team announced that the fund would be used to develop […]

Jan 14
Battle of the bots: WTF token launch drains 58 ETH

Fees.wtf is a simple service that shows Ether (ETH) users their lifetime spending amount on Ethereum blockchain transactions by measuring gas. You plug in your wallet address on its website, and it tells you how much gas you spent.  The project released its WTF token in an airdrop Friday. Essentially, users were able to claim […]

Jan 14
Here is how one algorithmic indicator anticipated multiple phases of FXS’ protracted rally

Frax Share (FXS) has been one of the few altcoins to pull off a dominant price performance amid the down market of late 2021 to early 2022. In the month between Dec. 14 and Jan. 14, FXS was up 128% against the U.S. dollar and 159% against Bitcoin (BTC). In addition to this impressive feat, […]

Jan 14
Brazilian mayor to reportedly invest 1% of city reserves in Bitcoin

Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes talked about Bitcoin with Miami mayor and BTC bull Francis Suarez at Rio Innovation Week. 160 Total views 11 Total shares Eduardo Paes, mayor of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro, wants to allocate 1% of the city’s treasury into Bitcoin (BTC), Cointelegraph Brazil reported. Paes reportedly announced plans for […]

Jan 14
Second Life creator returns to lay claim to the metaverse

Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab’s virtual online world Second Life, will be rejoining the project as a strategic adviser to guide its entry into the metaverse. While he is negative on content interoperability in the metaverse, describing it as “a total fail,” he believes a nonfungible token (NFT)-based future is the way forward long […]

Jan 14
Vitalik deluged after asking for the 'most unhinged' criticisms about him

Buterin has been both the golden child of crypto, and the recipient of some of the most trenchant criticism. For a bit of fun, he decided today was the day he wanted to dig some notable digs up and share them with his Twitter followers. 4269 Total views 47 Total shares Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin […]

Jan 14
North Korean hackers stole $400M in 2021, mostly ETH: Chainalysis

Hackers from North Korea have nearly doubled their thefts since 2019 by amassing $400 million in crypto via cyber attack in 2021. 2757 Total views 62 Total shares North Korean crypto hackers siphoned off nearly $400 million in crypto through cyber attacks in 2021 according to new data from Chainalysis. The type of crypto stolen […]

Jan 14
Fan Controlled Football raises $40M to expand league with Bored Apes and Gutter Cats

“One of the most powerful things that tokenization does is release the energy of fans into tangible forms of value and meaning, we see this effect in NFTs and also social tokens,” said Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu. 120 Total views 5 Total shares Alternative sports organization Fan Controlled Football (FCF) has raised $40 million […]

Jan 14
Nifty News: Mike Tyson loves Solana, Aoki stops show to flaunt NFT, Apple and the 'AR Verse'

Mike Tyson is living the $DREAM Boxing icon Mike Tyson has stepped into the ring this week, after he shared his enthusiasm for Solana and unveiled a partnership with mental health-focused crypto project TheDreamChain ($DREAM). In the first round, Tyson — who previously