Crypto venture capital funding hits $1B for second straight month

The Hong Kong crypto exchange with strong ties to Russia was a blip on Chainalysis’ radar last year; its takedown was seen as anticlimactic by many in the crypto community. 355 Total views 9 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTNoncustodial peer-to-peer crypto exchange Bitzlato was little known to…

EtherWrapped, a project designed to provide a yearly summary of users nonfungible token (NFT) activity, launched a little over eight hours ago to palpable fanfare within the crypto community. The website detailed a plan to airdrop YEAR tokens based upon quantitative engagement statistics in users' MetaMask wallet, or in simpler terms, their number of transactions, volume…

Users can now store Unstoppable Domains’ .crypto addresses with Gemini Custody. 814 Total views 5 Total shares Unstoppable Domains, a major blockchain domain provider, is hitting another milestone as Winklevoss brothers' Gemini exchange now offers custody for its ".crypto" domains.Starting from July 23, users can store their ".crypto" addresses obtained through Unstoppable Domains with Gemini…

The asset manager says Ethereum’s mass appeal is growing. 1274 Total views 23 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) got many investors hooked on crypto, but it’s Ethereum's Ether (ETH) that’s beginning to garner more attention, according to Grayscale. In a phone interview with Bloomberg, managing director Michael Sonnenshein said 2020 has seen a significant rise in “Ethereum…

Let’s say you want to lose your Bitcoin (BTC) totally, irretrievably and forever. Hey, it’s not our place to wonder why. Maybe it’s part of some elaborate performance art piece, like the guy who destroyed all his possessions or perhaps you’ve always been big fans of electronic music outfit The KLF, who famously burned 1…

BTC price surged toward $55,000 on Wednesday even as traditional risk assets such as stocks tumbled and the dollar rose. 1170 Total views 17 Total shares Bitcoin’s (BTC) meteoric rise above $50,000 this week is likely to continue well into the fourth quarter, as the psychological resistance flips to support during the next leg of…

World Mobile announces the completion of DeWi technology field tests in Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria, bringing a full African rollout one step closer. 242 Total views 2 Total shares Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator World Mobile said on June 8 it has completed field tests of its DeWi technology in Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria, bringing…

Nevada's business regulator issued a cease and desist order to the crypto custodian alleging it has a "shortfall of customer funds." Prime Trust's financial condition is "critically deficient" and the crypto custodian is unable to honor customer withdrawals according to a cease and desist from Nevada's business regulator.In a June 21 order, the Nevada, Department…

Experienced crypto traders know that bull markets are for selling and bear markets are for accumulation, but the latter can be difficult amid a backdrop of surging inflation that saps the purchasing power of fiat currencies. As the crypto market heads deeper into crypto winter, with prices in the gutter and developers focused on creating the…