A Meebit NFT Sold for $49.5M in Ethereum—But There’s a Catch

Key Takeaways Meebit #13824 sold for 14,700 Ethereum on LooksRare this afternoon. LooksRare is a new OpenSea competitor offering trading rewards to incentivize users, which may explain the sale. Trading volumes for... Read more »

Developers and users need to focus on the strengths of different blockchains to maximize benefits

Big names such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, Polkadot, Avalanche, Algorand and Solana tend to crop up in any discussion about blockchain, but amid the technology’s rapid growth and the ever more competitive... Read more »

Uruguay reportedly installs its first Bitcoin ATM

Uruguay has reportedly installed its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM, making it the 11th South American country to publicly encourage crypto adoption. Prior to Uruguay’s involvement, South America hosted 79 ATMs, which represented... Read more »

MTI Mastermind Arrest: Lawyer Points to Agreement Relating to Johann Steynberg’s Extradition to South Africa

With Johann Steynberg now in custody in Brazil, a lawyer has suggested that South Africa may have to resort to an existing legal assistance agreement with Brazil if it wishes to have... Read more »

A year of mass adoption for cryptocurrencies in Brazil

Throughout 2021, the Brazilian cryptocurrency market managed to distance itself from the police pages and finally win acceptance with the general public, whether in the financial market or even in the greatest... Read more »

Dogecoin Up as Musk Says Tesla Is Accepting Payments

Key Takeaways Dogecoin jumped today after Elon Musk revealed that Tesla had started accepting the asset for merchandise payments. The meme coin has experienced a rally over the last few days. It... Read more »

Sweden’s inflation rate at a 29 year high, “transitory”

Inflation is on the rise in many parts of the world. On Wednesday, The U.S. Federal Reserve reported a CPI inflation of 7.0% for December. Following this trend, the inflation rate of... Read more »

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, BTC Price 20% Above Production Cost, Difficulty Nears ATH

Bitcoin’s hashrate has been riding high again as the processing power tapped another lifetime high on January 15, 2022, reaching 219.68 exahash per second (EH/s). The new record follows the previous all-time... Read more »

Binance CEO’s net worth hits $96B, Jack Dorsey launches BTC defense fund, Bill Miller apes into Bitcoin: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 9-15

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much... Read more »

100% in crypto Mati Greenspan puts institutional adoption and crypto hedging into perspective 

Mati Greenspan is frequently mentioned in top-tier financial media, as a prominent investment specialist with macroeconomic analysis, portfolio diversification, and crypto in his focus. The founder and CEO of Quantum Economics revealed... Read more »