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Month: December 2021
Arcane Research releases its crypto predictions for 2022
Blockchain data research firm Arcane Research has taken a look at the year that was in its final report for 2021 and offered its predictions for crypto markets going into 2022. Arcane’s Dec. 28 The Weekly Update report focuses on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) but delves into other major coins, decentralized finance (DeFi), meme coins, nonfungible tokens (NFT), derivatives,…
Bitcoin dominance falls under 40%
Bitcoin’s market dominance has continued to fall, bottoming out below 40% this week. That’s very close to the all-time low of 36.7% in Jan 2018 according to data from Tradingview. Bitcoin (BTC) market dominance refers to the ratio between BTC’s market cap and the total crypto market cap. It’s not the first time dominance has dipped in 2021. Back in…
Legal Experts Say It’s Too Late to Ban Crypto, India Needs Comprehensive Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Indian legal experts reportedly say that it is too late to ban cryptocurrency despite calls for a complete crypto ban by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, also passed a resolution calling for an outright ban on crypto. Meanwhile, the Indian government is reworking…
Raoul Pal believes institutions have finished taking profits as year winds up
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal believes the recent volatility in the Bitcoin price is due to institutions selling to help shore up their end-of-year profits, The perennial Bitcoin (BTC) bull told Vlad from The Stakeborg Talks in a Dec. 27 interview that he believes the market is currently lopsided due to the effect of institutions. Pal said that they have…
Pomp tells CNBC there’s no need to apologize for Bitcoin’s energy use
Bitcoin influencer and podcaster Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano said that there is no need to “apologize” for Bitcoin’s energy use, because “crucial things in the world use energy.” He made the comments in a Dec 27 interview on CNBC’s morning news and talk program, “Squawk Box” with Joe Kernen. During the interview, he claimed that many people are missing “key points”…
Genesis Trading Sees ‘Strong Signs’ of Institutional Crypto Investment Growth Accelerating Next Year – Featured Bitcoin News
Genesis Trading’s head of market insights says that the institutional investment growth in the crypto space over the last 12 months “has been astonishing.” The executive added: “We’re seeing strong signs of that accelerating over the next year.” Strong Signs of Institutional Investment Growth Accelerating Next Year Noelle Acheson, head of market insights at Genesis Trading, shared her outlook for…
AscendEX Lists Sidus Heroes Token, SIDUS – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX is thrilled to announce the listing of the Sidus utility token, SIDUS, and the SENATE governance token under the trading pairs SIDUS/USDT and SENATE/USDT starting on Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. UTC. Sidus Heroes is a space themed, play-to-earn massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Sidus Heroes gameplay takes place in the metaverse, featuring interstellar…
ASIC reveals how it infiltrated crypto ‘pump and dump’ Telegram groups
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revealed the details of how it took down crypto “pump and dump” Telegram groups back in October. A pump and dump scheme typically involves using social media to coordinate users to buy large amounts of a thinly traded token to artificially inflate its price. They then cash out with massive gains after…
Korean government tells Apple and Google stores to take down P2E games
The South Korean government has moved to block the release of new play to earn (P2E) games and requested that existing ones be removed from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. P2E gaming has become popular in the cryptocurrency industry. Gamers typically must first purchase game pieces as non fungible tokens in order to play the game and receive in-game…