A new survey hints at a lack of crypto awareness in Russia as only 6% of respondents were found to have good knowledge of crypto. Cryptocurrency adoption in Russia has not been moving too fast as an overwhelming majority of Russians have apparently not ever bought crypto, according to a new survey. Switzerland-based cryptocurrency wallet...Continue Reading

Voyager Digital will pay $1.9 million in retention bonuses to key staff members to ensure the beleaguered cryptocurrency lender can continue operating through bankruptcy proceedings. A New York bankruptcy court has given embattled cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital the green light to pay retention bonuses to key staff members. The firm filed a motion with the...Continue Reading

A judge ruled that the developer must stay in jail for 90 days while awaiting charges and a court date. A judge in the Netherlands ruled that Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has to stay in jail for 90 more days while waiting for charges. Puzzled by the decision, the crypto community rallied to demand...Continue Reading

Nvidia’s CFO said falling crypto prices and changes in consensus mechanisms have in the past impacted demand for its products and the company’s ability to estimate it. Graphics card giant Nvidia CFO Colette Kress says the company has been unable to estimate reduced crypto mining demand impacted its Q2 results, which fell short of analyst...Continue Reading

Owners of luxury watches can now verify ownership as NFTs and then take DeFi loans out against them, while Miley Cryus may soon enter the metaverse and NFTs with new patents. Global confectionery giant Mars has teamed up with virtual metaverse band KINGSHIP to create limited edition boxes of M&M’S featuring content from the Bored...Continue Reading

The Ethereum co-founder suggests that cryptocurrency payments are a “big boost” to international business, charity, and even payments within countries. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggests the superiority of cryptocurrency for payments is often “underrated” compared to fiat, pointing to the convenience of international payments and payments to charities as key examples.  Buterin made the comments...Continue Reading

“So we are gonna drop the lawsuit, 100% and I’m sorry this became public,” said Ben Armstrong. Ben Armstrong, the man behind Bitboy Crypto said that he is dropping the defamation suit against fellow Youtube content creator Erling Mengshoel Jr., who goes by the name Atozy. Armstrong officially filed the suit against Mengshoel Jr. on...Continue Reading

The foundation aims to streamline Uniswap’s grants program and “reinvigorate governance.” The $74 million plan by two former Uniswap Lab executives for a new Uniswap Foundation has just become reality after their proposal received over 99% of the votes from UNI token holders. According to the initial proposal, the foundation aims to streamline Uniswap’s Grant...Continue Reading

Enjoy Axie Infinity, DeFi Kingdoms, and other cryptocurrency games while they last, because lawmakers are poised to crack down by mid-2023. Are cryptocurrency games innocent fun? Or are they Ponzi schemes facing an imminent crackdown by regulators in the United States? Tokens related to cryptocurrency games — known colloquially as “GameFi” — were worth a...Continue Reading

“Our hope is that cbETH will achieve robust adoption for trade, transfer, and use in DeFi applications,” said the crypto exchange. Coinbase has launched a new asset in which Ether tokens are staked and wrapped through the crypto exchange. In a Wednesday announcement, Coinbase said it will be listing Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) on...Continue Reading