Nigeria and the UAE remain the most cryptocurrency-obsessed markets, CoinGecko’s new study said based on Google Trends search data. Analysts suggest that top-list countries seem more interested in buying the dip, reflecting their long-term outlook for cryptocurrencies. CoinGecko, the leading cryptocurrency tracker, has compiled a ranking of countries by interest concerning digital currencies via Google…

Leading derivatives marketplace CME Group is set to offer its first euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures on August 29 after its crypto derivatives posted record open interest volumes in Q2 2022. CME Group executive revealed that Europe, the Middle East and Africa region accounts for 28% of total BTC and ETH futures contracts traded. As…

Social media giant Meta has started to roll out NFT support on Instagram across 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase Wallet and Dapper, as well as it will also add support for NFT-focused blockchain Flow. The price of the FLOW token has surged nearly 44% over the day following Meta’s announcement. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO…

Coinbase’s stock soared over 18% following the crypto exchange signing a deal with BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager cumulatively manages about $20 trillion. Meantime, Meta announced that it integrated Coinbase’s crypto wallet into the Instagram platform. According to an announcement published Thursday, the US-based exchange had partnered with BlackRock to provide its clients with…

US crypto firm Nomad has suffered a $190 million hack, blockchain analytics reported on August 3. Experts estimate the funds have been stolen from cross-chain bridges to $2 billion so far in 2022. Nomad said on an official Twitter account that it was “aware of the incident” and was currently investigating without giving further details….

Market participants spent 963,227 ETH, or about 2.7 billion, on NFT minting on the Ethereum blockchain during the first half of 2022. Over 1 million unique wallet addresses were involved in the minting process, signaling that NFT market activity remained strong. According to a new report by Nansen, about half (50.7%) of the ETH raised…