Tag: cointelegraph

May 12
Doge gets more love on Twitter and Ethereum gets more hate: Data analysis

Sentiment analysis run across a year’s worth of tweets has found that Ethereum is Twitter’s least favorite cryptocurrency of five studied, while Dogecoin received the most affection. 1397 Total views 7 Total shares Ethereum has taken out the top spot on Twitter as the most hated of five cryptocurrencies studied, while the meme-token Dogecoin is […]

May 12
ApeCoin is down 70%+ since the Otherside launch — Can Yuga Labs turn the ship around?

ApeCoin (APE), the new cryptocurrency that was recently launched by Yuga Labs, aims to be the bedrock of the Otherside metaverse and recently, the token has experienced massive volatility leading into and after its digital land sale. APE’s price dropped from $26 at the peak on Apr. 28 to $14 on May. 2 — more […]

May 12
Not bothered: Miners ‘not impacted by volatility’ in Bitcoin market

Despite steadily declining prices of Bitcoin and turmoil on the markets today, some of the largest mining companies are unfazed and insist their operations will not be affected by negative price volatility. Some even see it as an opportunity to gain market share as smaller competitors collapse. Bitcoin (BTC) prices have been on a steady […]

May 11
Chairmen from the SEC and CFTC talk crypto regulation at ISDA meeting

Rostin Behnam and Gary Gensler make their positions clear in keynote addresses at the annual meeting of the ISDA with Sam Bankman-Fried in attendance. 1107 Total views 46 Total shares The annual meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) began Wednesday in Madrid. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler […]

May 11
Bitcoin fights to hold $29K as fear of regulation and Terra’s UST implosion hit crypto hard

Bitcoin (BTC) price initially bounced from its recent low at $29,000 but the overall market sentiment after a 25% price drop in five days is still largely negative. Currently, the crypto “Fear and Greed Index,” which uses volatility, volume, social metrics, Bitcoin dominance and Google trends data, has plunged to its lowest level since March […]

May 11
VeChain Foundation reports $1.2B crypto treasury but spent just $4M in Q1

The supply chain tracking project has a comfortable cushion in its Foundation treasury, but expenditures were very low through the first quarter of 2022. 6635 Total views 33 Total shares The VeChain Foundation has released its financial report for Q1 2022, showing that the project amassed an impressive $1.2 billion war chest but only spent […]

May 11
Nifty News: Azuki founder under fire, CryptoPunk sells for a major loss and more

The founder of the $723.5 million Azuki nonfungible token (NFT) project “Zagabond” caused a sh*tstorm yesterday after revealing that they had previously worked on three abandoned NFT projects. After facing strong backlash from the NFT community, they have since apologized for their “shortcomings.” The three projects in question are Tendies and CryptoPunks copycats CryptoPhunks and […]

May 11
Indian central bank’s ‘informal pressure’ disrupted payments: Coinbase CEO

“I guess we have a concern that [the Reserve Bank of India] may be actually in violation of the Supreme Court ruling,” said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. 1819 Total views 40 Total shares Just three days after debuting in the Indian market, United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase abruptly stopped using United Payments Interface (UPI), the […]

May 11
FCA-regulated Fasanara Capital raises $350M crypto and fintech VC fund

Venture capital continues to target crypto and fintech for funding, with Web3 emerging as a major trend in 2022. 887 Total views 39 Total shares London-based asset manager Fasanara Capital has launched a $350 million investment fund to back fintech and cryptocurrency startups that can deliver new use cases for the emerging Web3 economy.  The […]

May 11
Terra founder Do Kwon shares plan to save the UST stablecoin peg

Do Kwon, the humbled co-founder of Terraform Labs, has shared a rescue plan for the de-pegged stablecoin UST. 4541 Total views 4 Total shares Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, will not admit defeat. After an 18-hour wait in which his coins Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) endured a face-ripping freefall, Do Kwon has announced […]