Author: Crypto Insider

Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are now officially trading on stock exchanges, and the preliminary inflow data for the first 15 minutes of trading has been revealed by analysts. According to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, Bitwise outperformed its competitors during the first quarter-hour of trading, recording $25.5 million in capital inflows, second only to…

The global blockchain industry is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Ethereum network’s initial coin offering (ICO). Ethereum started gaining traction in 2014 when co-founder Vitalik Buterin mentioned the project at a Bitcoin conference in Miami. On July 22, Ethereum launched its ICO, selling over $18 million worth of Ether paid for in Bitcoin. Ethereum has come a long way…

There is a broad misunderstanding in the crypto community about the status of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) campaign to undermine blockchain innovation in the United States. When Consensys announced in June that the SEC had decided to conclude its “Ethereum 2.0” investigation, it was taken as another signal that a hostile administration was changing…

NPC Labs, a GameFi infrastructure startup founded by three former Coinbase employees, has raised $21 million to accelerate gaming development on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base. The funding included $18 million from cryptocurrency-focused venture capital firm Pantera Capital. Makers Fund, Hashed, Mirana Ventures, and several other investors chipped in, too, according to a July 22 report by…

The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, is a bit of an anomaly among Capitol Hill politicians: she’s never had strong words to say for or against digital currencies, tokenization, blockchain, or NFTs. None of that has mattered for the past four years, as US President Joseph Biden has had plenty to say…

Australian stablecoin payments startup Stables has announced its expansion to Europe in partnership with Mastercard, which co-founder Bernado Billota says indicates a wider trend of the dollar-pegged assets breaking into the mainstream. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Bilotta said the expansion marked an important step for his firm, noting an increase in the size of the total…