When it rains, it pours, they say. That was the case as the SEC vs Ripple Labs lawsuit saw the court ordering a number of filings and memos to be unsealed. As expected, the XRP community has been in an uproar all night. Of particular interest are two unsealed memos which revealed a law firm’sContinue reading “SEC v. Ripple: Who will benefit from the unsealing of memos from a law firm”

XRP’s price performance has always been controversial, because it’s seemingly impossible to talk about the asset without bringing up the contentious SEC vs Ripple Labs lawsuit. That said, however, there are some movements taking place that investors and traders need to follow. Doing “whale” these days? Data from Santiment revealed that “top tier” whales haveContinue reading “Amidst the SEC vs. Ripple feud, whales come to XRP holders’ rescue”

At the start of the year, NFT traders watched with a range of emotions as OpenSea’s monthly volumes for January 2022 quickly overtook those of December 2021 – even before the month had ended. Now, with February drawing to an end, what do the stats tell us? Not lift-off time yet? Well, it’s still notContinue reading “Despite low gas fees, why is OpenSea’s trading volume bothering NFT holders”

In 2021, Binance made headlines when it was chased out of jurisdiction after jurisdiction in order to comply with local laws. But in 2022, are things changing for the once-targeted exchange? Watch out for that bloke Crypto giant Binance’s deal with the payment company Paysafe has stirred feathers as a UK-based watchdog and the UK’sContinue reading “Binance ‘concerns’ UK regulators; exchange getting too big for its boots?”

It has been a tense time for the Cardano community as two projects – the SundaeSwap DEX and project incubator CardStarter – took their feud to court. Charles Hoskinson expressed his disappointment and urged other young builders to do better. However, during an episode of the Sean Kim show, the technologist was more upbeat. What’s more, HoskinsonContinue reading “Hoskinson’s predictions for ADA to standardize interest rates”

If there was a game that spread through the crypto sector the way Pokemon Go did amongst non-crypto users, it was arguably Axie Infinity. During the darkest months of COVID-19, many found comfort in the NFT-based game’s play-to-earn model. Since those days, though, investors felt that Axie’s hype train has slowed to a crawl. However,Continue reading “Does AXS have a chance of making 2022 its best year despite its dwindling performance”

When looking at 2021 in crypto, experts and analysts often use the term “DeFi boom.” What’s more, as the top alt, Ethereum is often touted as being the driving force behind said boom. However, is Ethereum adoption really all that it’s made out to be? The truth beneath the hype A report by Arcane ResearchContinue reading “Ethereum DeFi user numbers reveal this truth about the success of Ethereum adoption”

Shiba Inu [SHIB] enjoyed its hype season in 2021 thanks to a number of factors, including billionaire Elon Musk’s tweets. However, SHIB’s well-known bark has been rather quiet for some time now. Will a new update help boost what is already the tenth most popular asset on Coinbase? SHIB says Olá One of Brazil’s largestContinue reading “Shiba Inu: What new listing on Brazil’s Foxbit means for investors”

We all know Bitcoin is volatile, yes. However, those investing in Bitcoin mining stocks have taken the volatility game – and their risk appetites – to a whole new level. After the crashes in December 2021 and January 2022, Bitcoin might be seeing some bullish momentum at last, but how are Bitcoin mining stocks doing?Continue reading “Bitcoin may be ‘largely neutral,’ but do mining stocks feel the same way”

XRP and Stellar’s XLM are both among the market’s top 40 cryptocurrencies – and rival siblings too. The link between them is technologist Jed McCaleb, who founded Ripple and then left to co-found the Stellar Development Foundation [SDF]. Analysts, journalists, and traders admittedly love business rivalries and a dramatic backstory, especially with the SEC v.Continue reading “Ukraine, DeFi, and here’s what’s next for ‘scale-targeting’ Stellar and XLM”

Based on its successful 2021 performance, OpenSea was probably expecting 2022 to be a year of smooth sailing and swelling profits. However, the NFT marketplace LooksRare swept into the scene like a tidal wave, raising questions about its economy and its place in the NFT industry. To that end, Coinbase took a deep dive intoContinue reading “Coinbase report looks beyond wash trading to reveal the truth about OpenSea’s competitor”

After a long day of doom scrolling on Twitter, you might leave behind a crowd of verified NFT profiles featuring apes and punks to switch to another social media channel for a new stream of content. Except now, there’s a high chance that the whole horde of apes and punks and zombies and more mightContinue reading “The most valuable trend in the NFT space and why it should matter to you”