The Indian government has announced the upcoming launch of the country’s central bank digital currency. The digital rupee will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the financial year 2022-2...
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Crypto Asset Manager Wisdomtree Reveals ‘Direct-to-Retail’ Digital Wallet – Bitcoin News
The crypto asset and exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager Wisdomtree has revealed the company is launching a new digital wallet called Wisdomtree Prime, which will allow users to hold crypto assets, blo...
Bitcoin Price an Inch Close to Make a Huge Move, Target at $42K Appears Pretty Clear! – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
Bitcoin in recent times is making some strong calculated moves that are working out. As the price is ranging high steadily despite some of the minor pullbacks which is short-lived. The last fortnight ...
El Salvador Rejects IMF Call to Abandon Bitcoin as Legal Tender – Regulation Bitcoin News
El Salvador has rejected the recommendation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to drop bitcoin as legal tender. The country’s finance minister reportedly “angrily” said, “No international organi...
Blockchain Software Firm Consensys Acquires Mycrypto Ethereum Wallet – Wallets Bitcoin News
On February 1, the blockchain infrastructure firm Consensys has revealed it has acquired the Ethereum-based wallet Mycrypto and plans to merge the wallet into Metamask. The price Consensys paid for My...
Microstrategy Buys 660 More Bitcoins —Total Holdings Rise to 125,051 BTC – Featured Bitcoin News
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought 660 more bitcoins at an average price of $37,865 per coin, bringing the total crypto holdings of the company to 125,051 bitcoins. “Our strategy with bitcoin has ...
AdaQuest to Hold a Public Sale on KICK․IO – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. It is surprising how many NFT enthusiasts are also into role-playing games. In retrospect, it was only really a matter of time before someone combined these two passions i...
$3.6 Billion in Bitcoin From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack Consolidates Into a Single Address – Bitcoin News
Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a ...
Solana Surges 15%, as Loopring Price Declines – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Solana was trading close to 15% higher on Tuesday, as crypto markets were mostly in the green to start February. This comes as markets look set to move past January’s red wave. Biggest gainers Cryptoc...
Ethereum Surges 10% to Start February – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrencies traded higher to start the month of February, as markets look to forget January’s red wave. ETH is trading close to 10% higher as of writing, with bitcoin gaining almost 4% today. Bit...
Bitcoin YoYos on News of News – Trustnodes
Bitcoin is kind of yo-yoing today as it nears $40,000 with it waving to just above $39,000 before stocks opened. Nasdaq was seemingly headed for green, but turned to -1% soon after trading began with ...
India Proposes 30% Tax on Crypto Income — Finance Minister Cites ‘Phenomenal Increase’ in Crypto Transactions – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Indian government has proposed taxing income from cryptocurrencies and other digital assets at 30%. India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said: “There’s been a phenomenal increase in trans...
Central Bank of Jordan Exploring the Possibility of Launching a CBDC – Fintech Bitcoin News
The governor of the Central Bank of Jordan recently said his institution is studying the possibility of launching a legal digital currency, one that will be linked with its national currency. He also ...
Circle Launches USDC on Flow Blockchain – Bitcoin News
Circle, the operator of USDC, one of the biggest stablecoins by market cap, has launched USDC as a native asset on top of the Flow blockchain. Flow is a blockchain project made to host NFT and game-ba...
Bitcoin Continues Holding Above the 200 MA, with $34K Being the Redline
With the 200-day moving average (MA) being a significant indicator used to determine the general market trend, Bitcoin (BTC) continues trading above this line. Market analyst Ali Martinez confirmed: &...
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Foresees “Gigantic Price Increase” in Bitcoin
The self-proclaimed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele has showcased his level of trust in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) soaring to new levels through a new tweet shared...
Binance Announces SAFU Fund Has Reached $1 Billion – Bitcoin News
Binance has announced one of its trademark features, the SAFU fund, has reached a milestone in its development. The SAFU fund, an acronym that stands for “Secure Asset Fund for Users,” has reached the...
Solana’s Wallet Phantom has Secured a $109M Series B Investment Led by Paradigm
Solana’s wallet Phantom has secured a $109 million Series B investment led by cryptocurrency firm Paradigm. Wallet, as the most critical user touchpoint, acts as a gateway for exchanges and smart cont...
E-commerce Shopify’s Founder to Join Board of Coinbase
Tobias “Tobi” Lütke, founder and CEO of e-commerce company Shopify Inc., will join the board of directors of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Lütke will serve as the...
Solana’s Phantom Raises $109 Million in a Series B Fundraise Obtaining Unicorn Status – Finance Bitcoin News
On Monday, the team behind the Solana Web3 wallet platform Phantom announced it had raised $109 million in a Series B fundraise. The crypto company is now a Unicorn with a post valuation of $1.2 billi...
FTX Exchange Tops $32B Valuation with a $400M Series-C Venture Funding
FTX Derivatives Exchange has concluded its Series C funding round where it raised the sum of $400 million to increase its valuation to $32 billion. Investors who participated in the funding round as ...
Winners, News And Notes With Royal Rumble 2022 Fallout
Ronda Rousey returns on WWE Raw Credit: WWE.com WWE Raw advertised Ronda Rousey’s return following her women’s 2022 Royal Rumble win, Bobby Lashley ushering in the Almighty Era after winning his secon...
Binance Creates $1B Insurance Fund for Users Against Hacks
According to Bloomberg, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has set up a $1 billion insurance fund for customers to double-protect the platform from hacking attacks. The issue of...
82% of Indians Surveyed Plan to Invest in Crypto Once Government Provides Regulatory Clarity – Featured Bitcoin News
A recent survey by Deloitte shows that 82% of Indians plan to invest in cryptocurrency when the government provides more clarity surrounding the regulation of crypto assets. Moreover, 77.4% of respond...
Small Bitcoin Holders are Stacking amid Visa’s Crypto-Linked Card Payments Hitting $2.5B
Given that holding is a favored strategy in the crypto space, accumulation by small Bitcoin (BTC) holders continues to gain steam. Lex Moskovski, the CIO of Moskovski Capital, confirmed: “Bitcoi...
Russian Blanket Crypto Ban May now be Limited to PoW Mining Activities
New reports emerging out of Russia now suggest that the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is looking to amend its proposed plans to enact a blanket bank on digital currencies. Per local news channel, Vc.ru...
FTX Raises $400 Million in Series C Fundraise, Firm Reaches $32 Billion Valuation – Finance Bitcoin News
Following the company’s subsidiary FTX US raising funds in its first Series A financing round, parent company FTX Trading Ltd. has announced it has secured $400 million in a Series C fundraise. The cr...
US Lawmakers Press Bitcoin Mining Firms on Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, Climate Crisis – Mining Bitcoin News
Eight U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sent letters to top U.S.-based bitcoin mining firms questioning them about their crypto mining operations. “The extraordinarily high ener...