Bitcoin rose above $30,000 to start the week, with bearish sentiment marginally fading as we head into June. ETH also rallied on Monday, however the world’s second largest cryptocurrency continued to hover below $1,900. Bitcoin Following almost five days trading below $30,000, BTC finally surged, with prices climbing to their highest point in over two weeks. So far today, we…
Month: May 2022
Tron Becomes DeFi’s Third-Largest Blockchain Thanks to Terra-Like Stablecoin
Tron, the Justin Sun-led blockchain launched in 2018, is now DeFi ‘s third-largest blockchain in terms of total value locked (TVL). According to DefiLlama, the total value locked (TVL) across Tron’y nine different apps currently stands at $5.9 billion, up 44% over the past month. The only two chains ahead of it are BNB Chain and the industry leader Ethereum. Binance…
Latam Countries Are Among the Most Enthusiastic About the Metaverse – Metaverse Bitcoin News
A new survey has found people’s opinion of the metaverse in emerging countries is significantly more positive than in their developed counterparts. The study, carried out by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), also shows that Latam countries are among the most enthusiastic about the future of the metaverse and its applications for different industries. Latam Believes in…
South Korean authorities reportedly probe staff behind Terra
The South Korean government continues to investigate Terraform Labs, the firm behind the Terra Network as well as Luna (LUNC) and Terra USD (UST) tokens, by reportedly summoning subpoenas to employees. South Korean authorities have reportedly summoned all employees at Terraform Labs as part of a full-scale investigation of the collapse of UST and LUNC, the local news agency JTBC…
Dogecoin Creator Jackson Palmer: ‘I Wish It Was The End of Crypto, But It’s Not’
Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer said in a new interview with Australian publication Crikey that he wishes “it was the end of crypto, but it’s not,” and that “increasingly people are doing nothing but making money off doing nothing, it’s kind of fucked us all up.” Palmer was promoting his new podcast Griftonomics, a name that also reflects his current criticisms…
Frodo Tech Aims to Create Environmentally-Friendly Blockchain Ecosystem That Is Open to Everyone – Sponsored Bitcoin News
sponsored Frodo Tech aims to create an environmentally-friendly blockchain ecosystem based on a unique cryptocurrency service that all the people in the world can access, without any limitations based on race, region or country. Frodo Will Have No Limitations and No Mining Frodo Tech is an IT and Financial blockchain services company based in Auckland, New Zealand, and a member…
Gov’t says crypto miners consume 2% of total electricity in Russia
Crypto miners account for two percent of the total electricity consumption in Russia, according to the latest government estimate. The energy consumption share of the crypto mining industry has exceeded the country’s agricultural sector, showing signs of recovery after Russia fell out of the top three in the global Bitcoin (BTC) mining hash rate share. Russia’s deputy minister of trade…
42.9% of Turks View Gold as Best Form of Investment, Only 1.9% Would Invest in Crypto – Featured Bitcoin News
A new study has found that nearly 43% of Turkish individuals surveyed consider gold to be the best form of investment, while just 1.9% said they would invest in cryptocurrencies. Real estate is the next most-preferred after gold, with 27.4% of the respondents saying they would invest. Fewer Turks Now View Gold as Best Investment A recent study by Areda…
‘Mega bullish signal’ or ‘real breakdown?’ 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) is bouncing back this week as a sudden surge challenges weekly highs. In what should provide some desperately needed confidence to bulls, BTC/USD is back at weekly highs on May 30, gaining several percent overnight. In contrast to recent weekly closes, the May 29 candle managed to limit the downside and reverse course immediately as the new week began.…
Youtuber NasDaily’s Bitcoin buy is $200K underwater: ‘Be greedy and HODL’
Youtuber NasDaily endured a Bitcoin (BTC) baptism by fire. The entrepreneur and influencer with over 50 million followers invested $500,000 in Bitcoin —right before the bear market kicked in. Cointelegraph spoke to NasDaily (whose real name is Nuseir Yassin) during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Yassin told Cointelegraph that the half a million dollars he saved in…