Bitcoin (BTC) surged on the Wall Street open on Jan. 20 as news that Russia was planning to “ban” cryptocurrency failed to impact price performance. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC price climbs $2,500 in 24 hours Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and...
Andreessen Horowitz aims to raise $4.5 billion to invest in crypto funds
A16z, a VC company with investments in Protocol Labs, Polychain Capital and Opensea among others, is now planning to raise $4.5 billion for its latest fund, which is focused solely on cryptocurrencies, according to a report by U.K newspaper Financial Times. Last week, Andreessen Horowitz’...
1inch Network expands to Avalanche and Gnosis Chain
The 1inch Network announced on Wednesday its plans to deploy the 1inch Aggregation Protocol on Avalanche and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol on Gnosis Chain, formerly known as the xDai Chain. In a statement shared with Cointelegraph, the 1inch Network expressed its aim to further expand...
Russian central bank proposes blanket ban on crypto mining and trading
In a report published on Thursday, the Central Bank of Russia has called for a blanket ban on domestic cryptocurrency trading and mining. The report titled “Cryptocurrencies: Trends, risks, measures” compares cryptocurrencies to a Ponzi scheme and calls for a complete ban on their use...
Web 3.0 needs more users, not more investors
The wide world of crypto has always been made up of people who know a lot about money. After all, cryptocurrencies themselves are financial products. The paradigm-shifting elevator pitch of Web 3.0 has always been able to pique the interest of investors, and over the...
BlockFills raises $37 million to support global expansion
BlockFills, a digital asset electronic market making, trading and prime brokerage, has announced the completion of a $37 million Series A funding round. Institutional investors, including Susquehanna Private Equity Investments LLLP, CME Ventures, Simplex Ventures, C6 Ventures, and Nexo Inc., led the round. Since its...
Crypto staking: How to pick the best staking coins for passive income
What is crypto staking? Crypto staking involves locking up one’s cryptocurrency holdings to earn interest or rewards. Technically, “staking” is how certain blockchain networks verify transactions. From an investor’s perspective, staking cryptocurrency is a way of growing one’s crypto holdings without needing to buy more....
El Salvador explores low-interest loans backed by Bitcoin
It’s full steam ahead for El Salvador’s Bitcoinization. The next point on the orange agenda is in providing low-interest loans backed by Bitcoin (BTC) to small and micro-businesses. While the details of the BTC loans are currently undisclosed, Mónica Taher, technological and economic international affairs...
Breaking ‘bear market’ in Bitcoin demand will spark next BTC price surge — Analysts
Bitcoin (BTC) demand has been in a “bear market” for a whole year, but a surge is most likely what will spark a new price run-up. That’s according to prominent economics analyst Lyn Alden, who in a Twitter debate this week bet on demand snowballing...
Meta reportedly plans to integrate NFTs on Facebook and Instagram profiles
Multinational tech conglomerate Meta is reportedly diving into nonfungible tokens (NFTs) by integrating a feature that will let users show off their NFTs on their Facebook and Instagram profiles. According to the report, Meta is currently working on prototypes that will allow users to mint...