Vitalik Buterin Asks Twitter Followers Which Crypto They Prefer to Overtake Ethereum — Cardano, Tron Favorites
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin set up a pair of polls on Twitter asking his followers if 80% of all transactions...
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Bank of America Says Solana Could Take Market Share From Ethereum, Become the Visa of the Crypto Ecosystem
Bank of America’s analyst says that Solana could take market share away from Ethereum. Noting that Solana is optimized for...
Meme Coin Markets Gain Close to 5% in 24 Hours, Dogecoin’s Value Jumps, 3 Meme Tokens See Triple Digit Gains
The top meme tokens by market capitalization have increased in value by 4.4% in the last 24 hours according to...
Russia Busts Revil Ransomware Group on US Request, Arrests 14 Members
Russian law enforcement agencies have dismantled the notorious hacking group Revil, believed to be behind ransomware attacks in the U.S....
Value Locked in Defi Jumps 2.3% in 7 Days, Ethereum NFT Sales Dominate, Fantom TVL Jumps 26%
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols across a number of blockchains has increased...
Stablecoin USDC’s ERC20 Issuance Surpasses USDT’s Total Supply on Ethereum
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is $173 billion, which represents 7.93%...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, BTC Price 20% Above Production Cost, Difficulty Nears ATH
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been riding high again as the processing power tapped another lifetime high on January 15, 2022, reaching...
Head of Investigative Committee Calls for Mandatory Identification of Cryptocurrency Users in Russia
Russians who use cryptocurrency should not be anonymous, the man who chairs Russia’s federal investigating authority has recently stated. The...
IMF: Crypto Could Soon Pose Risks to Countries’ Financial Stability
Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that “crypto assets are no longer on the fringe of the financial...
First Cryptocurrency ATM Reportedly Installed in Uruguay
The ostensible first cryptocurrency ATM machine has been installed in Uruguay, developed as a joint initiative between Urubit and Inbierto,...
North Korean Hackers Stole $400 Million in Cryptocurrency Last Year — Ether Accounts for 58% of Stolen Funds
North Korean hackers stole cryptocurrency worth about $400 million last year in at least seven major attacks on crypto platforms....
JPMorgan Client Survey: Majority Expect Bitcoin Price to Reach $60K or More This Year
Global investment bank JPMorgan has asked its clients what they think the price of bitcoin will be by year-end. Among...
Visa: One in Four Businesses Surveyed Plan to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments This Year
Payments giant Visa has conducted a survey of small businesses and found that almost a quarter of those who responded...
British Lawmakers Say a CBDC Is Likely to Hurt Financial Stability — Digital Pound Benefits Overstated
According to British lawmakers, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is likely to raise the cost of borrowing while hurting...
FTX Launches $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund Focused on Bolstering Blockchain, Web3 Adoption
The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s...
