El Salvador will, in ten days, adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. It’s making massive investments in projects to develop end-user products to hold and spend bitcoin. The opportunities of this venture are enormous, though some warn there are risks. El Salvadorians Will Soon Find Imports Attractive Because Bitcoin is a deflationary cryptocurrency, and the oldest blockchain with the most of its limited currency already mined, and especially given the history of the BTC price...
Read More »SEC Partners with Blockchain Analytics Firm to Monitor DeFi Space
A spokesperson for AnChain.AI, a blockchain analytics firm, recently revealed a $600 000+ contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission to help the agency regulate and monitor the DeFi space. AnChain’s Contract with the SEC The contract – which began in May of 2021 – has an initial value of $125 000, which may escalate to $625 000 if the SEC chooses to retain the group for 5 more $125 000 ‘option’ years. “The SEC is very keen on understanding what is happening in the...
Read More »The Poly Network Has Gotten All Its Money Back
The strange and crazy circumstances surrounding the recent hacking of the Poly Network have reached an odd, yet definitive conclusion. The Poly Network Is Rich Again! Not long ago, the Poly Network – which hosts several blockchains including those of Ethereum, Binance and of course, Poly – stated that it was the victim of a hack that saw more than $610 million in digital funds practically vanish overnight. The company halted all withdrawals and deposits and said in a...
Read More »3LAU Announces Blockchain-based Music Investment Platform Royal
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Read More »Industry Grows Lobbying Efforts as U.S. House Takes Up Crypto Tax Proposal (Opinion)
With the gargantuan $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill in parliamentary limbo, the fate of the crypto tax proposal tacked onto it remains in question. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency industry is getting organized with a new sense of urgency to lobby and campaign. The Senate has passed the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure package without an amendment hoped for by cryptocurrency industry stakeholders and blockchain-friendly delegates in Congress. But the fate of the...
Read More »Research: Possible Wash Trading Within NFT Trading Activity
Amid the recent boom within the NFT Industry, a new study reveals that not all of the hype around the digital assets may be legitimate and could even show signs of wash trading. Nansen’s Analysis of the Industry The non-fungible token sector took the cryptocurrency world by storm this year and quickly expanded beyond it. NFTs reached mainstream media, businesses, prominent sportspeople, musicians, actors, and more. The rapid growth resulted in skyrocketing trading activity....
Read More »Plugnet Launches Ottó Blockchain to Help Build Next Gen DeFi Apps
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Read More »ABEYCHAIN Launches XSWAP: Decentralized Exchange Trading Platform
[Featured Content] Hot on the heels of launching the ABEYCHAIN 2.0 blockchain in May, ABEY Foundation, a non-profit firm dedicated to supporting and fostering its adoption, is entering the DeFi sector with its decentralized exchange. XSWAP is designed to enable DeFi users to explore core products within a secure platform. The DEX comes with different products, including yield farming, staking, lending, and borrowing. Users can easily swap between tokens with low gas costs....
Read More »Hacked Exchange Liquid Global Secures $120M Debt Finance from FTX
Recently hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global has secured a $120 million debt financing from Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. According to an official statement by Liquid, the recent funding is part of efforts by both parties to pursue other collaborative opportunities that will contribute immensely to the global cryptocurrency ecosystem. Seth Melamed, COO of Liquid, said the firm’s joint venture with FTX is vital in delivering top-notch services and...
Read More »Fox Invests $100 Million in Blockchain Firm Eluvio
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