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Flori Marquez – Co-Founder of the cryptocurrency custodian BlockFi – expects FOMO to be the main factor, which will drive digital asset adoption in the next year. She concluded that the other two elements will be the talent shifting from traditional industries to the crypto sector and regulatory clarity. FOMO Will Be a ‘Huge Driver’ In a recent interview for Yahoo Finance, Flori Marquez – Co-Founder at BlockFi and Senior Vice President of Operations – opined that the digital...

Stellar lumen price is attempting a recovery from the $0.2500 zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.2650 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.2600 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a steady upward move if there is a clear break above $0.2800. Stellar lumen price is trading in a bearish zone below $0.2800 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Ripple price started a fresh increase from the $0.78 support zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.90 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.8290 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move up if there is a clear break above the $0.920 resistance. Ripple price is gaining pace above $0.900 against the US Dollar,...

Blockchain-based gaming is the latest hot trend in the cryptocurrency space. 2021 has set the stage for more capital inflow and expansion of the sector as major players continue to hop in. French gaming giant Voodoo, best known for its hyper-casual games, plans to invest $200 million in 2022 in new studios developing blockchain-based games. Voodoo Powering Blockchain-based Gaming Sector As the company announced, its investment in the sector will be deployed to fund...

American banking and investment firm Lion Tree has stated that it is looking into accepting crypto as a means of payment in the future. Lion Tree Says It’s Looking into BTC Payments The whole idea behind bitcoin and its many crypto counterparts was that they would eventually be used as spending tools. They would ultimately outdo the abilities of credit cards, fiat currencies, and checks to serve as the means of buying goods and services for everyday needs. However, this...

2021 was the year of bitcoin. There’s no doubt about that, but now that 2022 is coming into the mix, many analysts think this is the time for other assets and blockchain systems to step up and take over. Bitcoin Was Big, but It May Have Reached Its Peak Bitcoin was big over these last 12 months. Between the new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Pro Shares and the all-time highs it managed to reach, bitcoin exploded beyond what anyone thought was imaginable....

Jefferies has issued a new report claiming that crypto has given birth to a whole new generation of luxury spenders in the United States. Crypto May Be Limiting the Wealth Gap in the U.S. The wealth gap has never been more noticeable in America. The difference between rich and poor has been quite evident over the past ten or 12 years, but now it looks like things are taking on an even larger form. With inflation at an all-time high and problems in the supply chain,...

One of the largest supermarket chains in Mexico – Elektra – allowed customers to pay their bills in bitcoin instead of fiat currencies. To process the cryptocurrency payments, the company partnered with BitPay. At the same time, the South Korean-Japanese video game publisher – Nexon – enabled players to purchase in-game items with digital assets. Elektra Joins The Crypto Club The behemoth became the first retail store in Mexico to accept bitcoin as a payment method. The...

Uniswap Labs – the developers behind Uniswap, the largest exchange in DeFi – released a series of important features to enhance pricing as well as optimize the gas cost of swaps. What Does the Update Have in Store? Uniswap Labs have now released an updated Auto Router that enhances trade prices to a greater extent by routing trades across both Uniswap v2 and v3 pools. With this, users will be able to track the true cost of a swap in real-time directly from the App interface....

Over the past few days, XRP has been consolidating inside a tight range, but finally, there are some early signs it is about to attempt a breakout of the range. Key Support levels: $0.75, $0.70 Key Resistance level: $0.89, $1 XRP’s price recently maintained its trading range between the support line at $0.75 and the resistance at $0.89. This has allowed the price action to settle and consolidate, giving buyers more confidence in a possible bullish reversal, following months...