Shanghai Man: Chainlink hackathon, OKExChain nets $2B TVL, and Tencent unveils ‘magic’ NFT platform
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industrys most important news,...
Year: 2021
Venezuela to launch CBDC in October — and cut six zeros from its currency
The Central Bank of Venezuela is rolling out a CBDC in October and will launch an SMS-based exchange system to...
Bitcoin bulls overtake the $40K barrier ahead of Friday’s $625M options expiry
Securing a close above $40,000 will give bullish pro traders a sizeable advantage in Friday's $625 million BTC options expiry....
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC/USD Bears Demolish $38,000 Support
Bitcoin Price Prediction – August 5 The Bitcoin price prediction shows that BTC remains below the moving averages, trading at...
‘A Lazy Way to Showcase NFTs’ — Mark Cuban’s Lazy.com NFT Platform Integrates With Polygon
On Thursday, the non-fungible token (NFT) platform and digital art gallery backed by Mark Cuban announced the project has integrated...
Social Media Platform Torum Announces Strategic Investment by Huobi Ventures HECO Fund
PRESS RELEASE. Torum announces strategic investment by Huobi Ventures, the $100 million venture arm of Huobi Group to foster blockchain...
Precious Metals Firm Kitco Launches Gold-Backed Tokens Built on Ethereum
On August 4, the precious metals firm Kitco Gold announced the launch of a gold-backed stablecoin which will leverage an...
Russia to Track Crypto Transactions With Help From Sberbank-Owned Company
The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia is going to start tracking cryptocurrency transactions. The agency has already selected a...
Lead Republican behind infrastructure bill negotiations supports crypto amendment
The senator's stance is somewhat surprising, given that he previously called the section on brokers in the proposed bill a...
London is live and Ethereum bulls control Friday’s $357M ETH options expiry
$357 million in ETH options expire on August 6 and bears don’t stand a chance given that every neutral-to-bearish put...
Fresh Bitcoin ETF hopes back BTC’s swift rally above $40,000
Hopes of an eventual BTC ETF approval and the rebound of a key support level pushed Bitcoin price well above...
Coinbase users can now buy crypto with Apple Pay
Coinbase has added additional user-friendly payment options to its platform. Crypto exchange Coinbase announced on Thursday that users can now...
Stablecoin market to have hit $1T by 2025, Unstoppable Domains CEO predicts
As an early crypto bull, Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould believes that Bitcoin won’t retest its all-time high of $64,000...
Hot July at Christie’s: Over $93M in NFT sales and Art+Tech Summit 2021
Christie’s fourth annual Art+Tech Summit was dedicated to discussions of the future of art, collectibles and the world of nonfungible...
Fed governor says CBDCs remain ‘a solution in search of a problem’
Chris Waller’s comments come after Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve would be issuing a discussion paper on CBDCs. Chris...
