Lightning Network (LN) sets a new record, surpassing 4500 BTC in total capacity, the equivalent of $104 million. Lightning Network (LN) and capacity exceeding 4500 BTC New records for Bitcoin’s Layer...
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first official import paid for in crypto- The Cryptonomist
The first import paid for in crypto worth $10 million has been made official in Iran. This marks the first step in circumventing sanctions imposed on the country by the United States. Iran and the fi...
GraniteShares launches an ETF on Coinbase- The Cryptonomist
Following the SEC’s approval, the company launched the 1.5x Long COIN Daily ETF (CONL) on the market on the same day as Coinbase reported its Q2 data. GraniteShares and the launch of the new leveraged...
Brazil: future blockchain voting? – The Cryptonomist
Brazil’s Voting Authority (TSE) has publicly stated that voting could soon be possible in the country by using blockchain technology. To be specific, the coordinator for infrastructure modernization, ...
Turkey experiences record-breaking inflation – The Cryptonomist
Erdogan’s country is experiencing record-breaking inflation (79.6%), a figure it has not experienced in 24 years. Underlying Turkey’s record-breaking inflation are multiple factors, but before going i...
Tiffany’s NFTiffs sell out – The Cryptonomist
The collection launched by Tiffany on the Ethereum blockchain – NFTiff – consisted of only 250 pieces, mintable only and exclusively by existing owners of one or more CryptoPunks. Tiffany’s 250 NFTiff...
the new call center for Ukraine- The Cryptonomist
The largest European crypto exchange, WhiteBIT, continues to systematically help Ukrainians affected by military operations. Thus, with the support of WhiteBIT, the call center of the Ministry of Fore...
Interest shown toward crypto – The Cryptonomist
After the beginning of the collapse in the value of many crypto assets, which has sharpened since April this year, the asset has become more attractive to many. CoinGecko’s research on the interest t...
Cardano NFT: EntheosAI – The Cryptonomist
This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a project that uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) to generate beautiful artworks: EntheosAI. Last week’s guest was a project that aims to use blockchain t...
Bitcoin: sentiment remains bullisha – The Cryptonomist
Bitcoin sentiment these days is still bullish. This was revealed by Santiment a few days ago, saying that Bitcoin’s weighted sentiment is still at 0.25, while Ethereum’s sentiment is at 0.32. Bitcoin’...
The ECB sees Bitcoin as an expensive system- The Cryptonomist
In a recent report on technologies for making cross-border payments in the best possible way, the European Central Bank (ECB) talked about Bitcoin (BTC), though in a negative way. By contrast, the ECB...
BlackRock partners with Coinbase – The Cryptonomist
Institutional clients will be able to invest in the crypto asset with the service quality of the world’s leading platform. The management and trading of Bitcoin by BlackRock Inc. clients experiences a...
The history of hackers in the NFT world- The Cryptonomist
The NFT industry boomed during the late 2020s and early 2021s. This development has also awakened the interest of hackers, who have exploited system vulnerabilities to steal large sums of money. Grow...
Yi He new head of Binance Labs- The Cryptonomist
Binance announced that co-founder, Yi He, has been appointed as the new head of the venture capital (VC) arm of the Binance Labs incubator. Binance Labs appoints Yi He as new head Yi He is Binance Lab...
Twitter sues Binance – The Cryptonomist
The legal battle between Twitter and Elon Musk over the social media company’s failed acquisition deal is getting increasingly heated, and the social media company has now sued Binance. Twitter sues B...
22 new crypto available- The Cryptonomist
Revolut, the fintech app that boasts as many as 20 million customers worldwide, today announced the addition of 22 new tokens, reaching more than 80 supported cryptocurrencies. Revolut expands number ...
Filecoin Foundation teams up with Harvard University- The Cryptonomist
On 27 July, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) announced that it will support an initiative with Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab (LIL) called the “Democratizing Open ...
Play2learn and The Cryptonomist partner
The Cryptonomist today announced its partnership with Play2learn, a global brand designed by kids for kids to gamify education, to extend its Web3 education to Italy. The Cryptonomist involved in Web...
Cardano NFT Column: NEWM – The Cryptonomist
This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a project that aims to use this technology to decentralize the music industry: NEWM. Last week’s guest was a project building a new platform called Anime...
free premium Santiment analytics- The Cryptonomist
PRESS RELEASE The British Virgin Islands, July 29 2022 – Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, announced today that it will provide free access to Santiment, the cryptocurrency ...
cryptocurrency sell-offs and other failed projects- The Cryptonomist
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of Monetary and Capital Markets Tobias Adrian said that more selling pressures and further failures of tokens and cryptoc...
Ripple in partnership with FOMO Pay- The Cryptonomist
Ripple announced its new partnership with FOMO Pay payments institution that will use its On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to improve its cross-border treasury flows. Ripple and partnership with FOMO Pay fo...
The SEC investigates Coinbase – The Cryptonomist
Bloomberg revealed today that the SEC is investigating Coinbase. The SEC accuses Coinbase of listing securities Bloomberg cites “three people familiar with the matter” who say the SEC is investigatin...
The controversial issue of inflation- The Cryptonomist
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman apologizes for underestimating inflation. Summers thinks we are close to a recession while Biden’s monetary policy is treading water. Amid inflation, recessi...
Has Bitcoin bottomed out? – The Cryptonomist
The decline of Bitcoin’s price began around mid-November last year. After surpassing $69,000 on 10 November 2021, over the course of the next few months it collapsed to $17,500 on 18 June 2022. Bitco...
Cardano NFT: AdaWaifus – The Cryptonomist
This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a project featuring a new platform called AnimeSector, for anime fans with integrated NFT functionality: AdaWaifus. Last week’s guest was a minting platf...
Big losses on Bitcoin for Tesla and Microstrategy- The Cryptonomist
Tesla, MicroStrategy, and Block, three of the companies with the largest exposure in Bitcoin, lost about $5 billion on their positions in the second quarter. Tesla, MicroStrategy and Block record $5 b...
Price predictions for Bitcoin – The Cryptonomist
Bitcoin’s price has risen 13% in the past seven days. It had even risen above $24,000 yesterday, before news broke that Tesla in June sold 75% of the BTC it still had in its possession. The price of ...
Polygon launches its zkEVM- The Cryptonomist
Polygon announces the launch of the world’s first fully Ethereum-compatible zero-knowledge (ZK) scalability solution zkEVM: the great innovation brought to market by Polygon In a post on its blog, Pol...
Christie’s launches Christie’s Ventures – The Cryptonomist
On Monday, Christie’s announced that it has launched Christie’s Ventures, a new investment fund with the goal of supporting emerging technology companies operating in the digital art market. The goal ...
dev Riccardo Spagni released- The Cryptonomist
A South African regional court recently decided to release former Monero chief developer Riccardo Spagni from custody. The ruling came just days after he was arrested by local law enforcement. Spagni...