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Happy about the increase in the price of Bitcoin? Share some of your wealth with the miners. Bitcoin’s transaction fees are rising at a frantic pace, following the bull run and the general optimism in the crypto markets.During the last week, Bitcoin’s prices spiked significantly, breaking the previous ATH and hovering above $23100. But transaction fees rose almost in line with Bitcoin’s prices.The price of Bitcoin during 2020. Image: CoingeckoBitcoin Fees Follow The PriceIn a matter of about...

Fantasy Football website Sorare has welcomed its new Strategic Advisor, soccer icon Gerard Piqué. The famous player has also made a significant investment in the non-fungible tokens (NFT) platform.Millions Invested By The New Strategic AdvisorIn another crypto-soccer-related venture, FC Barcelona superstar Gerard Piqué has joined the NFT platform Sorare as a Strategic Advisor. According to an official announcement, one of the most distinguished and accomplished players has also made a...

The decentralized finance (DeFi) space continues to experience frequent attacks, and the latest victim is Warp Finance. The project admitted earlier today that undisclosed perpetrators have compromised the protocol and taken nearly $8 million by initiating a flash loan attack.$7.7M Taken In A Flash Loan AttackThe significant growth of the DeFi space that attracted billions of dollars locked in numerous protocols has also garnered the attention of bad actors. Hackers have frequently exploited...

More than a year after joining forces with Ripple, Adam Holmes, CEO of U.S.-based money transfer giant, MoneyGram, told CNN in an interview today that the partnership has evolved and is pushing boundaries. In June 2019, the companies announced a strategic partnership that would see Ripple shell out a $50 million capital commitment to MoneyGram. In turn, the money transfer company would adopt Ripple’s xRapid product while leveraging XRP as part of its cross-border remittance process. The...

With bitcoin marching to new all-time highs and dragging most alternative coins higher as well, the assets under management for the leading crypto manager Grayscale jumped to nearly $14 billion. This is a 7-fold increase for the company whose managing director categorized 2020 as the “coming of age story for the asset class.”Bitcoin Breaking Above $20K Is Not SurprisingAs reported earlier today, the primary cryptocurrency went on a tear that resulted in reaching almost $24,000. With its...

Social Media platforms, despite being a tale of the modern society, remain largely antiquated. While we browse through different profiles on our phones, we oftentimes forget that it’s one single entity behind the curtains. One central organization that can pull the plug and control the entire thing.It is here where the promise of blockchain-based technology, being inherently distributed and decentralized, sounds particularly appealing. And there are plenty of projects already working on...

The US multinational financial service corporation American Express has invested in the cryptocurrency trading venue FalconX through its venture arm. Thus, AmEx has doubled-down on its digital asset endeavors after piloting a blockchain-based rewards program.AmEx Invests In Crypto Exchange Aimed At InstitutionsThe US-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the investment from American Express Ventures in a press release yesterday. Although it failed to specify the precise amount AmEx has...

The large bitcoin institutional investments keep emerging frequently, and the latest one has come from the US-based hedge fund One River Asset Management. After establishing a new company oriented in digital asset investments, the fund has purchased $600 million in BTC and plans to add ETH and expand its holdings to $1 billion in the next few months.One River Digital Asset Management Invests $600M In BTCBitcoin has seen a massive spike in interest from institutional investments in the past...

The attacker that drained over $8 million in NXM from the founder of Nexus Mutual had requested $2.8 million in ETH to stop disposing of the funds. As such, it seems that he has rejected the bounty offer from Hugh Karp of $300,000.What Happened With The Funds Of The Hack?CryptoPotato reported earlier this week that an unknown perpetrator drained over $8 million worth of the NXM token from Hugh Karp – the founder of the popular DeFi insurance provider – Nexus Mutual.The attacker duped Karp by...

With Bitcoin clocking $21,000 for the first time in history, one Wall Street investor is saying the top-ranked crypto by market capitalization should be worth a lot more.Bitcoin at $400,000, Says Guggenheim’s CIOIn a phone interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday (Dec. 15), Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim, said Bitcoin should be worth 20x its current market price.“Our fundamental work shows that bitcoin should be worth about $400k. We are going to, even if we have the...