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After a few days of consolidation around $46,000, bitcoin has headed south and dropped beneath $45,000. Most altcoins have retraced in a similar fashion, with a few exceptions. LUNA is among those as it pumped by double-digits to tap a new ATH above $40. Bitcoin Slides Below $45K The primary cryptocurrency had a rough week. As it was preparing to become a legal tender in El Salvador, its price went to a multi-month high at just over $53,000. However, shortly after it became...

Almost all of the Bored Yacht Ape NFT collection – a popular collection of cartoon drawings featuring over 107 monkeys – has now sold for more than 24 million dollars. The 24 Million Dollar Monkey-Deal According to a recent tweet from Sotheby’s, the art merchant hosting the meme-inspiring NFT collection, 101 of 107 Bored Yacht Club NFTs have now sold for roughly $24.4 million. Similarly, 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs sold for another $1.8 million in their “Ape in!” auction....

Switzerland’s stock exchange, SIX, said today it had obtained two licenses from the nation’s markets regulator to launch a stock exchange and depository for blockchain-based securities. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the SIX Swiss Exchange is the country’s principal stock exchange that also trades particular securities like government bonds and derivatives such as stock options. According to a CNBC report, the organization has received two licenses from the nation’s regulator...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange BinanceUS has recently appointed one of Uber’s former top players – Brian Shroder– as president of the company and as a board member. This comes following numerous hints from Changpeng Zhao that the US branch of the leading crypto exchange could become the latest publicly traded company from the digital asset space. Why Binance Picked Shroder? As announced by BusinessWire, Shroder will be overseeing the exchange’s corporate development,...

It goes without saying that this has been one of the most important and also exciting weeks for Bitcoin, in general. The reason for which it was important is that El Salvador officially became the very first country in the world to formally recognize Bitcoin as a legal tender. In other words, no one is currently allowed to refuse payment in BTC, and that’s the law. The reason for which it was exciting is that it was particularly volatile. On the day El Salvador made the law...

The largest digital asset manager – Grayscale Investments – has announced that the Bitcoin Cash Trust, the Ethereum Classic Trust, and the Litecoin Trust have become SEC reporting products. Thus, the total number grew to six. Speaking to Forbes, Grayscale’s CEO – Michael Sonnenshein – indicated that the company’s portfolio of funds reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission has doubled. He specified that those funds were the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG), the...

The Foundation behind the popular blockchain project – Algorand – has started a new initiative aiming to enhance the developments in the DeFi sector. Called Viridis DeFi Program, it will be a $300 million fund to support innovation on the Algorand network. In a statement dated September 10th, The Algorand Foundation announced the launch of its latest product called Viridis DeFi Program. In it, the organization has allocated 150 million of the native cryptocurrency – ALGO –...

French soccer giant Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced a new multi-year deal that will see digital asset trading platform CryptoCom become the club’s first official crypto platform partner. CryptoCom and PSG to Launch NFTs As per the partnership agreement, seen by CryptoPotato, CryptoCom will use its native token CRO to pay a significant portion of the sponsorship fee. The exchange will also house the collaborative and exclusive Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) that the club...

In another step towards cryptocurrency adoption, Mastercard now plans to acquire CipherTrace– a crypto and blockchain intelligence company aimed at providing anti-money laundering and fraud protection solutions to the digital asset space. How CipherTrace Helps Mastercard The acquisition will help Mastercard provide transparency to their clients regarding payment and investment across the cryptocurrency industry. This not only helps customers to understand their risks when...

With just a few days left until the long-anticipated Cardano network upgrade and hard fork, Binance indicated that it will support the event. This comes as more than 80% of the Cardano pools have successfully upgraded to Alonzo 1.29.0. In a statement from September 9th, the leading digital asset exchange announced its intentions to support the upcoming Cardano network upgrade. The event is expected to take place on September 12th at around 21:45 (UTC) – during epoch 290....