Solana and Cardano Lead Altcoin Surge as NFT Market Hits Record $2.2 Billion Weekly Sales
The final week of August 2021 will be remembered as the moment altcoins truly came into their own. While Bitcoin […]
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Coinbase Commits $500 Million to Crypto Balance Sheet in Historic Corporate Treasury Move
In what represents one of the most significant institutional commitments to digital assets to date, Coinbase Global announced on August
US Senate Crypto Provision Sparks Outrage: Infrastructure Bill’s Broad Broker Definition Threatens Innovation
While the Ethereum community celebrated the London Hard Fork on August 5, 2021, a very different kind of drama was
Amazon’s Blockchain Hiring Spree Ignites Bitcoin Rally to Near $40,000
Bitcoin surged past $39,000 on July 27, 2021, posting its longest winning streak of the year, fueled by speculation that
Bitcoin Whales Break Their Silence: On-Chain Data Reveals Massive Accumulation Signal as Exchange Outflows Surge
Bitcoin has been trading sideways between $32,000 and $36,000 for the better part of two weeks, leaving traders and analysts
CoinShares Acquires Elwood Blockchain Equity Index in Major ETF Expansion Move
CoinShares International Limited, Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm, announced on July 6, 2021, that it has acquired the ETF
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Records Largest Drop in History as China Crackdown Reshapes Network
The Bitcoin network experienced an unprecedented event on July 3, 2021, when mining difficulty plunged by nearly 28% — the
IRS Rules Bitcoin-Ethereum Swaps Cannot Qualify as Tax-Free Like-Kind Exchanges
The United States Internal Revenue Service issued a landmark legal memorandum on June 18, 2021, definitively ruling that swaps between
China’s Expanding Crypto Mining Ban Forces Exodus as Bitcoin Network Hashrate Begins to Decline
China’s sweeping crackdown on cryptocurrency mining expanded to additional provinces on June 12, 2021, with authorities in Sichuan, Qinghai, Xinjiang,
El Salvador Makes History: First Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
In a move that sent shockwaves through the global financial community, El Salvador on June 9, 2021 became the first