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Bitcoin is approaching the most eagerly anticipated moment in its history, and markets are feeding the excitement after weeks of gains. 1393 Total views 31 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is just days away from a historic crossroads this week — what will the coming days have in store for traders and hodlers?Cointelegraph takes a look…

Blockchain forensic firm Elliptic says there’s “no evidence” that Hamas is receiving a significant volume of cryptocurrency donations to fund its attacks against Israel.“There is no evidence to support the assertion that Hamas has received significant volumes of crypto donations,” Elliptic said in an Oct. 25 statement. The amounts raised “remain tiny,” the firm added.Elliptic’s

Fintech-as-a-service startup Rapyd has raised $100 million in a funding round led by venture and growth equity investments firm Oak HC/FT.Per an Oct. 1 press release, Rapyd secured $100 million from investors such as Oak HC/FT, investment companies Tiger Global, Coatue, venture capital firms General Catalyst, Target Global, and Entrée Capital, and online payments processor…

Popular trading platform Robinhood is creating a non-custodial crypto wallet that will be compatible with multiple blockchains.The wallet will be a standalone application with the ability to store nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and connect to NFT marketplaces. A promo video released for the wallet shows a demonstration using Ethereum (ETH) based NFTs. Trade and swap crypto…

The wait for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund got a bit longer as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shot down the proposal by Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca. The regulators felt that the application did not satisfy the requirement that it will “prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices.” However, there was…

A crypto trader holding 22,341 Ether sold the assets days before the market crash, avoiding a potential loss of over $5 million. 620 Total views 7 Total shares A crypto whale holding massive amounts of Ether (ETH) sold $41 million worth of the asset a few days before the market crashed, avoiding a potential $5…

While Jason Citron said the NFT feature was in “pre-release” mode, he has now changed his tune after being bombarded with thousands of comments calling on him to drop the plans. 534 Total views 19 Total shares Popular community messaging app Discord has been forced to walk back its integration plans with Ethereum (ETH)-based NFTs…

Gazprom Neft’s aviation refueling subsidiary has piloted a blockchain-based refueling payment project to automate and accelerate transactions. 1017 Total views 15 Total shares Russian oil firm Gazprom Neft's aviation subsidiary — Gazpromneft-Aero — announced Monday that it has completed a successful pilot of its blockchain-based refueling project, Smart Fuel.The new platform was implemented for more than…

The Phantom wallet app has launched a new Burn Token feature, allowing users to remove spam NFTs sent by scammers. 436 Total views 23 Total shares Solana-based wallet provider Phantom has launched a new burn feature allowing users to remove spam non-fungible tokens (NFTs) sent by scammers. According to an Aug. 18 blog post from…