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Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned his favorite crypto asset in a tweet again. Today he announced that if McDonald's accepts Dogecoin, he would eat a happy meal on TV. I will eat a happy meal on tv if @McDonalds accepts Dogecoin— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 25, 2022 ...

Digital currency investing and cryptocurrency asset management company Grayscale published a new list of assets it considers to add to its investment products. There are various cryptos listed such as DeFi, Layer 1, and Metaverse tokens. The total number of the included assets is 25. Among them are...

Lloyd Blankfein, who served as the senior chairman of Goldman Sachs previously, expressed his views on the crypto sector during a recent talk at Squawk Box. Being skeptical about crypto previously, Blankfein said that his views have been evolving. To the question of what his opinion is for the...

Bank of America’s analysts released a report, where they said that Central Bank Digital Currencies are an unavoidable advancement of the existing digital assets. As per a news article by Bloomberg, the experts said that the US digital dollar will be different from other digital assets. The main...

Bitcoin price went down below $34.000 for the first time since July. In the last 7 days, BTC fell by over 21% and hit its lowest level of $33.100 today. At the moment, the coin trades for about $33.500. Bitcoin is about 51% down from its all-time high of $68.789 reached on Nov. 10, 2021. Most of...

The largest NFT marketplace OpenSea was hacked. The blockchain security platform Peckshield, reported that there was a front-end vulnerability, exploiting which the hacker managed to gain 332 Eths valued at about $780.000 at current prices. The estimations of Peckshield are based on data from...

The CEO of leading decentralized exchange Uniswap, Hayden Adams announced that JP Morgan Chase closed his banking accounts without notice or clarification. In a tweet, Adams said that there are many people and companies that banks target just for the reason that they work in the crypto sphere. 🤡...

The US presidential administration is going to issue an initial government strategy for the crypto industry next month, after which agencies will estimate the risks and advantages of digital assets. A report by Bloomberg, based on the information from people familiar with the subject, reveals that...

Leading decentralized crypto exchange UniSwap announced hiring Gordon Liao, a previous senior economist at the U.S. Fed. He served at the Fed Board for around 3 years. In a tweet, Liao said that he will lead research at UniSwap, and that he's excited about the innovations which can form a more...

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele revealed that the country obtained 410 bitcoins for $15 M. The BTC price was around $36.580 at the time of the purchase. It's the lowest price since July 26, 2021. Earlier, Bukele tweeted that he would probably miss the dip this time. However, he changed...

The Federal Reserve System of the USA published a research paper on the digital USD, discovering the currency’s advantages and shortcomings. The establishment said that this is the first step between the system and stakeholders. Originally, the release was expected to be published in the summer...

Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue announced that now users can use NFTs as their profile pictures by connecting their crypto wallets. Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacted to the news, saying that the news is annoying. In his opinion, it would be better if the social media network spent its...

Crypto prices continued to decline. Bitcoin price dropped to $38.560. Currently, Bitcoin trades at around $39.000. Ether declined to $2800. In the last 24 hours, the global market cap decreased by 7.8% and now stands at around $1.8 trillion....

El Salvador continues to increase Bitcoin’s role in the country’s economics. Currently, the government considers offering small and medium businesses $10 M in crypto-backed loans. The program will start in the first quarter of this year. Director at Technological Economic International Affairs...

Today Russia’s Central Bank issued a report on the crypto industry, trends, risks, and regulations. The regulator announced its plans to enhance regulations on unbanked cryptos and stablecoins. The institution proposes a full crypto ban, including issuance and operations. It also offers to...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and other entities, aims to provide users the possibility to create and trade NFTs. An article, published by Financial Times, informs that Facebook, and Instagram are working to enable users to put their NFTs on view through their profiles. Persons...

The chair of the US SEC, Gary Gensler said that platforms offering crypto trading services will be a primary focus of the agency. Bloomberg informs that during a recent virtual conference, Gensler said that he had asked the staff to get crypto exchanges inside the investor protection area and look...

One of the top tech companies, Google revealed that the company has a new unit which will work on blockchain and other disruptive computing and data processing techs. As per a report by Bloomberg, Google assigned an engineering vice president of Advertising Infrastructure and Payments Systems at...