Latest Blockchain and Crypto News

Trading platform Robinhood added four cryptos; Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Compound (COMP). Robinhood announced the news via a blog post. The company mentioned that over 2021, crypto customers have continuously asked for sending and receiving tokens along with a wider...

In April 2022, the capitalization of bitcoin decreased by about 13% to $762.989 billion. The BTC rate on Tuesday, April 12, fell below $40,000 for the first time since March 16. The coin quickly bounced back, and already during the European session, it bounced to $40,179. Ether (ETH) and Binance...

Leading financial services provider Mastercard has applied for about 15 crypto and metaverse trademarks on April 4. Among them are filings for virtual cards and payments, NFTs, crypto and NFT marketplaces, etc. In February Mastercard hired 500 new team members to hold discussions with banks and...

Businessman, co-founder of leading private equity firm Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein reconsidered his views on crypto. At an interview with the Colossus podcast, Rubenstein said that he was previously skeptical about crypto as he thought nothing was underlying it. However, the businessman said it...

According to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the BitMEX crypto exchange, Bitcoin is in danger of falling to $30,000 already in the current cycle. An industry representative commented on the current position of the cryptocurrency and noted that along with BTC, the fall of most altcoins is inevitable....

Global investment manager Investcorp, specialized in alternative investments, has started raising money for a new fund to invest in blockchain technology development startups. The Fund will be led by the company's Abu Dhabi office. It will invest in early-stage firms building various products...

The largest US cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, which recently launched its trading platform in India, has reported pressure from local regulators. Against the background of the resulting conflict, Coinbase announced that the provision of certain payment services is going to be suspended. As of...

Florida-based investment management firm Ark Invest’s CEO and CIO Cathie Wood announced dropping all of the company's PayPal holdings for Cash App. She talked about the news at Bitcoin 2022. Cash App owned by Block relies on Lightning Network, a layer 2 solution for BTC payments to make...

Leading blockchain infrastructure builder Blockstream and financial services provider Block (previously Square) will build a facility in Texas for mining Bitcoin using Tesla's solar and storage technology. Adam Back, Blockstream's co-founder, and CEO unveiled the news at Bitcoin 2022. Together with...

Popular digital asset trading platform Kraken has officially announced the closure of its San Francisco headquarters. The CEO of the exchange, Jesse Powell, wrote about this on his Twitter account. Among the main reasons that served as such a radical decision is the fear of Kraken management for...

Algorithmic stablecoin platform Frax Finance plans to purchase "billions of dollars worth" of tokens to create a reserve fund for the FRAX algorithmic stablecoin. The founder of the project, Sam Kazemyan, told The Block about this. The FRAX stablecoin is backed by the native token of the...

US President Joe Biden signed a decree on the need to regulate the cryptocurrency market. This document will become a milestone and will stimulate the development of the blockchain industry, says Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy. He attended the Miami Bitcoin Conference, which brought together...

Jack Mallers, the Chief Executive Officer of the payments provider Strike, which is developed on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, disclosed an integration with the popular e-commerce firm Shopify. While announcing the news at Bitcoin 2022, Mallers mentioned that the tech allows innovative and peer to...

Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet in the form of an NFT was posted on OpenSea for 14,969 ETH. Its owner, Bridge Oracle founder Sina Estavi, intends to donate at least $25 million to charity if sold. Estavi can earn at least 1555%. At the time of writing, no users have applied to purchase....

The Terra protocol team revealed a collaboration with Avalanche and the purchase of AVAX coins. Terraform Labs bought $100 M in AVAX for Treasury Swap of LUNA and AVAX to boost various activities. Along with this, the Luna Foundation Guard bought $100 M in AVAX with UST stablecoins. AVAX is now the...

At Bitcoin 2022 held in Miami, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel enumerated the names of the popular executives that are the main Bitcoin enemies. Thiel accused some of the financial figures of attempting to stop the cryptocurrency and surpass what has become a powerful movement. Well-known investor...

The OpenSea marketplace has integrated support for Solana NFTs released on the blockchain in beta mode with “limited collection coverage.” At the end of March, the team promised to start the process with Nyan Heroes and Turtles. Currently, OpenSea supports 865,000 tokens from 165 NFT...

In April 2021, the Bank of Sweden announced the completion of the first phase of testing the digital version of the krona. In a statement, the regulator noted that technical problems arose during the tests, but in general, they were successful. Last Wednesday, the central bank of this northern...