The crypto exchange cited Coin Center’s work in challenging the proposed FinCEN self-hosted wallet rule as well as the STABLE Act from the U.S. government. Kraken has pledged $100,000 to Coin Center, a cryptocurrency advocacy group based in Washington D.C. In a blog from the crypto exchange today, Kraken said it had donated the funds […]
What short squeeze? Here’s what is really behind XRP’s recent 170% rally
These key metrics show there’s more to the recent Dogecoin and XRP pumps than just short-seller liquidations. Between Jan. 30 and the early hours of Feb. 1, XRP price pumped 147%, reaching $0.76 which is its highest level in two months. The move seems to have been fueled by r/Satoshistreetbets, an off-shoot of r/Wallstreetbets. It […]
Rockstar and Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Tells Fans He Bought Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
In September of 2020, the frontman for the rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, tweeted a cryptic message about bitcoin with one of the cofounders of the Gemini crypto exchange. Then on Sunday, the Kiss singer tweeted to his 900k Twitter followers that he bought “bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and others.” The bassist and co-lead singer of […]
Marathon Patent Group To Receive 4,000 New Bitcoin Mining Rigs From Bitmain
This morning, Marathon announced that a shipment of 4,000 new Antiminer S-19 Pro Bitmain miners are en route to its mining facility in Hardin, MT. This is the first of many shipments that Marathon has scheduled for 2021 which will fulfill its order for more than 103,000 additional miners from Bitmain, according to a release […]
Futureswap V2 wants to offer a home for DeFi whale traders
The derivatives platform uses AMMs to optimize for large DeFi traders. After the success of the automated market maker, or AMM, model for building decentralized spot exchanges, several projects are now racing to take this concept to the world of derivatives. One of these is Futureswap, an AMM-based futures exchange specifically designed for large trades. […]
Japanese exchange Coincheck to list fan tokens by Chiliz and Socios
The Coincheck crypto exchange will list Chiliz and Socios fan tokens on its new NFT marketplace. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has partnered with major global fan token makers, Chiliz and Socios, Cointelegraph Japan reports. As part of the new partnership, Coincheck will list Chiliz and Socios’ fan tokens on Coincheck’s non-fungible token, or NFT, marketplace, […]
Elon Musk Supports Bitcoin, Says BTC on the Verge of Broad Acceptance
Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has clarified his position on bitcoin and dogecoin. He confirmed that he supports bitcoin, stating that it is “a good thing.” Admitting that he is late to the game on bitcoin, Musk said that he should have bought some eight years ago when his friend fed him a slice […]
A Bitcoin SV troll is allegedly sending death threats to one of Bitcoin’s earliest advocates
Followers of the Bitcoin fork are alleging harassing some prominent Bitcoin industry proponents after a recent white paper controversy. Bitcoin SV member turns on CobraBitcoin A popular Bitcoin proponent received a proverbial shock last week after allegedly getting harassed by some members of the Bitcoin SV community, multiple tweets on social platform Twitter claimed. The […]
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