Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Sells Helios Facility to Galaxy Digital for $65 Million, Galaxy to Host Argo’s ASIC Fleet in Texas – Coinotizia

After the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain suspended trading on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, the company said it would follow up the next day with an announcement. The foll...

Japanese Gaming Company Gumi Partners With Square Enix and SBI Holdings to Strengthen Metaverse Pivot – Coinotizia

Gumi, a Japanese mobile gaming company, has partnered with Square Enix and SBI Holdings to build new business opportunities around the metaverse. The deal, which also includes the issuance of new stoc...

Nigerian Security Agency Seeks to Arrest Central Bank Governor on Charges of Funding Terrorists – Coinotizia

The Nigerian security agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly instructed its operatives to arrest the Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele as soon as he is seen in p...

Argentine Soccer Association AFA Partners With Upland to Enter the Metaverse – Coinotizia

The Argentine Soccer Association, AFA, has partnered with Upland, a virtual world platform, to introduce its fans to the metaverse. Upland will allow Argentine fans to have a bigger connection with AF...

Silver and Gold — Precious Metals Stored Value This Year Outperforming Crypto Assets in 2022 – Coinotizia

Gold prices are ending the year a hair below the values recorded 12 months ago. Statistics on Dec. 26, 2021, show the U.S. dollar value per ounce of gold was $1,810 per unit, and today gold is $1,797 ...

SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering – Coinotizia

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered securities offering. In 2018, the company minted and sold tokens to ...

BTC Wraps up 13 Consecutive Years of Recorded Market Value, With No Santa Rally in 2022 – Coinotizia

By the end of this year bitcoin will have 13 consecutive years of recorded market value under its belt. Seven of those years saw Santa rallies all the way up until New Year’s Eve, and five of the 13 y...

Crypto Is a Nonexistent Asset Class for Most Large Institutional Investors – Coinotizia

A strategist at global investment bank JPMorgan says crypto is effectively nonexistent as an asset class for most large institutional investors. “The volatility is too high, the lack of an intrinsic r...

SOL Hits 1-Month Low on Saturday, as UNI Extends Recent Declines – Coinotizia

Solana fell to a one-month low to start the weekend, as cryptocurrency markets moved lower ahead of Christmas Day. Today’s drop saw the token fall for a fourth straight session, as market sentiment sh...

Recent Fed Rate Hikes Might Go Down in History as Most Damaging Ever – Coinotizia

Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk says the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hikes “might go down in history as most damaging ever.” The billionaire has urged the Fed to cut interest rates immediately...

ETH Nears $1,230 Resistance, Following Strong US GDP Data – Coinotizia

Ethereum edged closer to a key resistance level of $1,230 on Dec. 23, as markets continued to react to better than expected U.S. GDP data. Gross domestic product in the United States was revised highe...

US Senator Introduces Bill to Regulate Payment Stablecoins – Coinotizia

A U.S. senator has introduced a bill to “establish the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.” The lawmaker explained: “This bill will also ensure the Federal Reserve, which has d...

Paxful to Drop Ethereum Trading Due to Increased Centralization and Consensus Mechanism Pivot – Coinotizia

Paxful, a New York-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange, will drop Ethereum trading from its platform on Dec. 22. Ray Youssef, CEO of the company, cited different reasons for this decisio...

Coinbase Secures Regulatory Approval to Operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Ireland – Coinotizia

Coinbase has announced it has secured regulatory approval as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) in Ireland, according to a company blog post published on Dec. 21. According to the company, Coinba...

BTC-e’s Alexander Vinnik Applies for Release on Bail Citing Trial Delay – Coinotizia

The alleged operator of crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, has asked to be released on bail due to the delay in court proceedings. In early August, the Russian IT specialist was extradited to th...

Bitcoin.com Games Reveals Top Slots of 2022, Players to Get 50 Free Rounds Every Day for Christmas – Coinotizia

🤩Bitcoin.com Games to reward free rounds every day to all players until December 31st in Hot Slots of Christmas!🎄 It’s the holiday season and Bitcoin.com Games has begun unraveling sweet gifts for all...

Meta VR Consultant John Carmack Leaves Company; Criticizes Inefficiencies of VR and Metaverse Projects – Coinotizia

John Carmack, the founder of renowned company ID Software and executive consultant on VR for Meta, has announced he is leaving Meta. Among the reasons for this departure, Carmack signals that there ar...

SHIB Community Members and Countdown Clock Hint Shibarium Launch Is Imminent – Coinotizia

According to a myriad of social media posts, the meme crypto project Shiba Inu is planning to launch the highly anticipated Shibarium, a layer two (L2) project that was supposed to launch this year in...

Government Agencies Need Crypto Wallets and Access to Exchanges, Russian Prosecutors Say – Coinotizia

Russian authorities are finding it hard to cash out digital assets they have gotten hold of, prosecutors have warned. They have also urged the government to recognize cryptocurrency as property, allow...

Donald Trump Trading Card NFTs Skyrocket in Value Despite Being Mocked for His ‘Major Announcement’ – Coinotizia

After the former 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump revealed his non-fungible token (NFT) trading card collection, Trump’s NFTs sold out within hours after the announcement. Statistics ...

National Bank of Kazakhstan Publishes Whitepaper for Digital Tenge – Coinotizia

The central bank of Kazakhstan has completed the second phase of testing for its digital currency and published a whitepaper. The studies carried out by the regulator on its introduction did not ident...

ADA Hits Fresh Record Low, BNB Down for Seventh Straight Day – Coinotizia

Cardano fell to a fresh all-time low on Saturday, as prices plunged by over 10% to start the weekend. The move saw the token drop for a third straight session, as a red wave swept through cryptocurren...

Big Short Investor Michael Burry Says Audits of Crypto Exchanges Like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless’ – Coinotizia

Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says the problem with auditing cryptocurrency exchanges, like Binance and FTX, is the same as when he started using a...

Argentine Province of San Luis to Issue Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin and Local Art NFTs – Coinotizia

San Luis, a province of Argentina, has approved a bill allowing it to issue a blockchain-based, dollar-pegged stablecoin. The bill, which also approves the issuance of local artistic assets as NFTs (n...

US Senators Unveil New Crypto Bill — Experts Call It the ‘Most Direct Attack’ on Personal Freedom and Privacy of Crypto Users – Coinotizia

Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have introduced a bipartisan bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency. The bill, titled “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” is “the most direct a...

Relying on Centralized Databases Makes Dapps Vulnerable to Data Tampering Says Nate Holiday – Coinotizia

Decentralized applications (dapps) are prone to data tampering because they “are largely built on top of centralized databases and services,” the CEO of Space and Time Nate Holiday has said. The CEO a...

Amid Withdrawals, Binance CEO Warns of Bumpy Months Ahead – Coinotizia

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has reportedly told staff to expect some difficult months as the leading cryptocurrency exchange is seeing customer withdrawals. The warning comes while the crypto ...

Bitso Partners With Felix Pago to Offer Whatsapp-Based Remittance Services Between Mexico and US – Coinotizia

Bitso, a Latam-focused cryptocurrency exchange, has partnered with chat-based payments provider Felix Pagos in order to offer Whatsapp-integrated remittances. The objective of this partnership is to p...

Bahamian Government Officials Allegedly Asked SBF to Mint Millions of Dollars in New Tokens Amid the FTX Collapse – Coinotizia

On Monday, court documents from lawyers involved with the FTX Trading LTD Chapter 11 bankruptcy case allege that the government of The Bahamas asked the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF...

Nvidia Projects Automotive Industry to Include Metaverse Tech in Its Operations in 2023 – Coinotizia

Nvidia, a graphics processing unit and artificial intelligence (AI) company, believes that 2023 could mark the start of a metaverse-driven age in the automotive industry. As part of this new conceptio...

Decentralized Finance Protocols Flounder as Value Locked in Defi Shed More Than 25% Since FTX Collapsed – Coinotizia

On December 12, 2022, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has been range bound after falling 25.5% from $55.94 billion on Nov. 5, to today’s $41.67 billion. Moreover, during t...

Research Shows Centralized Exchanges Saw the Most Visits This Year From Americans, Koreans, Russians – Coinotizia

Residents of the United States, South Korea and the Russian Federation have been the most frequent users of centralized exchanges this year, according to a new study. The finding comes after the spect...