9 of the weirdest crypto projects, from Dentacoin to Cthulu  

The widow of the founder of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has asked the court for $225,000 in compensation for legal costs, Bloomberg reports on March 4.Jennifer Robertson, the wife of late QuadrigaCX founder Gerry Cotten, is seeking repayment for financing used to help the crypto exchange acquire court-approved protection from creditors. After $145 million in…

The partnership is seemingly another bullish sign for a growing NFT market. 1832 Total views 18 Total shares Community-oriented non-fungible token platform Ethernity Chain is partnering with Hong Kong-based crypto investment firm Kenetic Capital to expand its ecosystem.According to an announcement today, Kenetic will support the Etherenity Chain network by expanding the development and adoption…

The metaverse is a futuristic iteration of the internet, featuring a digital economy and an immersive virtual environment alongside other interactive features. This relatively nascent space has gained so much traction in recent years that conservative estimates suggest that by 2024, its total valuation could top $800 billion. Meta (the parent body behind Facebook and…

Blockchain helps the other kind of mining. 2668 Total views 19 Total shares Mining firm Vale and its partners completed its first iron sale over blockchain.According to a statement on its website, Vale sold 176,000 tons of iron ore to Nanjing Iron & Steel, sending the material from Malaysia to China.Vale and its partners used…

A bull trend is formed when demand exceeds supply and a bear trend occurs when sellers overpower the buyers. When the bulls and bears hold their ground without budging, it results in the formation of a trading range.Sometimes, this leads to the formation of a rectangle pattern, which can also be described as a consolidation…

Australia’s market regulator has released a list of the “top-10 ways to spot a crypto scam," amid a detected rise in crypto-related investment scams this year.The Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC's) public advisory statement was published as part of Scams Awareness Week 2022, an initiative that teaches Australians how to identify all forms of scams.…

This crypto winter wasn’t a very long one. Having briefly touched $34,000 in the second half of January, Bitcoin (BTC) is on its way up again, touching the $45,000 mark on Feb. 10. Many altcoins have been catching up as well and posting double-digit weekly returns. However, not all relief rallies were equally impressive. Is…

The derivatives landscape offers “tantalizing” opportunities for stakers, according to Kent Barton of ShapeShift. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t risks. 2136 Total views 17 Total shares In a newly released report, Swiss cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift explores the potential role of so-called “staking derivatives” in addressing some of the challenges posed by Proof-of-Stake, or PoS,…

French cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger published a post on its official blog  on Feb. 14 apologizing for issues with a recent firmware update for its Ledger Nano S. Specifically, the update reportedly decreased the device’s storage capacity, which the firm has promised to remedy.“This was not planned obsolescence, simply put, we messed up. We…