Two major Asian cryptocurrency markets – the Persian Gulf and India – seem destined to interact. The combination of Gulf countries’ capitals and a large number of crypto owners and promising crypto-related IT startups in India could prove incredibly profitable. India is a huge region in the middle of a venture capital investment boom. The…

The first NFT from Adidas Originals’ “Into the Metaverse” project has generated 11,391 Ether, worth over $43 million, on OpeanSea. This collection has earned the second spot by trading volume on OpeanSea after RTFKT’s Clone X and Takashi Murakami collection. Over the weekend, Adidas’ first NFT effort made over $23 million in Ethereum, from a…

Although VC funds have been rushing to support various crypto startups, much of that money has not gone to Bitcoin-focused companies, notes Bitcoin Magazine. With the printing press in overdrive, there is an ever-increasing amount of fiat looking for a home. In order to avoid being debased and lose purchasing power, capital allocators are charged…

This year, venture capital funds have infused over $30 billion into the crypto sector, which is more than the previous 10 years combined for the new blockchain technology. According to PitchBook Data, that’s almost four-fold the prior high of about $8 billion in 2018, the year following Bitcoin’s 1,300% surge. Fearing to miss out, numerous…

Over the past couple of months, there have been continuous reports of hacker attacks on various decentralized finance services. We tried to figure out why DeFi has suddenly got such intense onslaught from cybercriminals. To track the pattern, let’s first look at some of the loudest and most devastating hacks in recent weeks. – NFT…

Crypto enthusiast and ex-Twitter CEO believes Bitcoin will replace the dollar. Jack Dorsey also said crypto users don’t own Web3, implying that the so-called decentralized internet is actually in the hands of venture capitalists. Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO and chief of fintech firm Block (formerly Square), had a tweet exchange Monday evening with…

Main attraction lies in turning the funds into tradable tokens, write ByOlga Kharif and Vildana Hajric on Bloomberg. However, DAO hacks remain a common threat, while legal protection is limited. Index funds have long been pitched as a low-risk and inexpensive way to invest. Now they’re coming to the rollicking world of cryptocurrencies, but with…

Let’s once again take a step away from the daily fuss of currency prices and tech innovations and look at the changing role and place of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies in the world around us. We can confidently say that the outgoing year was no less significant for the cryptosphere than 2017, a year of…

Dubai-based technology company ColossalBit, focusing on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has purchased the NFT of the ST DuPont pen used by football legend Diego Maradona to sign a contract with Napoli in 1984. ColossalBit, a Dubai-based consulting, design, and development company specializing in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and NFTs, made the winning bid for the S.T. DuPont…

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has again taken an antagonistic stance against crypto, citing crypto’s inherent volatility and illegal use as a key reason for their conservative position. Sources said the CBR’s current stance on cryptocurrency is one of “complete rejection.” CBR Governor, Elvira Nabiullina, said during Friday’s online press conference that the Bank…