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CNET’s experts reveal where cryptocurrency is headed in 2022. This story is part of The Year Ahead, CNET’s look at how the world will continue to evolve starting in 2022 and beyond. Cryptocurrency made many of the strangest headlines of 2021. Boosters touted digital currencies as a world-changing technology with the potential to create new…

American regulators’ attitude to cryptocurrencies seems to swing back-and-forth like a pendulum. One minute they wish (and act) to ban everything crypto-related as competition to fiat money, the second – they “let go of the reins”. The current swing is towards strengthening government control. In a now typical for the US move, the signal initially…

The quantity of Bitcoin held by private corporations increased significantly during 2021, compared to the previous year. The amount of BTC held by public companies has gained significant market share since February 2021. On Monday, on-chain analyst Willy Woo tweeted that public companies holding “significant BTC have gained market share from spot ETFs as a…

James Ledbetter, the editor and publisher of the fintech newsletter FIN and the former editor-in-chief of Inc, collected the top 6 crypto predictions for 2022. 2021 was a wild year for cryptocurrency. Despite Bitcoin’s recent plunge, for example, its price has still risen by more than 70% in the past 52 weeks. More important, Bitcoin…

Twitter founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey announced the creation and presented technical documentation of a new type of decentralized exchange. It is a fascinating project definitely worth paying attention to. Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter, co-founder and CEO of payment company Square, is a frequent guest on our pages. More than once have…

Over $7.7 billion was stolen in crypto scams worldwide in 2021, or an 81% rise compared to 2020, the Chainalysis report said. Including rug pulls in the DeFi ecosystem accounted for over $2.8 billion stolen, or 37% of all cryptocurrency scam revenue, compared to 1% the year before. According to a new report by blockchain…