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Jim Chanos, president and founder of Kynikos Associates, believes Coinbase (COIN) stocks are highly overpriced. As such, his NYC-registered investment entity has decided to short them, even though their value has declined by 50% since November. Ever since Coinbase became the largest cryptocurrency exchange to go live on Nasdaq as a publicly-traded company in April last year, the stock price movements have been largely affected by bitcoin and the rest of the market. As such,...

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is seldom reserved with her distaste for the crypto industry. Name any common criticism of Bitcoin, and she’s probably shared it already: volatility issues, environmental damage, ‘shadowy super coders’, and what have you. I won’t claim that her criticisms are entirely invalid (though I’ll cover those later), but they’ve become predictable to the point of comedy. Her reputation in the crypto community has entered the ranks of people like...

The count of citizens leaving their homeland in Ukraine because of the ongoing war with Russia continues to increase. Estimates from various sources put the number anywhere between 2.5 and 4 million. Data from CBS News points at roughly 3 million people leaving Ukraine. Another report hints that Portugal is shaping as a preferred destination for a range of reasons, one of which being the crypto-friendly policies of the country. Ukrainians Seeking Refuge in Portugal A recent...

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection made headlines recently with several bombshell revelations – from the purchase of the iconic CryptoPunks to the release of the ApeCoin. The launch of the APE token was as volatile as one might expect as the cryptocurrency dropped to a low of around $6 and is currently trading around $11. With everything that’s going on with the BAYC ecosystem, we decided to see what’s the approximate ROI of minting and holding just one Bored Ape NFT (and...

With the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, cryptocurrencies have taken a few roles, being sent as donations to aid the attacked nation but also in speculations that Russian oligarchs used such assets to bypass sanctions. However, community insiders continue to refute these allegations, and the latest to do so was FTX’s founder – Sam Bankman-Fried. SBF’s Frustration It’s been almost a month since Russia launched its “special military operation” against its Eastern...

Non-fungible tokens continue to make headlines, but it seems that not all projects can maintain their previous valuations. One particularly hyped drop that took place last year – The Shiboshis – is down over 70% since all-time high. This is the official NFT project of the Shiba Inu team – one of the most popular memecoins. CryptoPotato reported earlier in 2021 on the Shiboshis: a collection of 10,000 non-fungible tokens depicting ‘lovable creatures.’ The sale took place in...

Last week, global investment bank Credit Suisse made a radical prediction: that the dollar’s era as the world reserve currency is coming to an end and that commodity money – such as gold – will rise to replace it. This week, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes builds on those predictions. He, too, believes that hundreds of billions of dollars will flow into both gold and Bitcoin throughout the next decade. However, he is also “100% certain” that financial crisis and hyperinflation...

After dipping to $40,000 yesterday, bitcoin went on the offensive and tapped $42,000 to mark a near 10-day high. The altcoins have also turned green today, with Ethereum eyeing $3,000 and Avalanche soaring by over 9%. Bitcoin Sees a 9-Day High The primary cryptocurrency experienced enhanced volatility last week when it suddenly pumped by $3,000 in minutes from $39,000 to nearly $42,000. However, the situation reversed shortly after, and the asset retraced just as quickly to...

Lava Labs has announced raising $10 million in the latest series A funding round. Its valuation has now topped a whopping $100 million. The London-based blockchain gaming startup plans to infuse the capital into developing its new multiplayer Web3 game – AFAR. Lava Labs’ official release revealed that the funding was led by Swiss venture capital firm, Dialectic. It also saw the participation from Animoca Brands, Dragonfly, Defiance, Merit Circle, Dapper Labs, among others, in...

Piyush Gupta – CEO of Singapore’s largest financial institution DBS Bank – believes cryptocurrencies could turn into an alternative to gold and its role in the current financial system. However, he doesn’t think digital assets could become “money as we know it.” Bitcoin on the Same Level as Gold DBS Bank’s top executive aired his thoughts on several popular cryptocurrency topics during a recent interview for The Economic Times. Similar to many proponents of the asset class,...