Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Selloff Intensifies Heading Into the Weekend

  ETH was trading lower for a third straight session on Friday, as prices neared an 11-month low. This comes whilst the overall cryptocur...

While Stocks Rebound, Analysts Discuss Bitcoin's Decoupling, Gold Markets Remain 'Under Pressure'

  U.S. equities markets jumped on Thursday as stock traders saw some relief after a number of weekly losses. All the major stock indexes r...

After the Terra LUNA Fallout, Bitcoin Dominance Climbs Higher While Ethereum's Valuation Shrinks

  Following the Terra LUNA and UST fallout, digital currency markets have dropped in value as the crypto economy dropped 6.93% from $1.356...

Stepn to block mainland China users to comply with regulatory policies

  In a move to comply with Chinese regulatory policies, Stepn will be blocking users based in mainland China from its mobile app. 

Russia’s First Digital Financial Assets Expected This Year, Lawmaker Says

The first digital financial assets based on Russian blockchains may be issued as early as this year, a high-ranking parliamentarian announ...

Biggest Movers: ATOM Remains Close to 1-Year Lows, as DOT Declines 8%

  ATOM moved closer towards a one-year low on Wednesday, as prices dropped by nearly 10%. This came as DOT also declined during today’s t...

3 Members of Terraform Labs' In-House Legal Team Abruptly Leave Amid LUNA, and UST Fallout

  Three members of Terraform Labs’ legal team have left the company, according to their Linkedin profiles that show their departure from t...

ShapeShift creates FOX Foundation as intermediary for successful DAO transition

  The entity will be dissolved upon the completion of ShapeShift’s decentralization process. 

Authorities Seize Over 1,500 Crypto Mining Rigs in Dagestan Crackdown

  Law enforcement and other authorities in Dagestan have closed down two illegal crypto farms, confiscating more than 1,500 mining machine...

Trust in Decentralized Finance Rattled After $100 Billion Left the Defi Economy

  The effect of Terra’s demise continues to shine a light on the fragility surrounding the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem. Things ...

Binance CEO CZ to support Terra community but expects more transparency

  Pointing out the potential issues with forking Terra, CZ said that “Minting, forking, don’t create value.” 

Crypto Market Rout Pulls the Floor out From Blue-Chip NFTs, Weekly Sales Down 64%

  As markets slid in value during the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) floor values have dropped considerably. Blue-chip NFT collection...

Germany Declares Crypto Gains Tax-Free After 1 Year — Even if Used for Staking, Lending

  The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year ev...

Biggest Movers: LUNA Climbs 1,500% Following Do Kwon Tweets, While AVAX and NEAR Fall on Saturday

Following tweets from Terra founder Do Kwon, LUNA surged by over 1,500% on Saturday. However, with several exchanges halting deposits, onl...

Crypto.com unblocks users, reverses glitched LUNA trades that made 30-40x

  On May 13, Crypto.com abruptly barred users from trading after an internal tool detected the system quoting incorrect prices for LUNA. 

As BTC Slides Toward Resistance, the Chance of a Rare Triple Top Formation Comes Into Play

  The cryptocurrency economy has shed a lot of value during the last six months dropping 48.70% from $3.08 trillion to today’s $1.58 trill...

Biggest Movers: DOT, ADA, SHIB Down Under 10%, as WAVES Rallies on Monday

  Monday’s downturn in crypto markets sent several tokens lower, with cardano, polkadot and shiba inu all falling by over 15%. Despite thi...

Luna Foundation to Lend $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin and UST to Market Makers — Plan Aims to Protect Stablecoin's $1 Parity

  As crypto markets continue to slide in value, concerns about the algorithmic stablecoin terrausd (UST) losing its $1 parity have swelled...

Compound Treasury receives B- credit rating from S&P Global Ratings

  Though the protocol offers an arguably lucrative yield of 4% per year, it's only available to accredited investors as of now. 

Galaxy Digital reports $112M Q1 loss, citing crypto price volatility

Bitcoin and altcoins declined sharply in the first quarter in a selloff that was partly triggered by a shift in central bank policy. 

Spanish Securities Regulator Orders Binance to Stop Offering Cryptocurrency Derivatives

  The Spanish securities regulator, the CNMV, has ordered Binance to stop offering cryptocurrency derivative products to customers in the ...

Peter Schiff Warns Economic Downturn in the US 'Will Be Much Worse Than the Great Recession'

  Following the Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday, economist Peter Schiff has had a lot to say since the U.S. central bank raised t...

Strong US Dollar Posts 5-Week High, Markets Price in a 75 bps Fed Rate Hike for June

  While precious metals, stocks, and cryptocurrencies saw a significant downturn this week, the U.S. dollar tapped a 20-year high against ...

Crypto mixer sanctioned by US Treasury for role in Axie Infinity hack

  The crypto mixer is said to have processed $20.5 million out of the $620 million taken by North Korean Lazarus Group hackers. 

90% of surveyed central banks are exploring CBDCs — BIS

  “Globally, more than two-thirds of central banks consider that they are likely to or might possibly issue a retail CBDC in either the s...

US Central Bank Raises Rates by Half a Percentage Point, Fed's Powell Says Similar Hikes Are on the Table

  The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday and the increase was the biggest rate hike in two decades. “Inf...

Biggest Movers: Tron Climbs to 5-Month High, With WAVES up 15%

  Tron ( TRX ) rallied to a five-month high earlier in today’s session, as bulls continued to feed off recent news of the USDD stablecoin....

Hundreds of NFTs listed on OpenSea from Shanghai residents during COVID lockdown

  In response to the city’s COVID-19-related lockdown, Shanghai residents turned to the blockchain to preserve their experiences. 

California governor issues blockchain executive order building on US President’s regulatory efforts

  "We’re getting ahead of the curve on this, laying the foundation to allow for consumers and business to thrive," said Califor...

After Solana’s Co-Founder Said BTC Should Change Its Consensus Algo, Solana Mainnet Loses Consensus for 7 Hours

  While Ethereum users participating in the Otherside metaverse land sale caused network fees to rise and created issues for the blockchai...

Value Locked in Defi Drops Below $200 Billion, April's Dex Trade Volume Drops 21% Lower Than March

  While the crypto economy shed billions this week, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance protocols slipped under the $200...

ETH gas price surges as Yuga Labs cashes in $300M selling Otherside NFTs

  While the Otherdeed NFTs could be minted only in APE, it also required ETH for gas fees.