Morale across the cryptocurrency ecosystem is rising on March 24 as several days of positive moves have helped lift Bitcoin (BTC) back above $44,000 and Ether bulls took control at $3,100. The climbing price of BTC comes amidst a backdrop of surging inflation and rising interest rates which could see up to seven hikes over
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Play-to-earn (P2E) gaming was one of the hottest sectors in the cryptocurrency market in 2021 and based off the recent moves of Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club, the gaming industry could continue to be a winner in 2022. Axie Infinity was the first game to really capture widespread attention and highlight the possibilities
Quick take: ApeCoin (APE) has had an eventful first day of trading hitting an all-time high of $39.40 and a low of $6.48 APE has since stabilized at $7.44 after being listed on Gemini, FTX and Binance However, if history is used as a guide, ApeCoin (APE) could experience more losses before prices stabilize The
The governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, announced in February that the state government plans to allow residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies as early as the summer of 2022. To some experts, the move is both legitimizing for the crypto asset class and was expected to come in due time. In an interview, Polis said
Ethereum rebounded during Thursday’s session to recapture the $3,000 level, climbing to a fresh one-month high in the process. This comes as BTC rose back above $43,000, hitting a 20-day high as a result. Bitcoin On Thursday, BTC rose to its highest level since March 3, as prices of the world’s largest cryptocurrency gained for
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele reacted to the news that the recently proposed Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) had passed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will now head to a full Senate vote. The 40-year old national leader responded emotionally on Twitter: Never in my wildest dreams would I have
On March 9, United States President Joe Biden issued a quite comprehensive executive order that directs no less than two dozen cabinet members, departments and agencies in the government to study the benefits and detriments of blockchain technology for various aspects of the American economy. There has been a considerable amount already written about the
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $43,000 on March 24 as new purchases by Blockchain protocol Terra fuelled optimism. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView The BTC buys keep coming Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD attempting to crack and secure its highest levels in weeks Thursday. The pair had consolidated day before, the
Co-founder of the Cardano blockchain Charles Hoskinson has cheekily admitted that his July 2020 forecast of the number of DApps coming to the blockchain has not yet come to fruition. Referring to his famed July 2020 tweet, Hoskinson tweeted on Mar. 23, “Remember when I predicted thousands of assets and DApps on Cardano? Well I
Step aside, El Salvador, there’s a new Bitcoin-centric destination on the map. As a 32-million-square-foot private island sanctuary in the remote South Pacific, Satoshi Island is a “place for the crypto community to call home.” A combination of honeymoon getaway, Bond-villain hideout and naturalist paradise, there’s one enigmatic exception to Satoshi Island: it’s 100% crypto.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) has been granted an extension to submit a discovery schedule relating to individual defendants Brad Garlinghouse (CEO) and Chris Larsen (co-founder) as part of the case against Ripple Labs. The bitter legal dispute has been going since late December 2020, after the SEC alleged that Ripple Labs generated
The cryptocurrency market continues to forge ahead on March 23 despite facing headwinds on multiple fronts. At the moment, global conflict, rising inflation and widespread economic uncertainty are taking a toll on financial markets and helping to highlight the need for a diversified investmen portfolio. Altcoins have managed to gain some ground in recent days,
[embedded content] In this edition of The Ripple Drop, we take a deep dive into liquidity. RippleNet General Manager Asheesh Birla joins us to explain how crypto liquidity works, why it’s important, and the roles On-Demand Liquidity and Ripple Liquidity Hub will play in driving its growth. Rising Crypto Liquidity Asheesh tracks the growth in
On Wednesday, the head of growth at Loopring, Adam Browman, announced that the recently teased Gamestop NFT marketplace has launched its beta version using Loopring’s layer two (L2) technology. Browman says that with Gamestop’s new NFT marketplace leveraging Loopring’s ZK-rollup technology, the platform “inherits Ethereum’s self-custodial security while abstracting away costly gas-fees, leaving no one
The Central Bank of Honduras, or BCH, addressed rumors regarding the country potentially adopting Bitcoin as legal tender like its neighbor El Salvador — and the answer seems to be negative. In a Wednesday statement, Honduras’ central bank said “for the time being” Bitcoin (BTC) was not regulated in the country and not recognized as
GameStop has confirmed its integration with Loopring (LRC), an Ethereum Layer 2 zkRollup protocol designed for powering decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, into their highly anticipated NFT marketplace. Adam Browman, Loopring’s Head of Growth, announced on Medium on Wednesday that the beta version of GameStop’s marketplace had gone live. The future of #NFTs are here + they’re powered by #Ethereum‘s
