Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Nodes and Channels Achieve Record Highs
The number of Lightning Network nodes on the Bitcoin network has increased by 160% over the past year. The Lightning...
Year: 2021
Verifone Enables Retailers to Accept Cryptocurrencies, Says Merchants’ Appetite for Crypto Payments ‘Has Exploded’
Verifone, a global payment system provider with 35 million devices in 150 countries, is rolling out crypto payment support in...
World-Famous DJs Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Paul Val Dyk Spin and Crossfade Into the NFT Universe
While celebrities and athletes have been jumping into the non-fungible token (NFT) scene headfirst, a large quantity of music acts...
Green Bay Packers Running Back Aaron Jones Joins Crypto Exchange FTX’s Ambassador Team
On Tuesday, the crypto firm FTX Trading Ltd, announced that the Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones has joined...
Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange Bitget to Sponsor Juventus as Its First-Ever Sleeve Partner
Singapore-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitget announced a partnership with Juventus to become its sponsor. According to the agreement, Bitget will...
Stablecoin launch and NFT integration back COTI’s rise to a new all-time high
COTI price rallied to a new high after a series of partnerships, exchange listings and a pivot toward NFTs lure...
Bears apply the pressure as Bitcoin price revisits the $41K ‘falling knife’ zone
Bitcoin traders say $43,600 needs to be regained to restore the bullish uptrend, but BTC futures and options data are...
BlackRock SEC filings show company gained $369K from Bitcoin futures
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock, said in July that the company was seeing "very little in terms of...
ETH 2.0 moves closer to fruition as devs set Altair upgrade for October
Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake continues, with the first mainnet upgrade of Beacon Chain scheduled for late October. The Ethereum network’s...
Signs of fear emerge as Ethereum price drops below $3,000 again
Traders have yet to flip bearish on Ether price, but the recurrent drops below $3,000 increase the likelihood of a...
CBDCs can cut cross border remittance costs by half: BIS report
A BIS report based on a multi-CBDC pilot also showed significant improvements in international remittance speed.
IMVU to integrate Immutable X for NFT gaming
Together Labs partnered with Immutable X to facilitate carbon-conscious NFT activity within the IMVU ecosystem. Immutable X, the scaling solution...
Here’s why Bitcoin mining stocks have been outperforming BTC price in 2021
One of the crypto mining stocks delivered more than 1,600% returns year-over-year (YoY) while Bitcoin's gains in the same period...
Europe becomes largest crypto economy with over $1T in transactions — Chainalysis
DeFi has become a major catalyst for Europe’s crypto economy. Large institutions have also upped their share of transactions significantly....
Verifone to enable crypto payments at major retailers through BitPay
One of the world’s largest point-of-sale providers has partnered with BitPay to allow U.S.-based merchants to accept crypto payments Crypto...
