News and Articles by Anahit

Ethereum-based decentralized oracle network Chainlink announced that it will launch the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) this year. Talking about the ecosystem’s future, the CEO Sergey Nazarov said that the CCIP is an app addressed to solving challenges of cross-chain...

The Solana protocol announced on Jan. 6 that there were some issues causing performance degradation. In the published tweet, the team mentioned that the reason for the slowdown was the high volume of activities, which is dropping the protocol’s capacity to carry out txns in a second. Because of...

In the last 7 days, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies saw a major decline, except for Chainlink LINK, Cosmos ATOM and some others. Bitcoin dropped by over 12%, and currently trades at around $42.400. The second largest crypto, Ether, declined by over 14%. Ether's price at the moment is...

The leading game retailer, GameStop is said to launch a division to release an NFT marketplace, and start collaborations with crypto companies. Washington Street Journal reported the news on January 6, mentioning that the source was persons aware of the company's plans. It was mentioned in the...

During a recent podcast of the program Bankless, Vitalik Buterin talked about the future of Ethereum, what the protocol will look like when the upgrades are complete, how much time is needed for it, and more. Buterin said that the previous year was great for the adoption of crypto, mentioning the...

Co-founder and CEO of e-marketplace Airbnb, Brian Chesky announced that the top suggestion by the platform's users is to have the option of crypto payments. On Jan. 3, the CEO asked on Twitter, if Airbnb would launch anything this year, what it would be. Chesky mentioned that there were various...

Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea revealed raising $300 M in the Series C investment round. Currently, the company's market value stands at above $13.3 bln. Investment companies Paradigm and Coatue led the round. In the published blog post, OpenSea says there were also new and exciting investors...

The government of the Republic of Kosovo told Bitcoin and other crypto miners to stop activities, while the country faces challenges with electricity. Kosovo local media Gazeta Express informs that the Minister of Economy, Artane Rizvanolli said that law enforcement suggests identifying locations...

A candidate for the presidency in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung aims to manage the fundraising for the electoral campaign via NFTs. As local media informs, the Democratic Party of Korea, a representative of which 57-years-old Lee is, will be the first party to release NFTs for elections. DPK will...

Binance Labs, the division of Binance, which backs and supports blockchain projects, unveiled a $12 M investment in the startup Woo Network. Established in 2019 in Taiwan, the network provides liquidity to over 40 institutional customers, different protocols and traders. It has a native utility...

Popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club generated over $1 bln in overall sales. According to the blockchain data analytics platform DeFi Llama, the total sales volume of BAYC NFTs stands at around $1.12 bln. The daily volume of the collectibles is around $14 million. Currently, the number of...

The founder and CEO of FTX crypto exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, is optimistic about the future developments in the crypto environment. He finds that in 2022 the sector will see more regulatory clarity on a global scale, which will boost institutional adoption. In his recent interview with Bloomberg,...

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele shared his Bitcoin expectations for 2022. He assumes that this year the BTC price will hit $100.000. Bukele finds two other countries will legalize the coin, although he didn't specify what counties in his opinion they can be. The next BTC prediction from the...

The hashrate of the BTC network set a new all-time high of 209 exahashes per second on January 1. This number indicates the computational power that is used for minting new coins. In June 2021, the BTC hashrate saw a major fall, dropping as low as 61 EH/s. The main reason for the decline was the...

Leading technology company Samsung plans to introduce new TV models that support NFTs in 2022. In a press release published on January 3, the company says that the 2022 Smart TV line comes with a Smart Hub, that integrates content according to viewing preferences. NFT platform is among other...

Crypto billionaire, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his previous articles written over a decade, where he expressed his views on various aspects of the blockchain industry and cryptocurrencies. On Twitter, Buterin wrote which predictions were correct, which ones were not, and what he...

Data from Glassnode show early Bitcoin buyers aren't much interested in selling their coins, in spite of established price records and an all-time high in 2021. Activity movements tracker indicates that the percentage of bitcoins sold by old holders is near record lows. This means that the majority...

NFT swapping platform MetaSwap was rug pulled. The blockchain security and data analytics company Peckshield tweeted on December 27 that a rug pull happened, with 1.100 BNB, worth around $628.000 at current prices stolen. Peckshield urged users not to stake their holding in the platform and revoke...