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Crypto.com isn’t stopping in its ambitions to expand inside the United States and has decided to close the year with a major publicity stunt. The third-largest exchange in the ecosystem, according to Coingecko data, will have a privileged space on all US TV screens in two months, after having purchased an advertising space in the renowned Super Bowl – the country’s most important American football competition – to be held in February 2022. For the sake of perspective, the...

Kraken is stepping up its crypto game. After a successful year, the U.S. exchange decided to close 2021 with the acquisition of Staked, thus expanding its token staking capabilities and generally improving the quality of its services. Staked is a non-custodial crypto staking platform, which facilitates the secure storage of assets while providing attractive yield options for investors. An Acquisition That Makes Sense According to a P.R. shared by the Kraken team, the exchange...

New Jersey-based Manasquan Bank will participate in Bakkt Holdings’ early adopter program. When effective, it will enable customers of the financial institution to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies. Bakkt Inks Another Partnership According to a recent press release, Bakkt’s project is anticipated to launch in Q2 2022. Initially, the platform will provide an entry point to adopt cryptocurrencies only to retail clients of Manasquan Bank. When the early adopter program gets...

Flori Marquez – Co-Founder of the cryptocurrency custodian BlockFi – expects FOMO to be the main factor, which will drive digital asset adoption in the next year. She concluded that the other two elements will be the talent shifting from traditional industries to the crypto sector and regulatory clarity. FOMO Will Be a ‘Huge Driver’ In a recent interview for Yahoo Finance, Flori Marquez – Co-Founder at BlockFi and Senior Vice President of Operations – opined that the digital...

This year, Radioshack, the legendary seller of electronic components and specialized hardware, turned 100 years old, and what better way to celebrate its longevity than to change its line of business to fully embrace the world of cryptocurrencies with the launch of a DeFi protocol and an NFT collection. In a move that left a good portion of assiduous Crypto Twitter users scratching their heads, the company changed its Bio and website to promote its new vision of launching and...

Sam Bankman-Fried – Chief Executive Officer of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX – believes billionaires like him should get taxed at a higher percentage rate. The crypto boss admitted he plans to donate “almost everything” that he earns in his lifetime to charity causes. Taxing The Rich Sounds Fair Earlier this year, the US government contemplated imposing a new tax rule. A move that sounds good on paper for some – cure the shuttered economy and bring fresh funds into the...

Mike McGlone – Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg – expects 2022 to be a successful year for both bitcoin and gold. He believes the primary cryptocurrency will hit $100,000, while the precious metal will trade at $2,000. What Will Fuel Bitcoin’s Rally in 2022? The current global financial system is passing through tough times, to say the least. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the health concerns around it, caused many companies to temporarily cease operations or send their...

There’s no sugarcoating it, the past seven days have been very tough throughout the entire cryptocurrency market, with a few small exceptions. The total capitalization dropped to $2,375 billion, which represents a loss of about 13%. Let’s start with Bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency is down 14% on a seven-day scale. It started the week at around $56K, but bears weren’t having it anymore and crashed the price during the early Saturday trading session when BTC dropped to...

Dan Morehead – Chief Executive Officer of Pantera Capital – said the controversial monetary policies, which the US government enforced, could create bubbles in the financial system. In his view, bond markets “manipulated” by the Fed are the real Ponzi Schemes and not bitcoin. The Danger Comes From The Fed; not Crypto In a recent interview for Bloomberg, Dan Morehead – Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital – warned that investors dealing with bonds “are going to get absolutely...

In a CNBC interview over the week, a major hedge fund manager predicted that “massive inflation” will lead the Fed to hike interest rates six times by 2024. Crypto traders are keeping a close watch on the macro-financial environment as they wrap up another volatile month. Federated Hermes has over $600 billion in assets under management. Phil Orlando, the investment firm’s chief equity strategist, has been a long-time stock market bull but expects the big changes at the...