Latest Blockchain and Crypto News

Russia’s Ministry of Finance revealed that it finalized the bill "On Digital Currency." The updated bill includes clarification on crypto trading and mining. Thus, the bill suggests forming regulations for the crypto sector. According to the document, digital currencies can be accepted...

Crypto credit cards developed by the Gemini exchange became available to American users. The company has released a new product in partnership with WebBank and MasterCard payment system. The card is available to residents of 50 states, and Gemini announced its intention to develop such a product...

Portugal’s Central Bank has granted a license to Bison Bank to establish the first crypto bank in the country. According to a report by the local media Sapo, Bison Bank is authorized to launch Bison Digital Assets, a company that will deliver custodial and exchange services of cryptos. Thus,...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation published a statement on the investigation results associated with the $600 M hack of the Ronin Network. Ronin is an Ethereum sidechain built for the play-to-earn game, Axie Infinity. According to the statement, the FBI was able to confirm that the hackers behind...

Last year, some media began to spread information that the online retailer Amazon allegedly plans to start accepting cryptocurrency when paying for goods and services. However, soon the press service of the giant called these messages fakes. CEO Andy Jassi reiterated in an interview this week that...

Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and CEO of the crypto services provider company Nexo finds Bitcoin may reach $100,000 within a year. In an interview with CNBC, he also predicted short-time price fall along with traditional financial markets. His opinion is connected with the US Federal Reserve's...

A group of US investors led by Nessa Risley filed a class-action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs. They accused the developer of the popular DEX of non-compliance with securities laws, resulting in losses. In addition to the company, the plaintiffs also mentioned its founder Hayden Adams and investors...

Asset manager BlackRock plans to become Circle's primary reserve manager and is also considering expanding into the cryptocurrency market. This was during a teleconference, said the head of the investment giant Larry Fink. In April, BlackRock participated in a $400 million funding round behind the...

Development company Ava Labs, standing behind the Avalanche blockchain protocol, is raising a new fund. An article by Bloomberg says that the new valuation makes Ava Labs one of the cryptocurrency startups with highest value. Established in 2018, the firm is raising $350 M at a $5.25 bln valuation,...

Meta intends to charge a 47.5% commission on sales of digital goods in the Horizon Worlds metaverse. The reward structure includes a 30% fee towards the Meta Quest Store for VR headsets and a 17.5% fee for Horizon Worlds. On April 11, the corporation announced that it had opened the ability for...

One of Ethereum’s core developers, Tim Beiko revealed that the much-expected upgrade will probably take place several months later after June. He tweeted about this after the team carried out a major test on April 11. In particular, devs had released a shadow fork to test the software. Beiko...

The team behind the Nomad cross-chain bridge closed a $22 million seed funding round at a $225 million valuation led by Polychain Capital. Funding was also provided by 1kx, Ethereal, Hack VC, Circle Ventures, Amber, Archetype, Lattice, A&T Capital, Hypersphere, Dialectic, Breyer Capital,...

The Dogecoin Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the development of the coin, published a blog post that considers how to achieve financial freedom. Product Lead Timothy Stebbing and Principal Engineer Michi Lumin described how "RadioDoge" will run and how it will enable...

The so-called "whistleblower" Facebook Francis Haugen gave an interview to the popular publication Politico. In a conversation with reporters, a former employee of the social network expressed concern about Meta's inclusion in the metaverse. Haugen became famous all over the world when,...

Global fintech company FIS built a partnership with the cryptocurrency institutional custody startup Fireblocks to offer crypto trading and lending services to its over 6,000 clients. John Avery, FIS Global Product Head for Crypto and Digital Assets said that it makes it easy for the client base...

Digital currencies and blockchain-focused investment fund Pantera Capital is supposed to complete the Blockchain Fund within about a month after securing $1.3 bln. In the latest conference call, the firm said that the raised capital is roughly two times higher than the original goal of $600 M....

NFT avatar-focused project Genies closed a $150M funding round led by Silver Lake. Investors valued the firm at $1 billion. Genies provides users with the ability to create virtual avatars. The latter can be used in the metaverses along with various items in the form of non-fungible tokens. The...

The fall of bitcoin to its lowest levels since mid-March provoked another large-scale position in the futures market. Liquidations amounted to just over $430 million in the last 24 hours. The exchange cancels the trader's position in case of partial or complete loss of his initial margin....