Bitcoin Runes records 15.6M NFT transactions, weekly volumes turn positive: Nifty Newsletter

Bitcoin-based NFTs recorded a sales volume of $148 million in the last 30 days, according to CryptoSlam.

José Luis Garcia is a coffee-lover and entrepreneur trying to make his mark in the city of Medellín — the birthplace of Colombia’s modern coffee industry. Since the October launch of his start-up Lightning Koffee, Garcia has two goals in mind: Make a decent cup of joe and spread the word about Bitcoin (BTC). His coffee

New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has resumed trading on 40 trade pairs, according to a tweet from the firm on March 18.In the tweet, the company announces that it has “resumed trading on 40 trade pairs that we have quantified as secure. We will continue to expand this list as we clear more coins.” The…

Cryptosteel has launched its Cryptosteel Capsule, a physical backup device for the offline storage of private keys, passwords, and wallet recovery seeds.The company announced the official launch of the product in a tweet posted on Oct. 21.Not a hardware walletUnlike the hardware wallets that many cryptocurrency HODLers are familiar with, Cryptosteel’s capsule focuses on providing…

New and developing research from the International Monetary Fund suggests that central banks around the world need new legal definitions for tokenized currencies. 742 Total views 16 Total shares On Friday, the International Monetary Fund published a new working paper on central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, and their legal ramifications. In the paper, researchers including…

The Bitcoin dominance index has collapsed by 20 percentage points since the start of 2021. ETH, BNB and more speculative altcoin bets have seen their dominance rise over the same period. 2251 Total views 27 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) dominance briefly fell below 50% last week for the first time since January 2018, sending a…

Founder and CEO of crypto investment firm BKCM Brian Kelly has said that Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) are hardly needed for the ecosystem’s development, given that the coin is already available on regulated platforms such as Fidelity and TD Ameritrade.Kelly made his remarks during an interview with CNBC published on Oct. 11, explaining: “You have…

Ethereum (ETH) based trading card game Gods Unchained has far outstripped CryptoKitties by volume after a censorship scandal involving game-developer Blizzard.As blockchain research platform Coin Metrics noted on Nov. 12, the past month has seen activity explode for the game, with interest dwarfing that of CryptoKitties at its 2017 peak.Data: Gods Unchained volume five times…

The company provided a link for voters to sign up so that they can gain information about local politicians’ crypto policies 84 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTCoinbase has launched a grassroots political campaign to promote pro-crypto policies, according to a Feb. 28 Twitter thread…