Keeping cryptocurrencies in non-custodial wallets may be criminalized in Russia, if authorities accept a proposal from the trade association representing Russian banks. While financial regulators think the idea deserves attention, lawmakers and experts doubt it’s possible to implement such a measure. Russian Banks Move to Curb Use of Private Cryptocurrency Wallets Challenges with foreclosure and…
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Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky shared his insights on the Bitcoin and Ether markets at Paris Blockchain Week Summit. During the recent Paris Blockchain Week Summit, Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall sat down with Alex Mashinsky, CEO of Celsius Network, to talk about several topics, including where the Bitcoin and Ether markets are going. According to Mashinsky, Bitcoin (BTC) received…
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Currency.com, a Belarus-based online crypto trading platform, said it became a target of a failed cyber-attack on the day the exchange announced it was halting services for residents of Russia. The exchange confirmed the attack in a press release, detailing that it was a distributed “denial of service” (DDoS) cyber-attack attempted on April 12.…
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Coinbase NFT, a new non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace by crypto exchange Coinbase, launched in beta on Wednesday. The exchange also said it plans to decentralize this marketplace by “moving [features] from Coinbase tech to decentralized solutions,” while adding support for NFTs on other blockchains than Ethereum (ETH)…. Read More: Coinbase NFT Marketplace Launches in…
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So many metaverses, so little interoperability: The isolation of different metaverses from each other might be the main challenge to overcome to gain mass adoption. In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the…
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The decentralized finance (defi) project Makerdao has announced its plans to support the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup solution Starknet in order to make DAI transactions faster and network costs cheaper. Starknet will be integrated into the defi protocol on April 28, 2022, as part of Makerdao’s multichain strategy expansion. Makerdao’s Multichain Strategy Expansion Grows With Starknet…
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Bitcoin and ETH both rose to nine-day highs on Wednesday, as bulls continued to push prices higher following yesterday’s rebound. BTC moved into the $42,000 level after breaking a key resistance point, while ETH also climbed beyond its own ceiling of $3,150. Bitcoin BTC rose for a third session on Wednesday, as bulls continued to…
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On average, blockchain-powered games attracted 1.22m daily unique active wallets (UAWs) this past March, or 2,000% more than a year ago, per dapp (decentralized app) market data provider DappRadar. However, a total of 1.17m UAWs connected daily to blockchain games on average during Q1, or 2% less than in the last quarter of 2021,…
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Brisk gains encounter resistance at $42,000, but stock markets may be to blame. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls kept up the pressure on April 20 as the Wall Street open saw a return to $42,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $42,000 proves troublesome Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $42,220 on Bitstamp,…
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