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Shares of the American corporation Apple over the past year rose 40%. During the same period, the first cryptocurrency has risen in price by 38%. In the middle of the first day of trading in 2022, the iPhone manufacturer's shares rose almost 3% to $ 182.86. As a result, Apple became the first...

A candidate for the presidency in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung aims to manage the fundraising for the electoral campaign via NFTs. As local media informs, the Democratic Party of Korea, a representative of which 57-years-old Lee is, will be the first party to release NFTs for elections. DPK will...

Recently, the police in Manjung County, southwestern Perak, Malaysia, in collaboration with the international electricity company (TNB) and the fire and rescue station, carried out a large-scale operation to combat electricity theft, during which 1,720 mining machines were seized from attackers...

Binance Labs, the division of Binance, which backs and supports blockchain projects, unveiled a $12 M investment in the startup Woo Network. Established in 2019 in Taiwan, the network provides liquidity to over 40 institutional customers, different protocols and traders. It has a native utility...

Over the past year, more than 20 thousand cryptocurrency ATMs were installed in different regions of the world. This number exceeds the total number of installations in the previous seven years. If in 2020 23 new devices were installed in one hour, then by the end of 2021, this number increased to...

CoinGecko analytical service has released a book "How to NFT" in English for newcomers to the cryptocurrency industry. “Just as DeFi revolutionized finance, NFTs are designed to be a game-changer for a new generation of artists, musicians, and gamers,” said CoinGecko co-founder Bobby...

Popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club generated over $1 bln in overall sales. According to the blockchain data analytics platform DeFi Llama, the total sales volume of BAYC NFTs stands at around $1.12 bln. The daily volume of the collectibles is around $14 million. Currently, the number of...

The founder and CEO of FTX crypto exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, is optimistic about the future developments in the crypto environment. He finds that in 2022 the sector will see more regulatory clarity on a global scale, which will boost institutional adoption. In his recent interview with Bloomberg,...

The Indian authorities have identified a violation of tax laws by the crypto exchange WazirX, owned by Binance. A study of the platform's business activity revealed a Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion for Rs 49.2 crores (over $6 million), including interest and fines. The authorities also turned...

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele shared his Bitcoin expectations for 2022. He assumes that this year the BTC price will hit $100.000. Bukele finds two other countries will legalize the coin, although he didn't specify what counties in his opinion they can be. The next BTC prediction from the...

Businessman and well-known TV presenter Kevin O'Leary previously represented the camp of bitcoin skeptics and doubted that digital currency would become part of the modern market. However, he recently changed his point of view drastically and started investing in both BTC and other...

The hashrate of the BTC network set a new all-time high of 209 exahashes per second on January 1. This number indicates the computational power that is used for minting new coins. In June 2021, the BTC hashrate saw a major fall, dropping as low as 61 EH/s. The main reason for the decline was the...

The head of the SEC, Gary Gensler, believes that the crypto industry needs regulation. The challenge for US authorities is to ensure the safety of investors and to minimize the risks of digital asset fraud. The SEC press center reported that Corey Freyer is planning to start working in the...

Blockchain company Santo Blockchain has recently stepped up in the development of the crypto industry in Panama. So, for example, the company has already officially announced a 100 percent delivery of 50 BTC ATMs to Panama in early 2022. The Santo Blockchain report says that the above number of...

Leading technology company Samsung plans to introduce new TV models that support NFTs in 2022. In a press release published on January 3, the company says that the 2022 Smart TV line comes with a Smart Hub, that integrates content according to viewing preferences. NFT platform is among other...

Crypto billionaire, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his previous articles written over a decade, where he expressed his views on various aspects of the blockchain industry and cryptocurrencies. On Twitter, Buterin wrote which predictions were correct, which ones were not, and what he...

Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz advised in an interview the channel to remove Litecoin from the cryptocurrency rates panel and came under criticism from the community. Speaking with host Joe Kernen, the billionaire shared his optimistic expectations regarding cryptocurrency adoption. Galaxy...

Data from Glassnode show early Bitcoin buyers aren't much interested in selling their coins, in spite of established price records and an all-time high in 2021. Activity movements tracker indicates that the percentage of bitcoins sold by old holders is near record lows. This means that the majority...