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Fidelity analytics platform

Fidelity to Launch Crypto Analytics Network Sherlock

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Boston-based international financial operations provider Fidelity will launch a digital asset analytics network Sherlock for asset managers and investors. The network will offer entry to statistics provided by large data researchers. It will enable users to be aware of the market, enabling them to...

UFC trademarks for crypto

UFC Submitted Several Crypto-Related Trademark Applications

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has submitted two papers with the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) for crypto products. Josh Gerben, trademark attorney and founder of law firm Gerben Perrott announced the news on Twitter. The UFC has filed several new trademark applications...

Coinbase

Coinbase adds the option of buying crypto with PayPal

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Nasdaq-listed Coinbase has allowed US residents to buy cryptos using PayPal. Users can use debit cards and bank accounts linked to PayPal. The new functionality does not support credit cards and electronic checks, the company noted. “If you have a PayPal account, you can start trading on Coinbase...

Bitcoin

BTC ends April in the red zone for the first time in 6 years

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Since 2015, every April has proven to be a successful month for Bitcoin. However, this year's winning streak will be interrupted. The largest digital currency is ending its second month of spring in the red. On the night of Friday, April 30, the BTC rate fell to $53,000. The capitalization of...

Ethereum

ETH has surpassed platinum in terms of capitalization

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Ether (ETH) is showing explosive growth this week. In terms of capitalization, ETH has already surpassed platinum. Now the value of the entire ether has reached $320 billion. The capitalization of platinum is now about $304 billion. Since 1900, 250 million troy ounces of this precious metal have...

Jerome Powell about Dogecoin

Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Says DOGE Maybe "Frothy"

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Fed Reserve head Jerome Powell was asked about his opinion about GameStop stock and Dogecoin's growth at the time of a press conference hold on April 28. The subject was if the surge is connected with low rates and simple monetary strategy and how it can influence financial stability. Powel finds...

Solana

Solana starts a virtual hackathon with prize up to $1M

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The nonprofit Solana Foundation has announced the launch of the Solana Season virtual hackathon featuring Web3, DeFi, and NFT themed tracks. Solana Season starts on May 15 and runs over three weeks. The hackathon offers a global prize pool of $ 400,000. Teams will also be able to receive seed...

BTC miner

Core Scientific to acquire 112,800 BTC miners from Bitmain

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American blockchain hosting provider Core Scientific has announced an agreement with Chinese mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain to purchase 112,800 Bitcoin mining devices. The party will be ASIC miners Antminer S19, S19 Pro, S19J, and S19J Pro. After receiving the purchased devices, Core...

Hack

Hacker faked Beeple's NFT sold for $69.3 million

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Hacker Monsieur Personne created fake copies of the most expensive NFT painting Everydays: The First 5000 Days by American artist Beeple to debunk the myth of the uniqueness and safety of tokens. It is about forging cryptographic evidence of ownership of an original work of art. The hacker created...

Wisdom tree ETP

Stock Markets SIX and Borse Xetra to Trade Ether ETP

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US-based Wisdom Tree Asset Management launches an Ethereum-based ETP on the Swiss stock market SIX and German Borse Xetra. The product enables investors' exposure to Eth without the necessity to own the asset in a direct way or to work with the blockchain framework. So, it makes the investing...

BaFin

BaFin breaks Binance when launching tokenized stock service

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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has warned Binance of a potential violation of securities laws when launching tokenized stock trading. On April 12, the crypto exchange announced the launch of a new service. Two weeks later, the Financial Times announced that regulators in the UK...

Metamask users 5 Million

The Number of MetaMask's Users Reached 5 Million

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The wallet and extension Metamask now has 5 million active users per month which is five times more compared to October 2020, when the number crossed 1 M for the first time. 🥳 A new milestone!6 Months5 Million Monthly Active Users2 Billion USD in accumulated transactions100% more ethical...

Securrency

Securrency raises $30 million from top Wall Street players

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Securrency blockchain compliance provider raised $30 million in Series B funding round. The round was attended by WisdomTree Investments, State Street, U.S. Bank, and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners (subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Sovereign wealth fund and Falcon Edge Capital). The company will use the funds...

Ethereum performance

Ether Surpassed $2.700. The Blockchain Hits New Records

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The price of Ethereum reached a new all-time high surging over $2.730. Its market cap went up to $314.1 B. Ethereum ecosystem keeps growing and getting ways to solve scalability problems. Recently the launch of the Berlin hard fork took place. The upgrade London is scheduled to release on July 14....

Elon Musk Dogefather

Elon Musk Calls Himself Dogefather, The Coin Surges

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On May 8 Elon Musk will be the guest of the American show Saturday Night Live (SNL). The businessman tweeted about this, posting "The Dogefather, SNL May 8". Following this, DOGE has gained over 20%. Now the coin trades at around $0.3 ranking the 7th by market cap. The DogefatherSNL May...

1inch

1inch Launches 1inch Wallet iOS App

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Liquidity aggregator from decentralized exchanges 1inch has introduced the 1inch Wallet app for iOS. It combined the capabilities of the web version and the functionality of a mobile wallet. At the first stage, the exchange of tokens is available to users. In the future, developers will add...

Hidden mining

Microsoft and Intel have improved search for hidden miners

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The Microsoft Defender enterprise endpoint solution has incorporated Intel's threat detection technology to quickly compute hacker programs for cryptocurrency mining. Intel Threat Detection Technology (TDT) relies on telemetry data to detect any anomalies in CPU performance. Unlike other types of...

Ethereum

Open interest in Ethereum futures on CME approached $300M

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The open interest (OI) indicator for Ethereum futures on the regulated CME exchange is growing rapidly and has already reached the $287 million mark. Along with OI, the trading volume of these derivatives has increased significantly over the past few weeks. Analysts noted that the growth of the...

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