Bitcoin and select altcoins are attempting to make a comeback as traders expect the Fed to hold rates steady during their meeting this week. The failure of the bears to sink Bitcoin’s (BTC) price below $25,000-support ignited buying interest last week. The positive momentum picked up further at the start of the new week and...Continue Reading

Gala Games is a blockchain-based gaming platform enabling players to create, own, and trade in-game assets using cryptocurrencies. Echoing the momentum of GameFi (gaming and finance) and the great success of Axie Infinity, Gala Games was launched in 2019 to pursue technology development and innovation in play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain gaming. The global market size of...Continue Reading

The proposals included stricter standards on risk assessments for crypto firms as well as a framework for designating token projects to the NYDFS’ greenlist The New York State Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, has called on the public to provide feedback to a proposal aiming to strengthen regulatory requirements for crypto firms operating in...Continue Reading

Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt entire ecosystems. One of the laziest and most frustrating criticisms of digital currencies — particularly Bitcoin (BTC) — is when pundits liken it to a pyramid scheme dependent on the “greater fool”...Continue Reading

Malta has joined France and other EU nations in revising its existing crypto regulatory policies to align with MiCA, which comes into effect in December 2024. Malta’s Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has begun public consultation over changes in its crypto regulations in order to align with Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MICA) regulations set to take...Continue Reading

Crypto exchanges HTX (formerly Huobi) and OKX have seen their traffic surging 200% and 185% YTD, respectively. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) have been widely described as going through a bear market in 2023, but this may not exactly be the case, according to indicators such as the website traffic of certain crypto platforms. Some major...Continue Reading

BTC price gains more than 3% as the week begins, but concerns over open interest “ramping up” almost $1 billion in hours offer a sense of Grayscale deja vu. Bitcoin (BTC) hit new month-to-date highs on Sept. 18 as a strong weekly close cemented a bullish start to Wall Street trading.  BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source:...Continue Reading

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has given Hut 8 final clearance to complete a proposed merger with USBTC. Canadian Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 is set to wrap up its planned merger with US Bitcoin (USBTC) following final approval from the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Hut8 and USBTC announced the move in February 2023,...Continue Reading

The next generation of crypto mining will focus on alternative energy sources for efficiency. During the 2021 bull market, many large mining companies took on massive loans to buy equipment and the proper infrastructure required to mine cryptocurrency. Yet the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and Celsius left many of these companies filing for bankruptcy. ...Continue Reading

Bosch and the Peaq network explain how the future of the Internet of Things and the Economy of Things will come via decentralization and on-chain automation. The engineering and technology company Bosch is at the head of a forthcoming, blockchain-based digital mobility project with backing from the German government, which was demoed live at IAA...Continue Reading