If you thought remote work was game-changing, wait until video game work gains traction. Blockchain-based NFT games such as Axie Infinity and Splinterlands have demonstrated that a play-to-earn business model has the potential to revolutionize the gaming industry. Pandora’s box has been opened, so to speak, and play-to-earn is here to stay. There are already
Month: August 2021
Less than two days after submitting separate applications to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, asset managers VanEck and ProShares have seemingly decided not to pursue exchange-traded funds with exposure to Ether. In individual Aug. 20 filings with the SEC, legal representatives of VanEck and ProShares both said the firms had elected not to proceed
Bulls officially made their claim clear today as Bitcoin price rallied 4.18% to $49,163 and captured the attention of investors who’ve been waiting for (BTC) to reclaim the $50,000 mark. The uptick in bullish momentum translated into a wave of green candles from altcoins and the majority of the tokens in the top 200 registered gains.
Wells Fargo, in partnership with NYDIG and alternative assets manager FS Investments, has registered a new investment fund dubbed “FS NYDIG BITCOIN FUND I,” which will offer the bank’s wealthy clients an opportunity to gain indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC). In another sign of growing institutional interest, filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
According to on-chain analysis, some Ethereum indicators are showing signals that whales are continuing to accumulate the cryptocurrency. Ethereum Shows Negative Netflows As Exchange Reserves Continue The Downtrend As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, ETH indicators seem to be moving in directions that suggest whales are continuing to accumulate. There are three important metrics
Ethereum pushes further into previous highs north of the $3,000. The second cryptocurrency by markets cap recently received a major upgrade, implemented via the “London” Hard Fork. This changed the network’s entire fee model and, according to some experts, has attracted new investors into the market. Thus, the main cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen
Jake Klein, CEO of Australian gold mining establishment Evolution Mining, has said that crypto price volatility will make gold a far more attractive proposition. Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, Klein argued that Bitcoin (BTC) is still ways away from offering the longstanding security associated with gold from a hedge investment perspective, despite Bitcoin’s returns outsizing
Speaking at an online event organized by Council of the Americas, Brazil’s central bank president, Roberto Campos Neto, shared his views on transparent payment networks, the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) project and crypto regulation. Campos Neto has been a staunch advocate of the cryptocurrency space since taking office in 2019. His progressive policy-making
As the crypto ecosystem continues to mature and go mainstream, a new study of millennials has shown a change in investor sentiment and their spending habits. Surveying 1,000 American crypto investors, GamblersPick found that an average millennial today holds a little more than $1,800 in crypto. The survey reveals that 25% of the respondents bought
Leading U.S. exchange by trade volume, Coinbase, has revealed plans to add half a billion dollars worth of crypto to its balance sheet. Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, announced that the company’s board had approved the crypto spending spree in an August 20 tweet, adding that Coinbase also plans to invest 10% of all profits generated
Cardano’s native token ADA ignored a serious price crash warning to rally to a new all-time high. The ADA/USD exchange rate reached $2.56 for the first time on Aug. 20, following a 154.54% price boom that started on July 20. In doing so, the pair also ignored veteran trader Peter Brandt’s 60-90% price crash warning,
Bitcoin (BTC) abruptly exited lower levels to challenge firm resistance on Aug. 20 in further inspiration for bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin coils up beneath major sell wall Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting local highs of $47,415 on Bitstamp overnight on Thursday. The pair had received a
Filings submitted by the $9 trillion multinational investment manager BlackRock reveal the firm has made significant investments in two leading publicly traded Bitcoin mining firms. A June 30 filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unearthed by Forbes, shows that BlackRock owns a 6.71% stake in Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) and 6.61% of
Regulatory concerns surrounding Binance.us and its owner, Changpeng Zhou (CZ), have reportedly culminated in investors backing out of a $100 million funding round. The failed funding round also prompted Binance.us CEO Brian Brooks’ surprise decision to step down after serving as its executive for just three months. Brooks, the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and former
Smart contracts have been a revolutionary force in the blockchain industry because they have enabled the creation of decentralized finance protocols, nonfungible tokens and a new form of carrying out transactions without the need of a middleman. Cardano (ADA) is one of the many projects that has been gaining momentum throughout 2021 and now that
Two more Ethereum-based exchange-traded funds have been filed this week bringing the total to 23 crypto ETF filings so far in 2021. VanEck and ProShares are the latest two firms to reveal plans for institutional products focused on Ethereum. According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 18, VanEck is seeking
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