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Bitcoin got off to a rough start in January, but what are experts predicting for the price of bitcoin moving forward?

Yesterday, beginning at 18:24 UTC, someone or something exploited a security vulnerability on Wormhole, a tool that allows users to swap assets between Ethereum and a number of blockchains, resulting in the loss of 120,000 wrapped ether (or wETH, worth about $321 million) on the

Earlier this week, the American rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West implored people to stop asking him to do a “f***ing NFT.” There was something cathartic about reading his words, written by hand in black marker on a physical sheet of paper. “My focus is on buil

As the decentralized finance (DeFi) market grows, the subject of risk is taking center stage. DeFi holds the promise of automated, transparent and decentralized financial platforms that challenge some of the key foundations of financial markets, but the different risk dimensions

As the decentralized finance (DeFi) market grows, the subject of risk is taking center stage. DeFi holds the promise of automated, transparent and decentralized financial platforms that challenge some of the key foundations of financial markets, but the different risk dimens

Beyond the popularity of investing in digital assets, futurists envision blockchain technology as a disrupter poised to reshape the entire finance and investment industry from top to bottom – and this future might not be as far off as we once thought.“If you want to k

There's been no better asset class to invest in over the past five years than cryptocurrencies, with a return of 9,400% since February 2017. I'm sure this astronomical gain has caught your attention, even though you might not be comfortable with your understanding of the industry

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs for short, took the world by storm in 2021, with some selling for millions of dollars. Here's what you need to know about NFTs to invest in them and how to do it.

What’s the right term for a cryptocurrency wallet? This was barely a discussion a few years ago, when a “wallet” almost always described a piece of local software or hardware that held the cryptographic private keys that control assets on a blockchain (that, or

Global crypto exchange Binance is warning against celebrity crypto endorsements during the upcoming National Football League Super Bowl championship game, according to AdAge. In a social media teaser of a new Binance ad campaign, National Basketball Association player Jimmy Butle

What is MEV?Behind the scenes of most major blockchains, shadowy super-coders and the bots they build are using the transparency of blockchains and the transaction fee market to their advantage. By watching a database of all pending and unconfirmed transactions called the mempool

Today, CoinDesk launches “NFT All Stars,” a new animated series and podcast spotlighting some of the most influential artists and thinkers in the world of crypto art. Hosted by the developer and entrepreneur Marguerite deCourcelle (also known as Coin Artist), along wi

Dan Olson, the Canadian videographer behind the “Folding Ideas” YouTube channel, has an important message for the world: NFTs are all fundamentally flawed. More so, crypto, Web 3 – those umbrella trends often discussed in hurried tones – would be a huge st

2022 is expected to be the year of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). At $40 billion, the global market capitalization for NFTs is inching closer to the entire global art market cap of $50 billion. However, one of the potentially largest markets for NFTs – India – is facing

The Diem Association will wind down its operations in the coming weeks after selling its assets to Silvergate Bank. It's time to revisit the chief legacy it leaves behind: A more involved regulatory framework than it may have intended.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinD

Markets were roiled in January. Inflation, monetary policy shift, Omicron, geopolitical tension, lack of fiscal policy support and supply chain issues are just a few of the more prevalent headlines that drove the risk-off sentiment.

Following a scathing report from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation that the nation should ban all Bitcoin mining, trading and investment activity, several prominent figures within the government have spoken out in favor of the cryptocurrency — most notably including Russ

The founder of a popular DeFi protocol is promising to make users whole after a scandal-ridden price implosion, but the path to achieving that isn’t totally clear.On Monday, embattled developer Daniele Sestagalli took to Discord to answer questions from the Wonderland proto

At present, the energy footprint of Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around 137.4 Terawatt hours per year, the equivalent of an entire country’s energy use.

Hardware wallet maker Trezor announced last Thursday it had adopted software that makes it easier for Switzerland residents to withdraw crypto from a regulated exchange to their own wallet – then reversed course a day later. So WTF happened?Within moments of the first story