sponsored ADALend, currently in the process of developing a decentralized financing (DeFi) project has just announced its plans to start the development of its cross-platform integrations very soon. The cross-platform integrations will simplify and allow access to decentralized financial services by a larger segment of users around the globe. ADALend’s GM, Javed Khattak, has earlier announced that ADALend will work…
Axie Infinity, a monster-battling NFT game, has been gaining a lot of tractionwith over $600 million Axies bought and sold in the past month. Each Axie is a non fungible token, or NFT, minted on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Similar in theme to Nintendo’s Pokemon series, Axies come in different rarity types, with varying strengths and attributes, with the strongest…
A survey released by the Pew Research Center on Thursday found that roughly 16% of Americans have invested, traded or used some form of cryptocurrency. The number jumps to 31% for people aged 18-29, and even higher to 43% for specifically males in the same age bracket. Black, Hispanic, and Asian participants in the study were also each more likely…
In brief NFT artist pplpleasr launched her first Solana-based project this week. “The Collectoooooor” lets NFT owners trade up for rarer NFTs, plus the project yielded about $127,000 for charity. Artist pplpleasr (a.k.a. Emily Yang) is one of the standouts of this years NFT market boom, including designing the cover of Fortune magazineand then selling it as NFTs. Her work…
In a live recording with Reddit’s r/CryptoCurrency Talk Thursday, Shark Tank celebrity Kevin O’Leary discussed how cryptocurrencies now make up 10% of his investment portfolio: At the beginning of the year, I was at 3% weighting; the target was to get 7% by year-end. However, because of the appreciation of so many of the assets I have now, we’re almost…
On Friday, November 12, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Vaneck’s bitcoin spot market exchange-traded fund (ETF). The U.S. regulator noted that the denial was due to the lack of prevention toward “fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices.” SEC Turns Down Spot Market ETF – US Regulator Believes There Should be More Manipulation Protection for Investors Following the…
Bears swooped in to seize the upper hand on Nov. 12 after news that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had rejected the VanEck spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application made ripples through the crypto-sphere and deflated the bullish momentum that had been building throughout the week. While many investors had high hopes that the passage…
Crypto gaming startup Forte today announced it has taken in $725 million in Series B financing, adding to its haul of $185 million from a Series A round this May. Sea Capital and Kora Management led the funding round, with recognizable players such as Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, and Warner Music Group also participating. In a sign of Forte’s multichain…
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraphs decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter. Ethereum Name Service announced a retroactive token airdrop this week to a fanfare of crypto enthusiasts. If you happen to own a .eth domain, read on to discover how you can claim your eligible tokens. What youre about to read is the smaller version of this newsletter. For the…
Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: Bitcoin was under attack! It’s the story the mainstream media won’t tell you! Hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost finally met in Utrecht again to record “Bitcoin, Explained.” In this episode, they discussed a recent attack on the Bitcoin network, where some nodes were flooding peers with fake IP addresses.…
