Bitcoin‘s current price struggles are no secret to the cryptocurrency sector as the top asset continues to bleed red almost three weeks into the new year. It has lost 11% of its valuation over the past month, leading many experts to believe that the bears have settled in. Much of the downtrend has been triggeredContinue reading “Ongoing macro-inflation trends are likely to affect Bitcoin this way”

2021 was undoubtedly a revolutionary one for cryptocurrencies, especially due to the mainstream emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFT). However, good times don’t last forever. And, many are fearful that this year might not be as lucrative for investors now that signs of a slowdown are evident. Price no bound Ethereum‘s utilityContinue reading “Ethereum and why it has a solid case for a bullish 2022”

The cryptocurrency industry has had a rough beginning in 2022 as much of it has remained on a downward spiral for the past few weeks. Its global market cap was sitting at $2.1 trillion at the time of writing, having shed off over 3% of its valuation in the past day. Much of this canContinue reading “Unlike BTC and ETH, ‘investor favorite’ Solana registers another week of inflows”

2021 was the year that decentralized finance (DeFi) truly took the cryptocurrency industry by storm, as several new protocols and trading platforms emerged on Ethereum-like Layer 1s. Another trend that could be seen emerging within the smart contract platforms upon which these applications are built was the integration with the decentralized oracle network, Chainlink. TheContinue reading “Is Chainlink the special ingredient behind these altcoin rallies”

The growing popularity of cryptocurrency asset investments over the past few years, especially from the retail sector, could be considered a byproduct of incessant crypto advertising by emerging companies. Many have seen this as an investor protection crisis, and governments around the world are pushing back on the same. Crackdown on misleading ads The mostContinue reading “U.K: Cryptos now under FCA’s ambit, new rules on crypto adverts introduced”

Cardano is fueling considerable buzz in the cryptocurrency space once again. Courtesy of not just its native token ADA, which rallied by 36.8% over the past week, but also the developments surrounding its evolving ecosystem. As decentralized applications (dApps) finally begin to launch on the smart contract platform, its developers are working towards strengthening itsContinue reading “How Cardano is evolving its smart contract infrastructure ahead of dApp launches”

The stablecoin-focused decentralized exchange (DEX) Curve Finance has been in the news a lot lately. Primarily because of the battle several protocols are engaging in to gain superior voting rights and rewards on the platform. This has led to a rally in the price of Curve’s native token CRV. It gained by around 127% inContinue reading “‘Huge win’ could see CRV rallying to $10 as Curve wars intensify”

The ease with which cryptocurrency ATMs allow users to buy and exchange digital assets has been one of the driving forces behind the surge in their adoption over the past year. It reportedly saw the installation of around 20,000 additional ATMs worldwide, and the trend is expected to continue growing, according to recent research. TheContinue reading “Bitcoin, crypto-ATMs, and why they might be worth over a billion in 2028”

Cardano‘s native token ADA has been creating wonders on its price chart lately, despite the slump that the larger market is experiencing. The cryptocurrency has gained around 32.5% in valuation over the past week, compared to the leading Bitcoin’s mere 2% gain. Interestingly, ADA’s price gain has been accompanied by a surge in its transactionContinue reading “Cardano briefly surpasses Ethereum’s transaction volumes, thanks to…”

The previous year was undoubtedly one of major breakthroughs for the Ethereum network. Well, not just in terms of development activity but also its adoption as the industry’s top smart contracts platform. This growth can especially be attributed to the large-scale emergence of both DeFi and NFT sectors. This together amounted to billions of dollarsContinue reading “Ethereum’s network revenue surged 1,777% in 2021 as average gas fee reached $26”

Payments giant Visa has deepened its involvement in the digital currency space with a new partnership focused on central bank digital currencies (CBDC). The firm has teamed up with blockchain technology leader Consensys to build bridging solutions for traditional financial institutions. This is ultimately aimed at enabling customers to use their CBDC-linked Visa card orContinue reading “Visa, Consensys partner to build a ‘CBDC Sandbox’ for countries and institutions”

China might have labeled Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining “obsolete” in the country. But its exit from the sector has proven to be a boon for countries like the USA, Russia, and Kazakhstan where most miners have shifted base. Smaller players have also emerged to fill in the gaps, and among them is Thailand. Here, large-capContinue reading “Thai companies shell out millions to join the Bitcoin mining bandwagon”