Coinbase Around the Block sheds light on key issues in the crypto space. In this edition, Justin Mart and Ryan Yi take a look at the mania around NFTs (non-fungible tokens). At this point, NFTs have taken over public discourse of crypto in a way reminiscent of ICOs in 2017, including mainstream and pop-culture coverage. […]
Will Gary Gensler address the Ripple (XRP) lawsuit at the SEC meeting this week?
XRP investors, the token issued by payments firm Ripple, are optimistic that a closed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) meeting this week will see a withdrawal of the lawsuit against the firm. It’s the first meeting led by newly appointed “crypto-friendly” chairman Gary Gensler, who’s three weeks into the job at this point. While it’s […]
Everything You Need to Know about TradeStars IDO
Coinspeaker Everything You Need to Know about TradeStars IDO TradeStars is an NFT and DeFi project aiming to take fantasy sports to a whole new level, merging the benefits of blockchain technology with real-life sports to appeal to sports fans everywhere. Users are able to use real sports game statistics while trading their favorite players, […]
Brief Look at Polkaswitch, Decentralized Cross-chain Liquidity Protocol
Coinspeaker Brief Look at Polkaswitch, Decentralized Cross-chain Liquidity Protocol Several new technologies have sprung up in the crypto space, leading to exciting new projects. As a result of this, the DeFi space is seeing an increase in the number of new projects. In addition, decentralization powers the DeFi space, expanding on the use cases of […]
Interview: Bullish On Lightning Network With Thomas Jestopher
Jestopher joined “Meet The Taco Plebs” to talk about his Bitcoin journey, price predictions and the Lightning Network. Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: AppleSpotifyLibsyn For this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I was joined by Thomas Jestopher (@Jestopher_BTC), a Lightning Network enthusiast and co-host of “Bitcoin Kindergarten.” We […]
Genesis Global Trading’s Q1 Report Shows Growth In Bitcoin Markets
Genesis Report Shows Bitcoin Market Growth On April 28, Genesis Global Trading, Inc., a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, released its digital assets report for the first quarter of 2021. Genesis provides institutional clients with spot and derivatives trading, lending, custody and treasury and prime brokerage service products, so the report was full of interesting […]
DCG Authorizes $750 Million More In GBTC Purchases As Discount Persists
Grayscale’s parent company authorized up to $750 million more in GBTC purchases as the trust’s shares continue to trade at a discount to NAV. Earlier today, Digital Currency Group, the parent company of Grayscale Investments, announced that it had authorized up to an additional $750 million worth of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to be […]
Financial advisers lead the institutional push toward crypto adoption
Grayscale’s Michael Sonnenshein, Amber Group’s Jeffrey Wang and Edouard Hindi of Tyr Capital believe financial advisers could be ushering in a new era of crypto adoption. In the past, there were plenty of reasons for financial advisers to dismiss Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies as a worthy investment, but all of that is starting to […]
Ethereum bulls control 100% of this week’s $470M ETH options expiry
Ethereum’s spectacular rise to $3,300 has rendered all of the bearish put options worthless ahead of this Friday’s $470 million expiry. On May 7, a total of $470 million in Ethereum options are set to expire, and slaughter is really the only word that describes what is about to happen to bearish Ether traders. Currently, […]
Danske Bank Lowers Negative Rate Threshold, Denmark’s Business Minister Says ‘Enough is Enough’
On April 26, 2021, the Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation Danske Bank published a press release explaining that the institution has changed the threshold for personal customers and standard interest rates for business customers in Denmark. The Bank plans to lower the threshold for charging negative interest on deposits from DKK 100,000 to […]