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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...

Kansas City player Sean Culkin is the first in the National Football League (NFL) to receive a 2021 salary of $ 920,000 in bitcoin. Culkin called it "not the wisest financial decision." However, he added that he is counting on long-term investments. Another footballer, Trevor Lawrence,...

The regulatory body of Indonesia, called Bappebti is implying laws towards crypto activities that are performed on regulated crypto platforms of the republic. There are now 13 crypto platforms registered with Bappebti. The executive of the agency Sidharta Utama informed that the tax amount hadn't...

Bitcoin exchange Binance will launch an NFT marketplace in June. Existing users of the exchange will have access to the new service. They will be able to create tokens and trade them through their Binance accounts. “Users will be able to create, release and transfer works of art from various...

Crypto services provider Gemini has teamed up with Mastercard to release crypto returns credit card. The product's debut will be in the summer. We are excited to announce Mastercard as the network partner for the #GeminiCreditCard! We are thrilled to work with one of the most trusted and globally...

Bitmain's AntPool mining pool has become the leader in hashrate. AntPool leads the hashrate over a 24-hour time frame. On a wider timeframe, the first place is still maintained by the competitor F2Pool. According to journalist Colin Wu, the Chinese ASIC hardware manufacturer has acquired 5nm chips...

According to the data provided by cryptocurrency performance analytics Santiment, the average transaction gas fees of the protocol dropped under $10 first time in three months. It even went down to $8.14, while during the last months the cost was above $20. In addition, active Ethereum addresses...

Over the past 24 hours, the value of all cryptocurrencies has grown by about 8%. On Tuesday, April 27, market capitalization reached $ 2.083 trillion. Moreover, altcoins are growing in price at a more confident pace compared to bitcoin (BTC). It was this factor that made many traders and analysts...

On Monday electronic car company Tesla reported its financial results for the first quarter of this year. It became known that the business owned by Elon Musk sold 10% of its $1.5 Billion worth of Bitcoin holdings acquired in February. The report stated that Tesla holds and may invest in digital...

Caracas Air, the largest aviation training center in Venezuela, has begun accepting the first cryptocurrency for training payments. For those who choose the new form of payment, the school is ready to provide discounts and funding plans, said Oliver Laufer, co-founder, and CEO of Caracas Air....

Dan Schulman, CEO of the major payment company PayPal said in a recent interview with Time that the demand for the company's crypto offering is more than the team expected at first. The payment giant allowed crypto trading in November 2020. As stated by Schulman, the current financial structure...

Renowned financier Tim Draper is on the list of so-called "bitcoin bulls". Back in April last year, he announced that over the next few years, the BTC rate would reach $ 250,000. Draper attended the Collision Online Summit late last week. During his speech at this event, the financier...

In the previous 7 days, the price of Solana's native token SOL has grown by over 47% reaching a new all-time high of $48.43. The token ranks the 13th by market cap, which stands at about $12.3 B. The surge occurred at a time when most of the cryptocurrencies were seeing declines. This can be...

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has unveiled its Nomine(eth) collection in honor of the Academy Awards. Winners in the five major Oscar 2021 nominations will each receive one of two NFTs. The second token will be put up for auction for everyone. Among the...

On April 25 famous rapper, Grammy, and Oscar winner Eminem issued his first NFTs. The collectibles are on sale on the platform owned by Gemini, Nifty Gateway. There are represented three types of NFTs, which are in the form of animation accompanied by an original beat performed by Eminem. The...

The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) under the US Treasury has approved Paxos's application for a nationwide trust bank license. The company has a year and a half to comply with all regulatory obligations. The OCC will then issue a permanent license to the organization to operate in all...

Within the next few days tokenized shares of Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSTR), and MicroStrategy (MSFT) will become available for purchase on the widely-used cryptocurrency network Binance. Thus, together with Tesla and Coinbase, Binance now introduces five stock tokens overall. New Stock Tokens to...

The Cuban government has included cryptocurrency in the "guiding principles for the economic and social policy of the party and revolution" until 2026. The initiative is designed to support the economy in the face of US sanctions. Specific details are not mentioned. The idea has been...