Worldcoin’s World ID gets bridge to Solana via Wormhole

Projects that raised millions in the ICO era have struggled to gain traction.

Coming every Sunday, 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 WeekCrypto carnage: Bloodbath for altcoins as Bitcoin crashesIt’s been a week to…

Bitcoin needs to hold above the $65,000 mark for more upside, while Ether price is weighed down by a sell-the-news event, according to analysts.

Gone are the days of dusty ledgers and checkbooks. Over the last decade or so, the word “money” has taken on a completely new meaning for a lot of people all over the world. This is partly due to the masses being utterly frustrated with the way many big banks handle their business transactions.In fact,…

Jerome Powell acknowledged that DeFi will start to reach more retail customers, highlighting the need for regulation. 415 Total views 19 Total shares United States Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has spoken out about the expansion of decentralized finance (DeFi) and its impact on the traditional finance ecosystem, calling for appropriate regulation.During an event titled…

Bitcoin (BTC) closed the week down almost 6% at $8,500. Altcoins performed slightly better than BTC but collectively also closed lower for the week, down 3.5% against the dollar. Bitcoin dominance remains relatively flat and continues to hold 68% of the total share of the cryptocurrency market.Monday has brought lower prices on open with Bitcoin…

"Bitcoin (BTC) is Freedom" is one of Bitcoin’s many epithets. Like “Bitcoin is digital gold,” “Bitcoin is property,” or even Bitcoin is absolute digital scarcity, these phrases ricochet around the walls of Bitcoin-themed conference arenas. They’re also memed into eternity on social media.But one of Bitcoin’s overarching mantras is “Don’t trust, verify.” Rooted in an…

China has released its latest government-sponsored rankings of major cryptocurrencies, placing Bitcoin (BTC) in 18th while awarding the top spot to domestic blockchain platform EOS (EOS). The rankings were released in a press release on Dec. 21.China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) under the Country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology creates the…

Optimism continues to percolate in the cryptocurrency sector on as recent gains in Bitcoin (BTC) have helped push the valuation of the top-ranked cryptocurrency past that of the South Korean won.Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin experienced a wave of selling in the early hours that pushed the price…