Fortune favors the brand: Why crypto marketing fails to live up to hype

Bitcoin (BTC) tapped lows beneath $41,700 after the Dec. 15 Wall Street open as BTC price action fielded fresh sell-side pressure.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin balks at SEC Coinbase rejectionData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD diving over $1,300, or 3.2%, on the day.The largest cryptocurrency, fresh from a recovery from snap volatility

The volume on Ethereum futures flipped Bitcoin's after hitting a new record at $10 billion, and derivatives data suggests further upside for Ether price. 4391 Total views 28 Total shares In the past 30 days, Ether (ETH) price decoupled from Bitcoin (BTC) to post a 67.5% gain, while the leading cryptocurrency price has barely moved.…

Among industry participants and investors, India is emerging as a market to watch for following the overturn of a crypto ban that was placed by the Reserve Bank of India back in April 2018. The prominent investors looking to get a piece of India’s nascent crypto space include Tim Draper, a billionaire investor who obtained…

FinCEN digital currency advisor, Michele Korver, believes cryptocurrency is a natural evolution in financial technology. 265 Total views 74 Total shares Michele Korver, the first-ever chief digital currency advisor for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN), believes crypto assets are just another way of transferring value.Speaking to Law360 on July 29, the newly appointed Korver…

Developed economies dominate the traffic rankings for the top DeFi protocols by TVL, with the U.S. and U.K. topping the charts. 890 Total views 13 Total shares Despite grand visions of enabling farmers in Vietnam access to the world of global finance via Decentralized Finance, emerging markets could represent as little 10% of visitors engaging…

Canaan's new miner is natively cooled by immersion in liquid, promising better performance. 3036 Total views 11 Total shares Canaan, one of the earliest manufacturers of Bitcoin (BTC) ASIC miners, has released the Avalon Immersion Cooling Miner A1066I, a device designed to be liquid-cooled.Unlike traditional air-cooled devices and common types of liquid cooling for enthusiast…

Kristalina Georgieva said that stablecoins "fill the digital gap in privately issued money," but labeled Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as assets rather than a form of money. International Monetary Fund, or IMF, managing director Kristalina Georgieva said more than half of all central banks in the world are exploring how to launch digital currencies.Speaking at…

Nayib Bukele says he wants to help entrepreneurs embrace El Salvador as a base, with Bitcoin free from capital gains tax. 2911 Total views 7 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers who want to earn BTC tax-free will get help to stay in El Salvador, the country's president has said.In a tweet on Monday, President Nayib…

Open-source project Qtum representatives claim that their enterprise blockchain dubbed ‘QtumX’ can accommodate “more than 10,000” transactions per second (TPS), according to a press release recently shared with Cointelegraph.With yet another player being added to the scalability race, it makes sense to look back and see how the main blockchains and cryptocurrencies stand in regard…