The SEC is broadening its investigation into crypto exchanges and has targeted staking products for potential securities violations. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has attempted to quell speculation that his exchange’s staking products should be classified as securities — upping the ante in the ongoing debate around crypto regulations with the United States Securities and Exchange...Continue Reading

Holding gains above $1,750 remains a challenge for ETH, but derivatives data shows traders believe future downside moves will be limited to the most immediate price support. The price of Ether (ETH) declined 9.8% between Feb. 19 and Feb. 25 after the price resistance at $1,725 proved stronger than expected. Still, the correction was insufficient...Continue Reading

In dollar terms, BTC price action at the end of February versus the start was unlike any other month. Bitcoin (BTC) moved just 0.03% last month in U.S. dollar terms, making February 2023 likely its least volatile in history.  Data from Coinglass from after the monthly close confirms that BTC/USD went practically nowhere for four...Continue Reading

Stablecoins are facing the wrath of regulators amid doubts over reserves and contagion fears. Could a bank run lead to a major depegging? Stablecoins are entering a period of great uncertainty following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission labeling BUSD an unregistered security and ordering Paxos to stop minting new tokens. Do these moves signal...Continue Reading

Opportunity cost is the potential benefit that is missed out on when choosing one option over another. Opportunity cost, explained Opportunity cost is a concept in economics that refers to the value of the next best alternative that is forgone when making a choice — i.e., the cost of the best alternative that is not...Continue Reading

While many of the arguments support Ethereum, some argue that things can still go south for the network. Repeated outages of one of the most popular blockchains believed to have the potential to dethrone the Ethereum network sparked a conversation among community members about the future of those carrying the burden of being called an...Continue Reading

Partner with artists, set rules, promote online, donate funds, and engage a new audience with NFT treasure hunts. A conventional treasure hunt is a game where players use hints or a map to find hidden objects, which are typically tangible items, such as coins, toys or other rewards. The game typically takes place outdoors and...Continue Reading

Masa Finance announced its deployment on the Celo blockchain with its new “Prosperity Passport” identity solution for users. A central focus for many in the Web3 community has been improving identity solutions available to consumers. Last year the emergence of soulbound tokens (SBT) introduced a new way for users to define themselves.  Although the SBT hype...Continue Reading

Thousands of Twitter users were unable to view tweets while Jack Dorsey’s decentralized social network Bluesky grabbed attention online. Twitter suffered another outage on March 1 as thousands of users flagged issues with Elon Musk’s social media platform. The outage took place as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s new project, Bluesky, went into beta testing. Data...Continue Reading

Should crypto media have a universal code of ethics, and what role — if any — should journalists play in promoting crypto mass adoption? 2022 was a rather challenging year for the crypto sector, and the prevalence of Ponzi schemes, decentralized finance scams, nonfungible token rug pulls and questionable centralized exchange bookkeeping put the issue...Continue Reading