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According to the CEO of Dapper Labs, Roham Gharegozlou, the NFT tokens give fans of the sport a new and “exciting way to connect with their favorite teams and players.”Dapper Labs, the developing team behind the popular NBA Top Shot just completed a funding round of around $305 million which was led by investment companies like Coatue and also included former NBA basketball player Michael Jordan and current ones like Kevin Durant, Alex Caruso, Klay Thompson, and Andre Iguodala plus a host of...

For now, retail investors will have to wait for the end of the conditional dealing on April 7 to be able to purchase Deliveroo shares in the London market.Deliveroo Holdings PLC, a food delivery service backed by Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), went live under the ticker “Roo”. However, the Deliveroo debut was not all impressive as the shares underwent a 30% fall in price. Deliveroo has floated 384,615,384 shares in the market with each share going for £3.90 or $5.36. This means the offered...

Bitcoin went through a sudden crash in today’s European morning trading session, losing around $3,000 of its dollar value in less than an hour. As it’s almost always the case, this caused a serious wave of liquidations throughout the entire market, with over $600 million of leveraged positions wiped out. In the past hour, data shows that there are over $600 million liquidations – both long and short. The overwhelming majority of liquidations were long positions, accounting...

Tron price started a fresh increase from the $0.0540 support zone against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above the $0.0650 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major contracting triangle with resistance near $0.0670 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair is likely to accelerate higher if it clears the $0.0690 and $0.0700 resistance levels in the near term. TRON price is trading in a positive zone above...

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase from the $55,000 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $57,000 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $56,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue higher towards $60,000 and $61,500 in the near term. Bitcoin price is showing positive signs above $57,000...

Speaking at a City and Financial Conference today, John Glen said authorities need to regulate stablecoins due to the threat it poses should a major firm dominate the sector.  “There is the potential for some firms to swiftly achieve dominance and crowd out other players due to their ability to scale and plug into existing online services,” the financial services minister was quoted as saying.  Regulating the Wider Crypto Market Not Pressing Despite calls from financial...

Do you live in America and you fancy purchasing a Tesla? If so, you can now buy the car utilizing bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. The asset is accepted as a form of payment thanks to the efforts of Elon Musk, who has become a serious bitcoin bull over the past few months. Elon Musk Permits Bitcoin Payments for Tesla Cars The move is primarily an effort for the company to get its fingers on a lot more crypto. Last February, the electric...

The latest report by on-chain analysis provider Glassnode has unraveled more details on Bitcoin spending habits that could suggest that market sentiment is still bullish. Glassnode observed that held coins are beginning to mature, and continued outflows from exchanges demonstrate accumulation is not slowing down. #Bitcoin held above $50k last week as early signs of coin maturation showed up on-chain. This week we analyse– Ageing of coins bought in this bull– Spending...

DeFi total locked value has hit a record high, reaching nearly $80 billion. Though Ethereum-based protocols continue to lead the market, notable performance has been shown by their main rival – Binance Smart Chain.According to data from DeFi Llama, the total amount locked in DeFi is at a record $79 billion. This amount is well above the total market cap of nearly all cryptocurrencies with the exception of the top two digital assets. The Ethereum network still holds roughly half of this. Defi...

The banking sector came under severe pressure as US-based Archegos Capital had to liquidate $20 billion worth of stocks owing to some of the over-leveraged positions. On Monday, March 29, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX: .DJI) ended the trading day 100 points higher. Interestingly, Dow Jones (DJIA) changed its trading movement after registering 160 points loss earlier that day.The overall stock market was under pressure earlier on Monday amid the downdraft from Friday’s margin...