In the face of declining prices in the crypto market and rising global interest rates, investors turned their attention to artificial intelligence (AI) this year. Bitcoin will remain the primary focus in the future; experts also suggest that AI will take center stage. According to Nansen’s latest projection, AI agents will dominate the blockchain in...Read More
Messari’s latest newsletter posits that the industry is witnessing crypto’s adolescence, emphasizing that smart contract blockspace is becoming a commodity. CEO Ryan Selkis acknowledged 2023 as Ethereum’s best year yet, citing its status as the strongest network in terms of community size and revenue generation through fees. However, he suggested that the crypto industry is...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market could have a positive year in 2024 due to the effects of several on-chain metrics. According to a weekly report from market analytics platform CryptoQuant, metrics that could influence bitcoin’s positive trajectory next year include the upcoming halving, growing stablecoin liquidity, the widely anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund...Read More
Fox Business anchor Charles Payne is a Bitcoin (BTC) investor – and he sees the price of one coin potentially soaring to $1 million. In a newly published interview, the financial program host weighed the pros and cons of investing in stocks versus Bitcoin and explained why he thinks the government may conspire to capture...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) retraced 5% over the second week in December to $42,236 on Saturday, Dec. 16, from a 19-month high of $44,700 on Dec. 9. The decline in average crypto exchange spot prices for Bitcoin followed an astonishing 62% rally over two months from $27,162 on Oct. 16 to that key resistance around the $44,000...Read More
Bitcoin has many skeptics as a result of its extraordinarily novel design and purpose. They weren’t so certain in 2023, however, that the project would ultimately fail. Rumors of Bitcoin’s Demise Decline Markedly in 2023 99 Bitcoins, an educational website, has kept a list of “Bitcoin Obituaries” since 2010. This year, the project has only...Read More
In its December 19 Q4 product update, Chainlink announced a series of strategic initiatives to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and blockchain technology. The crypto oracle provider has revealed its plan to support the virtual tokenization of Real World Assets (RWAs) on the blockchain, marking a significant step in integrating digital and traditional...Read More
With Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETFs seemingly just weeks away, some crypto investors are curious whether asset managers like BlackRock can “front run” their approvals using insider knowledge before their highly anticipated funds reach the market. In an X space on Friday, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart cleared the air on what BlackRock can and cannot...Read More
In a recent blog post, Coinbase CEO and Co-founder Brian Armstrong expressed the belief that cryptocurrency is not just a passing trend but represents the future of money. Notably, Coinbase is on a mission to expand economic freedom for more than a billion people, emphasizing the transformative potential of the asset class in reshaping the...Read More
Wallet drainers are a type of scam that generally operates by cloning a legitimate website, fooling the target into providing their crypto wallet credentials, and then executing a smart contract that sends the users’ funds to bad actors. 🚨1/ Alert: A ‘Wallet Drainer’ has been linked to phishing campaigns on Google search and X ads,...Read More
The prosecutor’s office of Bulgaria has dropped all charges against crypto lending giant Nexo after the company’s regional offices were raised by government authorities earlier this year. In a private message to CryptoPotato, a company spokesperson confirmed that prosecutors found “no evidence” of crime, despite a range of former allegations including terrorist financing, and offering...Read More
Solana’s native – SOL – token has been on an absolute tear this month. After flipping XRP, it briefly surpassed BNB before settling as the fifth-largest crypto asset. Over the past week alone, SOL has surged by nearly 23%, partly fueled by the excitement surrounding airdrops, which contributed to the complete sell-out of Solana’s Saga...Read More
As Bitcoin maintains its elevated position around $44,000, the options market is showing mixed signals, according to options data tracking website Greeks.Live. Notably, both Bitcoin and Ethereum block trades have witnessed a prevalence of put buying, with a combined value of $100 million. The dominance of put options, amounting to $13 million for BTC and...Read More
Solana Mobile has announced on X that it cannot fulfill orders placed after its Solana Saga inventory ran out. This issue has arisen due to a management problem with the third-party distributor. Notably, this development follows the sellouts in the U.S. and the EU, where the company faced high demand but had a limited inventory...Read More
Prominent Ethereum layer-two scaling solution – Optimism – has gained widespread popularity in 2023, addressing the demand for better alternatives, and its user base has soared this year. According to the latest data compiled by Intotheblock’s data, the network now boasts over 5.9 million addresses with a balance, marking a substantial increase of 391% from...Read More
Research conducted by Matrixport anticipates that the price of Bitcoin will surpass the $50,000 threshold in January 2024, provided that the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs by the U.S. SEC becomes a reality. The firm predicts a 95% probability of spot Bitcoin ETF approval in January 2024. Matrixport Sees Bitcoin at $50K Matrixport’s research highlights...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the founder of the renowned crypto exchange BitMEX, has sold off his holdings in Solana (SOL) and redirected his investment towards Ethereum (ETH). According to Hayes, this strategic shift stemmed from an enlightening meditation session that prompted him to reassess his portfolio, favoring Ethereum over Solana. Arthur Hayes Predicts Ethereum to Reach $5,000...Read More
Diana Mondino claimed that a decree legalizing the use of certain currencies in contracts and for payments would also apply to Bitcoin. “We ratify and confirm that in Argentina, contracts can be agreed in Bitcoin [translation],” she said on Dec. 21. Ratificamos y confirmamos que en Argentina se podrán pactar contratos en Bitcoin. — Diana...Read More
A U.S. appeals court has issued a mandate that formalizes the forfeiture of 69,370 Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies linked to the now-defunct Silk Road dark web market. The ruling, confirming the judgment from August 18, 2023, marks the official conclusion of a legal saga that originated with the 2013 arrest of Silk Road founder Ross...Read More
Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO of leading asset management firm Grayscale Investments, believes the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could allow the crypto market to enjoy an inflow of $30 trillion in advised wealth. During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Sonnenshein said there is a lot of market optimism for Bitcoin (BTC) next...Read More
A recent development has seen a substantial increase in transaction activities on major Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. According to Etherscan, a widely used blockchain analytics platform, 95% of these transactions can be attributed to inscriptions. The Ordinals Inscriptions Wave Ordinals inscriptions, which involve embedding unique data in transaction call data to create non-fungible tokens...Read More
Worldcoin has disabled its offline orb verification feature for users in three markets – India, Brazil, and France. The development comes after a surge in people lining up at specified venues amid the excitement to register and acquire free Worldcoin (WLD) tokens, according to the report by MoneyControl. Worldcoin’s ‘Orb’ is a spherical hardware device...Read More
As the Solana network continues to see massive interest from the crypto community, traders are cashing out on investments into several memecoins. Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed in a tweet that a crypto trader was able to make approximately $1.55 million in profits from a $42 investment in Silly Dragon (SILLY), a memecoin on the...Read More
The PancakeSwap community is proposing a reduction in the overall supply cap of its native token, CAKE. A newly unveiled proposal discussion on December 21st advocates for decreasing the total supply limit of the asset from 750 million to 450 million. Given CAKE’s consistent deflation over the past few months and its intensified focus on...Read More
All eyes are on the launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF, with the announcement expected to be just under three weeks from now. This was according to QCP Capital’s observation which said that an approval could arrive either at the market close on January 5th or sometime between January 8th and 10th in 2024. Every...Read More
A British Virgin Islands (BVI) court has issued a freezing order on approximately $1 billion in assets belonging to the founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), a once-renowned cryptocurrency hedge fund. The court’s decision aims to prevent co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, along with the latter’s wife Kelly Chen, from transferring or disposing of...Read More
Ledger, a hardware wallet manufacturer, has announced plans to disable blind signing for Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) decentralized applications (DApps) by June 2024. The decision comes in response to an exploit where a wallet drainer was added to a library utilized by numerous DApps to connect to Ledger devices. Ledger Announces Plan to Compensate Victims...Read More
Sentiment over Ethereum has waned in recent weeks as Bitcoin took the limelight with a push to a new 2023 high. Moreover, rival blockchains such as Solana and Avalanche are gaining traction, with token price gains outpacing ETH. On Dec. 21, Glassnode analyst “Checkmatey” opined that the decline in the market cap ratio between ETH...Read More
Stablecoin issuer – Tether – has placed six wallets on a blacklist, comprising five on the Ethereum network and one on Tron. The latest move reflects Tether’s increased proactive approach to blocking addresses. According to ChainArgos, a blockchain intelligence firm, there are a few questionable transactions associated with the Ethereum addresses, potentially related to the...Read More
Earlier this week, a BreachForums user by the name of Miembro announced the sale of access to a Binance data request portal, built and maintained to accommodate police officers and government officials worldwide in their attempts to track down cybercriminals. The sale has since been paused, owing to a blunder involving a crypto mixer being...Read More
