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January 14, 2021

German real estate group issues $24M bond using Stellar blockchain

Major German real estate group Vonovia has used the Stellar blockchain to transfer the ownership of real estate rights. Vonovia, a major European real estate group, has issued a 20 million euro ($24 million) bond using the Stellar blockchain. According to a Jan. 13 announcement, Vonovia has deployed the Stellar blockchain to issue security tokens […]

Programmer has two password guesses left before losing $266M in Bitcoin

The perils of inaccessible digital wealth — potentially lost forever — are being all the more keenly felt during the 2021 bull market. A German-born programmer in San Francisco has now used up eight of 10 password attempts he has to unlock the hard drive containing the private keys to his Bitcoin wallet, which contains […]

Pantera Capital CEO doubles down on $115K Bitcoin prediction for 2021

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead believes that propelled adoption will drive the Bitcoin price above $100,000 by August 2021. Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Bitcoin (BTC) investment firm Pantera Capital, has maintained his bullish Bitcoin prediction for 2021. Bitcoin is poised to hit as much as $115,000 by August 2021, surging 200% in the next […]

XRP price fails to ignite recovery as SEC enforcement director leaves post

XRP lost value on a day when the rest of the market kickstarted a sizable recovery, as the SEC enforcer behind Ripple Labs’ $1.3 billion lawsuit announced his departure. The XRP (XRP) price remained relatively unmoved on Thursday, Jan. 14, even as the broader cryptocurrency market ignited a recovery that saw over $150 billion flood […]

Is a new rally brewing as Bitcoin reclaims $38K and stablecoins ‘flooding’ exchanges?

Stablecoin inflows into exchanges spiked right as the price of Bitcoin recovered above $38,000, on-chain data shows. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has extended its recovery on Jan. 14, reclaiming the $38,000 level. What’s more, the weekly candle has now turned green for the fifth consecutive week despite the 28% crash earlier this week.  BTC/USD […]

Jack Dorsey cites Bitcoin as a better model for the internet in Trump ban explanation

Days after Donald Trump’s account was banned, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained that it was the right decision, but still sets a dangerous precedent. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey cited his passion for Bitcoin and decentralization in a 13-Tweet thread today explaining why the company banned U.S. President Donald Trump from the platform last week. Although […]

The Ethereum network is being turbocharged by layer-two solutions

With Ethereum transaction fees still high, more layer-two powered platforms are emerging. The number of decentralized exchanges running layer-two solutions is growing as the Ethereum network struggles to keep up with its own popularity. As excessive Ethereum gas prices continue to hamper smaller transactions and operations on the network, the number of faster and cheaper […]

5 stories that suggest crypto is moving into ludicrous territory

Dogecoin, Lindsay Lohan, Ivan On Tech and the New Zealand government, What do they all have in common? The Bitcoin bull run may have slowed since the price retreated from $42,000 last week, but the pace of absurd crypto stories appears to have sped up. Just like we saw in 2017, when a bull run […]

Exodus of key staff from Aragon amid philosophical differences

The decentralized governance protocol has seen 13 resignations among related staff over the course of the last week. It’s been a rough week for the Aragon governance platform where philosophical differences have brought about a long list of resignations. Aragon co-founder Jorge Izquierdo announced on Jan. 11 he would no longer be working as CEO […]

Rick and Morty creator auctioning NFT artwork collection

The platform stated it would offer “several original artworks” from Justin Roiland as part of his NFT collection. The Winklevoss-owned Nifty Gateway has announced the auction of a crypto art collection from the voice actor and co-creator behind Adult Swim’s cult animation series Rick and Morty. According to a tweet from Nifty Gateway today, the […]