Fidelity hires more crypto stuff amid growing institutional interest
17 Jul 2022
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Fidelity Digital, the crypto subsidiary of the global asset management giant Fidelity Investments Inc., will reportedly hire 100 more people to service the growing needs of institutional investors. As Bloomberg reported, Fidelity Digital is planning to increase its staff size by about 70% to handle the growing patronage from big-money crypto investors. Numbering at least…

Bitcoin mining costs drop to $13,000 might reverse its falling profitability
16 Jul 2022
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The cost of mining one Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen to 10-month lows as mining hardware becomes more efficient, and difficulty has dropped 6.7% since its May peak. It could help to reverse the falling profitability trend while lowering power demands on the network. JPMorgan strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, in a note to clients seen…

Crypto exchange OKX receives a virtual asset license in Dubai

Cryptocurrency platform OKX has received a provisional virtual-asset license from the Dubai authority. The exchange plans to set up a regional hub in the city, Bloomberg said on Thursday. Crypto exchange OKX said on July 14 that it had been given a provisional virtual assets license by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), which…

Celsius DeFi lender files for bankruptcy with $1.2 billion hole in its balance sheet
16 Jul 2022
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Celsius Network, a crypto lending services provider, announced on July 13 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy filing says the platform made “certain poor asset deployment decisions” when the platform grew faster than it anticipated. It also confirms its liabilities outweigh its assets by $1.2 billion. After a series of descending…

Dubai’s new project Aarma Coin to launch its crypto wallet and NFT marketplace
14 Jul 2022
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Aarma Coin, a crypto project recently launched in Dubai, has announced the launch of its own NFT marketplace, an E-commerce platform with a utility portal. In July 2022, the team plans to launch its Aarma Wallet, with an extensive roadmap ahead. Aarma Coin, a promising cryptocurrency project, was registered in Dubai, UAE, in 2022. With…

Majority of crypto investors expect prices to plunge than rebound, survey says
14 Jul 2022
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Bitcoin is more likely to plummet to $10,000 than soar again above $30,000 following the recent downturn in the market, said the results of a survey published on July 11. According to the latest MLIV Pulse survey, Bitcoin is more likely to tumble to $10,000 than it is to rally back to $30,000, said 60%…