Based in Bahrain, crypto exchange platform Rain has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round, led by global venture capital investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Coinbase Ventures, and Paradigm. According to the statement issued by Rain, other investors participated in its latest funding round, including Global Founders Capital, MEVP, Cadenza Ventures, and CMT Digital….

Everyone’s a genius trader during bull markets, but there are also ways to generate profits during bear trends. How to capitalize on liquidations, writes Elaine Hu on Cointelegraph. The first week of the new year saw a vicious pullback across all cryptocurrencies in the market. Ether (ETH) price dropped from its November peak at $4,800…

This “Crypto City” guide of Cointelegraph looks at Dubai’s crypto culture, its most notable projects, and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto, and where you can find blockchain education courses. Fast facts: City: Dubai Country: United Arab Emirates Population: 4 million Established: 1833 Languages: Arabic (official), English (most common), Hindi is also widespread…

The first country in the EU, Spain, is trying to control the way cryptocurrencies are marketed, with new restrictions on influencers’ promotions. According to the new rules published Monday, posts promoting crypto-assets must now include the appropriate disclaimer. Fines for non-compliance could reach €300,000. The new rules will come into force in February. The fast…

NFT is a huge branch of the blockchain economy that essentially formed before our eyes in 2021. And while few people knew what “non-fungible tokens” even were a year ago, by the end of the year, the most prominent corporations were already integrating NFT solutions into their products, and the market volume amounted to tens…

American retail chain Walmart is preparing to enter the metaverse by creating its own NFT collections and cryptocurrency. This information is based on several trademarks filed by the retail giant with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In late December, the retail chain filed several trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark…

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, a 22-year-old Indonesian student, has joined the NFT frenzy, becoming a millionaire as a result. He listed selfies of himself as an NFT for five years on OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, and sold them for $1,107,225 in total. Al Ghozali is a college student studying Computer Science and based in…

BitPay, one of the world’s most popular crypto payments processors, revealed that over 2021, Bitcoin’s use at merchants that use its payment services dropped to about 65%, down from 92% in 2020. Ether purchases accounted for 15% of the total, stablecoins were 13%, while Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and Litecoin, added to BitPay in 2021, accounted…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Jan. 8 – 14, 2022): Jan. 8: As Turkey’s economy remains in turmoil, with inflation rising to 36%, its currency has lost 44% of its value against the US dollar since this time last year. Meantime, the use of stablecoins in Turkey has skyrocketed, and today, 28.96% of…

Pakistani government and its central bank have recommended banning cryptocurrency, arguing in a document submitted in a provincial court that allowing it would cause capital flight. Reuters reported that an official report recommends declaring all cryptocurrencies illegal, citing local media. The Sindh High Court has been hearing a constitutional petition filed in 2019, which seeks…