French authorities take note after fake tickets and gatecrashers spoiled the UEFA Champions League final experience for many soccer fans in Paris last month. The disorder before the UEFA Champions League final game may lead to the widespread adoption of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for ticketing at sports events in in France. The country previously stated...Continue Reading

CEL price abruptly rallied 600%+ on June 14, but analysts say it’s likely due to an exchange glitch or a liquidation of short traders. On June 14, discussions of Celsius continued to populate media headlines and June 14’s news involved the platform’s CEL token accruing massive gains after what appears to have been either an...Continue Reading

The IID ordered BlockFi to pay an administrative fine as well as cease and desist “from making any untrue statement of material facts regarding securities.” The Iowa Insurance Division, or IID, a regulator responsible for many securities sales in the state, has fined crypto lending firm BlockFi more than $943,000 after it allegedly offered and...Continue Reading

Prices quickly recovered after developers determined that a technical API issue, not a security breach, catalyzed the heavy sell-off. On Tuesday, tokens of cloud blockchain infrastructure provider Chain.com (XCN) suddenly lost over 90% of their value before recovering most of their losses later in the day. In a post-mortem analysis published by Chain.com, the firm...Continue Reading

Mairead McGuinness said that she planned to discuss a compromise through the MiCA proposal currently under review in the EU. Mairead McGuinness, the commissioner for financial services, financial stability and capital markets union at the European Commission, is moving forward with discussion on regulating cryptocurrencies amid three major events in the space. In written remarks...Continue Reading

ETH’s latest plunge could bring more pain despite expectations that $1,200 should hold. Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) is showing signs of bottoming out as ETH price bounced off a key support zone. Notably, ETH price is now holding above the key support level of the 200-week simple moving average (SMA) near $1,196.  The 200-week SMA...Continue Reading

BTC price action is back above the 200-week moving average, but the Fed may still sour the mood. Bitcoin (BTC) crept higher after the June 14 Wall Street open as analysts hoped that long-term support had been preserved. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Hopes for “relief” from FOMC meeting Data from Cointelegraph Markets...Continue Reading

Gary Gensler added that he continued to be “intrigued with the technology,” but did not directly address if the SEC would approve a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, reiterated his call for investor protection in securities offered by crypto firms. Speaking virtually at the...Continue Reading

Michael Saylor is anything but panicky as Bitcoin price weakness adds to MicroStrategy share price pressure. Bitcoin (BTC) megahodler MicroStrategy can ride out further BTC price declines, even if it falls to just $3,500, its CEO confirms. In a tweet on June 14, Michael Saylor sought to allay fears that his firm’s BTC exposure may...Continue Reading

The safety of the recovery phrase is way more important than keeping the hardware wallet safe, according to executives at Ledger and Trezor. Hardware cryptocurrency wallets are known for granting users full control of their crypto and providing more security, but such wallets are prone to risks such as theft, destruction or loss. Does that mean...Continue Reading