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The NFT space continues to amaze. Many artists are joining the industry and some are making life-changing sales.Just recently, yet another CryptoPunk non-fungible token was sold for a whopping amount. However, looking at the history of this one is even more interesting.Bought for $15K, Sold for $8 Million and Everything in BetweenCryptoPunks are undoubtedly amongst the most popular NFTs circling the space presently. In fact, data from Crypto Slam reveals that the product is now the one with...

Peter Schiff tweeted today that his son, Spencer Schiff, went all-in on Bitcoin during the last drop below $50,000. According to his father, a full 100% of his portfolio is now invested in Bitcoin. The elder Schiff has been a long-time Bitcoin detractor. However, his child’s interest in cryptocurrencies may expose him to some new ideas.Selling Silver For BitcoinMany long-time followers of the cryptocurrency industry know Peter Schiff as a public Bitcoin bear, consistently in the news talking...

South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has announced new possible penalties for cryptocurrency exchanges based or operating in the country if they fail to comply with existing anti-money laundering (AML) rules.New Penalties for Crypto Exchanges in South KoreaAccording to the FSC’s statement from earlier today, the newly-announced initiative will affect all virtual asset service providers (VASPs), including digital asset exchanges.The revision proposal for...

Recent job postings suggest that the leading digital asset manager could be planning to develop and launch a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETFs). Grayscale is looking for nine employees for roles focusing on various ETF-related endeavors. Founded in 2013, Grayscale is a crypto asset manager enabling institutions to receive exposure to numerous digital assets through its funds. The company could be considering developing and launching ETFs as well, at least according to nine key job...

Financial services giant JPMorgan Chase & Co filed a prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a new debt instrument tied to crypto-related companies. JPM’s New Crypto-Related Investment InitiativeAccording to the prospectus filed with the SEC, the debt instrument dubbed J.P. Morgan Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket will enable investors to allocate funds in a basket of crypto-focused companies. Some of those names include Michael Saylor’s...

Coinbase announced today that it would list MATIC on its advanced trading platform, Coinbase Pro – the result is a quick upward surge which has resulted in a 35% gain.MATIC Skyrockets After Coinbase Announce ListingEthereum scaling and infrastructure development platform, Matic Network (now Polygon) has rallied by 35%. The surge was fueled by the forthcoming Coinbase pro listing. San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase announced yesterday that MATIC would be available for...

Bitcoin’s distribution has become substantially less concentrated as the number of whales holding 10,000 or more coins has reached a new all-time low of less than 100 such addresses.At the same time, the number of transactions on the BTC network and exchange deposits continue to decrease to monthly lows.Bitcoin 10K+ Whales to ATLThe so-called BTC “humpback” whales are massive wallets containing 10,000 or more coins. From a USD perspective, this amount would represent holdings worth at least...

Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against YouTube for failing to prevent XRP giveaway scams, Ripple Labs has settled the issue without disclosing any further details.In the other ongoing Ripple-related lawsuit, the SEC has asked Judge Analisa Torres to deny the payment processor’s motions to dismiss.Ripple Settles with YouTubeCryptoPotato reported last year in April that the blockchain-based payment protocol undertook legal actions against the largest video-sharing platform – YouTube....

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of one of the largest social media platforms, Twitter, will be converting the proceeds of the sale of the genesis tweet in Bitcoin and donate it to the GiveDirectly’s Africa Response Campaign.Earlier during the weekend, CryptoPotato reported that Jack Dorsey has put up the genesis tweet for sale.This became possible through a platform that allows individuals to tokenize and sell their tweets in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT).At the time, Justin Sun, the founder of...

Parity Technologies aims at developing and releasing a generic asset parachain to serve as one of the first common-good chains on Polkadot. Dubbed Statemint, it would provide functionality for deploying various asset types, such as tokenized artwork or even central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).Statemin to Come on PolkadotThe press release shared with CryptoPotato explained that the on-chain governance networks of Polkadot and Kusama can currently grant parachain slots by public referendum...