WEF recommends ‘Sandbox-first approach’ for DeFi adoption

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekIncreasing stock market volatility drags Bitcoin and altcoin prices lowerBitcoin has had…

Andrew Fierman highlighted the nuances of sanctions depending on who is involved, what is at stake and where they’re coming from. 1652 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTAs many countries, entities and even individuals face international sanctions, the crypto industry seeks to find its place…

Imagine if ordinary people could write smart contracts in their native language. It could bring in “billions of new [blockchain] users.”

"We will HODL any we get," Mark Cuban told Cointelegraph. 3629 Total views 20 Total shares Dogecoin (DOGE), a cryptocurrency borne out of a joke, can now be used as payment for tickets and merchandise for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. The National Basketball Association franchise confirmed Thursday that it has become the first major business…

Marathon Digital holds over $1.1 billion worth of Bitcoin after the company decided to go full ‘HODL.’

When Musk backtracked on accepting Bitcoin payments for Tesla, he believed that Dogecoin — “even though it was created as a silly joke” — was better suited for transactions. 114 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTResearch shows that Dogecoin (DOGE) was the only memecoin in…

For most of the last decade, India’s stance on cryptocurrencies has been uncertain, to say the least. The current soft ban is hurting the country’s potential every day, but recent reports suggest the country is having second thoughts.In March this year, a notification published by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs stated that companies dealing in…

Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed and held $20,000 into Oct. 6 as the latest rebound punished short speculators.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin preserves "important" $19,600 zoneData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing from local lows of $19,740 on Bitstamp around the Oct. 5 Wall Street open.The pair then reversed prior losses, leading…