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As the NFT craze continues to grow strong, Golden State Warriors icon Stephen Curry recently spent 55 ETH worth about $180,000 to purchase Bored Ape, one of NFT collections currently trending on Crypto Twitter. Stephen Curry Buys Rare Bored Ape NFT The two-time MVP now holds one of the 10,000 apes that will ever exist in the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection. Interestingly, the ape was first sold for 0.68 ETH ($2,210) and 1.5 ETH ($4,875) just three months ago before...

Cryptocurrency scams were reportedly the most common type of fraud in Australia during the first six months of the year. Locals parted with roughly $25 million after becoming victims of such fraudulent schemes. ‘If Something Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is’ According to a recent report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), investment scams have risen to record levels in the country this year. Interestingly, frauds involving digital assets...

Input-Output HK – development company and driving force behind Cardano (ADA) – joined forces with the European Business University of Luxemburg (EBU). Their goal is to make education in developing African countries more “accessible, affordable, and equitable.” Cardano’s New African Endeavors The research and development organization Input-Output HK (IOHK) announced the collaboration with the European Business Univerisity of Luxemburg (EBU) earlier this week: “We are pleased...

El Salvador will, in ten days, adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. It’s making massive investments in projects to develop end-user products to hold and spend bitcoin. The opportunities of this venture are enormous, though some warn there are risks. El Salvadorians Will Soon Find Imports Attractive Because Bitcoin is a deflationary cryptocurrency, and the oldest blockchain with the most of its limited currency already mined, and especially given the history of the BTC price...

The authorities in Texas sentenced the CEO of AriseBank – Jared Rice, Sr. – to spend the next five years in federal prison. Apart from the jail time, the criminal would have to restore approximately $4,250,000, which he embezzled from investors throughout his cryptocurrency-related schemes. Justice at Last According to a recent press release from the US Department of Justice, Jared Rice, Sr. will spend the next 60 months behind bars. The American, who was in charge of...

A spokesperson for AnChain.AI, a blockchain analytics firm, recently revealed a $600 000+ contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission to help the agency regulate and monitor the DeFi space. AnChain’s Contract with the SEC The contract – which began in May of 2021 – has an initial value of $125 000, which may escalate to $625 000 if the SEC chooses to retain the group for 5 more $125 000 ‘option’ years. “The SEC is very keen on understanding what is happening in the...

Following a few days of price declines, bitcoin has bounced off and jumped to around $49,000. Most alternative coins have also reacted well to the recent slumps, with impressive increases now. ADA leads the pack with a 10% surge to above $2.8. Bitcoin Touched $49K As reported by CryptoPotato, the past few days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. It had failed to remain above $50,000 after it breached that level for the first time since mid-May and the bears had a...

Stablecoins remain the most traded assets in the crypto market. Fresh data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that nearly $2 billion worth of those tokens were recently moved into exchanges. According to Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, these massive deposits are actually a bullish sign for the industry. Ju noted that most crypto trading platforms usually fill the market to enable users to purchase different coins, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and...

It was a compelling week in the cryptocurrency markets. It took bitcoin more than three months, but it finally did it this week – reaching the $50,000 price line for the first time since May. However, it also took less than 24 hours for the bears to get back in action and push it beneath that level. The primary cryptocurrency spent the next few days sliding south and bottomed yesterday at just over $46k, but it found support amid the 200-day moving average line. Despite...

The British cryptographer Adam Back expects bitcoin to reach a price of $100,000 by the end of the year. Comparing the primary cryptocurrency to gold, he praised the former as the better financial instrument. In addition, Florian Grummes – precious metal and bitcoin analyst – shared a similar point of view. The virtual asset’s USD value would decline to $34-38K, but in six months, it would stand at $100,000. Interestingly, both of these forecasts coincide with the popular...