Ethereum
Terra’s LUNA Surges 27% to Regain $25B Market Capitalization
Tokens of the decentralized payments platform posted the biggest gains amid a broader recovery in major cryptos. Source link
Month: February 2022
Market Analysis
Buy Arweave, which gained 12% in a week: here’s where
Against the background of a generally bearish market, Arweave is one of the top gainers of the week. Currently trading for just over $31, it gained 12% over the past 7 days and another 7% […]
Regulation
Short Positions See $143M in Liquidations as Bitcoin, Ether Gain 10%
Crypto markets rallied on Friday to almost fully retrace losses from Thursday’s declines. Source link
Ethereum
India Crypto Firms, Regulators Continue Their Regulatory Debate; Bitcoin Recovers From a Post-Invasion Freefall
At the time of publication, bitcoin was trading at about $38,200, up about 3% over the previous 24 hours. Ether was roughly flat at about $2,600. Most other altcoins in the top 20 by market […]
Market Analysis
South Korean Government Investing $186 Million Into Metaverse Platform
The South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT is giving its “full-fledged support” and a $186 million investment for the creation of an ‘extended virtual world ecosystem’ (metaverse). According to an official press release from […]
Regulation
IRA Financial ‘Swatted’ at Time of $36M Crypto Hack, Police Officer Tells Victim
“What we were then informed of was that once the employees returned to their desks, after, like, while this ‘robbery’ was taking place or whatever, once they got back to their desks, they all found […]
Ethereum
Ethereum Gets an Upgraded Scaling Testnet – And It’s Actually Years Ahead of Schedule
Over the past couple of years, Ethereum rollups have taken two different directions in scaling the base layer, categorized as Optimistic and Zero-Knowledge. Both technologies have seen some level of adoption, with Arbitrum being the […]
Bitcoin
Criminal Whales Hold $25 Billion In Crypto Assets: Chainalysis Report
Chainalysis recently published a study on criminal enterprises, specifically the so-called criminal whales, that retain vast sums of money in the form of cryptocurrencies. The study claimed that criminal whales still hold $25 billion in […]
Market Analysis
BTC volumes in Russia’s ruble spike amid sanctions
Ruble-denominated Bitcoin volumes reached a 9-month high as investors fled to safe-haven assets. Most of the trading is on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to details cited by CoinDesk. More and more people have looked to […]
Ethereum
Block Tops Q4 Estimates, Posts Nearly $2B in Bitcoin Transactions
Of the $220 million of bitcoin put on the company balance sheet in late 2020 and early 2021, Block didn’t book an impairment loss in Q4, leaving the full year impairment charge at $71 million, […]