Country-wide Bitcoin adoption a mixed bag for national economies

Alexis Ohanian is extremely bullish on cryptocurrency, even using the proceeds from his early Ether investment to found a crypto-focused venture capitalist firm. 437 Total views 15 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe co-founder of the social media website Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, reportedly bought 50,000 Ether (ETH) for…

Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to break above the 200-day simple moving average ($84,000), but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan Lee told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin needs to achieve a weekly close above $81,000 to signal resilience. Selling could accelerate if the

“Crypto is just another technology, it’s a matter of how is it being used. It can be used for good or for bad. From where we sit, we see massive opportunities," says the director of the UNICC. 383 Total views 8 Total shares The United Nations is smitten with distributed ledger technology (DLT). In a…

The $200 million will be used to invest in seed and Series A funding rounds for promising cryptocurrency startups. 1409 Total views 14 Total shares Crypto.com has launched a venture arm and has set aside $200 million to invest in promising cryptocurrency startups, as it seeks to expand its partnerships with entrepreneurs in the crypto and…

English Premier League soccer club Manchester City is debuting a blockchain-based fan token, promising free tokens for registered Cityzen fans. 3538 Total views 28 Total shares Major English football club Manchester City is the latest sports club to launch its own blockchain-based token to power new tools for digital fan engagement.According to an official announcement…

Proof-of-work and proof-of-stake have a lot of benefits to offer the community, and the discussion around these algorithms has dominated conversations in the cryptocurrency community. The use of staking will become more widespread this year on the protocol level with Ethereum 2.0’s expected arrival, along with the continued development of Cardano, Tezos and Algorand, ultimately…

Mettalex claims to be fully decentralized, meaning “no counterparty and no single point of control.” 343 Total views 3 Total shares Mettalex, a spinoff project of Fetch.ai, announced Friday that it has officially launched a decentralized exchange for commodities trading, offering another compelling use case in how blockchain technology was disrupting traditional finance. The new exchange…

In what seems to be one of the first major security breaches of 2019, New Zealand-based digital assets exchange Cryptopia was allegedly hacked this week. The platform reported the incident via Twitter on Jan. 15, mentioning “significant losses.” While the incident has been confirmed by the local police, many crucial details — including the amount…

The judge ruled domestic law doesn’t apply to Binance as it is not an exchange domestic to the U.S. and that the case was filed “too late”.