Ethereum second layer scalability company StarkWare confirmed the rumors about the upcoming launch of the StarkNet token. The asset is aimed at enabling the project to operate a decentralized ecosystem and to create an effective mechanism to “direct its evolution”. Related Reading | Polygon Climbs 20% On Disney Glee – Can MATIC Sustain Gains This Month?
Polygon (MATIC) reached lofty price levels this July 14, a day after getting selected for the Walt Disney Company’s benchmark business development program. MATIC’s price surged 22.5% to $0.657 a token, its highest level in a month. In doing so, the token also climbed above its 50-day exponential moving average (50-day EMA; the red wave),
Major European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares is expanding its exchange-traded products (ETP) with a new physically-backed ETP based on Algorand (ALGO). CoinShares on Thursday announced the listing of its physically-backed staked Algorand ETP on Xetra, the electronic trading platform run by Germany’s exchange operator Deutsche Boerse. Named the CoinShares Physical Staked Algorand, the new crypto
Bitcoin (BTC) found a new focus just under $20,000 on July 14 as U.S. dollar strength hammered out yet another two-decade high. DXY moves bring yen, euro into focus Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding from lows sparked by a fresh 40-year high for U.S. inflation as per the Consumer Price Index
Ethereum (ETH) has been receiving more attention recently from professional investors. The general sentiment surrounding the token seems to be improving even amid the crypto bear market. The prevailing downward trend had brought a sinking wave to many prominent digital assets within the past few months. Some of them have lost more than half their
Hyosung America has signed a partnership deal with cash-to-crypto provider DigitalMint that enables Bitcoin (BTC) purchasing across the firm’s 175,000 ATMs located in the U.S. Apart from offering its own BTC and Litecoin (LTC) payment rails such as ATMs, bank wires and tellers, DigitalMint also provides software API integrations that allow retailers or ATM operators
Despite a major decline in trading volume across the broader non-fungible token (NFT) market, a single CryptoPunk has sold for a whopping 2,500 ETH which equates to a price tag of just over $2.6 million. The $2.6 million transaction makes the sale of CryptoPunk 4464 — one of just 24 ape-themed CryptoPunks — the largest
Crypto exchange OKX has acquired a provisional virtual assets license granted by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), allowing them to offer additional services to qualified investors and financial services providers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement, the OKX team told Cointelegraph that the license allows them to extend products and
The cost incurred by African migrants or expatriates when sending funds via the so-called formal corridors remains way above the UN target of less than three percent, the latest data from the World Bank has shown. On the other hand, the cost is much lower than the target when cryptocurrencies are used. Global Average Higher
The US consumer price index, a comprehensive indicator of prices for goods and services used in daily life, increased to 9.1% over the previous year. The traditional and cryptocurrency markets have collapsed as a result of this announcement. Prices for the two largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), fell by almost 5%. It didn’t
The positive gains recorded in the first ten days of July have all but disappeared on July 13 as Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider market slid back toward new yearly lows. Subdued action in the market can be traced back to a variety of factors ranging today’s record-high Consumer Price Index print and a raging
The high degree of penetration and adoption of crypto in Saudi Arabia makes it an important market for digital currencies, demonstrating the potential for expansion in the Middle East and North (MENA) region. According to a survey conducted by crypto exchange KuCoin, around three million Saudi Arabians (or 14 percent of the adult population aged
Unstoppable Domains has partnered with crypto payment firm MoonPay to incorporate nonfungible token (NFT) domains in transactions within the platform. With the collaboration, MoonPay users can send and receive digital assets using their domain names, eliminating the need to enter long and complicated wallet addresses. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Ivan Soto-Wright, the co-founder
The United States Consumer Price Index soared to 9.1% in June, exceeding expectations of an 8.8% rise year-on-year. Currently, the Fed funds futures point to an 81 basis points rate hike for July, suggesting that some participants anticipate a 100 basis points hike. Several on-chain indicators have been pointing to a likely bottom in Bitcoin
The United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of law professor Michael Barr to become the next vice chair for supervision for the Federal Reserve. In a 66-28 vote on the Senate floor on Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Barr as vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve System for four years, filling the last
The Bitcoin (BTC) price chart from the past couple of months reflects nothing more than a bearish outlook and it’s no secret that the cryptocurrency has consistently made lower lows since breaching $48,000 in late March. Curiously, the difference in support levels has been getting wider as the correction continues to drain investor confidence and
There is an old saying, “cash is king,” but if it is sitting in a bank account or, in the case of crypto — a wallet, it diminishes daily due to inflation. This is especially the case now as inflation in the United States breaks its 40-year record. While the dollar-cost-averaging (DCA) strategy allows an
Last year, the word “crypto” was trending all over the internet as the crypto market was generally flourishing. However, now it appears that the good fortunes of digital coins havee waned as cryptos have slipped into a serious bear market. Bloomberg recently reported that while the short-term investors wasted no time in dumping their holdings,
Bitcoin (BTC) fell $800 in minutes on July 13 as the latest United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data came in far ahead of estimates. Dollar smashes new 20-year highs on hot CPI Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it dived under $19,000 minutes after the June CPI print, which put U.S.
Miami is fast becoming one of the major hubs in the crypto world with more and more blockchain companies moving to the city each year. Miami famously plays host to the Bitcoin Conference each year, and digital assets have been embraced by the mayor and the wider population. Here’s your ultimate guide to the crypto