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While on-chain activity slowed down, the DeFi industry has managed to retain most of its daily active users. 249 Total views 18 Total shares Despite the decentralized finance (DeFi) market suffering a 74.6% market cap decline in Q2, user activity has remained relatively resilient, says CoinGecko. In a report published by the crypto data aggregator […]
Celsius’ bankruptcy filing has revealed some unpleasant surprises about the state of the crypto lending platform, including a $1.2 billion deficit formed largely as a result of user deposits. A chapter 11 bankruptcy document signed off by Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky on July 14 has revealed that the company holds around $4.3 billion in assets […]
Navin Jain, an executive at Mastercard Indonesia, said that Mastercard will support Fasset’s efforts to drive financial inclusion in the country. 1961 Total views 56 Total shares Financial services firm Mastercard has partnered with crypto gateway provider Fasset to co-develop digital solutions that may drive adoption in Indonesia. The collaboration aims to expand financial inclusion […]
The new Algorand ETP joins a family of CoinShares’s staked ETPs featuring cryptocurrencies DOT, XTZ, ADA, SOL, ATOM and MATIC. 1190 Total views 46 Total shares Major European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares is expanding its exchange-traded products (ETP) with a new physically-backed ETP based on Algorand. CoinShares on Thursday announced the listing of its physically-backed […]
Bitcoin (BTC) found a new focus at just under $20,000 on July 14 as United States dollar strength hammered out yet another two-decade high. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView DXY moves bring yen, euro into focus Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding from lows sparked by a fresh 40-year high […]
While NFTs are not banned in China like cryptocurrencies, the government has warned against fraud risks associated with the nascent sector. 756 Total views 43 Total shares China’s internet giant Tencent has reportedly shut down one of the two nonfungible token (NFT) platforms owing to declining sales aided by the regressive monetary policies of the Chinese […]
Major South African exchanges have welcomed the central bank’s plans to regulate cryptocurrencies as financial assets. 323 Total views 30 Total shares South Africa’s Reserve Bank is set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies as financial assets in the next 18 months, with exchanges expecting the move to drive adoption in the country. The move to classify […]
The native token for the embattled crypto brokerage Voyager Digital has skyrocketed in what seems to be a new effort to inflate its price seemingly inspired by the recent “CEL short squeeze.” On Wednesday, Voyager’s VGX token surged 178% to hit an intraday high of $0.891 before falling back to around $0.559, according to CoinGecko. […]
Despite the massive downturn in the NFT market, CryptoPunk 4464’s $2.6 million price tag signals that top NFT projects are still managing to attract some serious attention. 455 Total views 9 Total shares Despite a major decline in trading volume across the broader non-fungible token (NFT) market, a single CryptoPunk has sold for a whopping […]
GameStop’s new NFT marketplace took home roughly $44,500 from transaction fees in the first 24 hours after it launched via a public beta on Monday. GameStop NFT reportedly generated around $1.98 million worth of NFT sales on its first full day of business. As the platform charges a 2.25% fee on NFT sales, this equates […]