cryptocurrency news 2021

The price of Bitcoin suddenly dropped below $60,000 days after the Coinbase public listing. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) declined below $60,000 on April 17 after a strong rally throughout the past week in anticipation of the Coinbase public listing on Nasdaq. However, after the COIN listing...

The funds, which are equivalent to roughly $1.3 billion, will be used to bootstrap the Fei decentralized stablecoin. Fei Labs concluded a successful genesis launch of its Fei stablecoin on Saturday, raising nearly $1.3 billion in Ethereum (ETH) from over 17,000 contributors, highlighting once...

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla cars can now be purchased using Bitcoin (BTC). The electric car company’s CEO and “Technoking” said the firm would operate Bitcoin nodes directly, and would hold on to the Bitcoin it accumulates without converting it to fiat. Tesla first signaled its...

An important new role for the world’s first cryptocurrency as an inflation gauge — or just another fantasy of Bitcoin maximalists? Throughout the middle of March, many Americans received stimulus checks from the government, and while the payments — $1,400 for every U.S. citizen earning less than...

The crypto exchange escapes regulatory scrutiny with a slap on the wrist, but no stock listing on exchanges until next month After settling charges of improper reporting of exchange volume and “self-trading” with the CFTC yesterday, reports have emerged that cryptocurrency exchange giant...

Will this new funding round pave the way for OpenSea to become the Amazon of NFTs? OpenSea, one of the largest digital collectible marketplaces, has secured backing from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, and others in a new funding round. According to Andreessen Horowitz, the...

According to DappRadar, the top four decentralized NFT apps now drive $10 million in volume each day. The excitement surrounding NFTs is showing no signs of slowing down, with the top four decentralized NFT apps driving more than $10 million in daily volume. According to decentralized...

Kaspersky Lab experts have analyzed an up-to-date malware program aimed at hijacking other people's cryptocurrency mining facilities. This Windows malware is distributed under the guise of legitimate applications and mainly attacks users from the former CIS countries. During the current...

Bitcoin is preparing for another run to its all-time high at $42,000 as the crypto industry turns cautiously bullish. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is showing signs of a newfound rally as it breaks the $40,000 resistance area. There is a combination of optimistic on-chain data points and a...

Bahrain-based crypto exchange CoinMENA acquired a major license ahead of its launch in several countries including the UAE and Saudi Arabia. CoinMENA, a soon-to-launch cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has obtained a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain, or...

Investors are in it for the long run, locking 270,000 BTC away over the last 30 days. Despite surging prices, Bitcoin investors are rapidly locking up their BTC for the long-term, with 270,000 BTC being taken out of liquid supply in the last 30 days. According to data published by crypto market...