Bitcoin to pump if oil, energy prices surge amid Middle East tension: Hayes

Growth in DeFi, increasing on-chain activity and the strength of the bullish Ethereum options market helped send Ether price to a new all-time high at $1,500. 3238 Total views 17 Total shares The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, achieved a new all-time high at $1,500 today. Data suggest…

Beyond rapidly changing how we create, store and transfer value, cryptocurrencies are accelerating financial inclusion in a way that traditional financial institutions have either been unwilling or unable to. Yet crypto’s possibilities go way beyond banking the unbanked. It allows developing nations and those without access to financial services to avoid the bank completely and…

BTC price remains steady above $69,000; analysts say increased spot Bitcoin inflows could take the price higher.

Vitalik Buterin claims Meta is jumping the gun with metaverse innovation because “it is far too early to know what people want.” 55 Total views 4 Total shares Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin doesn’t believe that any of the existing attempts by corporations to create a Metaverse are “going anywhere,” pointing to Meta as being one…

Blockchain-based real estate trading game and DappRadar Top 5 gaming Dapp, Upland, has expanded its metaverse to include New York City, as of Aug 20.The expansion adds virtual properties mapped to actual Manhattan addresses and will be opened in several phases, with the first bubble to launch being the Lower East Side. Further bubbles will…

Binance, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour volume, has hired an exec from one of its foremost competitor exchanges, Huobi.According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Jan. 30, Binance has hired Josh Goodbody as its new director of European and Latin American growth and institutional business. Prior to joining Binance, Goodbody worked as head of…

More education and awareness for crypto asset investing “would be helpful” according to Treasury officials. 1010 Total views 5 Total shares The United States Treasury Department is launching a new initiative to raise awareness of the risks involved in investing in digital assets.The move comes as the asset class transitions from a niche market into…

 In 2017, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reached as high as $20,000 and crashed rapidly. Now the same on-chain top signal has reemerged, according to researchers at Glassnode. But besides much stronger fundamentals this time around, the ongoing rally feels significantly different for other reasons too.Bitcoin typically pulls back when whales take profit, causing a…

Verizon Business has announced the inclusion of new security services, including two new administration and identity access systems using blockchain-based technology.These are Verizon Identity (VID) and Verizon Machine State Integrity, which are modeled within a Blockchain environment, according to the US technology firm on March 5th. In the case of VID, identity information is encrypted and…