Card payments for NFTs were first announced in association with Coinbase’s latest NFT marketplace in January. International payment processing giant Mastercard is expanding its payment network for nonfungible token (NFT) markets and Web3. The financial service provider announced that it has been working on expanding their payment networks to NFTs over the past year. The...Continue Reading

The layer-2 technology built on Bitcoin now has 4,000 Bitcoin or $120 million locked up allowing for near-instant payments around the world. There’s cause for celebration from the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The Lightning Network hit the 4,000 Bitcoin (BTC) public capacity milestone, meaning $120 million in value is ready for peer-to-peer payments. The Lightning Network...Continue Reading

Network outages and decreasing smart contract reserves add further downside pressure to SOL price. Solana (SOL) is nearing a decisive breakdown moment as it inches towards the apex of its prevailing “descending triangle” pattern. SOL’s 40% price decline setup Notably, SOL’s price has been consolidating inside a range defined by a falling trendline resistance and...Continue Reading

The exchange custody network includes Binance.US, CoinList, Blockchain.com, Strix Leviathan and Wintermute. Crypto custody firm Anchorage Digital has recently formed an exchange custody network with five digital asset trading platforms to segregate institutional client funds from exchanges into regulated asset vaults.  In an announcement, the custodian mentioned that it has partnered with Binance.US, CoinList, Blockchain.com,...Continue Reading

A founding member of Ethereum has claimed that Bitcoin uses nearly 1% of the world’s electricity, but different sources put it substantially lower. The ever-raging debate around Bitcoin’s energy consumption has been re-ignited, with founding member of Ethereum Anthony Donofrio claiming that Bitcoin is using “way too much” energy.  According to figures from Digiconomist, Bitcoin...Continue Reading

Samsung Asset Management acquired a 20% equity stake in the U.S. ETF provider Amplify Holding Company in March 2022. Hong Kong-based Samsung Asset Management (SAMHK), a local subsidiary of Samsung’s investment arm, is moving forward with a blockchain-themed exchange-traded fund (ETF). The firm expects to launch its Samsung Blockchain Technologies ETF on the Hong Kong...Continue Reading

In a Cointelegraph video, the world’s elite and some crypto believers rub shoulders to share their views on crypto. Cointelegraph introduces “Crypto Street,” a series of spontaneous conversations with strangers on the street to educate, entertain and take a temperature check on the world’s relationship with crypto. The first episode comes from the gates of...Continue Reading

Miners are facing an increasingly problematic climate for participating in the Bitcoin blockchain, and only higher BTC prices can help. Bitcoin (BTC) is squeezing its miners this month as suppressed prices threaten to impact profitability. The latest data shows both narrowing profit margins and miners waiting longer to recoup their initial investment. Miner production cost...Continue Reading

A head of the Treasury would not recommend investing the retirement money into digital assets “to most people.” The Secretary of the United States Treasury, Janet Yellen, weighed in on including cryptocurrencies in retirement plans, calling them a very risky investment that should be regulated by Congress.  During an event organized by the New York...Continue Reading

The total number of DAOs has increased dramatically over the past 12 months along with their participation rates, but it may not mean decentralized governance is catching on. The total number of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), the number of governance proposals put forward, and the number of votes cast, have all seen astounding 8X growth...Continue Reading