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The leading marketplace for art and luxury – Sotheby’s – joined a $20 million seed round investment intended for the NFT tech firm Mojito. The New York-based Future Perfect Ventures, which led the funding round, was another investor in the initiative. Opening New Doors According to the Forbes statement, the investment valued Mojito at $100 million. Apart from Sotheby’s and Future Perfect Ventures, it included other participants such as Creative Artists Agency and NEA’s...

The US branch of the leading cryptocurrency exchange explained that yesterday’s severe flash crash that saw BTC’s price dumping from $65,000 to $8,700 in mere seconds was because of a bug in the trading algorithm. CryptoPotato reported yesterday when the price of bitcoin nosedived from its near all-time high level to below $10,000 on Binance US. Other trading platforms, such as Kraken and FTX, also saw flash crashes as BTC dropped more on those two exchanges than it did in...

Ethereum This week, Ethereum managed to rally over 8.5% and nearly touched the all-time high at $4,380, missing it by $5 (Bitstamp). The momentum remains bullish and the price is in a steep uptrend as shown by the trendline which is currently acting as support around $4,000. A break below this level can push ETH back to the next support found at $3,500. The resistance at $4,380 continues to hold, at least until another attempt is made by the bulls to break it. Considering...

The American multinational retail corporation – Walmart – will reportedly allow its customers to purchase bitcoin using ATMs installed in some of its US shops. The initiative became possible following a collaboration between the retail giant Coinstar and Coinme. The First Step Last month Walmart’s name got involved in a story, according to which the firm had inked a partnership with Litecoin (LTC) to enable its clients to make payments with the cryptocurrency. While the...

Phaeton has announced the development of a Real Estate Tangible Non-Fungible Token Marketplace that operates as a Sidechain to Phaeton Blockchain, a proprietary Blockchain technology of the company. The Tangible NFT Marketplace is a Blockchain platform for real estate developers and investors to trade TNFTs. In addition, the TNFT platform comes with a crowdfunding mechanism that allows sponsors and developers to mint tokens for their real estate projects and transacts...

The volatile roller-coaster returned to the crypto markets again after bitcoin’s ATH, and the asset dropped by more than $5,000 a day later. While most altcoins have stalled on a 24-hour scale, Solana has gone on a tear once more by breaking above $200. Bitcoin Lost $5K The news that the US will finally have its own Bitcoin ETF, even if it’s a Futures one, for now, brought significant gains for the primary cryptocurrency. BTC traded below $58,000 last week when the first...

Bitcoin cash price started a major increase above the $600 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $620 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $620 the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is consolidating gains and it could eye more upsides above $640 and $650. Bitcoin cash price is showing positive signs above $620 against the US Dollar, similar...

Solana – the fast-rising public blockchain platform – has reached an all-time high in TVL on its Defi protocols. This comes amidst a booming cryptocurrency market in which altcoins are beginning to reclaim market share. According to Defi Llama, the TVL in DeFi on Solana reached a new record of $12.7 billion earlier on October 21st. It has since receded to about $12.34 billion at the time of writing. Total Value Locked on Solana. Source: Defi LlamaThis is a greater volume than...

The Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund (HFRRF) has hopped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon by making a $25 million investment in BTC and ETH. The allocation became possible through a partnership with New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). The October 21st press release outlined the partnership between the two organizations, reading that NYDIG facilitated the investment through one of its regulated, audited, and insured funds. It became the first such...

Fancy a new facelift? What about a tummy tuck or a butt lift? The possibilities are endless given that crypto fans can now pay for plastic surgery with digital assets thanks to the open mind of Georgia Plastic and Reconstructive. Georgia Plastic Is Okay with Accepting Bitcoin The company is the latest to say “yes” to crypto payments and push the bitcoin agenda forward. Initially, digital currencies were designed to serve as payment currencies and push things like checks,...