Cryptocurrency News

Colorado becomes the first state in the USA that allows residents to use crypto for tax payments. Governor Jared Schutz Polis revealed the news at Denver Startup Week, saying that Colorado is showing again from a customer service point that it's technologically advanced and inclined to meet the...

Ethereum (ETH) ranks first in the blockchain ranking in terms of the number of deployed decentralized applications (DApps). However, the Solana network was able to bypass ETH in terms of user activity, the Nansen team said in a report. The researchers found that in the second quarter of 2022, the...

Amid the ongoing SEC vs Ripple case, both parties applied for a summary judgment to get a ruling whether XRP is a security and whether Ripple violated the law by selling coins. Filings were submitted in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. These types of applications are filed...

Ukraine-based supermarket chain VARUS partners with Binance to allow crypto payments through Binance Pay technology. According to an announcement by Binance, customers can make instant crypto transactions in the capital Kyiv and 8 other Ukrainian cities. VARUS is one of the largest stores in...

The hashrate of the Ethereum Classic network has been growing since the end of July. The increase in capacity was the result of the arrival of miners who left Ethereum due to the upcoming Merge fork and ETH’s refusal of the PoW consensus in favor of PoS (Proof-of-Stake). The explosive growth in...

The Financial Conduct Authority issued a warning against the crypto exchange FTX saying the company offers services or products in the UK without having permission. According to the official statement, almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting, or selling financial services and products...

Governments all over the world continue to fight high inflation and financial markets remain uncertain. A new report by the World Bank predicts that global growth is slowing sharply and likely more countries will fall into recession. Cryptocurrency prices are down amid the current trends. The total...

Michael Saylor, co-founder of the business analytics company MicroStrategy finds that Bitcoin is becoming stronger after the upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum Merge was finalized on Sept. 15, moving the blockchain from the Proof of Work consensus mechanism to Proof of Stake. With the...

Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius submitted a filing with the aim to receive a court approval to sell its stablecoin holdings to receive liquidity that will help fund operators. A court filing discloses that Celsius owns 11 forms of stablecoins worth around $23 M. In a case, the judge approves...

Representatives of the American crypto business insist on the speedy legalization of the blockchain industry. Companies use a variety of channels to communicate with the government and Congress, including lobbying groups. According to the CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, Sheila Warren,...

Nassim Taleb, the author of Black Swan, said in a recent interview that creating tumors like Bitcoin hurts the economy. During Squawk Box, he expressed an opinion that we've had 15 - 14 and a half years of Disneyland that has destroyed the economic structure. According to Taleb, anyone who's...

The developers have successfully upgraded Ethereum, however, the network’s underlying asset, Ether (ETH), is reacting negatively to the Merge fork. The largest altcoin has fallen over 8% to $1459 in the last 24 hours. Every week, ETH's capitalization fell by almost 14% to $178.884 billion....

The Biden administration issued a framework on crypto regulations in the US. The report explores ways how the financial services industry should evolve to make borderless transactions easier and how to fight crypto crimes. It considers existing regulators like the SEC and the CFTC, but there isn't...

The SEC recommends a flexible approach to registering digital tokens as securities. A similar statement is contained in the transcript of the forthcoming speech of the head of department Gary Gensler before the US Senate. "I instructed the team to devise a technique to permit the trading of...

The computing power of the Ethereum Classic network has been growing over the past few weeks. Analysts attribute this trend to the connection of miners who left Ethereum before the Merge fork. Within a month, the ETC hash rate soared over 200% from 30 terahesh per second (Th/s) to 66 Th/s....

According to the 2022 global crypto adoption report by the blockchain data platform Chainalysis, crypto adoption slows worldwide in a bear market. However, it is still above the pre-bull market levels. Growing constantly since mid-2019, this year the total crypto adoption has leveled off. Based on...

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has banned crypto companies from providing staking and lending services. According to the official statement, the regulator prohibits digital asset businesses to offer or support crypto depository services, including the payment of returns to...

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," says it’s the time to join the crypto space as the biggest economic crash in history is expected. He told “Rich Dad Community” mailing list subscribers that we're going to see a catastrophic market collapse, and we need to buy...