Crypto news

A new report has revealed that a significant portion of all Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is in the possession of a small number of addresses on the network. The report, which was published on October 21 by the open-source blockchain analytics firm, Moonstream, focused solely on NFTs with the ERC 721 token standard. It was conducted on more than 7 million NFT transactions on the Ethereum blockchain between April 1 and September 25, 2021. Inequality in NFT...

A bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) has finally made its way to the middle of North America. The United States has long awaited the introduction of a bitcoin ETF after many years have gone by of companies submitting applications only to have them rejected ungraciously. A Bitcoin ETF Has Made Its Way to the U.S. This new product is being offered by Pro Shares and is being traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It trades under the ticker BITO, and investors...

To say that last week was exciting would be a serious understatement. Bitcoin went on to chart a brand new all-time high at around $67K, we saw the approval of the first-ever futures BTC ETF in the US, a massive flash-crash on BinanceUS, and a correction towards $60K. Let’s dive in. Starting with Bitcoin. The price was trading around $62K last this time last week and even dipped below $60K briefly on Monday. However, the market was propelled higher from then, and this...

Coinbase is helping Facebook launch its latest cryptocurrency project Novi, a digital wallet. The product launched early Tuesday morning and Coinbase – one of the world’s most popular digital currency exchanges – was hired to assist with the logistics of the wallet. Coinbase Is Facebook’s Knight in Digital Armor The social media giant is offering a batch of varying digital currencies to users that will be stored on Coinbase. These assets are available to anybody who...

In recent years, Dubai has gradually become a new center in the crypto world, as its freezone greenlights crypto trading, and more exchanges have established offices in this city. On 10-11th October 2021, LBank Exchange co-hosted the 2nd Blockchain Dubai Summit & Awards in Dubai Expo 2020, India Pavilion. This was an exclusive event for investors, business leaders and high net-worth individuals. As a world class digital asset trading platform, LBank was one of the...

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...