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US regulators are scratching their heads with regards to what to make of the multibillion emerging market, but there’s a positive sign for the space. DeFi is rising, the regulators are talking A Monday meeting between members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission saw discussion of the rise of DeFi applications and use cases as […]

MicroStrategy’s ambitious $650 million Bitcoin investment wouldn’t have been possible without the backing of the billion-dollar company’s investors. However, few know the names of the companies that supported the ambitious decision and decided to allocate a significant portion of their own funds to Michael Saylor’s big investment play. Here are the big names backing Michael […]

2020 has been a year of Bitcoin adoption. On the retail side, PayPal has launched crypto-asset trading while Bitcoin itself has seen widespread coverage by the world’s media. On the institutional side, Wall Street service providers have begun to service corporations and funds with custody and execution solutions. But according to JPMorgan, Bitcoin can see […]

After the decentralized finance correction began in September of this year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) suddenly rocketed into the limelight. Investors that made an absurd amount of money in the summer were looking for ways to invest their capital outside of DeFi. And, those that were stuck holding DeFi bags were looking for better crypto sub-industries […]

Last week, IOHK successfully applied a change to the Cardano protocol that is set to bring token locking to the platform. The upgrade, called Allegra and set to take place on Dec. 16, represents a major step in IOHK’s drive to bring both Goguen’s smart contract functionality and Voltaire’s governance to Cardano. Token locking coming […]

Bitcoin has started to recover from its drop below $17,600. Traders think Ethereum (ETH) could potentially rally harder than BTC in the next bull cycle. There are three potential reasons why traders might be highly optimistic about Ethereum in the short to medium term. The factors are Eth2, the gap between the current ETH price […]

The multibillion US bank has made snide comments about Bitcoin in the past, but its tone is changing. JPMorgan: MassMutual purchase a “milestone” In a recent report to clients last week, JPMorgan analysts said institutional demand for Bitcoin was providing a compelling narrative for the digital asset, terming the recent bets by several firms to […]

As CryptoSlate reported, on Friday, the Ethereum DeFi space experienced three “rug pulls” or scams that amounted to $1.2 million worth of losses for unfortunate investors. Taking advantage of the recent risk-on behavior of most crypto investors, seemingly separate malicious individuals/groups conducted three separate exit scams that resulted in hundreds affected. The scams saw the […]

After plunging as low as $17,600 in the middle of last week, Bitcoin has entered an uptrend. The coin currently trades for $19,200 as of this article’s writing, though moved as high as $19,400 just hours ago. This is the highest Bitcoin has traded in approximately one week. While some have postulated that Bitcoin may […]

The chief executive of one of Wall Street’s largest firms, Fidelity Investments, recently took a rare interview with Barron’s Magazine. In the interview, she took some time to mention Bitcoin, expressing her excitement about the technology and its future. We’re in #bitcoin for the long haul. Abby Johnson w/ @barronsonline this week: pic.twitter.com/0A6S3uEMif — Alex […]