2022 has been an interesting year for stablecoin assets as the market capitalization of the entire stablecoin economy lost just over $28 billion in value. Moreover, more than $3 billion has been erased from the stablecoin economy during the last 23 days as BUSD shed roughly 23.3% during the last month. Over $3 Billion in USD Value Has Been Erased…
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $16,750 after the Dec. 28 Wall Street open after stocks dragged markets lower. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin analysts stick to downside fears Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it recovered from local lows of $16,559 on Bitstamp. After days of barely any movement up or down, Bitcoin finally saw…
According to a report published by local news outlet Sina News on Dec 28, China will launch its first regulated platform for nonfungible tokens (NFT) trading on Jan 1, 2023. The entity, which acts as a secondary market for the exchange of NFTs, was created by the state-owned Chinese Technology Exchange, the state-owned Art Exhibitions China, and Huban Digital Copyrights…
Once assumed to be extinct until its unlikely return in the latter part of 2017, browser-based cryptocurrency mining dates back to 2011 when BitcoinPlus.com launched its then-innovative service. Of course, back when Bitcoin was fairly new and mining was cheap, the idea of using a website to do the work for miners was quite popular. Thanks to a surge in…
As the FTX collapse left many users yearning for the return of lost funds, scammers are using the opportunity to take advantage of the already injured victims, posing as government officials. In a post, the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) warned crypto investors that there are fake applications and websites put up by scammers aiming to take money but…
Gold and stocks have underperformed in 2022, but the year has been difficult for Bitcoin (BTC) investors, in particular. Worst year for Bitcoin since 2018 Bitcoin price looks prepared to close 2022 down nearly 70% — its worst year since the crypto crash of 2018. Bitcoin monthly returns. Source: Coinglass.com BTC’s depressive performance can be explained by factors such as…
Steve Newcomb is a Silicon Valley veteran with a long list of achievements. He built software for trading energy in the 90s, was a pioneer in adding email to phones, and helped create the back end of the Bing search engine under Peter Thiel’s mentorship. Today, he heads up development for Berlin-based Matter Labs, which is building scaling solutions for…
Collective action, labor struggle and protest go hand in hand, and it’s no secret that unionizing and organizing to fight for workers’ rights is a tedious task. But is there a way to simplify and boost the efficiency of the process? On this week’s episode of the newly launched podcast The Agenda, Cointelegraph senior copy editor Jonathan DeYoung and head…
Several wallets associated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading firm Alameda Research came to life late a few hours ago, swapping various cryptocurrencies. Martin Lee, a data journalist at Nansen, was among the blockchain sleuths to point to “lots of activity going on among Alameda wallets” in the late hours on Tuesday evening, with various Ethereum-based tokens consolidated into two main wallets,…
Coinbase stock (COIN) has fallen to an all-time low of $32.40 per share, dropping 6% over the past five days. The stock has recovered some and is trading at $32.65 pre-market. This caps off what has been a brutal 2022 for Coinbase investors, with the company’s stock plummeting almost 87% over the year and over 23.19% in just the past…
