Google Searches for NFTs 300% More Than DeFi Queries
Google trend results show that “NFT” searches have overtaken queries for “DeFi” and continue to grow at unprecedented rates.
Google trend results show that “NFT” searches have overtaken queries for “DeFi” and continue to grow at unprecedented rates.
Binance has released its payments app, Binance Pay, in public alpha. The app is a contactless peer-to-peer cryptocurrency payment feature that lets users send and receive payments in cryptos.
The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a bill that calls for state education officials to implement a study program about cryptocurrencies.
Yet another multi-million CryptoPunk was sold today for a whopping $8M. This is one of nine Alien crypto punks and it was bought for just $15K back in 2018.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has always played a major role when it comes to the cryptocurrency market in the nation. Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has cracked down on several fraudulent activities in this area but hasn’t made any moves that promote the growth and development of the industry. This, however, could change as the Senate Banking Committee has voted in favor of Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the SEC.
The last three months have been very intense for cryptocurrencies. On February 16, bitcoin revamped its all-time high and surpassed the $50,000 level which sceptics thought unachievable. On the night of February 23, bitcoin lost almost $10,000 to its value but now it is traded at a level of around $50,000. Recently, Tesla invested in bitcoin $1.5 billion. Also, a financial giant Morgan Stanley with $150 billion in assets under management is exploring this option. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay-Z pledged $23.6 million toward a trust to fund crypto development.
COTI built their Crypto Volatility Index (CVI) last year as the world’s first “Market Fear Index” to allow traders to predict volatility in BTC. Now the platform has announced the addition of Ethereum to its ecosystem.
Wallets play a major role in the blockchain space. You need them not only for crypto storage, but also for token transfers and swaps, as well as for interaction with decentralized applications (dApps). Similarly, to use Swop.fi, a DeFi app built on Waves, a user needs to connect their wallet using a respective button.
“My son went all in on Bitcoin on the last drop below $50k. 100% of his portfolio is now in Bitcoin,” gold bug Schiff announced Wednesday on Twitter. The famous Bitcoin skeptic specified that his son sold the last of his silver stocks for cash.
Why are so many people captivated by the blockchain and crypto world? It’s an infant compared to the traditional financial world; a little unsteady on its feet, still growing and trying to figure things out. Yet it’s thrilling to watch it evolve, to discover new realms and possibilities it’s crashing into, to witness it disrupt and break down traditional rules and barriers.
Kings of Leon generated $1.45 million to $2 million in sales from their new NFT releases and will donate some of the proceeds to Live Nation’s Crew Nation Fund.
The new DogeDEX from Komodo will allow fans to make peer-to-peer exchanges of the cryptocurrency.
Democratic Party political operative Jim Messina is joining the board of crypto wallet company Blockchain.com in a move that could help the company gain traction stateside.
AMD could announce its Navi-based version. The AMD Navi 12, a graphic processing unit (GPU), was first introduced exclusively for Apple Macbook Pro devices. An AMD GPU kernel driver update announcement (via Tom’s Hardware) that listed specific fixes for the Linux environment released the news. According to PC Gamer, it could be the first crypto mining-related specific processor launched by the company; the latest version of the card lacks video outputs.
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has addressed Ripple’s legal woes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over XRP.
Congress may soon try to clarify digital asset regulation in the U.S.
Binance P2P has added former Ripple partner MoneyGram as an option for crypto trading in Arabic countries
Socia media platform Twitter has suspended the accounts of PlanB (@100trillionusd), the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin’s stock-to-flow model, Twitter trading expert “the Crypto Dog” (@thecryptodog), and Bitcoin on-chain analyst Willy Woo.