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The veteran US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly in talks to raise more than $5 billion and double its valuation to over $10 billion. Some of the giant names potentially participating in the latest funding round include Fidelity, General Atlantic, and Tribe Capital.Kraken to Increase its Valuation to $10B?Based in San Francisco, California, Kraken is among the oldest cryptocurrency exchange with nearly ten years of experience. The company could be on its way to more than...

The newly launched DeFi Alliance Fund aims to help early-stage DeFi startups by offering them financial and regulatory guidance as well as helping them connect with institutional players to fuel growth.The crypto DeFi market has seen explosive growth this year in 2021 surging more than 350% year-to-date. As the DeFi projects continue to gain strength, big players are coming together to take the industry further. To fuel the growth of DeFi space further, investors and DeFi experts have...

Following more adverse developments in which BTC dipped to $44,000 as of yesterday, the asset has reclaimed some ground by overtaking the $47,000 mark. Most altcoins have also taken a breather after the latest beating, with Cardano and Polkadot exploding with double-digit percentages.Bitcoin Recovers $3K After Hitting 2.5-Week LowThe working week didn’t go well for the BTC bulls as the asset plummeted by more than $13,000 in the first few days. After dropping to $45,000, the cryptocurrency...

The glory of conquering the title of the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency was short-lived for BNB, Binance’s native cryptocurrency, as a new rival dethroned it: Say hello to Prince Cardano!After a few weeks of spectacular price performance, ADA, the native cryptocurrency of the Cardano blockchain, managed to challenge the markets and raise its price during a bloodbath caused by bitcoin’s largest price drop in history, dethroning BNB in the process.Cardano (ADA) Is Laughing at the...

MicroStrategy has established itself as one of bitcoin’s biggest fans in recent months. MicroStrategy Buys a Lot More Bitcoin The company was one of the first institutional players to come out publicly and support the world’s primary digital currency by market cap through a purchase of more than $250 million worth of the asset last August. Things didn’t quite stop there, however, as the company felt this wasn’t enough and engaged in another buy of the cryptocurrency just...

This week saw a serious correction in the total cryptocurrency market. This has resulted in Bitcoin falling below the $1 trillion market cap level. The price corrected by more than 20% at one point as it lost around $13,000 from the recent all-time high before correcting to where it currently trades at around $48K.In all fairness, Bitcoin’s downturn followed that of the entire legacy market. As we reported earlier, NASDAQ saw the biggest slump since October last year as government bond yields...

It’s certainly been a crazy week for bitcoin. The currency – which was trading for about $56,000 per unit during the early portion of the week – later fell to about $47,000, thereby losing roughly $9,000 from its price. Since then, it has spiked back to $49,000 at the time of writing, gaining $2,000. However, it still isn’t anywhere near where it was previously, and data suggests that many investors and traders as of late have been selling their coins for a profit and...

This week saw a serious correction throughout the entire cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin lost, at one point, about $13,000 of its value as it went through one of the most serious declines since the start of the current bull run. With this said, we take a look at the following cryptocurrencies.BitcoinBitcoin has seen a turbulent week in which the price dropped to the current $48,000 level. The cryptocurrency was trending higher last week to set a new ATH price above $58,000.However, on Sunday,...

Cardano (ADA) is once again in the spotlight as its price fails to follow the current downtrend in the cryptocurrency market. In fact, ADA is currently up on almost all time frames, and it has managed to once again claim the third spot in terms of market capitalization.However, Anthony Sassano, one of Ethereum’s well-known proponents and investors, is of the opinion that it doesn’t have the fundamentals to be valued at 25% of Ethereum’s total capitalization.Cardano (ADA) Bulls Don’t...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]Crypto exchange Nominex has officially launched its own utility DeFi token. NMX is the world’s first exchange token to offer utilitarian staking. With NMX you can:Receive 100% discount on all trading commissionsWithdraw crypto for free up to 3 times a dayAdd assets to liquidity for 72 years, receiving rewardsGet access to 10 types of referral bonuses for the affiliate programEarn your share of the NMX personal staking poolEarn your share of staking on...