“It won’t be June, but likely in the few months after. No firm date yet, but we’re definitely in the final chapter of PoW on Ethereum,” said developer Tim Beiko. The long-awaited Ethereum Merge is set for yet another delay, with developers working on the upgrade estimating a completion time a “few months after” June....Continue Reading

Interviewed by Cointelegraph at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit on Wednesday, Helen Hai recalled the empowering support she received from Changpeng Zhao (CZ) when pitching the initial idea for what has become a multi-million-user platform. Attending and reporting from the two-day Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), Cointelegraph’s managing editor, Alex Cohen sat down with Helen...Continue Reading

The arguments in favor included environmental concerns surrounding Bitcoin transactions and “the risk to the movement’s reputation for accepting cryptocurrencies.” Requests for comments on a proposal urging the Wikimedia Foundation to stop accepting donations in cryptocurrency have closed, with the majority of users voting in favor. According to a Tuesday update on the proposal, roughly...Continue Reading

“We solemnly call on consumers to […] be vigilant and stay away from NFT-related illegal financial activities,” said the associations. The China Banking Association, the China Internet Finance Association and the Securities Association of China issued a joint statement warning the public about the “hidden risks” of investing in nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. In a...Continue Reading

COTI turns bullish after increased integration with the Cardano ecosystem and the upcoming launch of MultiDAG 2.0 and the Djed stablecoin reflect strengthening fundamentals. Development never stops in the fast-paced and competitive crypto sector and COTI is one project that is flashing some bullish signs.  VORTECS™ charts from Cointelegraph Markets Pro show that COTI, an enterprise-grade financial...Continue Reading

According to Bertrand Perez, some lawmakers are still making decisions “too fast or without having education” on crypto, but Libra may given them a push to develop a framework. Bertrand Perez, chief operations officer of the Web3 Foundation, one of the firms behind the Polkadot blockchain, said a certain level of regulation was necessary in...Continue Reading

Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg are among MoonPay’s strategic investors that have brought the company’s valuation to $3.4 billion. In November 2021, MoonPay announced a $555 million Series A financing round that brought the crypto payment platform’s valuation to $3.4 billion. On Wednesday, the fintech company revealed that $87 million of...Continue Reading

Balancer, DeFiChain and cBridge each saw a surge in their total value locked despite the current downturn in the wider crypto market. The cryptocurrency market has far faced an uphill battle for the larger part of 2022 due to global economic headwinds on multiple fronts, along with supply chain constraints, blistering inflation and the ongoing...Continue Reading

Bitcoin and altcoins are attempting a recovery, but the bulls are likely to encounter stiff resistance at higher levels. Bitcoin (BTC) and major altcoins are attempting a recovery after the sharp fall on April 11. According to Glassnode’s recent weekly report, Bitcoin has witnessed a “modest volume of profit-taking by investors” since mid-February, which could...Continue Reading

XRP risks plunging to $0.50 in April as it breaks out of a classic bearish continuation structure. Ripple’s XRP took a break from its prevailing downtrend as its price rebounded from $0.68 to $0.72 in the last three days. Ripple scores vs. SEC Traders returned to buying XRP after a U.S. court denied the U.S....Continue Reading