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The world of NFTs continues to boom as more and more people seem attracted to the idea of scarce digital art. However, while some projects are surging in value, others are on a rather downward slope. Data reveals that over the past three months, the floor price, which is the lowest price for a non-fungible token (NFT) from a certain collection, for the Board Ape Yacht Club NFTs increased by a considerable 35%. As CryptoPotato reported earlier in December, the floor price for...

Tesla’s CEO – Elon Musk – opined that digital assets could reduce the error in the money database. In his view, cryptocurrencies are not ideal, but they are “fundamentally better” than any other financial product. The entrepreneur once again claimed that Bitcoin’s main use case is a store of wealth, while Dogecoin is better suited for payments. Nothing Better Than Crypto so Far During a recent interview with Lex Fridman, one of the most influential individuals in the...

The Chinese government has gone out of its way on the crypto crackdown. Despite this, the industry has evolved tremendously and continues to capture the imagination of many. Joe Tsai, who happens to be the executive vice-chairman of the Chinese e-commerce behemoth, Alibaba Group, is the latest to share his feelings on Twitter in three simple words, saying – “I like crypto.” Tsai is Bullish on Crypto Joe Tsai’s latest comment on crypto has created a frenzy in the...

The rumors of a potential MetaMask governance token airdrop have been going rampant on Crypto Twitter for quite some time now. it appears that scammers are taking full advantage and have managed to lure several hundred users in their schemes. MetaMask is the most popular non-custodial wallet for Ethereum and it played a huge role in the DeFi summer of 2020. Ever since Uniswap airdropped its governance tokens, many decentralized projects are doing the same. Now, users are...

E11EVEN Partners – the brand behind the famous disco club in Downtown Miami, the E11EVEN Voda, and the E11EVEN Hotel & Residences, purchased Ape #11 of the Bored Ape Yacht Club for 99ETH ($396,000 at the moment of the transaction). Thus, the company put its name next to Steph Curry, Post Malone, and others who acquired NFTs from the same collection. E11EVEN Deepens Crypto Foray According to a recent press release, Bored Ape number 11, one of the 10,000 NFTs in the Bored...

DeBank – a crypto wallet for tracking decentralized finance applications – recently closed a multi-million dollar funding round led by fintech venture capitalist firm Sequoia China. This brings the defi wallet’s valuation to over $200 million. Debank announced its newly acquired funds in a tweet on Tuesday. Other companies that contributed to the funding round include Dragonfly, Yuobi, and Hash Global. It also featured “strategic investments” from various popular crypto...

Ozzy Osbourne has announced entering the crypto industry with the launch of his very own NFT collection – Cryptobatz. He is paying tribute to one of the most iconic (or bizarre as some may say) moments in music history. With the NFT debut, the former Black Sabbath singer now joins a long list of proponents that includes American heavy metal bands – Megadeth and Avenged Sevenfold – among others. Ozzy Enters NFT Space Osbourne’s tryst with bats isn’t new. His latest NFT...

The world’s richest man posted a photo on Twitter about his dog wearing a Santa Claus outfit with a message “Santa Floki.” So far, nothing out of the ordinary. Yet, a cryptocurrency token with the same name surged by five-digit percentages in the following hours before it dumped shortly after. Aside from being the CEO of some of the most prominent companies nowadays, Elon Musk’s name is synonymous with massive gains for memecoins in the crypto space. His influence has grown...

The Iranian Ministry of Energy has ordered local authorized cryptocurrency miners to temporarily suspend their activities in the face of electricity shortages during the coldest months of the year. This is the second time authorities take measures of this kind as they did the same between May and September this year. Same Ban, Different Season After blaming BTC mining for electricity blackouts, the Iranian government placed a temporary ban at the end of May. The country’s...

Philip Hammond – former Chancellor of the UK and an ex-member of the Conservative Party – believes people should be extra cautious when entering the cryptocurrency space. He said that institutions, despite recognizing the asset class, have only dipped their toes in terms of investing. Dipping Toes In October this year, former Chancellor Lord Hammond became a senior advisor at Copper – a British cryptocurrency custody firm that provides infrastructure for the institutional...