Hitachi and Concordium Foundation team up to develop biometric crypto wallet
The new project may eventually allow users to restore their accounts using a simple fingerprint or facial scan, developers stated.
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Bitcoin Price Surges On Positive News: FASB’s Fair Value Recognition Reignites $42,000 Support Recovery
The Bitcoin price experienced a notable downturn as selling pressure intensified, resulting in a decline of over 4% from its annual peak of $44,500. This downturn was further exacerbated by the loss of the crucial $42,000 support level. However…
Donald Trump, FIFA and Megadeth NFTs, trading volume nears $1B: Nifty Newsletter
NFT platform Enjin migrated 200 million NFTs from Ethereum and a sidechain to its blockchain network.
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.
The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're covering Worldcoin's latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey's company and the "data availability" network Celestia's market-moving plan to plug into Polygon's…
S&P Global Ratings Introduces Stablecoin Stability Assessment Rankings
In a combination of both traditional and decentralized finance (defi) sectors, S&P Global Ratings has announced the launch of its stablecoin stability assessment. The latest tool aims to evaluate the ability of stablecoins to maintain their value…
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, but Indicates More Dovish 2024
The U.S central bank Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds at a range of 5.25%-5.50%.
Bitcoin Sees Surge In Whale Activity, Will This Affect Price?
Recent reports have revealed that Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a significant surge in whale activity, which has since caused quite a stir in the entire crypto community. Bitcoin Experiences Surge In Whale Transactions According to Whale Alert…
US accounting standards board rules will reflect institutional crypto assets' fair value
The U.S. FASB has decided that crypto assets will be represented at their fair value in accounting beginning late next year.
Price analysis 12/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, AVAX, DOT, MATIC
Bitcoin and altcoins are trying to find support at lower levels, indicating that the sentiment remains positive, and that traders are buying the dips.
BONK, PEPE and SHIB are a menace to crypto
Memecoins are a gamble — and they're almost always scams. What motivates crypto buyers to continue losing their money for bad reasons?
Bitcoin Fluctuates Amidst Increasing Institutional Acceptance
The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now…
Crypto Pundit Predicts That XRP Price Will Rise “Dramatically,” Here’s When
Crypto analyst Austin Hilton is the latest to give his opinion on the future trajectory of the XRP price going forward. Specifically, Hilton noted two events that will spur XRP’s price to go up “dramatically.” The analyst also outlined other…
Web3 chess game developer shutters play-to-earn due to ‘heavy cheating’
Both in-game Checkmate token rewards and NFT gameplay modes will be disabled.
Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k
Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.
From Infancy to Giant — Tracing Bitcoin’s Roots in Satoshi’s Final Communication
Roughly thirteen years ago, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, posted their final message on the bitcointalk.org forum on Dec. 12, 2010. Nakamoto’s brief yet impactful message alerted the community to the ongoing need for…
Cosmos Interchain Foundation budgets $26M for ecosystem development in 2024
The amount allocated is down from a budget of $40 million in 2023.
Iota’s ShimmerEVM joins Fireblocks, targets demand for assets tokenization
The Iota Foundation wants to capitalize on institutional demand for real-world asset tokenization, which reached $342 billion in September.
Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season
Historical data helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets once again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Coinbase Launches Spot Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Outside the U.S.
Crypto exchange Coinbase will soon be offering the option to spot trade cryptocurrencies outside of the U.S. as part of its global expansion efforts, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday.
Santiment Points Out Trigger Behind 65% Cardano Rally
The on-chain analytics firm Santiment has revealed a Cardano pattern that may have contributed as a trigger for the recent 65% rally in ADA’s price. Cardano Observed A Sudden Loss Of Wallets Prior To Rally As explained by Santiment in a post…
FASB Confirms 'Fair Value' Approach for Corporate Crypto Holdings
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a U.S. entity that details how companies should report assets on their balance sheet, published a standards update on Wednesday that will let corporations recognize "fair value" changes in crypto holdings.
Coinbase introduces spot crypto trading for institutional investors outside US
Institutional clients on the Coinbase International Exchange will be able to trade Bitcoin and Ether against USD Coin starting on Dec. 14.
S&P Faults Biggest Stablecoin, Tether's USDT, as It Debuts New Industry Ranking
USDT was assigned a low score of four, meaning the largest stablecoin is constrained in its ability to maintain its peg to fiat.
Bitcoin And Crypto To Be Measured At Fair Value Under New FASB Rules
Today, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced new rules that will require companies to account for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin at fair value. The rules are set to go into effect on December 15, 2024, but companies…
Argentina's Milei, So Far Shunning Bitcoin, Devalues Peso by More Than 50%
The government's official rate is now 800 pesos to the dollar versus 400 previously.
Okx Dex Falls Victim to $2.7M Cyber Heist, Arkham Confirms
Numerous reports reveal that a security breach at Okx’s decentralized exchange (dex) platform resulted in financial damages estimated at $2.7 million, as confirmed by the onchain intelligence firm Arkham. Crypto Platform Okx Dex Hit by $2.7…
Turkey’s Banking Giants Go Big on Crypto as Legislation Looms
This week, two of the country’s largest banks announced crypto initiatives.
Enterprise blockchain Coti set to become Ethereum privacy-centric layer 2 in 2024
Coti will look to provide privacy-focused functionality to the Ethereum ecosystem as a new layer-2 protocol.
Bitcoin Is Koscher
IntroductionJudaism is based on a construct of ethical codes of conduct that are taught at weekly gatherings. Each week on Saturday mornings, Jews come together to read a weekly portion of the Torah (Old testament) to learn about the tenets of…