The Argentine Masonic Grand Lodge is the first freemason affiliation to utilize Web3 technology in a philanthropic NFT collection. The Argentine Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons is jumping into nonfungible tokens (NFTs), but with a philanthropic twist. The secretive society is releasing 77 digital art NFTs under the name CryptoMasons, with profits going...Continue Reading

“Stablecoins can be pegged to some generally recognized instrument, for example, gold, the value of which is clear and appreciable for all parties involved,” said Alexey Moiseev. Russia’s Finance Ministry has reportedly begun working with the governments of “friendly” nations to establish a cross-border stablecoin-based payments platform.  According to a Tuesday report from Russia state-owned...Continue Reading

Hive’s Ethereum mining operations have historically generated three to four times more revenue per megawatt than Bitcoin mining, the firm said. Cryptocurrency miner Hive Blockchain has been working to replace the mining of Ether (ETH) with other coins in the event of Ethereum’s upcoming transition to Proof of Stake, or PoS. The Canadian crypto mining...Continue Reading

A Binance futures entity has been accumulating for days, and the result could be quite the squeeze, analysts believe. Bitcoin (BTC) traded in an increasingly narrow range on Sept. 6 as bets piled in over an imminent breakout. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Binance futures giant sucks in spent BTC Data from Cointelegraph...Continue Reading

On this week’s episode of “The Market Report,” Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss the Ethereum (ETH) merge and how it might impact the crypto market. On this week’s “The Market Report” show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss the Ethereum Merge and how it might impact the crypto market To kick things off, we broke down the latest...Continue Reading

The world’s largest crypto exchange announced Monday it would cease trading support for USDC and auto-covert deposits to its own stablecoin after Sept 29. According to a new Twitter post, Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin issuer Circle, said that the recent decision by Binance to merge stablecoin dollar books is...Continue Reading

The DEX aggregator and automated market maker was first deployed on the Optimism mainnet in August 2021. Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch is rewarding users with free tokens for their participation on Optimism — a move the organization says will further incentivize activity on the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution. The exchange aggregator announced Tuesday that it...Continue Reading

Founded during the major market slump of 2018, 21Shares holds its vision that solid crypto products only grow stronger during crypto winters. 21.co, the new parent firm of exchange-traded products (ETP) provider 21Shares, has become “Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn,“ the firm announced on Tuesday. It raised $25 million in a funding round led by London-based...Continue Reading

The Canadian mining operator has managed to HODL through tough market conditions while other miners have sold holdings to manage operational costs. Canadian mining firm Hut 8 saw its Bitcoin holdings surpass the 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) mark as it continues to accumulate self-mined holdings through depressed cryptocurrency market conditions. Hut 8 released its latest mining report...Continue Reading

The U.S Federal agency’s approach to the DeFi market has raised several concerns over the future of the industry: Experts weigh in on what’s the right approach. Decentralized finance (DeFi), one of the fastest growing ecosystems in the cryptocurrency market, has long been a dilemma for regulators, given the decentralized nature of the space.  In...Continue Reading